Brick Model Railroader | raised | Activity https://brickmodelrailroader.com/members/raised/activity/ Activity feed for raised. Fri, 08 May 2026 09:56:50 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 761294fdbde31c0b7ed0d379d16993f5 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221689 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:54:02 -0500 It’s been a long wait since FX Bricks first teased their metal rails, but finally, the word is out: March 1st, 2021 will see the second coming of the 9V line! 15 years after the official introduction of Plastic […]

]]> 2 67eedd2956b2845fc272a760eec98f17 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221571 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:00:00 -0500 In 2017 we published the results on November 17th, in 2018 on December 9th, and in 2019 on January 6th of 2020. This year it is January 24th. Partly this is due to ever more busy lifes of our editors and judges, […]

]]> 2 37c298af65ea13dfe3fea83c006b8323 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221474 Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:12:18 -0400 Over the last two months we have seen an amazing amount of WIP stories and entries for this years installment of OcTRAINber. We are really very happy to see so many Builders having fun with this years contest! […]

]]> 0 5d8d6fdf3bddee9a04423463a84260f5 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221419 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:48:48 -0400 It’s already October 7th, and that means OcTRAINber is in full swing! We have seen some pretty amazing WIPs in the last month that show us extending OcTRAINber to also include SepTRAINber seems to have been a […]

]]> 0 ecbbf630cd423552ec703ad2fd07b02c raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221315 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 21:07:34 -0400 Since announcing OcTRAINber 2020: Dioramas, dioramas everywhere, we have seen a lot of enthousiast reactions, which we are very glad about. This post is the first follow-up post, and several more will most […]

]]> 0 015a856d323274e022e6f4a83b65d685 raised posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2020/09/01/octrainber-2020-dioramas-dioramas-everywhere/#comment-26553 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 20:08:03 -0400 Hi Micheal,

Thanks for the questions. Just to clarify things a bit: For the last three years OcTRAINber has been a building challenge that both challenges and brings out the creativity. For this reason we on purpose stay vague on the rules, because we like to see exactly that creativity.

For your first question: We on purpose called it…[Read more]

In reply to - raised wrote a new post Due to COVID-19 a lot is different this year. However, we didn’t want the community to miss this years OcTRAINber due to that. So, we decided that for the fourth year in a row, OcTRAINber […] ]]> b2bcc57bbdeefda71728d42877793d0f raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=221300 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 22:16:54 -0400 Due to COVID-19 a lot is different this year. However, we didn’t want the community to miss this years OcTRAINber due to that. So, we decided that for the fourth year in a row, OcTRAINber will go on!

This […]

]]> 2 514d95de93af2fbacb8bd12769d9b47a raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=194763 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:32:24 -0400 After several weeks of (intended?) leaks and gossip all over the internet, Lego finally does what we all expected it to do a week before Fathers Day: It released the much anticipated Crocodile! As expected, it’s […]

]]> 1 565432f9b3077bae9af32931f91895ea raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=170826 Thu, 07 May 2020 16:00:43 -0400 Every now and then there are some articles online on one of the well-known fora that you just HAVE to share to a broader audience. A while ago my eye fell on an article by Hod Carrier over at the Train Tech […]

]]> 0 6f06ea74aeece57188f78259a2abcf0c raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=148505 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:00:32 -0400 Every now and then there are some articles online on one of the well-known fora that you just HAVE to share to a broader audience. A while ago my eye fell on an article by Hod Carrier over at the Train Tech […]

]]> 0 e115a4764f45e38589199024adf8b2b2 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=148497 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:00:59 -0400 Most of the time, pictures say more than a thousand words. Today’s model proves this point, even though they are renders. Anyways, John O’Shea, known for his amazing US and EU style trucks, build a small Komatsu […]

]]> 1 460580d376f60cf58b607e10774d3fc0 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=139176 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:00:58 -0400 Being a Model Railroader and AFOL in one, it’s always difficult to make sure a model looks like it’s prototype. As AFOL, you are always trying to use exactly that one piece of Lego that corresponds with a certain […]

