Shifting Subway [BDP Series 1]

[jtlan]

If I had been more daring, I would have posted this before voting ended!

Here's the Shifting Subway, a diorama I built for the Bricklink Designer Program Series 1:

And in the brick:

 

Turning the crank moves the subway car back and forth. When it passes the station, the scenery at the station changes:

 

The mechanism is fairly straightforward: trip pins on the subway car catch the scenery as it goes by, moving it. As a result the size of the platform is limited:

Some notes from the design phase:

I built this because I didn't enjoy working on the original idea I had. I threw this together in 3 or so weeks, scaling down an idea for displaying a future model. The hope here is to enjoy working on something I like, even if it's less popular. I might redo the concept later at a larger scale with a more sophisticated mechanism.

Full Brickshelf gallery, whenever it gets moderated.

 

[Nikonissen]

Very cool diorama!

At first I actually didn't notice the platform scenery shifting. But the moment that I did, I just realised how genius of an idea it is!

[Darkkostas25]

Great idea and model! Love detailing and closeted(I hope I am right with the term) station type in subways

[XG BC]

love it!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Original idea ...nice realization!

[Feuer Zug]

Well done. The timing work to get the platform scene change is interesting.

[bogieman]

That's very clever how you did that, love it!