Yes! If you recall, I was looking forward to seeing your own thread/s when you introduced yourself and linked to your channel. Thanks for giving us an appropriate place to discuss you and your son's layouts and help you as you progress.
While I am impressed with the size of the first layout and use of elevation (and the idea of separating the railway into specific lines), I'm not entirely fond of the part uses and placement in some areas compared to the later ones. Due to your apparent preference for modern/real life trains, it would've been better to replace obvious Thomas parts like Brendam Docks with scratch built alternatives or find better ways to disguise them so they won't look out of place (I do know you've since refrained from using them as much as possible). Building custom stations, infrastructure, scenery, props or even custom shells depicting other trains could be a way to teach your son DIY and add concepts and themes to make the layouts come alive. Much better than the big, sore thumb Maxi Bloks. Also, you might want to start using the road system and vehicles to avoid roadless level crossings and have non rail traffic that actually works. All those aside, you're in the right direction and they're clearly improving. The first one I saw was the garden layout, and I liked the execution despite much of the track being placed on thin brick walls.
Good thing I kept getting lots of track riser packs to allow spirals and extra elevation after seeing what they can add.
While I am impressed with the size of the first layout and use of elevation (and the idea of separating the railway into specific lines), I'm not entirely fond of the part uses and placement in some areas compared to the later ones. Due to your apparent preference for modern/real life trains, it would've been better to replace obvious Thomas parts like Brendam Docks with scratch built alternatives or find better ways to disguise them so they won't look out of place (I do know you've since refrained from using them as much as possible). Building custom stations, infrastructure, scenery, props or even custom shells depicting other trains could be a way to teach your son DIY and add concepts and themes to make the layouts come alive. Much better than the big, sore thumb Maxi Bloks. Also, you might want to start using the road system and vehicles to avoid roadless level crossings and have non rail traffic that actually works. All those aside, you're in the right direction and they're clearly improving. The first one I saw was the garden layout, and I liked the execution despite much of the track being placed on thin brick walls.
Good thing I kept getting lots of track riser packs to allow spirals and extra elevation after seeing what they can add.
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