deraven

Great build! The hull shape and working features are well-done, and you've included a lot of other details making it look like a proper working ferry without being overly busy.

I guess the question is what overall size do you want the signpost to be? Different solutions if you're looking for something closer to minifig scale vs a foot-tall display piece. The Flag 3x8 element you mentioned makes me think you're going for something on the larger side?

Correct- the top version and NOT the sunken-in version.

I can't easily take and upload a picture at the moment, but I have it here in front of me and, if this helps, it's the full-round antistud. No cut-outs/notches. Thinner antistud wall thickness with the 4 spots at 90º from each other slightly thickened for clutch.

Welcome to EB, Space Coyote! It is indeed a fun place to be. Happy building!

Welcome to EB, Luciano! Searching eBay for complete sets can also be helpful. Here's a listing for 699 that has photos showing the different sides of the box well enough to be recreated: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204362400194

Welcome to EB, Kristof! There are plenty of 12v train experts and enthusiasts here as you noted, so I'm sure you'll find answer from some of those helpful folks. Happy building!

Those look pretty good... but they could use some more pearl gold. Seriously, though, it's quite an impressive looking group and the paint job on those cheap elements looks great! The combined weapon for the general came out very nicely as well. It's a little thing, but the leaf on the standard-bearer's pole is a great touch.

That is weird. Assuming it didn't end up there from some other part of your collection getting into the build area, I wonder if it's a total fluke or if more folks have that same extra element for some reason. None of the online inventories seem to list it as either a needed or extra part, so it can't be too widespread...

That's a fun topic for sure! I've tinkered with exactly that in my spare time for a few years now- using the Futuron torsos as stand-ins for roughly TNG-era Federation uniforms, and ditto on using "alien" minifig parts from various other themes for different species in my crews. Also, the Elves hair pieces with molded ears for Vulcans! I replaced the Starfleet delta with the Classic Space logo on pennants and other Starfleet insignia as part of the mashup. Here's a quick example from a Runabout I built: Runabout Classic Space Starfleet Pennant Mashup Example by deraven, on Flickr

Welcome to EB, Lukasz! It's a nice looking ship, and I like the bit of shaping you added to the hull with the slopes. Looking forward to seeing more of your MOCs. Happy building!

Welcome to EB, Kiredef! Looking forward to seeing your layout and the additions inspired by fellow members. Happy building!

Interesting to learn how well those gears work with the tracks. Thanks for investigating, illustrating, and demonstrating in that great mod, too!

Might be a little round-about, but this is the first thing that came to my mind: 1. Export a CSV parts list from Studio 2. Since that contains the element ID, color, etc., it should be trivial to use those values in a spreadsheet to construct the URL for the image of the part in the correct color on a site like Bricklink. e.g. The standard URL format for the part image is: https://img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PN/[COLOR_CODE]/[PART_NUMBER].png 3. Once you have the URL created, there are a number of tools and plugins that will pull the image directly into a cell in the spreadsheet, like this one: https://www.extendoffice.com/product/kutools-for-excel/excel-insert-display-image-from-url-path.html That wouldn't work for your custom parts, but would be quick to get the standard parts into the format you're talking about.

How small a space are we talking about here? Can you give an example- photo / illustration of where you need the 2.5 plates so we can see what there is to work with? There are some potential options depending on the available space under and adjacent to the spot in question. For instance, if there's room to work with to secure them, a brick is 2.5 plates wide and some brackets are 2.5 plates in one dimension, so if you can place either of those elements with the side stud facing up you end up with a flush, no-gaps stud facing in the same plane at 2.5 plates high.