Small sceneries
Countryside - Metroliner's travel
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Town |
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Views: |
750 |
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2018, dec 7 17:35 |
Scenery designer:
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Place:
20Km from Paris, France
Joined:
2015, nov 15
Seen:
10d 20h |
This layout is made to show 1991 LEGO-4558-1 set. Metroliner is the best 9V train of the 90's, especially considering all the bad late 90's passenger trains.
This layout shows a countryside landscape, with a large field, a road, and a rock wall in which a road is leading to a tunnel. Above the rochy part, there is a sort of agricultural warehouse,. Some old men are repairing some broken tiles on the roof.
4558 is running along the rocky part, to an unknown but surely a sunny destination.
This layout shows a countryside landscape, with a large field, a road, and a rock wall in which a road is leading to a tunnel. Above the rochy part, there is a sort of agricultural warehouse,. Some old men are repairing some broken tiles on the roof.
4558 is running along the rocky part, to an unknown but surely a sunny destination.
Scenery 'Small sceneries: Countryside - Metroliner's travel' gallery
Main picture
Level crossing
Metroliner Front
Metroliner Rear
Road curve
Building
Comments
2019, jan 2 19:55
Thanks to you two!
I like building rural scenes, with fields. I was very happy to see that Red.Brown baseplates were back some years ago, as classic Brown ones are very hard to find, these were issued in a single homemaker set in 1978. So it's a very rare occurence when I use modern variations of a color, I usually stick to old grays and brown. This tunnel... It was built before deciding that a railway would pass in front of it's exit... with the entire rock wall. I was searching for a way to easily repeat the same sequence of BURPs. I hope there are enough signs in the tunnel for people to know there is a unprotected level crossing! I'm sure of one thing, I still don't have any sign signaling that! I like building such situations, before the accident. I like depicting banality, usual things of everyday life, far from City catalogs where there are always a big fire, a car crash, or a robber escape... Metroliner is a very interesting train. It has a European shape, but an iconic American paint scheme. But in its composition, it's more a regional train, it makes me think of Swiss train with their luggage car. I would like to try making it in a very urban/suburban train, a bit like Parisian RER or German S-Bahn. For this, I would remove the luggage car and the motor car to make it into a full passenger train. It's something to try... One thing is sure, this train is aging very well, it does not looks out of place in a modern City setup. Maybe it will look older in ten years, but it's still a universal train for 1991-onwards. It's not like 12V trains that are not looking right with City setup. | |
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2018, dec 22 16:22
Nice, realy does the metroliner justice
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2018, dec 21 14:25
This is also a nice scene. It is great that you come up with different themes. Now "banlieu"! (means countryside)
The brown field of flower not yet florished is so fantastic :-) The train near the hill worries me a little bit... specially that tunnel. What if a car doesn't see the train coming from left? Also the guy on the top of the roof of that house...what if he falls? This scene looks so quiet and peaceful but underneath the scene is ready for dangerous accidents! |
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