MetroiD, on 25 February 2012 - 11:59 PM, said:
It's an absolutely lovely train, as is your entire setup. Speaking of which - it's nice to see there's also other guys out there who have just got around to posting images / vids of their Christmas layouts... I'm still in the process of editing together a video of our Christmas layout this year (although that one wasn't made out of LEGO, so it shouldn't be of too much interest here...)
I see you've used the 9V bogie in the train's tender; did that work well for you in terms of traction for the engine? Last time I tried this kind of setup, the movement of rods and pistons was slightly off so I figured 9V is best left for diesels / electric engines. You seem to have pulled off a very nice model without those sorts of problems there though, so kudos for that! My favourite part has to be the passenger car, it's a real beaut! By the looks of it, the only thing missing there were some passengers, but I guess everyone was busy enjoying the festivities under the tree :) Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, and yep, it is amazing how long it can take when life gets in the way! I for one would be interesting in the non-LEGO layout. I love to look at other scales for inspiration!
I did take some video of this layout, so I guess I will have to prepare it and post it too...
I didn't have any problem with traction, although honestly, I didn't run have the train running for very long periods of time to really notice many problems.
Thanks for the comment about the passenger car. For Christmas this year I plan to add a couple more along with a caboose.
brickie, on 26 February 2012 - 12:40 AM, said:
Great work; I love the train.
You appear to have a box under the layout; what did you use?
The 'snow' looks very effective.
Thank you, it is the top of a wooden table that the LEGO Train Club that I used to belong to used to use.
Thanks about the snow. I know I spent way too much time placing white bricks and plates everywhere!!
TheBrickster, on 26 February 2012 - 01:03 AM, said:
Hi JBucy. I stumbled upon your Christmas Train and Village/Layout on FlickR one day and really enjoyed looking at the pictures (which are quite nice I'll add). I'm glad you decided to join EB and share your fantastic layout with us. It's great that your children helped create the village scenes which are a nice wintery wonderland. The Medievel Market Village buildings look great surrounded by the snow and tracks. The base is quite impressive as well and must have taken a huge amount of bricks.
Thanks for sharing and feel free to share any of your future creations with us. Angain, welcome!
EDIT: Oh, and I love the addition of the Blacksmith Shop - great set BTW.
Yes, thank you. You're comment on Flikr is what finally got me to join!
I used a fair amount of bricks on the base. Most of it is Duplo though :) Around the village I used a lot of 8x8 and 8x16 bricks on Duplo to raise the track.
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I've never used Duplo together with normal Lego bricks, may have to try this technique myself.
