To be fair the original orient express probably wasn't much longer than this. This model looks nice and original, and the American influenced loco and observation car give it an American Orient Express flare. If you're interested in making the real thing, though, the first and last cars should be baggage cars, there should be 1 diner, and the rest should be sleepers. Don't know how well the sleepers would work in Lego, though.
@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for the insightful comment! I really appreciate it! I’m perfectly fine with this configuration and honestly I‘ve already spent way too much on this train hahaha But sure, it would definitely need more sleepers to be realistic.
@@TylerJWolfe-et4od They are indeed very similar! This custom locomotive model actually represents exactly the locomotive that they used for the Polar Express. Also the rounded last train car makes it look a bit like the Polar Express :)
@@jumabricks if i know this one correctly (maybe i do, maybe i don't), i think they used either pere marquette for the Polar Express, or Berkshire 2-8-4
@@mrmemesgaming23 Well, the instructions to the official LEGO Set can be found on the LEGO website or other Fan made databases online and the instructions to the locomotive, tender and custom carriages can be found in the video description as stated at the end of the video.
@@FloridaStateWX Thank you! The praise goes right towards the original designer of this model. You can find links to the rebrickable page of the designer in the video description. I always wanted to have a polar express but since it has exactly the same locomotive as my orient express now, I‘m afraid I won’t be building one anytime soon… But maybe one day. It would surely look great! Especially in a snowy LEGO Christmas layout.
This is genuinely what people expected to get when the Orient Express won. The engine does feel a little too American for the Orient Express, but that's just my personal preference. It's definitely a better take than I had! "And you call this a Mod despite the fact that it is obviously a MOC".
@@Nowheres_Channel Thank you! Well, the locomotive is a MOC, that’s for sure but the carriages I would consider mods… So I decided to call it a MOD overall. If you want to build it yourself, you can find the link to the instructions in the video description.
i have always wanted the new and more realistic model of the orient express lego train with more cars.. how much would you say that version of the orient express cost?
@@Urenimehisrealalt The model that you can see here was 2x the official LEGO set, so that’s 2x 300€. The BrickLink orders to get all the extra parts were probably around 300-350€. And the electronics (that I already had in my collection) would again add quite a bit to the price. All in all you’re looking at ~1100€ for the full train.
@@jumabricks ok thank you. I really like that model of the orient express and all of your other trains like the big boy that I also have but made by a different Lego company. Thanks.
@@johnofbrabant Check out the links in the video description to get to the rebrickable page of this MOD‘s designer. There you can find most details of how you can get the train in this configuration.
So there are two powered up motors in the coal car. No motor in the engine car. Correct ? Both engines are facing the same direction or one engine is reversed and running in reverse?
@@RustyRaceHorse To be precise these are two Power Functions Motors and yes, they’re both in the tender. If I remember correctly, both of the motors are facing the same direction.
@@angelpro3560 I don’t have anything to prevent this. The tracks do shift back and forth a couple of centimeters when fast trains make their way around the track.
@@livingston5834 That is true, but I am not going for maximum accuracy. With LEGO you always gotta make some sacrifices when it comes to scale and proportions. These train cars are already by FAR my heaviest and biggest train cars so making them even longer and heavier would rip them completely out of scale with everything else that I‘ve got. But I‘m sure other people in the LEGO train community will (or have already) modify these cars to make them more in proportion.
@@jumabricks For the fun of it I just did some calculations based on the classic Orient Express sleeper car. With the carriage being 8 studs wide it would have to be approximately 68 studs long to be in proportion. The Lego version is 46 studs long so it would be quite a bit longer and heavier but would make for a beautiful display piece.
@@BarkTs You need at least two sets. With three sets you would have a lot of pieces leftover. This or that way you‘d have to buy quite a few extra pieces. Visit the rebrickable page in the description to find out more. The original designer of this MOD wrote all the necessary information on that page.
Hi, I just ordered my Orient Express from Lego, I would also like to build the locomotive (not the other carriages) in this way following the instructions from Rebrickable... so I wanted to know, can it make the original Lego curves and above all just the locomotive, how much did it cost in extra pieces in addition to the original Lego set ? Thank you !
