Adding a LEGO Airport to my Lego City

It's time to start building the LEGO Airport!

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I like the brickbuilt tire marks better. I think they look a little closer to the real-life example, and they showcase your skill as a builder much better than the rubbed rubber method.

[maty]

As a plane nerd and someone who has quite a few hours in small planes, I gotta say you really nailed that runway! Really appreciate the research you put into this

[theplaneguy]

This is easily the most realistic runway I've seen in lego. Everything from the tire marks to the landing zone to the correct runway numbers. You never cease to amaze me with your city. Keep up the hard work!

[KomradeKD]

Definitely like the brick built markings. At a distance, they simulate the effect very well. The tire marked ones, I feel would go mostly unnoticed by the viewer, since they are more faint.

[matthewwoolley]

The brick built tire scrapes look really good, although I agree the colors seem a tad harsh. Maybe more of a dark grey with hints of black would look better?

[hkbyxtn]

In the big open field, I think you should add a small hangar for private jets or small privately owned planes, such as Cessnas. Adding a super short runway is just kind of awkward, I also think the airport terminal ought to be a bit bigger, or you should have the train station be a terminal on the side, there just isn't enough space.

[helter]

Just an idea, but since it wouldn't make sense for planes to be coming in for a landing really close to the tops of skyscrapers, what if the runway's position on the table is switched to the side closest to the wall? That way the city's placement could make more sense since it won't be in the flight path, and moving the skid marks further away from where people will view it could make the tiles look better, since you said they look better from a distance. As for the airport terminal, I think a cool idea could be to make the terminal close to the edge of the table with an open side facing the room. This could allow really cool details to be put into the terminal and have them be easily seen by people, since I love your ability to decorate interiors and tell stories that way. I feel like the inside stories you've loaded the city with will be mostly hidden to the casual crowd that visits, and putting details in a readily seen terminal could get more people looking for the other stories you've hidden throughout. Also, with stuff like motorized conveyor belts hidden in the floors of the airport, Lego people could be rigged to move inside the airport, which would add lots of life to this section. I love your content and have been watching since this was in the house, and I can't wait for the next installment!

[AmericanBear]

Hello! Real pilot here! I love this airport because for the most part it is actually realistic to life and flying! I really appreciate the effort! Good work!

[chuckmanion]

What about adding a hanger for planes? I think this would be great because with big hanger doors open, its a building you could really see the scene inside. Maybe with some plane maintenance going on inside?

Also, I like the brick built skids better, but I think with just a little less black.

[sjoerdtollenaar]

I am enthusiast about the new airport. Curious how it would end.

Recommendations: keep it to one runway. For the left out space:
- hangars;
- small fire / rescue brigade station
- helipads
- oil silos
- I would move the pier a bit inwards then create a stand alone train station next to it.
Preferably covered with glass on an arch structure.

Good luck

[cozy.]

I have huge respect for you man. You manage to have two channels in two different languages. Thank you for letting us English speakers enjoy this. You’re the best

[balazsbiro]

As a student pilot: Man that runway looks awesome! Even the tire markings. Personally, I like the brick built version better, that is way more realistic I think. The only thing what I would change is the backtrack section of the runway, I would make it a little bit more round, and build it a little bit further away from the side of the runway. But honestly, that is impressive! Aviaiton is a very complex world, and you managed to think about all these small details... Keep up the great work Man, you are building a wonderful city!

[MonkeyFace]

You know it’s a good day when brickcrafts finally finishes the airport

[amaryllis]

You know, the airfield stuff isn't really my cup of tea but it's a testament to your video quality and Lego skills that I still really enjoyed the episode! Seeing those markings come together is super satisfying. Personally I really like the brickbuilt abrasion over the rubber version, which seems a little too subtle even besides the inherent appeal of brickbuiltness

[traindev]

This is the most realistic airport I've ever seen in Lego, absolutely outstanding work!

[JustAnotherDayToday]

Wow—are you kidding me? That’s crazy amazing.

[matebrunner]

When you started to build the runway in the video, I immediately thought, that I will recommend you to create some rubber patch on it. But you've already thought about it :D Btw I would recommend the first approach, with using darker lego bricks, and the area with the "rubber" could be longer, even 2x, as what you've built, I think. Also you can build that a bit lighter, with using less black pieces and more dark grey, and it would be more realistic with a little bit more gradient in the color at the edges of the patch. But it's awesome!!!

[Beno]

I really appreciate that the runway numbers actually match the real life orientation 😄

[FirHydrntsRFirEaters]

I'm a new viewer (and now subscriber) to your channel, so I'm not sure if this has been suggested yet, but it would be so cool if your museum included a video hub where patrons could select a category (for example: wild west village, tram line, mountain, harbor, etc.) and then they could view the relevant YouTube videos that show your building of each particular area. Part of the reason I think your channel is so popular (aside from your obviously wonderful technical LEGO-building skills) is the level of care and detail you put into the documentation of the city's growth and fluid redevelopment. The museum would be empty without that clear evidence of dedication and commitment. Great work!

[KarimMaassen]

As a long time big fan, I'm always extremely impressed by how creative you are. Amazing LEGO skills! And it shows! Just wanted to share some thoughts, which are solely mine of course :)

For some reason, I feel the airfield might be too big. Hear me out. The most charming aspect of the LEGO builds you do, in my opinion, is the fact everything is like a sort of scaled down, tuned down abstract of reality. It's not trying to replicate reality one to one (such as the architectural LEGO sets), but more like an almost caricature of real life. So, the tram line, is a small tram and a small line, but has enough visual details to make it into a recognizable tramline. Same for the train station: it's too small for it to be realistic, but it has all the details it need to make it a convincing train station. You don't need a replica of Berlin Hauptbahnhof with a gazillion full length platforms to accommodate for realistic trains with 20 wagons and such.

So, in other words, the fun of a lego city like this, in my opinion, is not to be hyper realistic, but to mimic real life with a representation that creates a caricature. Mixing the two "styles" would lead to a form of "uncanny valley" in my opinion, where it's not quite realistic, but realistic enough that we're put off by the "unrealistic" aspects of the creation. You want to stay away from that. We don't mind the sheer impractical scale of the train station, but you've noticed the heated debate regarding the airstrip's skid marks.

So, I would much rather want to see a smaller, almost impossible for real life, airport, but with enough characteristic to make it an undeniable and fully recognizable airport, without trying to create a realistic scale model. This can be done on maybe a quarter of the size that you're building on right now. Maybe even less. This also leaves you with enough space to build other things instead of one massive airport.

Of course, all of this is just my two cents. :) Keep up the amazing work!