AlmightyArjen Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 A few weeks back my girlfriend was away for the weekend. Since a few months we're living in a temporary rental house (a new house is being constructed right now) and this house has a nice big living room/kitchen. So I took the opportunity to build some nice long bridges and set up a huge layout. Ofcourse a video has been shot! Enjoy Quote
THERIZE Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 H*ly moly. That's cool! Those bridges are epic! Quote
harnbak Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 That's impressive. How on earth did you manage to build all that in a weekend? Maybe it is easier to setup your tracks than mine 12v-tracks? I did the same once and needed 3-4 days for half the size layout with 12v. Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 All the buildings were already built and the bridges too. And indeed, 9V track is about 10x faster than 12V ;) Quote
lightningtiger Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 AWESOME layout, those bridges are fantastic and the lighting up in the night......even more AWESOME ! Brick On 'AlmightyArjen' ! Quote
dr_spock Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Cool. I seem to recall that something like this done when the girlfriend was away previously. Were the trains automated? Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 Cool. I seem to recall that something like this done when the girlfriend was away previously. Were the trains automated? Yes, I don't want to bother my girlfriend by claiming the living room when she's at home so when she's gone for a weekend, I grab my chance The trains were not automated, there are two crossings that are automated and one level crossing. There were 5 trains running, all with their own loop. Quote
Dave21 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 That's a great layout! I really like the bridges. Well done Dave Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Excellent! Though I'd hate to imagine what might happen if she took a trip for a week (grin), but I'm sure I'd be impressed with the results. Quote
alois Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 You seriously need a Lego room of your own. Will there be one in your new home? Quote
Man with a hat Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Oh man,. That's fantastic. And I love those bridges. Quote
Legocity2713 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Wow, you even added lights. Very cool, I especially love the bridge. Jangbricks eat your heart out. :laugh: Great job my friend. :thumbup: Edited May 22, 2015 by Legocity2713 Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 Thanks for all the nice comments! You seriously need a Lego room of your own. Will there be one in your new home? Yes! I'm getting the greater part of the attic all for myself. The surface will be less big than in the above video though. But the most positive point is that I can build more complex automated systems as I can set it up and leave it like that. Now I have to set it all up in the living room, commission it and shoot a video in one weekend. Especially commissioning takes a lot of time and when I can leave the layout like it is, it's gonna be less stressful for sure :) Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Great layout and video. I really enjoyed seeing all the trains in motion. Love the topic title, too Quote
Technic-Kobaltz Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Arjen, your girlfriend needs to go away for the weekend more often. Great set-up as always and love the mini captions. Did the pirate lad pay for his ticket? Oh, you'll need to send out the maintenance crew to pick up that stray red barrier that can be seen on the screen grab. Quote
WhiteFang Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Very nice layout and I enjoyed seeing the trains moving off in such an automated fashion. Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted May 23, 2015 Author Posted May 23, 2015 What was her reaction when she returned? She returned when the trains were still running. Here reaction: "OMG, sooo much work! And I didn't know Lego trains could make such a noise!". 5 running trains in a hollow living room generate indeed a lot of noise... Oh, you'll need to send out the maintenance crew to pick up that stray red barrier that can be seen on the screen grab. There's a funny story about that. We saw that there was one barrier missing, but we couldn't find it anywhere. It turned out that the HE train had pushed it along the bridge, dumping it beside the rails on the other side of the room :D Quote
Ex cinno Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Very nice layout and you are also a lucky man if she only said "OMG". My wife would say much more... Quote
Robert8 Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 "My girlfriend was away for the weekend..." I didn't' know what to expect with that title Amazing! :thumbup: Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 What a great new layout AlmightyArjen!!! Is nice to see all those trains run on this amazing railway line, and the wide bridges are epic! As usual your musics & videos are on top ...and the comics inside the scenes are the icing on the cake! Quote
paul_delahaye Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Amzaing, great way to spend a weekend. Worth the price of sending her away! Quote
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