@@Lollo_Lord Hey, the locomotive can go around the standard LEGO curve radius but it does slow down quite a bit. I can’t remember how much it cost… I can only give a very rough estimate of 50€ - 150€…
@@Mr.australia859 Did you watch til the end of the video? I did show some details of the train and wrote some text saying that there are links in the description to the rebrickable pages of these custom models.
@@KrithisUNO13 Lies dir mal die Videobeschreibung durch. Das sollte deine Frage beantworten. Der Tender hat eine realistische Länge für die Lokomotive. Es gibt halt längere und kürzere Tender.
I think its your curves that make it work, they aint no R40 Lego curves are they. I got 2 motors like this but it would only pull 3 carriages, as soon as I try 4 the curves start slowing it down until by the 3rd bend it stops, plus you have far more straights here to keep the speed up. You have no idea how depressing this was to watch. The amount of time and money I have spent trying to get this result...but failing time and time again, with every solution I try failing miserably, and then I see you succeed with the first thing I tried that did not work for me and its pulling 6 carriages where mine failed at pulling just four. I went with two large motors connected by a differential next, and that will only pull 3. Next attempt will be adding a train motor to the tender plus the two large motors, try that this weekend...if that fails the entire train is going to the landfill!
@@neilrusling-je6zo Oh no, this video is supposed to do anything but making you depressed… It is indeed a very heavy train so having it go through a lot of R40‘s back to back is gonna stop it. The smallest radius on this layout are some R56’s. My train motors are also at their limit with this train length, but it just barely works. Do your drive wheels have enough traction? If so, maybe you’re problem isn’t the power of the motors, but the rolling resistance of the train cars. I used one additional trick to make my train run more smoothly, and that is using silicone spray on all the axles. I don’t know how well that’s gonna work long term wise but for this video it worked fine. One thing, that I guess would work greatly, would be to replace the new plastic axles with the older metal axles and use the ball bearing trick that many people in the LEGO train community use. Is you‘re not familiar with that just look it up on UA-cam. There are some videos about it. That should definitely do the trick, although it’s gonna be a bit costly. I hope any of the stuff that I just wrote can help you with your train. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask :)
@@jumabricks I have not tried the Silicone Grease on the plastic axels but all my metal axels have the MR52zz Bearings installed to try and reduce resistance, and that usually does the trick...but not this time with the 8wide Orient Express. I was hoping I had time this weekend to add a train motor but I am busy. If you are succeeding doing exactly the thing I failed at when my axels have bearings then we both know the cause of the problem is the one thing you have that is different to what I have...CURVED TRACK. Those Lego R40 curves with the 3 connected Engine wheels with this heavy train with the long carriages just will not work unless I have a nice bit of long straight track so that the train can pick up enough momentum to carry it through those curves...and I just do not have enough straight track considering this trains length with four carriages, and you have SIX, which looks truly magnificent. I almost ordered another Orient Express after watching your vid, and I would have if I had my four carriages running...although I had no idea where I would find room for it! One thing I am no fan of on the Orient is the way they chose to join the Bogeys to the Carriages. I dont know what yours are like but the bogeys on mine do not turn smoothly, not like they would turn using the old 6x4 Bogey Plates which turn easily and is the tried and tested never fails way of doing it. It is very stiff, I wish they had used Bogey Plates then adding a train motor to a carriage would be simple. I will order a can of the PTFE Silicone Grease so that I can give a squirt to those plastic axels and the bogey connections under the carriages, see if that improves things. Well I will watch this vid just one more time...then have a good cry. Tomorrow I get the tape measure out and start calculating what the largest curves I can fit will be, If I am lucky R88...if I am unlucky R72...and If I start knocking walls down then R104! Have fun building!
