Train photos

Some photos from the trainmeeting we had on Saturday.

Setup.

From the movie Inception?

Tinkering.

I brought my "new" 6991 Monorail Transport Base, good fun!

False fronts, quite clever!

Two classic Swedish engines went head-to-head. Ooops.

This guys windmill has been squeaking for a couple of exhibitions, so I gave him some "flavoured lube". Apparently it did not taste very good. :)

On that note, here's some train porn:

Lot's to see and document, counting all wagons and engines we had 105 rolling units, not bad for a first!

The red train seemed more accident prone than the rest.

Almost the full layout.

In another room one of our club members was busy using all of his track for the first time.

Putting stuff on the Maersk train might have gotten slightly out of hand...

"Oooops", what an "accident". ;)

In case you've missed it, the previous post contains a video from the event.

Trains!

Ah, don't worry. I'm not going there just yet, but Sweden saw it's first train meetup this past weekend and I was there and had a lot of fun! Here's a little edit of the videofootage I got with my helmet cam:




Update: Here are some photos from the same event.

4010 Police Rescue Boat

I remember playing with this set when I was a kid, was pretty fun. Bought another as part of a deal recently.

Year 1987, 81 pieces

Great pieces

6 x 2 x 2 weight
Boat shell, I have a MOC in my head for two of these someday :)

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6257 Castaway's Raft

Bought as part of a big deal.

Year 1990, 50 pieces

Not much to say really. A bunch of minifigs and a shark...

Great pieces

Um... The 1 x 1 with studs on side is a good part!

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6352 Cargomaster Crane

Bought as part of a big deal.

Year 1991, 133 pieces

The cargo is a small tractor, I kind of like this crane. I think I have to do a Technic crane some day...

Great pieces

The 1 x 4 hinges always come in handy and by now you probably know what I think of yellow parts (I love them) :)

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6353 Coastal Cutter

Bought in a large deal.

Year 1991, 175 pieces

The towing function is quite clever but other then that this is a fairly plain set.

Great pieces

Has some rather good basic pieces like 1 x 2 tile grille and 1 x 2 plate with handle.
The 2 x 2 "boats" can also come in handy some day...

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6376 Breezeway Cafe

Bought as part of a big deal, I think I would have liked it as a kid - I like it as an AFOL :)

Year 1990, 171 pieces

Here it is, mine lacks some pieces, a green 2 x 2 plate round on top of the palm tree and a 1 x 1 tile in transparent red. Can't have everything I suppose. After all, a kid has played with it :)

LEGO has re-released this set as a classic with number 10037.

Side, notice the lights in the arch. Nice.

Great pieces

Big transparent windows, I bet I can use these someday somehow :)
Plant leaves

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6380 Emergency Treatment Center

I remember this set from the catalogs when I was a kid, I never wanted it though since I was mostly into Technic, today I've realized some "standard" pieces is necessary to build good Technic. Part of a large deal.

Year 1987, 284 pieces

Looks nice huh?

Side, don't notice the white trash can lid, it's supposed to be dark gray but hey! I was all out of them...

Great pieces

Dunno really, a bunch of white and so on, nothing special.

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)

6387 Coastal Rescue Base

Another set bought as part of a large deal. Don't recall seeing it before that deal though. Has a nice Jeep in it. Talk about Baywatch LEGO, but where's Pamela? :) (Actually, I prefer Erica Eleniak but that's a completely different story)

Year 1989, 351 pieces

...in all it's glory.

Backside.

Here's one of the vehicles, it tows a small boat. Rather nice if you ask me.

That's a clever and common design on outboard engines.

Winter?

And no rescue themed "house" is complete without a helicopter it seems.

Still, it's a pretty nice heli.

And here's the Jeep I tend to like.

To bad it has a fire hose though, not common for baywatchers to put put fires as far as I know. Perhaps it's a silicone pump for the female actresses?

Great pieces

Bars and the pretty nice windows.

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica (N/A)