My trains...

[mikezax]

I will add to this thread simpler train models, for which it would not make sense to create a separate thread... They will mainly be trains from Slovakia and the Czech Republic, mostly in 1:87 scale...

The first is this locomotive:

ČKD T 458.1

Scale: 1:87 (approx. 1:60)
Author: Ing. Ladislav Jakubčo, BaJ
Source: Fifík magazine

ČKD T 458.1 (today known as the 721 series) is a legendary diesel-electric shunting locomotive, which was produced by the Czech-Slovak company ČKD Praha between 1962 and 1971. In the railway world, thanks to its characteristic sound and reliability, it gained the iconic nickname "Big Hector"

Basic technical parameters:
Maximum speed: 80 km/h
Traction arrangement: Bo' Bo' (four driving axles)
Weight: 74 tons
Length over bumpers: 13.20 m
Internal combustion engine: six-cylinder ČKD 6 S 310 DR
Continuous power: 551 kW (750 hp)

Model:

This is a simple model. I printed the tracks on a 3D printer. Judging by the tracks, the scale is more like 1:60 than 1:87. You can download a model of a railway crossing on the Fifík website, so I'll try to put it all together and see what the result will be...

 

[mijob]

Great start its a very interesting model.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

You are off to a great start. I am looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

 

[zathros]

I have a collection of "N" scale trains and tons of accessories, all sitting in a drawer. I always thought about using paper models, one for display, and the other to put on chassis to lower the load. Trains are so fantastic. The train Network in America is vast. Most good are transported by trains to terminals where tractor trailer trucks pick up the goods. It cost around 11 to 12 times cheaper to move anything by train in the U.S. compared to tractor trailer trucks. Now, tracks that are abandoned are being turned into parks, with bicycle lanes. Some of these parks are in elevated tracks in the middle of New York City, and small business have opened up alongside to serve the customer. They are quite beautiful. In my state, they have made bicycle lanes. It's amazing how long one can travel on these thoroughfares.

 

[mikezax]

When I was a kid, I got a train set in exactly this scale (H0) for Christmas, but it's already broken...
I bought a Z (1:220) scale train with the idea of using it in a paper model, but I haven't gotten around to it yet...

Thank you, I'm glad you like the model despite how simple it is...at least I did something on the base today...I have the frame with skewers...there will still be grass, pebbles, a road, barriers...

 

[mikezax]

Today I moved around a bit with the mat on which I added pebbles and grass...

 

[mikezax]

So I'm done... finished locomotive and also the base...
My modifications:

-cut out the air from the railing
-added steps (4x)
-added chains (2x)
-added horns (2x)
-added base with a model of a railroad crossing
-added patina to the entire model...

...it was an experiment to see if these machines from Fifík could be built so that it doesn't look like a simple box...I'm quite satisfied with the result, so there will definitely be more in time...

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That looks AMAZING! You did a FANTASTIC JOB on this project.

 

[mijob]

Nice work it looks fantastic.

 

[mikezax]

Thanx

I'll add another simple train. This time it's a more modern piece, which I've ridden a few times myself...

Push-Pull 951.001 control car

Scale: 1:87
Author: Mgr. Juraj Gonšor (juraig)
Source: Ohník magazine/ Green book

A push-pull train (translated as "pushed-pulled") refers to a train set that has a locomotive at one end and a control car at the other. Thanks to this system, the locomotive does not have to go around the entire set at the end station. When traveling forward, the locomotive pulls the train, when traveling backward, it pushes it, and the driver controls the train directly from the control car.



Model:

This is another simple model. I printed the tracks on a 3D printer. I first tried to glue the wagons themselves to see if I could glue them together (it's a long and thin model that could twist)...since it looks pretty good, I can continue with the chassis...

 

[zathros]

Great choice.

I was driving in 6 inches of snow, and I did not know the gate was not working. I went over the track, and the train missed me by a foot, it was a very sharp corner, and you couldn't see it till it was on top of you. I called the emergency number, they said all the gates were out of commission, and roads were legally closed, how was someone supposed to know that leaving work at 12;30 A.M.!!

I arrived home and saw an Orange Pick up truck stuck across the tracks. The train track ran around parallel around 100 feet from my apartment. I looked and the driver was not in the pick up, his emergency lights were flashing. I saw him standing by the little train shack which had a telephone booth. Just as I told him a train was coming, the train rammed his full size pick up. There wasn't a piece bigger than 6 inches in diameter left, the body was so shredded there was no orange left. The next day, a specialized train with a crane and electromagnet, picked up all the pieces and stuck them in it's empty dumpster it was towing. The engine block was torn into little pieces. An incredible sight to be hold. That train dragged that truck and ground it into nothing in 300 feet.