6th Communty Railway Layout Meeting in Schkeuditz near Leipzig / Germany

[LBRICK]

Dear LEGO® train fans, dear BSBT fan community,

we are happy  to invite you to the BSBT again:

 
For the 6th time, LEGO railway fans from Europe and other countries will meet to create a large community layout together. In addition, we also want to give individual systems or models their place.

As in previous years, we have the "Old Tram Depot Schkeuditz" (Rathausplatz 5, 04435 Schkeuditz) with a total area of around 700 square meters at our disposal.
We, the Leipzig LBRICK railway fans, will work out a track plan that is as varied as possible in advance and provide the basic construction for you.

A look at the layout of BSBT23 last year:
 

We are therefore looking for LEGO – Railway fans...

... who are interested in networking and are looking forward to a lively exchange with each other.
... that contribute a landscape to the community area. This can be a railway station, a piece of open track (rail through landscape), a factory, a bridge or tunnel, etc. It is important that it is built in such a way that other participant landscapes or free tracks can be connected to it.
... who want to let their locomotives run free.
... who have built beautiful, realistic vehicles and would like to exhibit them or have them driven.
... who can bring buildings, accessories or suitable urban self-constructions.
... with functional models or exhibits with lights, motors, etc.

Interesting individual layouts are also welcome.

 

Locomotive shed on the rotary launch platform

We look forward to receiving your application at

 

The following  points are required for your application:

-  Your models are made of LEGO bricks (We are a RLUG, so only LEGO bricks are allowed. We ask you to refrain from registering modules with terminal blocks from third-party manufacturers.)
- For track material, motors, lights and other drive concepts, we are open to products from accessory manufacturers (trixbrix, fx tracks, sBrick, buwizz, etc.)
- 3D printing is possible, as long as it serves a niche. (rail pieces, connecting rods, wheels, ...)-
In order to represent a wide range of building possibilities with LEGO, we ask you not to register any modules or rolling stock from purchased sets, but only self-builds!
- A good community layout needs stations, industrial facilities and open tracks. You can never have enough of the latter.
- MOCs without tracks, urban development and infrastructure enliven the layout.
- Application with detailed description, meaningful photos and, if applicable, BBM file (Bluebrick – Planning Program: https://bluebrick.lswproject.com )
- The participation fee is 30 euros.
- The minimum age for participants is 14 years.
 

Go on a skiing holiday with modern vehicles – in the middle of August.

Organizational procedure:

This year's application deadline is February 29, 2024

 

For your application, we need a completed planning form. You can download it HERE. (We recommend that you edit the planning sheet directly in Acrobat Reader and not in the browser!)

https://nx27031.your-storageshare.de/s/NNZjZgoaiKqj8XK

 

We need a BBM file of  your or one or more meaningful photos showing how your module or model is structured.

Send us both to:

 

BBM Files: (Bluebrick – Planning Program:https://bluebrick.lswproject.com – please build the layout in a layer!)

 

For applications with rolling stock, a few photos are sufficient.

 

After receiving your completed planning forms as an application, we will select the models that are suitable for the community layout this year. We will get back to you by 31.3.2024 to see if we have selected your module for the system.


Expected schedule of the meeting:

Wednesday and Thursday: Arrival and set-up

Friday: Visitor's Day (4-6 p.m.), AFOL Evening

Saturday: Visitor's Day (12-10 p.m.), Night Driving in the evening (open end)

Sunday: Visitor's Day (10 a.m.-4 p.m.),  4 p.m.: Award ceremonies, farewell,
then joint dismantling and journey home

We ourselves will be on site from Monday to Monday. Helpers for the set-up and dismantling are very welcome. Just get in touch at:

 

 

Bridge of HoMa, behind: relaxing comfortably in the track spiral
 

Audience:

 

The meeting will be open to the public at the following times:
Friday: 4-6 p.m., Saturday 12-10 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.


Admission for visitors: 5,- Euro

Reduced / Children up to 14 years: 3,- Euro


further information:

There are not too many accommodations in the area. Find out more and book in time!
Overnight stays in tents and campers are not welcome by the city of Schkeuditz.

There are no hall opening hours for participants: We are allowed into the hall around the clock.
Also this year there will be the possibility to drive in the evening with the lights dimmed or in the dark. / Saturday is night driving action with public traffic.

The planning software "BlueBrick" can be found under the link above. An integration of the Trixbrix track library can be found  here.hier: https://trixbrix.eu/en_US/i/Track-Planning/22

Helpers for assembly and dismantling: We appreciate every helping hand; anyone who can support us in the days before BSBT24 with the set-up, or on the Monday after the BSBT24 with the dismantling:

 

Construction BSBT23 – as of Thursday morning

 

 

Guest driver:

As in previous years, the community layout will be made up of many small personal parts of the landscape, some of which many people have built in great detail in their spare time.
There are some rules for the use of the layout, which all participants must adhere to and which are communicated in advance.
Therefore, we cannot organize that guest drivers can drive spontaneously on the layout. (i.e. as visitors who bring their own locomotive and jet over the layout.)

 

Participants who only bring rolling stock, but are there the entire time, are of course welcome.


Review of the BSBT 2023:
 

By Ties:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih4UUo-5cOE&t=169s

by Grimmona:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAEJhK8sB18&t=82s

By Annika:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0J8axDG6k

We are looking forward to a wonderful railway experience with you! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us here in the thread or by email.

Model building with LEGO – such a railway layout also needs urban development

(the dates mentioned in the banner above are visitor appointments, the BSBT starts one day earlier, construction helpers are welcome from Monday!)

your BAUSPIELBAHN-TREFFEN 2024 orga team!

Florian, Ken, Kevin, Micha, Pelle, Rik, Rio, Stefan and Tilman


All pictures (except the banner) were provided to us by Grimmona! Thank you very much for that!