Wasn't sure where to put this cause it doesn't really fit into any other scale category! Over the last year, I've been working on building (very literally) a fleet of more or less scale models constructed out of LEGO. It's unconventional, using a toy to do modeling. I find it to be super enjoyable and challenging, cause working out some otherwise conventional shapes requires unconventional methods. It's also nice that if a model isn't available, the means to build it is not too terribly complicated. People build models to various scales. Some build based on the few train sets that LEGO offers as regular product, referred to as 6-Wide, which is based on the number of studs (the nubs on top of the bricks) width wise. Others will do larger widths, ranging from 7 up to 10-wide (some will do bigger, but at that size, the models are more for display purposes). Of the other sizes, eight and ten are popular. Scaled out, the dimensions for ten wide work out to being similar to G/1 Scale and eight works out to about O Scale. I model in 8-Wide, as to me, its a reasonable compromise between size and detail (and part usage). I model mainly passenger stock, as that's my personal stock to model, and it tends to be undermodelled. They are not 100% accurate in terms of full detail, as space limitations/part type render some things being excluded/not possible to model. This is my personal favorite of all my models, the 1967 version of Rio Grande's Royal Gorge (Trains 1 & 2), which was the last year the train ran. It is the full consist, consisting of a F7 pair, a baggage and a coach. It's all standard LEGO parts with custom decals. The F-Units are based on models/instructions created by a 3rd Party, the cars are full custom models. The Full Train F7A 5574 F7B 5573 Baggage Car 711 Coach 1243 Aside from this, I've also modeled various Santa Fe, Rock Island, SP and Seaboard cars that I'll share at some point.
Cool train. I still have my lego train from the 60's. I am always tempted to get it out and play with it a bit.
Fantastic Bill! I've seen some cool Lego set ups at train shows but that just blows away what I have seen. Been a Lego fan since I was a kid. Never did the Lego trains but lots of other stuff. My son has bunches of the Lego Star Wars stuff.
WOW! I never played/woked with Lego blocks. When I finished with the army I had two daughhters and four neices so did more with dolls. Though then I played with Lionel and O gauges and latter N and went to HO. I'm wondering what scale these would be close to. I believe HO is 1/87th.
That is exceptionally cool stuff you've built Legoman. I have the Lego 116 set from my childhood. The locomotive is battery powered and it all runs pretty well. It had a second generation of use when my kid and I would set it up.
Thanks everyone! Glad to see y'all like them. Scale, wise it works out to about 1/48 or O Scale. It's a tad off, but it's very close. I think I have the locomotive from that set somewhere.
Wow -- the size of the models is now apparent to me now that I see a full door frame in the background. So cool.
I had the blue one, very similar overall. Guess I should've left it sealed in the box. https://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-113-M...585942?hash=item2d18803dd6:g:3W4AAOSwePdfb5D~
Wow... I played with Lego way back when... I mean really way back when... when one could buy a box full of non-dedicated parts and play around with them for hours... Short of model trains, best fun I ever had. But this... Best of both worlds. These pieces are serious works of art, over and above nice models considering they're Lego. As BNSF Fan mentioned, I've also seen some Lego setups at trains shows but these are a couple of orders of magnitude beyond what I've seen so far. Just beautiful.
Bill, What were the train cars you had when I came by to see your trains? You had other L scale models that were pretty cool. Also, still doing the O scale?
It's more or less the same size as a Scale O Gauge passenger car. At some point I'll take a comparison photo with an actual O Scale car to provide some better reference. O Scale is going quite strong. I don't entirely recall to be honest. It might have been one of my early cars, but I don't remember.
A clip from the Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show from March of a friend's SW1200 lugging all of my coaches. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=956174591547035
Simply 'Grande! Wow! I didn't know a stock Lego color block was close to Aspen Gold.... It looks fantastic!
I stand by my verdict - above and beyond anything i've seen yet in Lego. Simply stunning. I bow in admiration...
At one time not too long ago I had an entire Lego City in my living room. It had the white ICE looking passenger train and the blue GP38 looking freight train running through the city. Having the Lego city was fun but it didn't satisfy my train needs, but it did get me back into scale modeling both financially and physically. I wanted more (the physical part) and sold the Lego to fund my N scale adventures. I Did keep my Xmas train for the tree and I also kept my Horizon Express (2 sets for a full train) which for those who don't know looks like the orange TGV from the 80's and 90's. I love Lego, but I just could not afford Lego and N scale in money or space. Great job on the trains. Yours look so much better than the Lego versions of the F units.
Not as nice as what's here, but I re-discovered a slide from Christmas 1974 where I was playing with Lego, but I couldn't get trains off my mind: Eight axles, no less! After I was done here, I was back to my layout and the Cox GP35 I got as another gift that day.
Wow, that's a great picture Mike. I think many of us wish our parents had captured even one of such moments. I have a precious few.
Bill, Just checked out your thread. Great looking models! I played with Legos myself as a kid. All this Lego talk reminds me of a site I came across while doing research on the CNJ 4-6-4 locomotives. Very nice modeling in brick! Here is the link: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/03/08/jersey-girl/ Scott