@@neilrusling-je6zo Oh, yes, I am also unhappy with the fact that they used these new 2x2 turntable pieces for the bogey connection. It doesn’t leave any wiggle room for the bogeys to move freely. This caused multiple derailments when running the train. I wish they used the 4x6 bogey plates for it, but the way the floor of the carriages is built makes it impossible to use them. At least not without making some major modifications to the carriages. Maybe it‘s possible to replace the turntables with the 3680 turntables. These will probably move more freely but I can also see them falling off easily… I wish you the best of luck with the silicone spray and all further efforts of trying to improve the performance of your train. Let me know once you get some results going. I‘d be happy to read about it!
@@jumabricks I got 3 packs of R88 and two packs of R104 coming in a week, so I will see just how far I can extend the curves using a combination of both, its going to be far more of the R88 than the R104 because there just is not room for all R104...but if I can squeeze a few in at the beginning and end of the curve then maybe we might just be on our way to a 6 carriage 8wide Earth Blue MASTERPIECE...just like yours. Plus I am going to try the small turntable 3680, I have them on some small freight cars and they work great, but i can see how the 8wide Orients might prove tricky but the way they are now does derail A LOT at switching tracks, its just not smooth enough for my liking.
@@yulbatsriayulbats9399 Erm, no!? Why in the world would I give it to you? I have no interest in just giving away my trains. But you can find the links to the instructions in the video description and purchase the parts for 1000$+.
@@angusbodrie7472 This is not my MOD and I am not the seller of the instructions, so I can’t make them available for free. But even if I was the creator, I still wouldn’t make it free. Creating a model AND making instructions for it is something that takes a LOT of time. So giving back to the designer is just a fair thing to do. And honestly, these instructions have an adequate price, if you ask me. There are other people out there selling custom instructions for significantly more money.
Hands down... the most gorgeous train I have ever seen made from lego bricks
@@KarstenDB Thank you very much! I wish the Designer of the set and the MOD could see this comment.
To be fair the original orient express probably wasn't much longer than this. This model looks nice and original, and the American influenced loco and observation car give it an American Orient Express flare. If you're interested in making the real thing, though, the first and last cars should be baggage cars, there should be 1 diner, and the rest should be sleepers. Don't know how well the sleepers would work in Lego, though.
@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for the insightful comment! I really appreciate it!
I’m perfectly fine with this configuration and honestly I‘ve already spent way too much on this train hahaha
But sure, it would definitely need more sleepers to be realistic.
This looks absolutely stunning. Finally, a locomotive and tender worthy of the Orient Express!
@@lukasthebuilder I absolutely agree! That’s why I immediately wanted to build this locomotive from the moment when I first saw it on rebrickable.
It’s really satisfying listening to the sound of the train as it makes it’s away around your track. Really nice video.
@@Deuce_and_a_half That’s true. Thank you!!
Absolutely gorgeous. Very nice!
@@welshdynasty6640 Thank you very much!!
Yesssss!!!!!! The orient express is finally on video
@@TrainspotterBarn2984 Yes, it is!! Finally! It‘s been taking me way too long 😬😅
Excelente el Orient Express de Lego!! Y muy buen video mostrando este fabuloso tren!!
Thank you!!
A building video would be awesome.
@@Presidentialrun2028 Indeed, it would be cool but unfortunately I didn’t record any of it :(
A real banger right here!
@@scraptyzYT That’s great to hear! Thanks!
Lego robbed us of this beauty
@@jamesgroccia644 Yep, the carriages of the set are perfect but the locomotive unfortunately isn’t. This is what it should’ve been.
Schöner Zug und coole Mods
The Lego Orient Express Look like The Polar Express itself along with its 6 Passenger cars !
@@TylerJWolfe-et4od They are indeed very similar! This custom locomotive model actually represents exactly the locomotive that they used for the Polar Express. Also the rounded last train car makes it look a bit like the Polar Express :)
@@jumabricks if i know this one correctly (maybe i do, maybe i don't), i think they used either pere marquette for the Polar Express, or Berkshire 2-8-4
I can see what you mean, the Orient Express does look like the Polar Express.
