Looking back at the WIP pictures, I started this one in early June. Pieter: A project like this takes me a couple of months. Geneva: I actually have some Prussian heritage, so the history of this train is especially interesting to me! The level of detail on the locomotive makes me think you spent a lot of time trying to get it just right-how long did the whole build take you? In reality, the dark blue that I’ve used would have been schwarz grau (meaning very, very dark grey) but with Dark Bluish Grey being way too light I’ve chosen this as an alternative. I immediately fell in love with the sand blue and black colourscheme with the red wheels of the Royal Württember Railways. The G12 (where by the ‘G’ stands for Guterzuglokomotiv) ticked all the boxes for me: a lovely model, being from 1917, in use by almost all German states so a wide range of colour schemes available and I hadn’t seen it before in LEGO. Second it should preferably be from Epoche I and if possible a model that has not been done in LEGO too often before. First off, I have to like the model of course. When selecting an engine to build it has to match a couple of criteria for me. I prefer these older engines in dark green, blue or grey a bit over the later types (post WW II) when they all were painted red and black and became more uniform (Einheitslokomotiven). In those days most of the German principalities and states had their own railways, with their own types of engines in distinct colours. In terms of Railway lovers that is Epoche I, the beginning of the steam engine (1835) era up till about 1925. The steam engines from that place and time are my favorites. Pieter: I’m a steam engine fan and a history enthusiast especially concerning my own Frisian roots but also German (and in particular Prussian) history from around early 1900. Geneva: First, why this particular locomotive and why the Royal Württemberg colors? What's special to you about them? I reached out to Pieter with a few questions. I’m far from crazy about trains, but I do love a good LEGO model, so I wanted to hear more about this one.
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