This MOD is now available on my Rebrickable page: rebrickable.co... I absolutely Love Lego City set 60407, but I thought that it could do with being a little bit longer. SO I extended it by 4 studs, and it looks GREAT !
I absolutely LOVE this kind of little modifications to the Lego sets, I'm a fan of improving them! Not too much, only to let them look a little better, more smoother, more professional. Great Job, thank you! 👍🏼
Thanks for the compliment. I like to do simple modifications that others can do themselves too, without hundreds of extra pieces. If you're interested, there's a City set Modifications play list on my channel, with lots of city sets being modified. You can see it here: ru-vid.com/group/PL0A-CMNXDNYOBUnSw5eiG_Sh_3XM2SJ2a&si=pPrDBE5mLGGB1Bll
Great mod. This is the first time I’ve seen it without the stickers too. So much better. They’re god awful. LEGO should have named it “Chinese New Year Bus” and sold it under the Ninjago theme. Thanks for sharing.
You ACTUALLY made me LOL !!! Yes the stickers are a tad busy, but I thought I should add them so people can see what it would look like. Glad you liked the vid.
Thank you. That's really kind of you to say so. People seem to be liking what I make. I'd be making and modifying the sets anyway, so I might as well film and upload it, if others enjoy watching! Thanks for commenting, it's nice to hear.
@@GUYMANSON If you're new here, I have a whole playlist of City Set modifications If you're interested, you can see them here: ru-vid.com/group/PL0A-CMNXDNYOBUnSw5eiG_Sh_3XM2SJ2a&si=Q9ikhWrNH_Azg1yI
This is definitely an upgrade over the old one. I could never force myself to put those stickers over mutliple bricks, but that can be solved by moving the 1x4 brick all the way to the back and putting the stickers on the row of 1x6 slightly more to the front of the bus instead. I like all the small changes to make the bus a little more neat and strict with the coloring. It maybe could use a tiny bit more structrural detailing, instead of only the stickers, but I'm struggling to think of what that would be. Thanks for the upload!
Ahhhh, I grew up with Lego from the late 70's and throughout the 80's, so I often had to apply stickers across multiple pieces, as that's just how the sets were built. So I don't have an aversion to doing it! But your solution would work perfectly. Thanks for the compliment on the colouring details, I understand that Lego can't always avoid it, but when the pieces are available in other colours, sometimes it baffles me!!! I thought about some structural detailing of the seat levels, but couldn't think of a worthwhile improvement without completely remaking it, and I prefer to do minor MODs that others could easily do themselves. If you're interested, there's a City set Modifications play list on my channel, with lots of city sets being modified. You can see it here: ru-vid.com/group/PL0A-CMNXDNYOBUnSw5eiG_Sh_3XM2SJ2a&si=pPrDBE5mLGGB1Bll Thanks for commenting!
Thanks, been trying to get it done since I queued up with you to buy it on 1st June !!!!! It's a really cool set with that rotating destination board, but I like it even more now.
This is a cool set (definitely one of the better city sets this year) and the modifications are just top notch. It looks much more proportionate with the extension. I think you may have been able to rework the top to have the stickers properly on the 1x6 bricks but it probably would require more added bricks rather than trying to use all of the ones from the set. I do have this set on my wanted list. I may have to come back to this to review the updates.
Thanks for the compliments, and yes, I agree it's proportions now look much better. Yes, there would have been ways to sort the stickers, but I was having trouble keeping its structural integrity, with the 4x6 in the middle. it needed the bricks to hold it firmly to teh other plates. If I shuffled them round I would have probably needed a few plates underneath to hold the upper deck togather. As always, thanks for commenting.
Sensei Jez, your work is so good, you could use these videos to become a Lego Designer or Set Editor. Some cool job in Billund. Nice mod, so smooth! Very good video editing too.
WOW! - That is a whole load of compliments in one small comment!!!!! You're very kind, and it's great to hear when people like my videos. Although, I like seeing a set and working out how I can modify it, but building from scratch doesn't come as easy for me, so I don't think the job in Billund will be any time soon ;) Thanks again for the kind words and taking the time to comment.
Well, if Aliens were in London, they would DEFINITELY want to see all the landmarks on a sightseeing bus !!! So it's perfect logic to add them to the set.
yes, I’ll do the same on mine, so the driver is on the “correct” side!! which I do on all my Lego vehicles. But for the video I didn’t want to confuse anyone watching, making the MOD more complicated, so I just extended the original bus, Thanks for commenting, and I’m glad you liked it
That's a nice modification and i recently just had an idea for what to do with a 3rd express passenger train which mainly involves recoloring the passenger coaches from green to red and only the locomotive will be recorded to white and ive chosen orange to replace the bottom white line and im thinking about using it for maintenance related jobs on my railway
That sounds cool. Did you see my video of when I recoloured the green train to red? if not, you can see it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpeWAHSYHFo.html
This is a good example of a set that can probably be found at a good discount, since it will be sold by other retailers than just Lego stores. It shouldn't be too hard to find at 25% or more discounted, which is an 'okay' price for a reasonably large vehicle and a bunch of minifigs that aren't too bad either. Also, you can just get the instructions, build the bus with all the common parts and replace stuff like the chairs with brown ones. (which is probably more realistic anyways) I think I found those on PAB some time, got about 12 laying around.
@@pinobluevogel6458 That's a GREAT plan ! And yes, Brown chairs were kicking around on PAB walls for quite a while a year or so ago. I think I've also got a dozen or so lying around somewhere!!!!!!! I got a load as I thought they'd be good for outside park benches !
