Street Building

[BlockLogo]

I tried searching for a topic on this and couldn't find one.

My modular street is filling up, and will be even more so next year with the addition of the GBHQ and Brick Bank (and hopefully some lagging MOC, mod, and bricklink projects), and I should be getting some streets to lay them out on, and give all the vehicles a proper surface.

I don't like the look of the road base plates, so I'm either going to be tiling over plates or regular base plates, or SNOT building streets with bricks. I don't really know how or where to start though. Would anyone here who has done this be able to share tips and/or pictures?

When brick building streets, is there a good way to integrate the modulars on their base plates with that?

This pic from a fellow eurobricks user is a good example of what I'll be trying to accomplish (I saved the pic without a source and the name of the user escapes me, but I'll give credit if I remember or if someone lets me know whose layout this is).

Edited December 28, 2015 by BlockLogo

[Dutchiedoughnut]

I suppose the easiest way is to tile over baseplates. If you brick build your roads with SNOT, you'll have to raise your modulars a bit I think.

[TheLegoDr]

Easiest way may be tiling over baseplates, but then the street and your "curb" will be the same height. So you would then need to build up all of your modulars by a plate to allow that actual curb effect. SNOT building the road would allow a built in curb based on the official building style. Although, I don't see how you could connect a baseplate to SNOT or plates considering the lack of anti-stud on the bottom. But two baseplates stacked on top of each other is equal to one brick height I believe.

[peedeejay]

Here is one technique which lets you keep the modulars on their baseplates (it eats alot if bricks though!) http://www.1000steine.de/de/gemeinschaft/forum/?entry=1&id=5144#id5144

Forum is in german but the images speak for themselves.

[BlockLogo]

Thanks, peedeejay, that's exactly what and more than I was looking for. And I understand enough German to get the main point.

Has anyone here tried anything similar to this?