Mark VII Monorail Model

This is my model of the Disneyland Mark Vll Monorail that I converted from a toy Walt Disney World Monorail that is sold at the park. I made new nosecones, repainted it, and gave it new lighting to reflect the new look of the Disneyland Monorail Red


NOTE: The video was sped up for effect. It goes way slower than normal, due to the extra lighting.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Disneyland
• Monorail
• Model
• Mark
• VII
• Vll
• Walt
• DIsney
• World
• Toy
• Disney
• toy
• my

[traveljd]

Hey, I drive the monorail at Disneyland and I've been collecting Disney monorails since I was 7 years. How did you make that one. I love it and want one

[STNautilus]

I cut off the nose cones of the original and replaced them with new ones. The new nose cones were made out of vacuum-formed plastic castings I did over a foam carving that matches the profile of the new trains. I installed lights at each end of the new nose cones that run off the battery. The nose cones were attached, sanded, and the entire thing was given a snazzy coat of paint and sticker windows.

[tamisweetie]

how exactly did you make it? did you just paint it? is that all?

[STNautilus]

I cut off the nose cones and replaced them with new ones that represent the Mark VII look with a new lighting package. A quick sanding and a coat of paint with some detailing rounded out the rebuilt

[kiddisney1]

how long did it take you to make it ?

[STNautilus]

About a week and a half.

[kiddisney1]

wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[disneylandFan100]

Thats A Cool Little Model. Like The Real Thing.

Good Job!!!

[davehewitson]

@pluto5839 the monorail song. ;-)

[davehewitson]

now there is a new monorail toy now. 2011

[GatewaytotheKingdom]

Nice job.  It looks almost identical to the set that was just released.

[SonicbusterX2000]

How did you do that

[luistitanic]

Did you know Disneyland is making a toy like that one

[traveljd]

@STNautilus are you in LA? Do you want to show me how to do it? I wanna make them all

[pluto5839]

Whats the name of this toon?

[wyattspop]

@1foxtrot70 they are, the current models are the red stripe and teal blue

[wyattspop]

@STNautilus

What kind of paint did you use? was it model paint with the air can as a compressor or just a krylon fusion spraypaint? Any trouble with runoff into the tiny little grooves when you tape-off?