4559-1 Cargo Railway Train

[Clayton]

Hi all! New here. I come on a mission on behalf of a fellow enthusiast.

Friend and I are remaking LEGO Loco and we wanted to put the 4559 train in it, since the game's promo materials include it.

I noticed on a Stack Overflow post that one Iván Sánchez had recreated this model in LeoCAD, so I reached out to him to ask for it so that I could render sprites with it. He very kindly sent it over and also asked if I'd care to get it submitted to the OMR. So here I am.

I've attached the current state of the model. I modified it a bit to make sure it included all the listed parts. What's next? 

Thanks everyone!


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[Chris Böhnke]

Hi and welcome!

Basically, all that's left to do for you now is waiting to get it approved (takes some time).

Usually, a render of your choice from that model would be nice to give a first impression (but I don't think it's mandatory).

Formatting etc. looks fine as far as a quick look could tell, anyways the rules are a bit less strict at the moment. Just a few notes:
*Sub-Models don't require a separate "Theme" line each time
*"0 NOFILE" what caused this?

My personal comments regarding the actual model:
*Is it intentional that the train is "off rails"? 
*being a bit pedantic (and having this set for a long time) the ramp sub-model is connected to one of the straight rails in the instructions 
*stickers for the cockpit piece should be already available (same for the Octan guy's torso 973p5z.dat)
*connector cable (the wedge thing) should be dark grey, also if you want to include it, 2 might be better

Best regards,
Chris

EDIT:
Shortcut to the stickered Train Front is now available: https://library.ldraw.org/parts/52044

Btw, we already had a thread for 1996 Trains Sets :
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-27415.html?