]]> 0 5f8dba7e5d53cf255499647d6da129d0 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=108041 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 13:55:17 -0500 In the LegoWorld 2018 Report Raised promised that somewhere in March 2020 the 2019 article would be published. Since Enrico considered that to be a bit late, he volunteered to write the 2019 article, but in 2019. […]

]]> 0 e14937515c9b2fc3c8a34b37dedc303b raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=91055 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Last year we published the results on December 9th, this year we are doing so on January 6th. Not everything can be a tradition after three years, but it seems that slow judging is definitely one of them.

So, […]

]]> 1 f819602f174a4a25c4eda296eb144131 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=69024 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:00:42 -0500 Just a very short update from our side regarding the wrapping up of OcTRAINber 2019. Just like last year it has proven to be a quite busy number of months here at BMR, specifically for me (Legoworld, our biggest […]

]]> 1 9475e47f831a8b00b1ed14b9d1e07ce3 raised posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/10/30/octrainber-2019-service-announcement/#comment-17508 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:17:31 -0500 Working on it as we speak. I communicated the following a couple of hours ago at EB and at our Flickr Page:

Hi all,

Short update from our side. Just like last year it has proven to be a quite busy number of months for me, which means the judging has taken some delays again since coordinating the judging is my ‘task’. We will try to get it done…[Read more]

In reply to - raised wrote a new post Happy last days of OcTRAINber! We hope you are enjoying this month as much as we are. In the last couple of weeks we have seen a lot of great WIPs and even some amazing entries being posted […] ]]> 8b3dccea886c0a50b5871be6780c42a5 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=46504 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:00:12 -0400 Happy last days of OcTRAINber! We hope you are enjoying this month as much as we are. In the last couple of weeks we have seen a lot of great WIPs and even some amazing entries being posted in the Brick Model […]

]]> 3 1e26216d4c809995fb3f6af9b4bc46d9 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=20138 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:25 -0400 As we announced a bit over a week ago, this year BMR will again run the OcTRAINber contest. OcTRAINber is a contest meant to get outside of your comfort zone and build something you haven’t thought of before. You […]

]]> 1 c0df689087c73269540546a318409f8e raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=20104 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:00:59 -0400 “Everything that happens once can never happen twice. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”

If there is one thing at BMR that this could apply for, definitely now that September […]

]]> 4 ea12b0fbacffcef138f384058dd7d079 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6138 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:00:57 -0400 Some might say that engines that look like a big box have no soul. That they are just what they are, big boxes with no aesthetic value. I however tend to differ. Just like how American diesels have found […]

]]> 0 b11e0bf83efee0f0f657c72587391d16 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6062 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:00:07 -0400 Now that it turns out that TLC has officially phased out the Li-Po battery packs for PF, I’m wondering how we as a community are going to power our PF motors from now on. The ‘easiest’ way would obviously be to […]

]]> 1 5ab30a347b81fde4a7b0211780ee65d4 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6075 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:00:41 -0400 As promised, this is a follow-up to the post by BigDaedy and me about how the both of us designed our Bombardier Traxx’es.

The people who know me, know that most of my Lego projects can take weeks, months, […]

]]> 0 438b193fc47fcde10177e7154d80572b raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=6079 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:00:14 -0400 In the last 5 years, me and BigDaedy have been desiging our own takes on the Bombardier Traxx in 1:45 scale. The Traxx runs both in the Netherlands and in Germany, and is, together with the Siemens Vectron, one […]

]]> 0 c8e55f14ed94c0d2c00aa2a8294d3d86 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5974 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:00:17 -0400 Even though the most beloved scale of BMR is somewhere in the lines of 1:45 (Europe) or 1:48 (US), that doesn’t mean we don’t try go give some love to other scales as well. Today, over at the Eurobricks Train […]