@@MinifigJez Nice :) I think I had them to make the other bus from the trainstation set quite a while back, but I just never got around to making it or even ordering the parts I'm missing.
@@pinobluevogel6458 Wow... you just reminded me that I bought that Train station set, BUT I've never built it! I should get it out of storage and see if it's a good candidate for a modification video !
yes looks better, but i think in a city-layout the bus is a little bit too narrow. 7wide would be better, it would certainly be very difficult to build Just the windscreen and the rear flap for the ‘engine compartment’ I found this to be the same with the 60386 recycling truck. A bit too small^^
@@brickheaven6037 I think it depends on the type of city you have. Mine has a lot of older sets, so I have a lot of 4-wide vehicles. Plus I’m currently only using the new road plates, which only allow 7 ish studs per lane, so a 6 stud wide vehicle looks in proportion. (I used to buy all the speed champions until they went 8-wide, and now they don’t fit!) I think for builders who have wider roads, who add SNOT bricks to the sides of the road plates, they could DEFINITELY do with using wider vehicles, and this at 8 studs would then look awesome! Just not for me personally. Thanks for commenting, it’s great to hear others views on sets.
Depending on where you are going to use the bus, maybe you should have moved the doors to the other side and also moved the driver to the other side as well?
YES! - you're absolutely right! Normally when I build vehicles, I swap them over so they are UK based as I build them, but normally, that means JUST swapping a seat and a steering wheel !!! As this was going to be a MOD and tutorial, I wanted it to be as easy for people to follow as possible. Then people can decide if they swap it for right-hand drive. Thanks for commenting.
In case you are still interested, I've added the parts and instructions to Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-197314/Minifig_Jez/sightseeing-bus-extension-4-studs-longer
Sorry, I don't have a list of parts. I just took the bus apart and grabbed a part that was 4 studs long for each "layer" If you watch the vid though, you should be able to make a not of them, eg black 1x4 plates for the bottom, then a black 4x6 plate for teh floor (that's as far as I can remember!!!) edit: I just thought, I show ALL the parts at 2:26, so that would be an easy point to make a list from - I hope that helps.
I have three of these buses, one has been built as per the instructions, the others will become a single deck bus and a double deck bus with a roof. Just need time to figure out how.
It took a while to make, but if you are still interested, I've just uploaded the parts list and instructions to Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-197314/Minifig_Jez/sightseeing-bus-extension-4-studs-longer
That makes sense. I only have 4 and 6 wide cars for my LEGO City, so mine looks fine. I also use standard road plates, so 6 is the maximum width I can accommodate. Th only 8-wide cars I have are speed champions and I don't use them in LEGO City situations!
I will definitely swap the whole thing round so that it is right-hand drive, so that it matches all my other vehicles, and teh doors will then move sides.
It would be better for seating if it was wider, but I don't like my City vehicles to be wider than 6 studs, or they don't fit on the standard City road plates. So I'l leave that MOD for someone else to attempt ! Thanks for commenting
Good idea, I'll look through my spare sticker sheets and see what I;ve got that I can add to it. You also originally commented: "I would change the doors over to the other side so it looks like it's from the uk" (But I presume that you deleted the comment) But I'm definitely going to swap the doors over so it's correct for the UK, but for this MOD I wanted to make it as simple to follow as possible for any wanting to do the same. So I left that MOD out for now. Thanks for commenting.
Larger how? Did you mean wider? longer? or Taller? I think the extra 4 studs makes it long enough, and I don't like my Lego City vehicles to be wider than 6 studs, or they don't fit on the Lego road plates properly, so I wouldn't;t want to widen it at all. So the only option is to go Harry Potter style and make it a triple decker !!!!!!! Thanks for commenting.
Oooh, I like that idea... not only a double decker sightseeing bus, but a double length sightseeing bus! (Not sure how it would go around LEGO City corners though! I think I'd have to turn it into one of those bendy-busses, you get in some parts of London)
@@MinifigJez the point of the idea is that it’s absurdly impractical- though I have seen some really long busses with joints in the middle before in cities irl so it’s not impossible
@@OnePoundBird I'm all for the idea of absurdly impractical! If I have the time I could buy a second set and try out the double-length-double-decker sightseeing bus! Yes, busses with joints are quite common IRL. I've been on ones in London, Disney World, a few airports and a some European Ski resorts. But making those joints in Lego would be a big challenge !!!!!!!
It is a great idea and we see those busses with joints in the middle all the time in larger cities. It might be a slightly more technical challenge, but certainly interesting to try. Personally I prefer this slightly longer version, or the blue one that comes with the trainstation 60335. (which is still on my list to build at some point, parting it together)
First of all, you'd need to find an 8-wide windscreen piece to use. But then, it should just be using wider plates for the floors and then adding in extra bricks/plates on teh front and back to make it 2 studs wider. I use Lego road plates so I don;t like mohave vehicles wider than 6 studs, so I've never made anything 8-wide before. Have you tried searching re-brickable for any 8-wide busses that you could get ideas from, to apply to this set?
You're absolutely right, extending it by 1mm is pointless. That's why I decided to extend it by 4 whole studs, which was definitely not pointless and looks much more in proportion to the UK sightseeing busses that I know. (I didn't have any 1mm wide lego pieces anyway, so 4 studs was my only option)
On a bus like that, it would definitely have a double door in the middle, but IRL it would fold in, instead of open out. So I can accept it's look when closed, but opening it up, makes it look not that great.
