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Model Railroading > Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using LegoDate: 06/10/19 11:59 Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: BMR Hello all,
This is my first post on TrainOrders. My name is Glenn Holland, I'm a young mechanical engineer in the rail industry, and my modeling efforts are done with Lego bricks. I've been building and seriously modeling trains using Lego for about 12 years now, but my first love is trains. I thoroughly enjoy the research that goes into building a model. Here is my newest model: I chose the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 Consolidation #13. I began designing the model in February this year and brought it to completion this past weekend, right at five months of build time. It runs smoothly using a combination of Lego's home-grown motor/robotics system and a custom (non-Lego) battery. I have also added a sound card from Dallee Electronics. In terms of scale, it is closest to O scale, with the exact ratio being about 1:46. The model is about 97% pure Lego. The remaining 3% is comprised of custom third party pieces, the non-Lego battery, the sound system, and the connecting rods, which I designed myself and printed on Shapeways. Link to more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41032663@N08/albums/72157709020830252 Link to a more detailed article: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/06/10/buffalo-creek-gauley-2-8-0-13-by-glenn-holland/ Lastly, I uploaded a video about it on that popular video sharing site. If you search "Buffalo Creek and Gauley Lego", you'll find it. It should be the first result. I'm happy to field any questions. Thanks for reading. Glenn Holland Date: 06/10/19 12:19 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: wjpyper What is the track gauge or width in inches of Lego track?
Bill Pyper Salem, Oregon Date: 06/10/19 12:27 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: ALCO630 God, Leggos have come a long way since I was a kid. Beautiful.
Posted from Android Date: 06/10/19 12:43 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: BMR wjpyper Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What is the track gauge or width in inches of Lego > track? > Bill Pyper > Salem, Oregon It's about 1.49 inches between the rails. Date: 06/10/19 12:51 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: BNModeler DAMN!!! Thats beautiful!!!
Date: 06/10/19 13:45 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: refarkas A true work of art!
Bob Date: 06/10/19 14:49 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: boejoe Very well done. Looking forward to seeing some of your other accomplishments.
Date: 06/11/19 05:17 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: BMR Thanks all for the compliments! Eventually I'll begin building a personal layout, along with countless other locomotives and cars. I'll be sure to post some progress here.
Date: 06/11/19 07:07 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: SPDRGWfan Lego ain't what it used to be that's for sure.
Where I work there are a bunch of PhD engineers and in a common area of the office there was a Death Start they were working on for a while. In the last few months, it was replaced of a complete Lego model of the Taj Mahal. Me, having grown up in a different era, it's kinda weird - it's like looking at pixelated versions of minituraized objects. In a way, as a model train fan, to me it's like the opposite of what modelers have been trying to achieve - which is the closest replica possible in a small scale, of some type of train engine or freight car etc. But in this case, being lego's, the effect is somewhat the opposite. I bit like that video game mine craft I see kits playing. I grew up playing blocky looking video games becase the techonogiy was much lower. Now with Mine Craft and Lego, it's like they are returning to the early days of low resolution. Crazy! Anyway, as the saying goes, different strokes for different folks. Date: 06/11/19 08:26 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: M-420 That is pretty darned incredible. Very nice!
Date: 06/11/19 10:56 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: BMR Lego is inherently a blocky medium - so the challenge to use that to create round shapes (like boilers) is obvious. On the other hand I've now lost count of how many people at conventions don't believe they're looking at Lego when they see our club layout.
All it comes down to is years of practice, obviously, and being willing to learn and sharpen your skills, just like any hobby. Date: 06/11/19 18:04 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: atsf121 Outstanding Glenn, that is just fabulous work!
Posted from iPhone Date: 06/12/19 07:13 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: CM1 Is that thing interlocked or will it fall apart? I'm use to Lincoln Logs.
Date: 06/12/19 12:56 Re: Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13 - modeled using Lego Author: PHall CM1 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Is that thing interlocked or will it fall apart? > I'm use to Lincoln Logs. Legos snap together. |