John D. posted:Vincent Massi posted:Vinvent,
If you are interested, there are some really cool designs for other locos and cars made of LEGO out there. Not official LEGO sets, but rather designs created by fans of LEGO. I'm kinda getting into LEGO myself and would be happy share some of what I've learned as far as finding designs and bricks with which to build if anyone is interested.
At this point in my life, I probably have as many boxes of LEGO sets in storage as I do Trains and as many filed away ideas for projects for both as well.
Thank you, John D. As a man with absolutely no artistic talent or building skills, I have pretty well decided to go the Lego route. This allows me to construct buildings the way I want them. And when I disassemble my lay-outs a couple times a year, I can disassemble the buildings and re-use the Legos.
Now to all the highly-skilled people out there--Lego trains and lay-outs really are a major part of our hobby. Legos allow klutzes like me to enjoy building lay-outs.