What people see:
A cool train
What i see:
Polar express
@@abbie-g6 It is very similar to the Polar Express! (Same locomotive and similar carriage design + rounded last carriage)
What. A. Beast. of a train, awesome!
@@LegoSauc3 Thank you very much :)
Do you have instructions for this set I would love to see some
@@mrmemesgaming23 Well, the instructions to the official LEGO Set can be found on the LEGO website or other Fan made databases online and the instructions to the locomotive, tender and custom carriages can be found in the video description as stated at the end of the video.
@@jumabricks thanks
This is awesome, great job❤
@@PP4E Thank you so much!
Beautiful work on the locomotive and tender! Would love to see a Lego Polar Express here on the channel one day. Keep up the great work!
@@FloridaStateWX Thank you! The praise goes right towards the original designer of this model. You can find links to the rebrickable page of the designer in the video description.
I always wanted to have a polar express but since it has exactly the same locomotive as my orient express now, I‘m afraid I won’t be building one anytime soon… But maybe one day. It would surely look great! Especially in a snowy LEGO Christmas layout.
Beautiful !!!
@@adriandelley8648 Thank you!!
This is genuinely what people expected to get when the Orient Express won. The engine does feel a little too American for the Orient Express, but that's just my personal preference. It's definitely a better take than I had!
"And you call this a Mod despite the fact that it is obviously a MOC".
@@Nowheres_Channel Thank you! Well, the locomotive is a MOC, that’s for sure but the carriages I would consider mods… So I decided to call it a MOD overall.
If you want to build it yourself, you can find the link to the instructions in the video description.
Poler exsprss😂 1:07
Beautiful
@@AK.__ Thanks!
i have always wanted the new and more realistic model of the orient express lego train with more cars.. how much would you say that version of the orient express cost?
@@Urenimehisrealalt The model that you can see here was 2x the official LEGO set, so that’s 2x 300€. The BrickLink orders to get all the extra parts were probably around 300-350€. And the electronics (that I already had in my collection) would again add quite a bit to the price. All in all you’re looking at ~1100€ for the full train.
@@jumabricks ok thank you. I really like that model of the orient express and all of your other trains like the big boy that I also have but made by a different Lego company. Thanks.
now this train is ready for winter/ Christmas later ;P
@@ironnokana6760 It could probably pass as a Polar Express, especially since it has the same locomotive model… ;)
I want this too... This, this is art, this is beauty. How many sets do I have to buy of Orient Express?
@@johnofbrabant Check out the links in the video description to get to the rebrickable page of this MOD‘s designer. There you can find most details of how you can get the train in this configuration.
Nice
@@mattdisney1132 Thanks!
@@jumabricks well welcome
So there are two powered up motors in the coal car. No motor in the engine car. Correct ? Both engines are facing the same direction or one engine is reversed and running in reverse?
@@RustyRaceHorse To be precise these are two Power Functions Motors and yes, they’re both in the tender. If I remember correctly, both of the motors are facing the same direction.
One question, how do you keep your tracks from slipping on the floor?
@@angelpro3560 I don’t have anything to prevent this. The tracks do shift back and forth a couple of centimeters when fast trains make their way around the track.
You'll have to spend upwards to $ 400.00 for one. Really a good looker. I like it.
@@keithlewis4250 Thanks! But the price that I had to pay to get the train in this configuration is significantly higher than 400$ ;)
Have you considered making the train cars longer? I think that would make them more in proportion.
@@livingston5834 That is true, but I am not going for maximum accuracy. With LEGO you always gotta make some sacrifices when it comes to scale and proportions. These train cars are already by FAR my heaviest and biggest train cars so making them even longer and heavier would rip them completely out of scale with everything else that I‘ve got. But I‘m sure other people in the LEGO train community will (or have already) modify these cars to make them more in proportion.
@@jumabricks For the fun of it I just did some calculations based on the classic Orient Express sleeper car. With the carriage being 8 studs wide it would have to be approximately 68 studs long to be in proportion. The Lego version is 46 studs long so it would be quite a bit longer and heavier but would make for a beautiful display piece.