]]> 0 60397ed67071425968f0fbffc6a3b7b4 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5901 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:24:55 -0400 Every now and then our readers themselves get so excited with BMR that they send in their own articles. This is of course something we really appreciate, so please keep them coming! Today it’s Enrico Lussi’s […]

]]> 0 195697a75cf48c1d60ce18cf46345841 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5480 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:16:07 -0400 About two year ago, I started a three-parter series about designing and building an European railcar, more specifically the SDGGMRS type of trailer railcars, meant to transport trailers over rail. Due to reasons […]

]]> 1 08a4a833763c0c9a1a4baffd5aeb91f0 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5451 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:57:08 -0400 As some of you might know by now, I’m one of the few Contributors (the only?) of BMR that lives on the other side of the pond, ie. in Europe and more specifically in The Netherlands. Compared to the US, some […]

]]> 0 defdcef157de8c7a5590367df58dd762 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=5381 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:57:52 -0500 It seems that lately TLC is really trying to release train sets outside of the Lego City theme and by doing so, trying to tap in more different categories of kids that come into contact with Lego trains. All of […]

]]> 1 76b5388f92ccfc244a5c4ccfaa10947a raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4748 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:09:54 -0500 A short intermezzo, just to get you guys started to build again!

A while ago I have been experimenting with curved slopes to try to recreate the “perfect” roof. Ofcourse, the perfect roof doesn’t exist, but […]

]]> 0 5b9910407c9e2627e6d736c262c36b5b raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4665 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:51:03 -0500 Good news! It took a bit longer than expected from our side (and we again apologize for this), but we can finally reveal the winners of this years OcTRAINber!

First, let us again say that we really enjoyed all […]

]]> 0 d6eafe6b9c03a7180ea379123587a777 raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber 2018: The Round-up https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2018/11/11/octrainber-2018-the-round-up/#comment-3810 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:12:26 -0500 Hi all, just a short message from us at BMR regarding the final judgement of OcTRAINber 2018: We are currently finishing up the results, hopefully we will be able to post them sometime this weekend! Thanks again […]

]]> a09694a50f864b6bb0f2c7be7555c48d raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4557 Sun, 11 Nov 2018 22:14:39 -0500 Now that OcTRAINber 2018: The Foreign Challenge is officially over, we first would like to thank all the participants who made this such a great month again. It was amazing to see all the WIP stories showing up on […]

]]> 0 c8f8c292195caa7ca05d0eacfbd5b439 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4368 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:15:06 -0400 Now that the last weekend of October is (almost) over, it’s time for a preliminary recap post.

First of all, we have already seen a lot of great entries and some awesome WIP stories. Great to see everybody […]

]]> 0 5ad487c96eec73c7005e369e811ee9df raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4329 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:38:02 -0400 As promised in the first part of this three-part article of OcTRAINber 2018 prizes, we would go out with a bang, and what a bang to go out with! Here at BMR we have always been enthusiastic about the PFx Brick, […]

]]> 0 85d0d0ce0831bede182173474758a90f raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4326 Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:00:58 -0400 After the announcement about our first prizes for OcTRAINber, generously sponsored by Lego, including one of the Grand Prizes, 60198, we promised you that we had more awesome stuff coming. So today we can reveal […]

]]> 0 6a4d2ca1614fd5946cdea10db4b12dad raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4289 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:00:54 -0400 Now that OcTRAINber is in full swing and the first entries are coming in we would like to take this opportunity to at least show you all the prizes you are contesting for. We are very glad to announce that three […]

]]> 0 9d22598159981691d62cf0d975541845 raised wrote a new post https://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=4286 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:38:20 -0400 As we announced a bit over a week ago, this year BMR will again run the OcTRAINber contest. Just like last year we have chosen a subject that will hopefully get as many of our fellow trainheads out of their […]

]]> 0 d434ab5ab8684811c342606d4d8c5584 raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber 2018: The Second Challenge! https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2018/09/23/octrainber-2018-the-second-challenge/#comment-3434 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:35:44 -0400 To answer your questions:

