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  1. lostdriveway
    Nice work! Great looking classic truck stop!
  2. lostdriveway
    Yea I've used 9mm ply - hopefully the sagging will be ok as I've used plastic moulded tables underneath and only have a overhang of about 10-15cm on each side - most of the weight should be in the middle except for where the modulars are..
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    Ok so a quick update for you all. I finally had to move my layout into the garage so I could start on table 2 - this is my progress so far! Found a use for my flex track - just need some more 1x8 red tiles and another train station so I can extend it. I've got markers in place as to where I want to extend the platform to. Also had to modify some points so I could switch tracks before and after the station but keep the tracks in parallel. More to come!
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    This is the start of mine - table 1 of 6 - I'll be moving it to the garage shortly so I can start on table 2!
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    Love seeing the video and knowing what we are actually going to get now! Not a huge fan of the blue loco but everything else will be a must buy for me! Really like the freight cars and that passenger train looks super slick!
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    Definitely want to add automated crossings to my layout.. I don't know Arduino but my Dad makes model train controllers so I'm sure we will work it out!
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    Very disappointing to hear about the cattle wagon as that was the one I was most looking forward to... Oh well, thankfully we can build our own!
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    Once again amazing work!
  9. lostdriveway
    Why have I used them or why not continue to use them? As I wrote in my first post - the old road plates will be replaced with new road plates - this is just what I have at the moment from before my dark ages. I'm also using them as place holders so I have my spacing right.
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    It seems to have quiet a high secondary value already (over $100 on eBay etc) so I'm glad I at least picked one up earlier when it was available! I would love a new one though!
  11. lostdriveway
    Ok small update. When I was younger my brother got the Shell Garage 6394. It was one of the biggest sets we had and we both spent many hours of our lives driving cars up and down the multi-story carpark and filling our lego cars up with gas. Well I wanted to incorporate the set into my layout but was really struggling to find a place to put it. Not only that but none of the modern city stuff is Shell - its all Octan. So I decided to rebuild 6394 into Octan colours (not easy when you don't have many Octan green bricks!) and replace as many of the older discoloured bricks with newer ones I have been able to obtain over the last year or so. I also did some modernisation to it and redesigned it slightly but was able to keep the overall look and feel of the original. I'm not 100% finished with it but its the best I could do with the newer bricks I have available. It now also gives additional parking for the train station which was the main reason for the location! I can now extend the current station with an additional one all the way down to the carpark giving more platform space for the Horizon Express. Red bricks on the baseplates are just place holders for now.
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    A circus train would be my ultimate dream! To go with a circus sub-theme!
  13. lostdriveway
    Sounds like it's going to be a cattle / horse or pig car! THAT IS AWESOME!!!
  14. lostdriveway
    Very nice build! Love all those Octan tankers!!
  15. lostdriveway
    Thanks! At this stage I have designed it to take to shows so I don't know if I'll get buildings on both sides of the road - but I'm sure things will change as I get building and realise I have more buildings to include then I have designed for! Unfortunately my collection is a mixture of mostly my older brothers "old" collection and my "new" collection. I'm pretty sure he would disown me if I got rid of those. What it does mean though is that my layout will be a mixture of modern sets as well as sets from the 90's. I'm off to build though - just found a really good spot to put my #6394 Garage!
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    So its been a few years coming but for my birthday yesterday my folks gave me some tables and plywood so I can start on my City Layout. The layout itself will consist of 6 tables with a 2m x 1m piece of 9mm plywood on top of each table, ultimately making a 4m x 4m square layout with room in the middle for me to operate from if and when I decide to take it to local Lego / Train shows. I have decided to work on it one table at a time mainly due to the $$ its going to cost me to complete the whole thing. Once I've finished a table I'll move it to the shed and start on the next table etc. Below is the basic LDD plan of my layout As I said - the LDD is basic and was just to give me an idea of what to put where. The purple area is going to be a container terminal, far side is the farming area, this end will be housing and a mine and you have main street to the left. I have started on Main Street today as my first table, as that gave me somewhere to put my modular buildings. I will be - - replacing all the roads with either new roads or brick built roads, - doubling the size of the train station to the length of the Horizon Express, - adding in the new modular Restaurant and Cinema, - filling in the rest with green baseplates - and then adding trees, plants, and vehicles etc. - the area between the station and the road plates will be a carpark for the station. Its a WIP and I'm really looking forward to putting it all together especially with the other tables so I can start to run a train again! Thanks for looking and I'll try to update it often with new pics. lostdriveway
  17. lostdriveway
    Love this! Definitely a cheaper option then picking up double crossovers!
  18. lostdriveway
    Love all those long trains! I need to get moving and start expanding mine outside of the regulars.. More box cars and passenger cars I think!
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    Maybe its more of a cargo related station or goods depot? Now that would be sweet!
  20. lostdriveway
    Just picked up 4 bags of the Friends sets from Coles Robina - still a couple left! I'm not into Friends but I got them for the bricks!
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    Awesome little add on! I was wondering how to store my other fire vehicles and heli - that works a treat!
  22. lostdriveway
    There's Bricks N Fun at Capalaba but that's the only independent one I am aware of. Nothing like Toy Corner in Adelaide. We are kind of lacking in that department. What part of SEQ did you move too?
  23. lostdriveway
    Found a Constitution Train Chase at Target Helensvale today and somehow managed to get them to match the 40% off price from Myer! They said they would only match if the catalogue said online and instore, I showed them them item on my phone and they couldn't see it say online only anywhere so they gave it to me! Score of the day - needless to say it's being wrapped up as one of my Christmas presents!
  24. lostdriveway
    Just tried at Myer Robina and she had no idea about it and scanned up at full retail so online only!
  25. lostdriveway
    Apparently some sets will be cheaper then 20% off as well!
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