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Great trucks, but I really love the jerry can! Stealing that

I wonder how the curve radii compare to the rollercoaster track?

Could always motorise one of the carriages?

Love it! Inspired me to make a custom "hot rod" version of the same truck

The Bluesmobile was a Dodge, but you could probably make it work with a few tweaks. Square-off the front end and fit twin headlights for a start.

Have you tried SmallPDF? It works pretty well for large files in my experience; the free version is just limited to a number of operations per day.

It is probably worth noting that there's no such thing as one-way glass anyway. It's all about the lighting.

Fair enough, but that seems a little chicken-eggy to me.

Basically as per the title really; what are the holes in the side of the motor for? It looks like they would be for fitting an extra wheel set, but I can't see any part that would fit there. Or did they intend it, but never put the part into production?

That's a big curve! How many pieces does it take to make a 90 degree bend?

Fantastic work!

You have successfully captured the awfulness! I wonder if there is a way to show how bizarrely boring the interior is in Lego.

Love these!

Honestly I think I prefer your version!

I love this! NPU on the extinguisher in particular.

The marketplace is also a useful feather in their cap from a sustainability point of view, so is very worth doing even if it works out cost-neutral.

Is anyone else thinking Top Gear Burma special here? Fewer rear axles, yellow tipper body and replace the squirrel with a "jam bear" and you're right there!

Thanks for all the kind words! I did realise though that the lock gates are the wrong way around, so a minor amendment!

A little vignette born of playing around with angles. Back in the 1940s this canal was part of a defensive line, so there are fortifications carefully blended into the scenery... A maintenance crew uses a mini digger carried onboard their workboat

They're not, but happy to do stud.io if people want it.

Thank you - I was pleased to see that the crabs appear to fit inside!

A small MOC of a crab fishing boat Crab pots on the upper deck The bridge Small galley, with folding cooking area and utensils secured for sea. Sleeping area with "cosy" accommodation for two sailors when not on watch, which also acts as access to the forecastle A few shots of her at work

I think that a generally suggested maximum is one plate in height per track width; but in a layout that size you might struggle with something so restrictive (I'd think you'd want at least 20 plates in height even if using London Underground-style low trains) which would mean an incline taking up the full width of your layout. So a good starting place would be to do some testing with the trains that you have in mind to use, and see what sort of inclines they can comfortably handle. The obvious alternative is just to have an underground railway on the level, and adjust parts of the town around it - maybe raising up part of the street level to get the trains under it?

Thanks all!

I appreciate that it's already been done before (set 5009422) but to my mind that's far too big - the whole point of the Ape is that it's tiny and narrow! So I set out to try and make it as well as I could with a width no more than 3 studs. Tiny as it is, Giuseppe still has enough space in the cargo area for a crate of salami! The biggest limitation on it is that the 3 x 1 x 2 window is available only in a very limited colour palette which doesn't perfectly match all the other components; so a bit of playing around with colour schemes is necessary.