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Ha ha, I didn't really intend it from the start, but once I started seeing it was possible I went all in. Thanks!

There's already a decent number of pretty good Dreyfuss J3As in LEGO; I'm not sure I could add too much to that conversation... but if someone would want to commission it, I'd think about it :D

It's definitely possible, just have to make more or less tradeoffs depending on how sharp of curves you want to negotiate!

The version on Rebrickable is still an older version. I will update the description or add a comment when instructions for this version are available. Thanks!

@@NonsenseWars Sweet thank you Mate

I dunno if my school still does FRC, but we were team 1560 when I was there. That was a _long_ time ago though!

These would have prototypically had much better weight distribution than this model. In an actual steam locomotive, the weight is mostly in the boiler, cylinders, and frame rather than the cab. That of course didn't stop the infamous slipping issues the T1 had though. The Q2 apparently had some more sophisticated traction control; I don't know why they didn't do it for the T1.

@@NonsenseWars "The Q2 apparently had some more sophisticated traction control; I don't know why they didn't do it for the T1." Possibly to keep potential costs down, that I don't know for certain.

In some cases like on the UP Big Boys and Challengers they indeed had articulated chassis, but the T1 prototypically had a rigid frame much like a more conventional 4-8-4.

In a long enough timeline I'd probably get to all three... I actually started an S1, but I didn't get very far.

Well, that's pretty much the tradeoff for being a LEGO train... unless the curves were actually to scale it pretty much has to articulate more than the prototype. I'd ay overall these models are more of a detailed sketch than a photorealistic painting at any rate!

Lol, bring it to the next meeting XD

@@NonsenseWarsnever mind

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Can you post a video?

@@NonsenseWarssure thing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZnNha2XPeeM.htmlsi=uQMLzdbfiMokUDHm

@@NonsenseWars ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZnNha2XPeeM.htmlsi=UPLSUIGnlCNiyFjj

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@@NonsenseWars every time I try to send the link to the video my message gets deleted

That's one of my favorite parts! It's made with upside down 1x1 slopes with brackets going outward.

Tony's updated his model a few times over the years too. When I did my first one, he was still on _his_ first one, which was, among other things, still using number 9 drivers instead of number 11. I think he also, even now, continues to power his versions from the tender.

@@NonsenseWars well nevertheless, I'm in love with your design. I'm currently working with Glenn Holland and Montystrains to design a UP steam locomotive that hasn't been done yet. TTT-6.

@@coleberan3333 Very nice, I for one definitely appreciate modeling prototypes that haven't been done rather than the umpteenth Big Boy or Olton Hall.

@@NonsenseWars same here! Been thinking about making a Baldwin Centipede. It's been done once before, but it was a 6 wide from 2012 or so. Do you happen to have an Instagram?

@@coleberan3333 Yeah, but there's nothing on there that isn't on here already: instagram.com/boku_no_pikohan/

Dont worry just get the flageless wheels

The T1 and its predecessor the S1 had wheelbases that were too long for much of the Pennsy system's twisty curves

This particular Lego implementation is articulated, but the prototype was not. You can definitely made a rigid framed Lego model if you stick to wider radius curves though.