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Thanks, it's looking good, can't wait to get some graphics on the seaplane, then it'll really look finished

Ah no way, I never knew that, I had a look and reckon you're right as it is a fair bit shorter. Probably is a c-82 after all. Either way it's a cool aircraft. I love the twin boom. Funny thing actually, I'm just in the middle of reusing this moc for a new project. I'm building a seaplane based on this, but making an aircraft that's never existed, just an original idea which borrows design elements from lots of planes. Should be done in the next two weeks, check it out when it appears 🙂

Cheers, we had a great time ☺️

Yeah life preservers are something I'd like to add. I already have one on the Jetty but I'm thinking of making some kind of custom one or using ring tiles instead. Probably come back to it another time. Thanks for the reminder though 👍

Oh wow that sounds amazing, I think if I were making it a much older road perhaps in disrepair I'd do something like that. I got a good deal on the dark grey ingots, so thats why i used them all, but in future i think i will intersperse them with other colours especially olive and sand blue if they do them in sand blue. I will be adding a separate curb and drainage along the edge on the baseplate, so it will look more finished. Good ideas though, really appreciate the thoughts, definitely something i'll revisit once i've got the bulk of the front area finished. My plan is to get a basic sort of complete look done, and then revisit areas and add more detail, so it's an ongoing project, but....at any one time it will kinda look finished and presentable.

@@BflyBricks you’d be surprised how a little variation in color and texture can improve a scene

Nice one thanks, it's great being mayor of a Lego city! 😃

Yes quite agree, 1x1 plates available in a variety of colours alongside the tiles would have been fantastic, probably have put the price up too much with an increase in part count etc, but it would have been cool. They could have done more 3d art style sets with 1x1 plates like you say. But they were all in on that crafting market of 7-12 yr girls. I use tiles all the time, so I love the sets and still pick them up when I see them, especially for the corner tiles in various colours

He did a great job. I will eventually be putting ballast on my own very short train layout and I think i might do a similar technique as it really looks realistic. Just parts intensive but hey its for the long term, so a good investment for something to look so good, it'll be worth it. I loved that long train though, you don't often see very long trains running on folks layouts because they usually don't have space, so to see such a long train running on a layout in person was a real treat. All the carriages and wagons were so well done, love all the livery and signage, great job by everyone concerned 😊

I went for a rectangular city layout. It's planned around 48x48 grey baseplates. It's 6 baseplates long x4 baseplates wide. Roughly 7.5ft long to 4ft wide. That way I can reach into the middle of it and move stuff around etc

@@BflyBricks thanks for responding. My city I am building will be around same size . You mils plating those 48x48 baseplates? Parts are expensive!

@@Simpsons99Gaming yeah it's a good size, I do actually have more space but I just think it'll be annoying to do it larger. I also intend on taking it to brick convention's so it needs to be semi modular and not too big for that to be possible. I'm definitely not doing Mils on anything. Waste of parts for me. I'm happy with the new style Lego road plates and I'm building some stuff directly onto baseplates but I'll be putting cardboard under my modulars so they are a bit higher. I'll be doing a video on it when the time comes. It's exciting doing a city isn't it? Planning and stuff just takes over your thoughts ha ha, I'm thinking about Lego all the time 😄

OSB board should be pretty sturdy, i've glued a decent sized piece of plywood underneath so that's also giving it support, and then i've doubled up on top with MDF, so the two layers make it strong. For sure it can be warped at a thinner thickness, hopefully my 18mm stuff does alright, time will tell ☺

@@BflyBricks sounds like you got it covered nicely 😊

Oh yeah mate, such a cool car, the whole aesthetic of the road warrior was just so far ahead of its time and the vehicle designs were awesome, a huge step up from the first movie. I'm looking forward to the new movie, the old interceptor is so iconic I hope we see a version of it. Yeah I have some pirates net pieces which I could use, I never had any of the monsters stuff. I am taking this MOC to a convention next week, so might get a minute to update it, cheers 👍

It's super over priced, most Lego sets are these days. This is definitely a set to pick up when it's discounted or use VIP points to purchase. The minifigures are quite unique so likely they'll be worth a decent amount in future once the set is retired

@@BflyBricks very true, I do really want it so I guess I'll be saving a bit more over the next few weeks 😁

They're a retired range, but you can still buy them in plenty of places. The Harry Potter and Disney sets only came out in 2023 so loads of them still available. There will not be any new dots sets ever again sadly.

Wow, thank you very much 😊

Thanks so much Jacob, glad you liked my MOC. Your MOCs look brilliant, I had a look at your channel. The Ford crown Victoria is also one of my favourite American police cars, one day I might do a moc of one 🤔.

@@BflyBricks You're welcome. That's pretty cool that the Ford Crown Victoria is 1 of your favorite American Police Cars.

That's very kind thanks 😊

Yeah I still see some of the sets in a few stores but it won't be long before they're all gone. I also got a few extra bags for the printed tiles, as they're quite unique. Such an interesting theme but unfortunately the target market just didn't take to it 😔

Very kind words, glad you like it. I love modifying modulars. Great to have a building buddy, really fun to spend time building and being creative. Long may it continue 😊