1. Unfortunately no, prototypes set in fictional universes aren’t allowed to be entered. As said: We are limiting entries to those based in reality. I.E., an entry should be a model o […]

]]> 925731df72bae0bac8adc8e3f64d040f raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber 2018: The Second Challenge! https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2018/09/23/octrainber-2018-the-second-challenge/#comment-3433 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:32:15 -0400 Reimagation of a Lego set could work, but only if it connects with a prototype, like for example how the Maersk locomotive was reimagined by Ralph Savelsberg […]

]]> 40d5ded3f39ffdcbf90efa0bad28256b raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=3355 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:30:50 -0500 Even though we unfortunately can be almost 100% sure that Monorail will never make a comeback and even though the parts haven’t been produced in 20 years (luckily at least one 3rd party retailer have taken up t […]

]]> 0 869e7d252becc7827dd46a9846e6be34 raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=3340 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:29:30 -0500 As one of the few (maybe the only?) contributors to BMR from across the pond, I felt like I really should share something European again, this time a BR 01.5 steam engine of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (the national […]

]]> 0 7f72d62c1381cb2ae6fcdf83a88961ed raised commented on the post, Can I have Instructions? http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2018/01/25/can-i-have-instructions/#comment-1907 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:59:20 -0500 Great post, it just lacked lolcats, so I made one for you!

]]> 4222f885dec81b5a4a1df08f34670fc3 raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber: The Results http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/11/17/octrainber-the-results/#comment-1360 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:27:06 -0500 Update for the winners: We will contact you on short notice for shipping & choosing your prize!

]]> caa0b5d2ea873d677aa0e630040a4db3 raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=2684 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:14:29 -0500 After a great and exciting month that we dubbed OcTRAINber, the difficult part for us judges had only just begon. However, we have managed to finally decide on the winners, which will be announced in this […]

]]> 0 76f485efe3585c18c627b7496454140f raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=2675 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:09:21 -0500 This is a short service announcement for everybody that is eagerly waiting for the final results of the first season of OcTRAINber. We would like to tell of you you that we apologize for the silence from our side, […]

]]> 0 6b620f35078446d0928160c2340bb6b8 raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=2657 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 21:37:42 -0500 I agree, this topic title normally makes more sense over at our friends of The Lego Car Blog but thanks to well-know Sci-Fi trains and space builder Sunder, we can now also use this title over at BMR, and not […]

]]> 0 6f7012a12e97c8e9040c57c905a2136e raised wrote a new post http://brickmodelrailroader.com/?p=2611 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:54:41 -0400 Today is October 30th, wich means just one more day and OcTRAINber is over! For everybody that didn’t enter their entries yet, this post is a friendly reminder that now is the time to add those last pieces, render […]

]]> 0 b87639c1d51e9d7411b4488fb7c36a6f raised commented on the post, A Tail Of The Blue Comet: The Seashore's Finest Train In LEGO by Cale Leiphart http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/10/26/a-tail-of-the-blue-comet-the-seashores-finest-train-in-lego/#comment-1173 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:45:07 -0400 Great article Cale, and I’m not saying that because I’m part of the BMR staff!

]]> a007d087ee023046f8dc2e766897eb22 raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber: The Contest Begins! http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/09/30/octrainber-the-contest-begins/#comment-850 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:37:01 -0400 See above, and that’s also the reason why it IS in the photo pool, but why it ISN’T in the entry thread.

]]> a5e4c71a874531ae5c0d1e36825cda4d raised commented on the post, OcTRAINber: The Contest Begins! http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/09/30/octrainber-the-contest-begins/#comment-849 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:36:15 -0400 Don’t worry I would ofcourse never do so! It’s just an excuse for me to build something this month. As you can read in the description of the photo:

“Also, as I’m one of the judges for OcTRAINber, this will be […]

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