Tag: Danish State Railways

DSB Litra Elo I

Posted on by Dennis Tomsen

The DSB Litra Elo (I) was the ubiquitous Danish twin-axled open wagon built by Scandia in the thousands from 1942-1950.

All are decommissioned today with only a few surviving as museum pieces.

The model:

Stock wooden livery.

Scale: ~1:50
Length: 22 studs
Width: 7 1/10 studs
Bricks: 253
Designed: 2018
Updated: 2023



The wagon is able to navigate R40 curves and switches with some resistance but works far better with R56 and above due to the distance between the two fixed wheel axles.

The model has been built and tested in real life but you are more than welcome to contact me regarding any errors in the Stud.io file, building instructions or the model itself. Feedback is always much appreciated.

Different type of goods will be added to the building instructions soon.



Artwork for the stickers will be added on a later date.

More pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93468412@N08/albums/72157673715608698/

Revisions:
01.12.2023: Stud.io file and Building Instructions version 1.0 download added

DSB IC3

Posted on by Dennis Tomsen

The Danish State Railways’ (DSB) highly successful and innovative InterCity 3 aka IC3 passenger train was co-developed by Siemens -Duewag in Germany and ABB Scandia in Denmark.

The train is operated by DSB in Denmark and Sweden, by Renfe Operadora in Spain and by Israel Railways in Israel.

Amtrak in the USA and Via Rail in Canada have tested the train in the past.

A trainset consists of three units; two diesel motor units (Litra MFA and Litra MFB) and one intermediary unit (Litra FF).

Up to five trainsets can be coupled together.

96 trainset were built for DSB from 1989 to 1991.

All are still in service today.


The model:

Original white and red livery used from 1989 to 2002.

Fictionally named “Jørgen Vig” with the crest of Billund added.

Scale: 1:48
Length: 157 studs (MFA: 55 – FF: 47 – MFB 55) or approx. 122 cm
Width: 8 studs
Bricks: 2.948 (MFA: 1.040 – FF: 861 – MFB 1.047)
Locomotion: 2 x 9v or 2 x PF/PUP train motors
Power: 9v, 2 x LEGO AAA battery boxes or 2 x BuWizz battery boxes
Control: 9v, PUP, SBrick, PFx Brick or BuWizz
Designed: 2022
Building instructions: Knud Ahrnell Albrechtsen aka snakebyte.dk

Its able to navigate R40 but looks rather silly doing so.

The model has been built and extensively tested in real life for more than a year but you are more than welcome to contact me regarding any errors in the Stud.io file, building instructions or the model itself. Feedback is always much appreciated.

Artwork for the stickers will be added on a later date.

More pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93468412@N08/albums/72177720296281843

Revisions:
12.09.2023: Model and Building Instructions download version 1.1: Important corrections to the central bogies