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Attach the vertical segment with a clip, like what you have holding the yellow handrails on the front and rear?

Wonderful rendition, really brings out the thoughts of power these locomotives evoke. The colour scheme is striking and the decals look great too. And fancy tech inside to boot, just fantastic. As far as the handrails go, would you be averse to using flex rods with red minifig hands inside instead of the DBG 3.2 rod holders with clip?

You need to turn on brick outlines. LDD models look cringe inducingly simple otherwise. In LDD go to Edit > Preferences > "Outlines on bricks". Your cars are nice but really don't convey the classic space design rhetoric for me. They need red wheels too. Maybe another set of wheels on the jeep would make it look buggy like and distinctive?

Wonderful building! The alternating brickwork is wonderful, and it stands out a bit more in brown. Lovely interiors too. Can't fault it, great job all round!

I feel like jumping on the hate train, because it's better built. I understand that this isn't an exclusive train set as such, but rather a winter village set, but considering we haven't had an exclusive train for too long this set is a real disappointment. The train is downright ugly (4-2-0? What were they thinking?) and doesn't make for a very useful parts pack. The track is a useless addition too, especially without any straight track - the train may as well be bolted together if the joints never get to rotate. I know us train builders aren't the target audience for this set, but it doesn't mean they couldn't attempt to please us as well.

It'll be discounted at the mid year toy sale I suspect.

I'm sorry, but an inner corner is a terrible idea - they just don't exist in real life, certainly not a 90° ones. That said, this is wonderful! I really like the fact that it can work as both an inner or outer corner and look fitting either way. My only complaint would be it's a bit 'concrete' - some more foliage growing up the back walls behind the garden beds would really soften such an urban public space.

1: no. 2: no. 3: N/A. I understand I'm probably not the response you're after, but we can't have the positive be over-represented.

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Wonderful little shunter, very cute. It's a shame the 1×2 profile brick in dark green is so expensive, as it'd be perfect for the ventilation of the side of the body. Not sure if I like the exhaust pipe, it looks a little flat for the height of the cab. Great work anyway, looking forward to seeing more!

How do you forsee this looking once completed? Will it still be a high speed train or now a diesel hauled passenger train? When building a large consist, you need to keep in mind the costs of such a large scale model. Seven large carriages will weigh a lot and will require more to move, assuming you are intending on actually building this (This is pointless if you don't!). Two motors will probably move it okay, depending on how fast you want it to go. The B-unit could also have another two motors underneath it. Unless you have a secret stash, you'll need to swap out the grey wheel holders for black as they are prohibitively expensive. The roof won't be cheap either, despite being large parts, and the end caps are surprisingly difficult to get a hand on in quantity. The hinged doors won't work either, as there's no opportunity for the bricks to flex to allow the swing of the doors. Unless you're intending to play with it, it wouldn't matter if you have static doors. In fact, you could honestly gut the interior to save on weight and cost for little noticeable external difference in appearance. You also need to be aware that at this length, the carriages may have trouble making turns on standard Lego track. You might need ME Models' radii or straight curves to traverse well. With these issues properly accounted for, building better scale trains can be very rewarding and this is a good start. Keep it up! Touched by his noodly appendage, Hail Satan, with tea from Russell's teapot.

A Ca-what? Don't think they have those in England. Cute otherwise.

Finally got of my backside to make a video of my recently completed BR Mk1s. I think it belongs in this thread..?

Here was mine with smaller sides. The only issue with having smaller buildings on the sides is that you would need to have the sides in dark orange (or dark green in your case goldengraham09).

Beautiful layout. Everything is well designed and well integrated: A lot of people can build wonderful buildings but most struggle to make them look natural in their eventual environment. I love the path texture in the amusement park, and the subtle landscaping with lots of foliage. Lots of moving elements which liven the scene too. One of the best I've seen, well done!

Do Dark orange. Okay that sounds sarcastic, but use dark orange on the front facade only and use something cheaper (but neutral, like light grey) for the back and sides. Edit: BlockLogo beat me to it.

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=87515#T=C&C=5 Doesn't work with the rechargeable battery box however.

The dead man's switch sounds like a real pain to me. It's great for technic models that you have to drive but for trains, set and forget would be far more convenient. The physical size of the brick is still an issue (even if it doesn't need line of sight) and the GUI programming sounds unnecessary for such a simple application. That's a definite no buy for me, but hopefully they'll continue to develop and bring out something new for train builders.

Nope.

Love the skis in the side - great texture. Very promising, look forward to seeing it completed.

My recommendation would be to make how it works for you. I think it's more important for it to be neat and clean than to be exactly matching the prototype. You said yourself that no two carriages were the same, so use this to your advantage to make the design fit the bricks, not the other way around. Having said that, I think it looks great! The door and the guards window look appropriate. I would however use panels instead of the brown frame windows, since the rest of the windows are flush with the body, they may stand out in a undesirable way.

I really like this, a much more size appropriate style for the town hall. The interior details are great. My only criticism would be the printed alphabet tiles on the front, a lot of people like to label their creations with them but unless they match the style, they really cheapen the look and would look better without them. A lot of money's worth of town halls there, but definitely worth it!

Hardly dumb, but the design of the cattle car was ridiculous. Livestock rolling stock are covered wagons such as this. The helicopter, however, is less realistic.

I know which one I like better.

Everything is relatively cheap except for the windows. At more than €8 each, it makes a very expensive carriage. Using the standard square frame would be considerably cheaper but won't look nearly as good.