New Jang City planning update: Less "city," more comfy | May 20, 2024
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Sorry for the different feeling audio. I'm going to be experimenting for awhile to slash the stress & time involved in preparing for these videos so I can do them with less delay, greater frequency, and a much more comfortable & casual attitude every time.
The audio is completely fine!
Sounds great to me 👍
To me it sounded like your videos circa 2015-2016 for some reasons. Which is absolutely fine, btw.
No problemo, brotendo. I wouldn’t have even noticed if you hadn’t told me! Harharhar!
We don’t mind. It sounds fine!
I have to admit, I still miss the big skycraper and downtown. But when I remember this isn't a Lego city, it's a Lego model railroad... it 100% is the right decision. This layout shows the trains and makes a world for the trains so well, and reminds me of the old model railroad displays I would see at conventions as a kid. Well done, keep doing what makes you happy and make your vision its your world!
Haha, seeing Hutt's Pizza in the background always puts a smile on my face
Love the bold decisions you’ve made. I’m planning a Lego “city” without the city. Just trains, docks, and lots of construction vehicles/materials, with frames of houses under construction and loads of green space for campsites, forestry operations, kayaking etc.
Hey Jang, just commenting to show my support for your project here! I’m glad you seem more satisfied and relieved with your layout, the fact you’ve made trains your main attraction really makes me happy for you. The Easter eggs of the gem store and mall, as a viewer from when you were still Lego Jang, really means a lot. I’ve been watching since the second grade, back when I hated school and only wanted to play with LEGOs all day. I graduate from college in two weeks, but your work ethic, commitment, and above all positivity have been an appreciated constant in my life. I hope you continue enjoying your projects Jang, and I hope you know how many lives you’ve influenced for the better. You’re the reason this platform has an argument to keep going, to build a better community.
Damn, this is coming along nicely! I always loved watching you build this city when I was younger. And now seeing you happier because you're doing what you want and not what others want you to do makes this even more enjoyable to watch, It's becoming so much more unique and personalised. The audio sounded good btw.
i must have missed some videos because your city concept has drastically changed. Good for you! It's hard to accept downsizing and de-densifying, but once you do so it can be liberating.
I like the different audio, Jang, it feels more personal and like I'm getting to just enjoy your Lego city as if I'm visiting myself.
I love the idea of adding some "breathing space" in the layout, I think it's something Lego builders seem to especially struggle to do. Yes, compression has to happen to fit things in, but that only works if it also has some space to just rest your eyes for a bit, otherwise the compression can be a bit overwhelming. Since you're aiming more toward a Lego model railway, that "empty space" is super important to help convey that a railway is a transit system running over miles upon miles of open space, so I'm really excited to see how it changes the way the city itself looks when that's done. With what you're describing, it's giving me some big Pennsylvania vibes from my time living there, so I'm super excited to see what you do with regards to greenery, trees, etc. on those hills.
Jang, I have followed you for decade-plus (my boy/girl twins, about age 4 then, got me into LEGO and the girl onto your channel; both start college in fall!). I have loved each iteration of your cities. I am SUPER excited about your new emerging reconfiguration -- with emphasis on trains/train yards. I'm interested in YOUR ideas and creations (I have my own ideas/creations/city) -- this is why I watch your channel. Thank you for the reviews and your MOCs.
Glad to see you coming back and enjoying the city more! :)
After seeing other model railway people rebuild layouts, the benefits of rebuilding/reusing with Lego are very apparent here!
I'm not a train fan like that myself, but honestly seeing your creativity and ability to make this space what you want it to be is more inspiring to me than any skyscraper ever could be
It was jarring at first seeing the drastic changes to the city. But it’s nice to see something different from the here’s the latest modular and now to move things around to fit it in cities. The model railroad inspiration comes out more and more with the changes. It’s nice see you excited again. I can’t wait to see the next upadate.
I'm so excited for the re-envisioning of NJC in this new model railroad style! Especially since it's where your heart truly is Jang! Glad that you're feeling inspired and can't wait to see where it goes.
As a construction operator myself, let me tell you just how much joy your yellow iron brings me! Especially the telehandler! (Telescopic forklift)!
So much room to breathe! This definitely takes your city from a bustling metropolis to a cozier small town which is cool. I especially love that sandwich shop down by the mall. Hope we can see more of it in the future!
Recently exhibited at a lego show here in sydney. One of my absolute favourite parts of events like that is seeing all the different things people bring. All the different ways there are to love lego. So cool to see you chasing your passion
As a model railroader, one whom specializes in scenery, I totally get the nature aspect! I love building greenery for the trains to run through
Wow, BIG changes! I’m very excited for you. I always enjoy seeing and hearing about your latest plans. And I hope you find what you need to remove your video prep stress.
