LEGO City Road Plate Tutorial with MrBookieboo

[@cols_bricks]

I went for it and went full mils for my modulars and roads because it has more benefits but as you say it’s not cheap, this is the best way I’ve seen to incorporate the new roads without going to mils 👏

[@MrBookieboo]

Mils is definitely a great way to go too.

[@YouGoneMad]

WOW, I never knew that those pin pieces would plug into the bottom of the baseplates! And have clutch power! Say WHAAAA!!!!

[@MrBookieboo]

The clutch power isn’t the best, but it definitely helps keep the upper plate from shifting. No flipping modulars upside down 😂

[@RandJ1996]

As an AFOL of 40 years, best advice I can give any Lego City builder is....don't use road plates or MILS plates at all. Just paint the plywood. Much cheaper and most importantly you can move the buildings in and out for kids to play with or adjust the city easily. BUT, if you are just building it for show, no function/playability/kids etc.....whatever floats your boat. Same goes for lights.....it makes it unplayable. My city is build for kids to enjoy!

[@juanmontero8887]

A wise advice

[@Alyssa-ui7bf]

Yay- answering the questions I always have when looking at peoples cities!!

[@MrBookieboo]

😃

[@BetweentheBuild]

Ha ha! I literally have one more building left to convert to MILS and you show us this brilliant idea! 😳

[@MrBookieboo]

Lol, sorry 😂

[@davidwest7443]

Wow I love this idea and this is exactly the solution I have been looking for my city. I have been wanting to use the new road system but couldn't find a solution other than mils plates. This will really help an keep the cost way down. Can't thank you enough for sharing this idea.

[@MrBookieboo]

Thanks so much! I’m glad you found it useful.

[@PB12nsd]

Widening the road plate a stud or 2 is brilliant… thanks for the tip!

[@MrBookieboo]

Yeah, it’s a life saver especially if you like speed champion cars.

[@marcovanwieren5038]

Really like this approach. Thanks for sharing this! I really got a fan of your raised city. It is beautiful 👍🏻

[@MrBookieboo]

I’m so glad you found it useful.

[@teresaync]

I just love your city! I keep telling myself....one day!

[@MrBookieboo]

Thank you!

[@Alyssa-ui7bf]

Also, you’re such a genius! You have the coolest city I’ve ever seen. I love the lighting and how you use solid and flashing and blinking. I love the fun touches like the Batman on top of the building as well as minions. I love your mix of heights and depth and facades and mountains and sidewalks and curves. I love the mix of themes between Lego creator, modulars, Lego city, avengers, etc. I love the different cars and vehicles you have on the road, including colors, themes, sizes, how some are businesses. I love it all man, keep it up!

[@MrBookieboo]

Thank you so much!

[@Zabadak]

This is a well thought idea. And a good alternative for the Mills idea. I like it 😃👍

[@MrBookieboo]

Thanks so much!

[@petermaris9697]

Nice. Been actually considering floating the modulars. Put bricks or plates on a baseplate and put the modular right on top. Not fixed then like yours but still easy. Mocs i may do mils like. But already finished modulars i feel such a way is easier.

[@DerAlex86]

One thing I really like about geometry of the 4 plate high sidewalk is that one can easily integrate handicapped-friendly pedestrian crossings on top of speed bumps: The roads are 2 plates high, and the large ramps that are included, when built on top of a few plates, raise the road by 2 additional plates, for a total height of 4 plates - exactly as much as the sidewalk. It won't work with widened roads, but my roads are only 16 wide, which is totally enough for my 4w vehicles from the 80s and 90s.

[@MrBookieboo]

That’s a fantastic observation!

[@Zeustah]

Awesome video MrBookieboo, I’m definetly going to think about using your idea in my city. I just bought a bunch of the road plate sets at half price so I’ll definitely try out the idea.

[@MrBookieboo]

Thank you! Try it out and let me know. I really like the flexibility of this system.

[@PedrokasPT]

Very god idea and as always a very clear and helpful video ! Greetings from Portugal 🙂

[@MrBookieboo]

Thanks so much!

[@brickartisan]

thank you for the tips. They’re very helpful to us 😊👍

[@MrBookieboo]

I’m glad they help 😃

[@YouGoneMad]

They seriously need to make a turn in the new road plate style for reals! I will say though, you have the best looking curves thus far that I have seen, for lanes that wide. To me though the new street plates are one lane for me, nearly. I prefer to brick build my roads with 1x3 black tiles, and that way I can add my own road lines and such, but each lane when I do it that way is 10 studs wide (IRL road lanes are 10ft wide), and that gives ever the new Speed Champions plenty of room to drive on. Also there is extra rom by a stud or so beyond the speed champions, so the roads look great if you have some of those speed champions thats are 8.5 or 9 studs wide, or have a big construction vehicle or truck driving down the road.

