Posted May 20, 201311 yr This train is a replica of the commuter train from Lisbon actually walk everyday them :) has two floors, two 9V motors, about 1 meter and 60 centimeters it took me about a year to build almost 4000 pieces these photos has no stickers yet, but I think its enough to compare to the original Hope you like it i know it should be 7wide, but i dont have enough bircks to do that modification for now :)
May 20, 201311 yr Marvellous and gigantic, how take te curves?, only two motors? Good Job!!! Edited May 20, 201311 yr by James_T_Menendez
May 20, 201311 yr Author On 5/20/2013 at 6:00 PM, James_T_Menendez said: Marvellous and gigantic, how take te curves?, only two motors? Good Job!!! needs a big straight line to get some balance and power, but it curves with no problem :)
May 20, 201311 yr Wow, you certainly are an amazing builder of trains! It looks very accurate I like how you didn't use and stickers(Well, that I can see). Although I'm not a purist, I think stickers take away from MOCs most of the time. I can't wait to see some more of your amazing builds, they all look so good!
May 20, 201311 yr Author On 5/20/2013 at 8:04 PM, Bighappysmiles said: Wow, you certainly are an amazing builder of trains! It looks very accurate I like how you didn't use and stickers(Well, that I can see). Although I'm not a purist, I think stickers take away from MOCs most of the time. I can't wait to see some more of your amazing builds, they all look so good! Be My Guest :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/75394519@N03/
May 20, 201311 yr The technique that you used for the pantograph is the most ingenious I have ever seen. Very well done!
May 20, 201311 yr Nice work 'Sergio', though it might look even more realistic as an 8 wide judging by the image of the real thing. But anyway, excellent work so Brick On 'Sergio' !
May 21, 201311 yr Amazing MOC there, fantastic likeness and a perfect attention to detail. Well worth the time and money spent on it IMHO! Happy building
May 21, 201311 yr A fantastic build with tons of great details, e.g., I like the way you used the grilled cheese for steps/ladders on the cab unit. The roof doesn't seem quite right to my eye. It looks like dark gray might be closer to the prototype, and if only there was some way to get rid of that grove... I came up with 5 alternatives, but after typing them up, none of them strike me as being better than what you did. Still as 93273 become cheaper in dark gray, it might look nice to redo the roof in all dark gray. Since I typed the ideas up, I'll keep them here, but each idea has its own problems... idea 1) 93273 into the studs on the side of 30414 laid on their back, with cheese bricks on the "top" studs. Then use 1x plates in what would be the "bottom" of the 1x4 bricks if it were upright to hold it all together. This design has two problems though, the final roof would be 1/2 plate too narrow on both sides, and there would still be a line at the edge of the cheese bricks. idea 2) 93273 + cheese bricks like you did on the ends of the cars, only raise the 93273 1/2 of a plate. This design addresses both problems of idea 1, but now the slope is not as steep where the roof meets the walls. idea 3) use 6005 arches, but then the windows become tricky. idea 4) use 93273 + conventional 45 deg slopes, but you still have that half plate ridge and again, the slope is not as steep where the roof meets the walls idea 5) use 93273 with a half plate offset + 92946, but now you have the funky corners of 92946 and the slope is not as steep where the roof meets the walls.
May 25, 201311 yr I like that a lot, the only bit that looks a little odd to ms is the front windscreen but I guess there are no better pieces for that. Overall I think you got this well implemented.
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