Very interesting changes. Hills and nature are great ways to break up scenes and add a more interesting visual flow, I feel they are often undervalued in that regard in big LEGO builds because “they aren’t as exciting” (although maybe not undervalued in model railroads.)
Can’t wait to see what comes of this, now if only TH-cam would recommend these to me as they came out, I don’t know why it isn’t :( maybe this comment will help.
Love it. Looking like your enjoyment is back. 👍❤️
While I miss (mostly nostalgia for when I first started watching you) the old city, I LOVE the direction it's going, especially if you're happier with it! The model train set-up is going to look so good. Love that you're prioritizing what you want and what was the coolest part of your old city. So excited to watch your new dream come to fruition
I love the way you are taking this layout I don't see it as a city anymore but as a train layout now. I can't wait to see where it goes and how you build the tunnels.
The way you’re setting up the road parallel with the railway and the buildings across the road would look good on sideways train POVs. The passing siding next to those hills reminds me of model railway recreations of different mountain passes on the Union Pacific or Santa Fe
I am loving this direction for the city! Very comfy!
Any day Jang uploads on this channel is a great day!
Love the new direction! I can’t wait to see the progress. I’m glad to see the buildings you did save, but if it’s not working for you knock them down and start anew. It’s not like they are stuck together with Kragle… except for the Shell station. Every town or city I built always had the Shell station.
Beautiful.
If passenger train stations don’t fit, you must omit. (Unless at some point it’s what YOU want.)
I've really come to love your city/progress. It's just unique, I'd guess especially because you do what you love, not what you're viewers want.
I understand your layout is a walk around style, but any thoughts on using (what they call in model railroading) lego building flats? Just the fronts to give the illusion of a city and more room for less city? Great vid btw.
Definitely considered many times! So far though, like you said, the fact that it's a full 360 walk-around layout has mandated 3D builds. If I could do a wall based layout I'd do flats for sure, but I'd need a room 2x as large to accommodate the rail turnaround loops.Gotta work with what I've got, which honestly is already something I must be very thankful for.
Love this. So much! Cool to see the conceptualization on Patreon to now, especially since I've missed a few.
I like the feel of the new layout better. It feels less like a condensed downtown area and more like city outskirts which makes more sense for the location of cargo trains and stuff.
Looking good!!! I missed that mall space glad its back. Youre doing great work
Lots of major changes in New Jang City, if you want more nature, that's cool, I like the idea, you have a lot of work ahead it seems, so good luck with it, Jang.
I will be sad to see the beach go because it's so beautiful, but tunnels and rolling hills also sound amazing!
Can't wait to see how things turn out!
So fun to see! Thank you for the update video!
very happy to see you going the train route, only downside is your so talented and we won’t see some of the crazy building you can do such as the skyscrapers
I hear a much happier Jang in this video and that makes me happy too! 👍🏻 I totally feel your decision about the rolling hills section. I added a similar, but way smaller, section to my layout and it is SO pleasing to work on that area!
Bummer about the passenger station and elevated rail leaving, but understood that first priority is a happy Jang. 👍
I just love seeing you change what you want how you want. Seeing someone's vision form physically is always a treat so I love seeing how your thoughts on the whole layout should change as time goes on. Always a pleasure to see you doing something you want.
So brave to start from scratch. Can be so hard to do what you want to do, because others telling you what is good and what is bad. I just made the first step: tearing down my city and selling it. When i reorganized my room (will probably sell most of my Star Wars as well) I hope to start all over again and make a new town using just my imagination. Not that experienced with that, but am sure your videos help me get some nice ideas. Keep on the good work.
You can never have too many tunnels, but I like your idea.
I'm really loving just how your letting your imagination run wild in a way I guess you feel you haven't been able to do in years. The fact that you're doing what you want to do shows, and even at this stage the layout just makes so much sense - clear residential, commercial and industrial districts, buildings that make a lot more sense next to each other, and good amounts of terrain to provide natural breaks between them. Really excited to see this take shape!
Your off to a good start. I can't wait to see what you come up with next great job
The sound was fine, thanks for the update👍
Mr Jang, I love the landscaping ideas, and how they will work from different angles. Looking forward to the updates.
Interested to see this vision come together. Glad you are finding joy in the journey.
happy to see you happy with your city
I always love the update videos. Thanks Jang!
Looks great! I love how cozy and walkable the Main Street feels.
