I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised since these kinds of wheels showed up in the recent BDP Palettes, which means they would be in future production cycles. But it’s still puzzling as to why LEGO is simultaneously producing both the metal axle wheelsets and the plastic clip wheelsets.
Not really, but the similarities are close and fascinating. >!She’s even referred to as Ms. Conductor.!<
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Been a while since I've done one of these Enlarged Micro Trains. Might try doing this with that weird little 3D printed toy train from the most recent Christmas train, the one that looks like a blue Monopoly token.
Good idea for creating MOCs. Bad idea for entering contests.
I wonder what else ended up like this?
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I have some old models of Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific #119, but they're kinda shabby and not 1:38 scale.
I guess the originally-Central-Pacific mascot of the Southern Pacific, which absorbed the Central Pacific and was later absorbed into the Union Pacific, will do as a substitute for the anniversary of the Golden Spike Ceremony.
I don't know if someone else has done this before, but I created this while trying to figure out a cheaper way to stick domes and stuff on a 4-wide boiler without using part 6222, which is absurdly expensive in many colors for some reason. The bottom of the boiler is not as smooth as the rest, but that area is usually not so openly visible anyway. I’ve used this on the “Tunnel Gremlin” and the HF110C already.
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The real locomotive is narrow gauge, but I widened it to standard L-gauge to stuff a motor inside and give it more versatility.
Still need to do cab interior once I find enough reference material.