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Great improvements! I think it's great that you took the criticism to heart—it makes for a better MOC. Thomas

I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I understand the reasoning behind choosing a 7-wide body. That certainly makes the challenge more interesting. On the other hand, though, I also see areas that stray further from the prototype and could perhaps be improved without undermining the overall concept: - The black bar with the headlights is definitely too high. - The gray section above the bogies doesn’t belong there. It might be better to give the bogies more space. I like the choice of color scheme: dark gray and yellow always work well, and the bogies really stand out against the black. Great. Thomas

Thank you. It wasn't my intention to make it this big—it just turned out that way, unfortunately.... You need a certain amount of space to create a realistic, full-scale play area. I definitely underestimated that at first. And now it's too late ;-) Thomas

No problem. I know how the BrickTracks turnouts are built on the inside. I had to open some up years ago because I'd damaged the internal connection with a motor. Bricktracks was very helpful and sent me replacement parts. The turnouts were then used with motors at exhibitions for a few years. That's an interesting idea, but it works just fine without me having to change anything on the switches. Thanks Thomas

I don't have enough space at home to fully assemble my modules. So I work with a digital twin to keep track of everything. And today I really put my computer to work and created two 4K images, each with over 100,000 parts. This is how I envision my terminal at exhibitions. On-site, there will be even more and a wider variety of trees; I saved myself the trouble of creating those in Stud.io. Thomas

Ah, that's great... maybe I'll find space in a transport box for my camel and bring it along.... It's always looking for narrow-gauge tracks to run around on ;-) Thomas

You use here R104 switches from BrickTracks. Thomas

Thank You both! Yeah! And you wouldn't be the first person this has happened to ;-) I used a purely mechanical solution: the two turnouts are connected beneath the rail by a cross-axis. But that's easier said than done: This is the turnout on the branch line; the turnout is operated by turning the turnout indicator at the top 90°. The axle linkage then moves to the protective turnout: There wasn’t much vertical space; the whole thing had to fit into a MILS module. The problem was the LEGO axles. I’d first tried 32- and 16-series axles, but they twisted too much on their own (torsion), so that not enough of the 90° turn at the control turnout was transferred to the protective turnout. The solution was to use many short 3- and 4-pin LEGO axles and axle connectors. And here’s another trick: the BrickTracks turnout can be rotated 90° in two directions, but that caused a lot of inaccuracy due to the gears under both turnouts. So I limited the rotation to just one direction. The light gray 1x2 lift arm with a cross-axis shown in the picture serves this purpose; it’s prevented from rotating in the wrong direction by a stop. And with a little preload created by the position of the gears on the protective switch, the power transmission from the branch line switch to the protective switch then functions purely mechanically. protective turnout: Thomas

Thank You Shiva and LL1982! That makes sense here, since the turnouts always have to be switched at the same time. But I have to say, it was harder than I thought. Long LEGO axles have a lot of torsion, and at first I had trouble getting the remote turnout to switch as well. Using lots of short axles and applying a little preload helped. I also locked the adjustment lever on the main switch in one direction so that it can only be turned 90° in one direction. Otherwise, you end up with gear backlash as an additional source of inaccuracy. Thomas

Construction continued, and I've received confirmation that my terminal will be on display at the BSBT 2026 in Schkeuditz near Leipzig! But I don’t want to display the same thing as last year, and in Wörrstadt I found myself lacking easily accessible storage tracks for my train (I had underestimated that). And to give the layout planners more flexibility in arranging my modules, I built a second entrance with additional parking tracks. The extension is built at a 45° angle. This makes the whole thing look more dynamic, and you don’t end up with an 8–9-meter module that’s just straight. Of course, the construction was also more interesting than just stubbornly lining up 32x32 base plates one after another.... The many angles create some beautiful lines of sight. I'm also excited to see the result in person, because I can't set everything up all at once at home. I won't see my module in its entirety until the exhibition ;-) There are two new videos on my (German-language) YouTube channel. One is about my module at the NLGM 2026 exhibition in Wörrstadt: And the second one is from the test setup of my new driveway last weekend. It shows even more details than the photos do: Have fun, and see you in August at the BSBT! Thomas

Uhhhh.... alone is this a lot of track..... Cool! Thomas

Oh, that's really nice. The color scheme with the decals is great, and the shape is something completely different. Cool! Thomas

Thanks! Thomas

I also have a second Scania in dark blue with a panel between the axles. The mechanics are identical in both Scanias, but the dark blue one has more space under the panel for a second weight (for better traction). Since the old white rear panel couldn't be builded in dark blue, I went ahead and redid it on both Scania trucks. And I built myself a second tanker trailer. This time in dark orange, which I think goes really well with the dark blue tractor: The tanker trailers and tractor units are also available as instructions on ReBrickable. My fleet is growing, and soon I’ll have enough trailers for a whole train: check out my Modalohr project. I hope you like these little trucks as much as I do. Thomas

It looks great! Because of its length, it really looks like a real train—awesome! I find the single-axle bogies fascinating. That’s bound to be tricky. Thomas