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Eric-
Nice work for a rookie;-) That is my favorite box car to model-- the ol' 40
footer. A couple of nits:
1. Loose the buffers. We are in America-- land of the free, and home of the
bufferless;-) Use the 2x3 black plate with one side rounded and a hole (
http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/3176.gif ), or <<**PURITY ALERT**>> cut the
buffers straight off. That actually works rather nicely; you can do it and make
it appear as an actual element.
2. Take a good look at your proto box cars. I think you'll find that the wheels
on the outside of the trucks are about even with the edge of the box car, which
would mean for you to move each truck 1 stud to the outside.
The 2x2 round table is a nice piece to use; it saves on a lot of hassling around
IMO. I use them almost exclusively.
Now you need to try one 8 wide;-D
-John
Eric Kingsley wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> You may have noticed that I did some containers recently for the PNLTC world
> record event. Well part of that discussion tailed off into the possibility of
> doing boxcars. I don't know if the boxcar idea will come to fruition or not
> but it inspired me to give it a try.
>
> Unlike the Containers which required little or no thought I decided to really
> try and give the boxcar some detail. I included fake sliding doors and a hand
> break. I am also very happy with how the roof came out.
>
> Partly because I have limited train supplies and partly because I wanted to see
> how it works I did not use the bogie plates for this model. Instead I used the
> 2x2 turntable and it seems to work pretty well although it does not stand up
> real well when the car is picked up repeatedly.
>
> I basically used some G scale boxcars that I have for some ideas.
>
> Anyway I have added a new Train section to my website. For those of you new to
> my site all pictures are thumbnailed so just click on the pictures to see
> larger views.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
>
> or to go directly to the train site...
>
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/train/
>
> Now all I need is an engine and I'll be all set.
>
> Please Let me know what you think seeing this is my first Train MOC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Eric-
>
> Nice work for a rookie;-) That is my favorite box car to model-- the ol' 40
> footer. A couple of nits:
Thanks!
>
> 1. Loose the buffers. We are in America-- land of the free, and home of the
> bufferless;-) Use the 2x3 black plate with one side rounded and a hole (
> http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/3176.gif ), or <<**PURITY ALERT**>> cut
> the buffers straight off. That actually works rather nicely; you can do it
> and make it appear as an actual element.
Ahh! Excellent Idea. I will make the change. Unfortunately I don't have a
lot of these in black but I should have a couple. If I followed this group
closer I would have known what to use.
>
> 2. Take a good look at your proto box cars. I think you'll find that the
> wheels on the outside of the trucks are about even with the edge of the box
> car, which would mean for you to move each truck 1 stud to the outside.
Done! I knew something didn't look right with the trucks but for some reason
it didn't click.
>
> The 2x2 round table is a nice piece to use; it saves on a lot of hassling
> around IMO. I use them almost exclusively.
Cool I thought I had seen many people using these before but I couldn't
remember.
>
> Now you need to try one 8 wide;-D
Actually many times while I have been thinking of an engine to model I have
thought to my self "Only if it were 8 wide not 6 it would be so much easier".
I am going to try and stay with 6 wide though but we'll see.
>
> -John
Thanks again,
Eric
> > Anyway I have added a new Train section to my website. For those of you new
> > to my site all pictures are thumbnailed so just click on the pictures to see
> > larger views.
> >
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
> >
> > or to go directly to the train site...
> >
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/train/
> >
> > Now all I need is an engine and I'll be all set.
> >
> > Please Let me know what you think seeing this is my first Train MOC.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Eric Kingsley
> >
> > The New England LEGO Users Group
> > http://www.nelug.org/
> >
> > View My Creations at:
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Mr. 8 wide/darkside said:
> Ahh! Excellent Idea. I will make the change. Unfortunately I don't have a
> lot of these in black but I should have a couple. If I followed this group
> closer I would have known what to use.
>
> >
> > 2. Take a good look at your proto box cars. I think you'll find that the
> > wheels on the outside of the trucks are about even with the edge of the box
> > car, which would mean for you to move each truck 1 stud to the outside.
>
> Done! I knew something didn't look right with the trucks but for some reason
> it didn't click.
>
> >
> > The 2x2 round table is a nice piece to use; it saves on a lot of hassling
> > around IMO. I use them almost exclusively.
I just totally disagree, it is a very weak connection, you can't pick the car
up by the body, the trucks fall off. But it's cheap, those parts are easy to
come by and you save a lot of plates in the floor.
> Actually many times while I have been thinking of an engine to model I have
> thought to my self "Only if it were 8 wide not 6 it would be so much easier".
> I am going to try and stay with 6 wide though but we'll see.
Mr. 8Wide: "<ppssss-chhhhhuh> The force is strong in this one, master"
Everyone: "Eric, don't give in to the dark side!"
++Lar
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Eric-
>
> Nice work for a rookie;-) That is my favorite box car to model-- the ol' 40
> footer. A couple of nits:
First thanks to everyone that posted or E-mailed me comments and suggestions.
I have made a couple of small changes to the NELUG boxcar according to some of
your suggestions.
1. I moved the trucks out toward the ends more.
2. I lost the bumpers (Thanks John, I like the look although I don't know if
I will do this for all my cars or not because of my lack of the proper parts).
3. You can't see it but I used Larry's suggestion of the 2x2 tile with center
peg and some technic plates instead of the 2x2 turntable to attach the trucks
to the car. Also a bit of an expensive mod but it is definitely more secure.
4. (My favorite) We came up with this at the NELUG meeting last night. We
changed the head of the Hobo with the new Scorpion Guy's head from the new Race
sets. Now he really has that "bitter beer taste" look on his face.
I have added pictures to the page and I added a couple of pics and a
description of how I handled the fake doors at the bottom of the page.
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/train/boxcar/
Thanks again for all the suggestions. I really like the car now. We'll see
how far down the road of LEGO Trains this takes me.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View my creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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