@@livingston5834 Cool! Thanks for that fun fact! I would love to see someone actually build that…
So you need 2 sets to build the locomotive and coal holder if I read the description correctly right? Or do you need to buy extra pieces?
@@BarkTs You need at least two sets. With three sets you would have a lot of pieces leftover. This or that way you‘d have to buy quite a few extra pieces. Visit the rebrickable page in the description to find out more. The original designer of this MOD wrote all the necessary information on that page.
Hi, I just ordered my Orient Express from Lego, I would also like to build the locomotive (not the other carriages) in this way following the instructions from Rebrickable... so I wanted to know, can it make the original Lego curves and above all just the locomotive, how much did it cost in extra pieces in addition to the original Lego set ? Thank you !
@@Lollo_Lord Hey, the locomotive can go around the standard LEGO curve radius but it does slow down quite a bit. I can’t remember how much it cost… I can only give a very rough estimate of 50€ - 150€…
@@jumabricks thank you so much
@@Lollo_Lord No problem! And have fun with your Orient Express :)
Beautiful build how much did it cost, and if I were to buy this from u how much would u sell it for, I’m just asking btw
Can you do the LEGO Orient Express Racing Yacht Technic to compare the Emirates Team New Zealand Yacht with Custom Prints?
@@DeltaShock31 Sorry, but no. I‘m not gonna do that.
Let it run on a hardwood floor and recreate the frozen lake scene in Polar Express, lol
@@AJ-Palermo Hahahaha, that would be fun!!!
Didn't know Gomez Addams played with Legos.
Why is it a berkshire?
@@spearmintpony7105 Because it’s a beautiful locomotive and fits the orient express coaches really well.
Dark blue express coming through! 🎉
The train mod reminds me of a book I’m reading the “the boundless “ maybe you could do that?
Would you be interested to sell this train as it is configured here ?
@@AM-tg9xi I‘m not. Sorry. You‘ll have to go about buying the instructions in the description and gather all the pieces yourself.
Surely we get a showcasing of the moc
@@Mr.australia859 Did you watch til the end of the video? I did show some details of the train and wrote some text saying that there are links in the description to the rebrickable pages of these custom models.
Woher hast du hast die andere Waggons?
Und den Kohlenwaggon sieht leider zu lang aus
@@KrithisUNO13 Lies dir mal die Videobeschreibung durch. Das sollte deine Frage beantworten. Der Tender hat eine realistische Länge für die Lokomotive. Es gibt halt längere und kürzere Tender.
Ok, mache, i jetzt @jumabricks
Aha so es sind mods?
Dude how do people make stuff like this :0
@@Halfaway_Shorts Money, patience, instructions or a ton of creativity :)
I think its your curves that make it work, they aint no R40 Lego curves are they. I got 2 motors like this but it would only pull 3 carriages, as soon as I try 4 the curves start slowing it down until by the 3rd bend it stops, plus you have far more straights here to keep the speed up.
You have no idea how depressing this was to watch. The amount of time and money I have spent trying to get this result...but failing time and time again, with every solution I try failing miserably, and then I see you succeed with the first thing I tried that did not work for me and its pulling 6 carriages where mine failed at pulling just four. I went with two large motors connected by a differential next, and that will only pull 3. Next attempt will be adding a train motor to the tender plus the two large motors, try that this weekend...if that fails the entire train is going to the landfill!
@@neilrusling-je6zo Oh no, this video is supposed to do anything but making you depressed…
It is indeed a very heavy train so having it go through a lot of R40‘s back to back is gonna stop it. The smallest radius on this layout are some R56’s. My train motors are also at their limit with this train length, but it just barely works.
Do your drive wheels have enough traction? If so, maybe you’re problem isn’t the power of the motors, but the rolling resistance of the train cars. I used one additional trick to make my train run more smoothly, and that is using silicone spray on all the axles. I don’t know how well that’s gonna work long term wise but for this video it worked fine.
One thing, that I guess would work greatly, would be to replace the new plastic axles with the older metal axles and use the ball bearing trick that many people in the LEGO train community use. Is you‘re not familiar with that just look it up on UA-cam. There are some videos about it.
