In order to keep the bricky appearance of the train engine intact, [Robert] hollowed out a few cheap imitation LEGO bricks to house the electronics. He also cut out slots for JST connectors ...
The layout would be planned on paper, but inevitably changes had to be made at the last minute. My inspiration came while watching my 4-year-old son play with his LEGO. The bricks were a small ...
Photo by Payton Chung. The Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department has had a train garden display in its multifunction room for almost 30 years. Its train layouts are in multiple scales, including a Lego ...
Model railroading is a rewarding hobby, but it can sometimes be challenging to find space for a full-sized layout. Fortunately, with careful planning and a few creative design choices, you can create ...
I once built a layout that combined one TW, two ZWs, and four KW transformers. To effectively distribute the 1,485 watts of power, I wired the ZWs to exclusively handle four mainline trains, while the ...
If you don't pay much attention to toy trends, you might think that LEGO sets for kids are all that's available. That hasn't been the case for a while – in fact, the brick-building company makes ...
Guests can view multiple model train displays, including the club’s N scale (1:160) and HO scale (1:87) layouts, along with an O scale (1:48) Christmas village and Lego train dioramas inspired by ...
But if you’re a hardcore collector, this will be one of your holy grails. There have been many brick-based renditions of the famous train from Harry Potter, but the Hogwarts Express Collector’s ...
They then built displays housed inside — complete with train tracks, scenic backdrops, landscapes, structures and whatever else you can think of. "The whole idea behind the layout was to model ...
There are hundreds of LEGO sets out there, but any LEGO fan – even a dedicated one – will build a miniscule fraction of them. Display space is one reason. Price is another. And for the amount ...