My new Winter Diorama!

[lamascherariposta]

Greetings!

I've just completed my second winter Diorama: in my first one, last year, I combined the first three official WV sets (Toy Shop, Bakery and Post Office): for this one, I combined parts of the sets 10229 WV Cottage and 10235 WV Market, together with the complementary Christmas set of last year, 40107 Winter Skating Scene. The Diorama is built on six baseplates: three 32x32 and three 32x16. I've decided to put the cottage and the small building for the woodcutting above a ridge, with a small river streaming down towards the main landscape: under the hill, I've recovered some space as a recess for the seasonal set 40125 Santa's Visit, which just rests on tiles, so it's easy to take it off.

I've modified the mechanism for the carousel in order to put it 'inside' the terrain (in the original set, in my opinion, the basement of the carousel is way too high, damaging the whole scale of that specific component); I've also moved the stall with the gear a bit more far away, actually on another baseplate, but I was able to design the mechanism so that it disconnects and reconnects easily when I separate the various parts.

For the first time, I've tried to design some big trees, but I'm not sure I'm happy with the end result. I don't have too many of the elements I would need, unfortunately. I also have to work more on the representation of moving water: but these natural elements are always a challenge to build with Lego.

As always, I'm eager to hear some comments from the expert builders here! Thank you very much for your attention and sorry for the poor quality of the pictures!

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