[@unclefredsbrickslot5824]

I've been putting off buying road plates due to the cost. Anyway, love your vids, bro.

[@Brickman_nick]

I was always curious how you did your roads mark, city looks great. I’m glad you have the mini figs still up :)

[@isaaclaf1000]

He's got a better system than other folks. Fewer modifications and better results not to mention cheaper because it's not using tonnes of plates.

[@MrBookieboo]

Thanks, Nick!

[@MrBookieboo]

That was my goal, keep it cheap and simple.

[@jaredlipsitz5862]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Ordered all the parts and followed your build to add 1 extra stud on each side, like you've done. However, I've now run into an issue at the T-junction, where the road coming off the "main road" needs to be narrower otherwise everything is off by a stud (i.e. not extended by 1 stud). Pausing and zooming into your video, it also looks like at your T-junction (where the Brickbank and Sanctum are), the road that runs off to the left of the screen is narrower than the main one. While it is possible to make it the same width, you'd have to push the modulars to the side by one stud - in your set-up, that would mean the police station for example, would extend one stud beyond where your road ends. Is it fair to assume that that is the reason why your one road is narrower? Is there an easy workaround? Thanks!

[@MrBookieboo]

Correct and very good eye! In order to get the modulars to line up with the roads I had to make the side street narrower.

[@xfilethe]

My boy got the new green train and the rain station for Christmas and I had a set of these he got from last year and we had a similar problems how to integrate them..... What I did was this : It started because I was lacing road base plate straight but I had just a lot bleu studded plates I got on sale... He wanted a main road in front of the train station and Here in Europe we have these raised pedestrian areas that are higher and Les wide with more side walk etc.....and I mixed it with that because he also wanted a bus stop.... So I put the road plate in the middle so the dotted lines marsh up.... Have a hump on either eind like in real life here.... Then put a double crosswalk in front of the station exit..... And we like it..... looks like a real life thing you can find here in front of train stations and shopping zones etc around here and it solved the problem of the missing Straight.....

[@MrBookieboo]

Excellent solution!

[@mortenpedersen9479]

thanks, those sandwich plates may be my solution..... tumbs up!

[@MrBookieboo]

They work really well!

[@juriquintyn4715]

Great idea, one small question though, with the limited clutch power of the small pins, does this prevent the corners of the baseplate of the modular buildings from 'curling' up?

[@MrBookieboo]

Good question - I’ve never experienced any curling. The driveways can sag without enough support but I’ll just span the drive with a solid row of pins and reinforce further back as needed.

[@killababe30]

I just got some lego road. Not the new lego road but older style lego road. How can I incorporate it into my city? Right now i have a building thats uneven because of the lego road. How could i fix this?

[@MrBookieboo]

Which building do you have? The modulars should be a perfect fit with the old road plates. If it’s a system-scale building I’m guessing it is on a regular baseplate?

[@rambot5432]

Question what number is the grey stone tile?

[@mortenpedersen9479]

ps: love the way you speak in your vids... too many good YT`s speak so fast its hard for a not nativ English speaking guy to folow :) , your vids got a good speed tho, thanks again for a nice vid.... Greatings from Norway

[@williamvanvoorthuijsen1267]

Why did you switch from your method in this video: LEGO Roads - uses for the new road plates in a LEGO City?

[@MrBookieboo]

It’s an evolution. I found this new version to work better in my current city 😊

[@Thirteenbuildslego]

What if instead of 1x2 plates on the bottoms baseplate excluding the middle use a two by two. What if you were to use jumper plates instead

[@MrBookieboo]

Jumper plates wouldn’t fit in the holes in the bottom of the upper baseplate. I didn’t want the modulars floating on top of the lower plates. You can certainly use larger plates underneath, thst would nss as he things even more sturdy.

[@Thirteenbuildslego]

@@MrBookieboo I meant instead of the 1x2. still use the pin pieces those are a brilliant piece

[@bevrendall1974]

Could you tell me what part number the pins are please?

[@MrBookieboo]

20482 on Bricklink 😊

[@bevrendall1974]

Thank you

[@philipsatterthwaite4361]

How deep is your Lego city? 3 or 4 base plates?

[@MrBookieboo]

3 baseplates in most places except the main table which is 3 and a half.

[@philipsatterthwaite4361]

Thank you so much!

[@its_Santini]

Thanks so much for this Mr. B! Was literally thinking about messaging you on insta to ask how you do your roads like 2 days ago.

[@MrBookieboo]

I’m glad you found it useful 😃