That should definitely do the trick, although it’s gonna be a bit costly.
I hope any of the stuff that I just wrote can help you with your train. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask :)
@@jumabricks I have not tried the Silicone Grease on the plastic axels but all my metal axels have the MR52zz Bearings installed to try and reduce resistance, and that usually does the trick...but not this time with the 8wide Orient Express. I was hoping I had time this weekend to add a train motor but I am busy. If you are succeeding doing exactly the thing I failed at when my axels have bearings then we both know the cause of the problem is the one thing you have that is different to what I have...CURVED TRACK. Those Lego R40 curves with the 3 connected Engine wheels with this heavy train with the long carriages just will not work unless I have a nice bit of long straight track so that the train can pick up enough momentum to carry it through those curves...and I just do not have enough straight track considering this trains length with four carriages, and you have SIX, which looks truly magnificent. I almost ordered another Orient Express after watching your vid, and I would have if I had my four carriages running...although I had no idea where I would find room for it!
One thing I am no fan of on the Orient is the way they chose to join the Bogeys to the Carriages. I dont know what yours are like but the bogeys on mine do not turn smoothly, not like they would turn using the old 6x4 Bogey Plates which turn easily and is the tried and tested never fails way of doing it. It is very stiff, I wish they had used Bogey Plates then adding a train motor to a carriage would be simple.
I will order a can of the PTFE Silicone Grease so that I can give a squirt to those plastic axels and the bogey connections under the carriages, see if that improves things.
Well I will watch this vid just one more time...then have a good cry. Tomorrow I get the tape measure out and start calculating what the largest curves I can fit will be, If I am lucky R88...if I am unlucky R72...and If I start knocking walls down then R104!
Have fun building!
@@neilrusling-je6zo Oh, yes, I am also unhappy with the fact that they used these new 2x2 turntable pieces for the bogey connection. It doesn’t leave any wiggle room for the bogeys to move freely. This caused multiple derailments when running the train. I wish they used the 4x6 bogey plates for it, but the way the floor of the carriages is built makes it impossible to use them. At least not without making some major modifications to the carriages. Maybe it‘s possible to replace the turntables with the 3680 turntables. These will probably move more freely but I can also see them falling off easily…
I wish you the best of luck with the silicone spray and all further efforts of trying to improve the performance of your train. Let me know once you get some results going. I‘d be happy to read about it!
@@jumabricks I got 3 packs of R88 and two packs of R104 coming in a week, so I will see just how far I can extend the curves using a combination of both, its going to be far more of the R88 than the R104 because there just is not room for all R104...but if I can squeeze a few in at the beginning and end of the curve then maybe we might just be on our way to a 6 carriage 8wide Earth Blue MASTERPIECE...just like yours. Plus I am going to try the small turntable 3680, I have them on some small freight cars and they work great, but i can see how the 8wide Orients might prove tricky but the way they are now does derail A LOT at switching tracks, its just not smooth enough for my liking.
I was mistaken, it is 3xR72 and 2xR88, I did not buy any R104. I will let you know how I get on, have fun building!
Looks like the polar express
@@Figure-u6l That’s because the Polar Express uses the exact same locomotive model.
Friend, can i have that blue steam train
@@yulbatsriayulbats9399 Erm, no!? Why in the world would I give it to you? I have no interest in just giving away my trains. But you can find the links to the instructions in the video description and purchase the parts for 1000$+.
У нас в России такое не продаётся
My dumbass thought it was the polar express
@@VeshremyEnjoyer They are quite similar trains, so I get that…
How come you gotta pay for the instructions? Can’t you just make it free??
@@angusbodrie7472 This is not my MOD and I am not the seller of the instructions, so I can’t make them available for free.
But even if I was the creator, I still wouldn’t make it free. Creating a model AND making instructions for it is something that takes a LOT of time. So giving back to the designer is just a fair thing to do. And honestly, these instructions have an adequate price, if you ask me. There are other people out there selling custom instructions for significantly more money.