Looks great. Audio was fine. Can’t wait for more. 😊
man the background music brings me back its been a while since i watched your city videos I used to watch your stuff all the time and im glad to see you are still doin it and that you are doing it the way you want to gotta say my favorite of your buildings has been and still is the gas station, i just love the way you did it it feels very alive
Don't fret too much about it being perfect, the benefit of Lego is you can always rebuild it later.
Loving the changes! I'm also trying to get rid of most of the buildings in my city and focusing more on my trains!
This series is such a wholesome treat. Just an occasional update. Maybe something a little crazy once in a great while. I love it.
I'm excited to see what the future holds foe NJC! A part of me freaks out when you point to a finished build and say that it's going away, but I'm sure that you'll make a great use of the space when all is said and done and I'm excited to see it progress!
I can't wait to see your new "city"/train setup!
Jangton! And the Jangton Line, this feels more like a cool college town or something now. This really is part of the spirit of LEGO, taking stuff apart and building anew, all the empty spaces canvases for the imagination.
I’ve always enjoyed your videos. Love your Lego trains
Nice to see Jang not jumping on the MILS road system. Using original road plates and adapting everything to it, classy!
Yeah I find MILS to be extraordinarily overrated and think the majority of folks who use it do so because other folks did, not because they've really evaluated the solid pros and numerous cons versus their own needs & wants. I've moved so many things so many times (including the entire layout from one house to another) and haven't once yet wished I started with MILS. Much easier to tap into my under-table wiring this way too.
I know how you feel about the emergency services. I had a full police station taking up a massive back corner of my city, and decided to replace it with a proper "skyscraper" type building for the backdrop. Now my police station is relegated to just the ground floor, with a very small sign in the window, a holding cell, and a reception desk. I even nixed the helipad on top so I could use it for "taxi aircraft" since my city is designed with a "1990s smart city" aesthetic. All in all, I really enjoy the playability aspect of your city and I'm very excited to see where you go with it!
Looks fantastic love the new train city layout doing awesome job jang 👍
Love the idea of a peaceful part!
Hey Jang, really excited to see what you're going to do with this.
The new greenery/hills area is totally you decolonizing your mind wrt TH-cam stuff and I am here for it. Awesome work yet again
Excellent stuff.
Train yard looks awesome. I love your city.
That was exactly what we loved about Lego, you can always take it apart and build something new if you want.
Visited a few small towns in the US with huge train infrastructure but no actual passenger station. This makes me feel so nostalgic for those trips.
Since it’s less of a city, are you going to rename it? Surely it’s not New New Jang City? 😊
It’s looking great so far!
I will say I will miss the city, however going more train board layout is cooler then I thought. But hey atleast you inspired me to build my own city!!!
I feel the conflict, I'm doing a redesign but have buildings that were build for specific spots that I want to keep, but making it work in the new plan is a challenge.
Thanks for the update. I enjoy hearing about your creative thought process.
My favorite type of video!
Nice new layout!
So the Buildings you've removed, have you (or will you) disassemble them? Or are you going to look at maybe putting them (or some of them) away for possible future use or display?
Call me crazy, but I consider greenery and rail lines to BE efficient use of space. Hills, trees, and plants are all important 'stuff' that many cities forget. I follow a bunch of 'traditional' model railroaders and have seem many of them switch from complicated layouts with tons of switches and buildings to larger sweeping features with more scenery over time. (Everard Junction comes to mind.) It feels better and it makes for much better video/photo shots of the trains running. Can't wait to see how this new Lego layout develops.
Sorry if you addressed this, watched with subtitles at work lol, have you thought about switching to mils?
4:29 i like the light rail you have there! Did you make it yourself or is it a moc you found?
Still love that mall
Jang, what you've been banging your head against is what model railroaders have been fighting for as long as the hobby have been around: dream vs space.
For most people it's not that common to have room for an enormous layout, but the dream to "have it all" as it were is still there so the average modeller tries to cram as much as they can into what space (often something like 10x4ft) they can afford in their home, the result ends up cluttered and ugly and maybe not even enjoyable to play with.
The key is to allow yourself to compromise the dream and accept that you can't have it all, but instead focus on the most important aspects of the dream, then fit those into your layout.
You're doing a great job on that journey and I know you'll find the road to success, then just sit back and enjoy your creation with peace of mind you may not have it all, but you have the bits that matter the most to you.
Keep up the great work on _your_ railroad. 🚂
A fresh canvas 🙂
Will you be making a track maintenance train?
Looks promising, sometimes less is more
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