How I Build A MILS Road & Sidewalk

A visual demonstration and some explanation of making a mils plate road and partial sidewalk. More importantly, we know it can take a lot of 2x2 and 2x3 bricks to make these mil plates. I've purchased a massive bulk amount of those bricks that are non-lego to keep my mils costs down so if you are interested in some dirt cheap just mention it in the comments, shipping within the U.S. only best method we can for the price.
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[@knobbler2003]

Great video, cheaper design than I have seen elsewhere

[@lifesabrick5104]

Thank you! Still using these throughout my city and really happy with them.

[@robhubbell1339]

Just so everybody knows, I thought this same thing and bought a bunch of baseplates from Dollar Tree and it does not fit perfect by any means. I keep having a weird bend and overall wonkiness anywhere one of these plates lives There's also some trouble connecting these sections to the rest. I've been able to combat it slightly by cutting them into smaller pieces but if you look close you can see something is off. If you do try this you'll have to find an off brand you can trust, if that exists.

[@lifesabrick5104]

Yeah, you just got some bad base plates for sure. I bought an LVhero brand in a pack of 6 from Amazon that had a bunch of positive reviews specifically about using them with Lego and they work great. $12 for a pack of 6. The off brand 2x2 and 2x3 etc. bricks I purchased locally from a teacher work fantastic on the off brand base plates also.

[@koloth5139]

@@lifesabrick5104 You say they work great while we are literally watching you struggle to get the road plates attached to these base plates. Lego is expensive for a reason, and you get what you pay for. The cheap stuff isn't manufactured with the same level of quality. If you're ok with that then use whatever you like. But I have never found the cheaper brands to be as reliably good as real Lego.

[@lifesabrick5104]

@@koloth5139 Just fyi, I struggle in the exact same manner with actual Lego brand baseplates, especially when mating 9 smaller plates to one baseplate as in this demonstration. The jury is still out on these long term, though, as I've had them built for just under a year. So far, with minimal handling, none of the plates or bricks are showing any signs of coming up or off. I'm not saying they are a perfect replacement, but if you're on a budget they can work for mils plates or if it makes you feel better use a mixture as I have from top to bottom.

[@Kubas170]

people who think lego makes the best quality products are completely false, just take a look at any other brand like cobi, mouldking or pantasy, who have much better quality bricks with better printings and of course much better pricing

[@mypondd]

i honestly really like how the new roads look VISUALLY *BUT* they're not practical because they're not wide enough. i feel that lego should SUPPLY a wider road because they know that lots of vehicles wont fit on the road. i think the fact that sooo many videos like this exist just screams that lego needs to change something.. Anyways, loved the video! thisll definitely help in the future.

[@lifesabrick5104]

Yeah I widened mine by 3 studs on both sides but I had to buy extra 1x8 white tiles and 2x4 dark blue grey tiles to do that which is a bit spendy. I think it's odd they haven't come out with a new curved road section either, disappointing for sure.

[@mypondd]

@@lifesabrick5104 totally agree

[@kevina1084]

They’re easier to modify into any size you want, that’s the whole point is to actually build with lego.

[@mypondd]

@@kevina1084 my point is that they really should be in the size people usually need them to be in though, its more practical

[@Fuji-San-Lego]

The dollar tree base plates I bought work alot better than factory Lego plates. Quite a savings at $1.25 a plate. You can order online and have them delivered to your local store for free.

[@lifesabrick5104]

Yeah good call- I'm having good luck so far with an off-brand from Amazon at $12 for 6. I've definitely found a difference when I just use Lego brand though, everything just fits nicer.

[@theunknowngamer5477]

I built a thing, a city, twenty years ago. It was 16' X 5' X 6'. Two years, 300 pounds. The elements and construction tasks of your road build demonstration were one of nine similar hybrid mistakes I made. The different bricks become a nightmare, with rebuilds or diorama movement showing the weak compatibility. Play Well, says TLG.

[@lifesabrick5104]

Thanks, experienced insight is always welcome! So far, no issues but I'm hoping the mils plate squares will provide a solution to the possible anomalies. I have mils plates built with all Lego bricks and other mils plates built with a mix of non-Lego and Lego and so far they meet perfectly. It's most challenging to not think in terms of the squares but to realize I can create any shape of a thing and am not limited to the 32x32 borders.

[@theunknowngamer5477]

@@lifesabrick5104 Remember to stop and play when constructing a big thing. I lost that part at the end.

[@ГеоргийСтаниславовичМихайлюков]

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[@BIGBLOCK455]

I like how you expanded the road. It looks much better. How much did this MILS plate cost to make?

[@lifesabrick5104]

Hi friend, so the extra costs will be for the 4x4 flat plates and the 2x2 bricks underneath and then also for just a few of the grey flat tiles. If you go buy pickabrick costs from the lego store, you can get just over 200 of the 2x2 square bricks for underneath the mils plate and about 100 of the 4x4 stud plates for covering the mils plates outside the road for $16 per big cup. Then it's just the cost of any flat grey tiles(light and dark) to fill in the extra road and sidewalk portions. I bought a huge pile of both dark grey and light grey flat tiles from Bricklink as well as a bunch of 1x8 flat white tiles but keep in mind there are some that come with the road plate sets that you can use. Hope this helps. Oh, I got the little technic bricks from my local bricks and minifigs, $8 for a cup.

[@BIGBLOCK455]

@@lifesabrick5104 Thank You for the reply. I have been very interested in Lego MILS plates since I first came across them back in 2015 on the lgauge website. The version of MILS plates I build are the same as Bevins Bricks on youtube. Over the last couple of years MILS plates have became much more popular in the Lego community. Its fascinating to see the different versions of MILS plates people are able to create. Looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

[@MayorofMillbrick]

nice video.

[@lifesabrick5104]

Thank you!

[@trevland1303]

Good job 👍