Hiya - Just joined so saying hello!

[Mattyn1]

Hello everyone

Matt from UK here - loved lego all my life. During Lockdown 1 me and the Mrs decided, as the two eldest had left home, to utilise the box room and further our love of the hobby in building a Lego City. Lots of reviewing YT videos meant we developed a city that soon filled what was a relatively small room - 2.5m x 2.9m.

Then, around Easter 21, the wife had this great idea to move the city to the downstairs snug - effectively swapping rooms. The snug was bigger and therefore we could have more. Seems logical to me so over that weekend, we swapped it all round. Planning the city in the new room was quick and rushed, but we built the basis of it, and all that saw it were impressed. But you know when you are not happy, it niggles away.

So decided to plan a bit better and last week, decided to tell ask the wife for permission to remodel.  Of course, and luckily, she agreed.

So we did.

BTW - brick link is addictive!!

Plan here: Used excel which was OK - scale one square: 32x32 baseplate. Theme park/Roller coaster to camp site to Eiffel Tower inc adjacent road are on a raised platform so the trains which take up so much room can circle underneath on a sort of L shaped loop!

Edited October 1, 2022 by Mattyn1

[Yperio_Bricks]

Welcome to the forum!

Do you already have plans for the center of your city layout?

[Mattyn1]

Thanks.

Have designed this around the position of the doors in the room - so white squares are actually standing space - a door will open onto the beach table and bottom right corner is a dor to a cupboard - I will get some pics and post as they will explain far better than I!!

The empty brown squares are for future purchases - waiting to see what the modular will be come January...!

[Yperio_Bricks]

16 hours ago, Mattyn1 said:

so white squares are actually standing space - a door will open onto the beach table and bottom right corner is a dor to a cupboard

Haha, i completely forgot about things like that Of course you need some space to work on the city and open the doors.

The new modular. Hmmm. My favorite would be a New York (Brooklyn) style apartment building, but i know it will never be made. So it's on my moc bucket list

[Of Course Elsa]

Welcome from another forum newbie! And may I add that I will have to start planning for that kind of room for me and my husband to totally geek out. Just need to wait like 8-10 years until anyone of the kids even considers moving out 

[Krol Zmija Sebastian]

Adorable that ya'll played in the room before switching. Welcome to the party!