The building of Brickville is being done with the help of my 8 year old daughter, a massive Harry Potter fan. It was therefore enevitable that Harry would feature on the layout.
It was decided that in the back left hand corner of the layout we would construct a tunnel on top of which we would put a model of Hogwarts school.
The area covers 4 x 48 stud square grey baseplates arranged in a square. It is fortunate that we live near a Lego shops so we can buy lots of grey bricks from the 'pick-a-brick' wall to build the rock faces. The photo above shows 2 of the 48 stud plates together with some of the baseplates which will site along side
Hagrids hut can be seen, it sits in one corner slightly lower than the rest of the Castle will site. The castle comprises Lego sets 4842 and battle for Hogwarts set 4867 (seen in the photo but not in its proper position) and together look quite grand in the elevated position
In the above photo further Harry Potter influencies can be seen, Howarts Extress (recently motorised) is leaving the tunnel over a level crossing and Gringotts bank is on the corner of the high street
Work continues on adding the necessary little details & street furniture to help the scene come alive
More updates soon - motorizing Hogwarts express and a look at how the docks are progressing
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