Welcome to Micropolis2 (or call it Micropolis Lite)

This is a collaborative workspace!  We're working on an update to the TwinLUG Micropolis building plate standard, which will allow easy routing of a power drop cable under the roads and modules, so we can easily power lights in the buildings on the modules.

By adding eight 1x4 arch bricks (blue in the left-side image above), this provides the power cable routing path for any plan.

The open-bottom arches makes it easy to move modules around, and drop them anywhere, and allow power to pass easily.

Each corner uses a 1x3 plate (light blue), a 2x2 "L" (pink), and a 2x2 brick (red) to secure them.

Under each 1x4 technic beam(red), there is a 1x6 plate (yellow). The arches have anchors on each side, for a sturdy base.

The colors used here are only to help the parts stand out for identification in this discussion. Feel free to pick your own colors.  :-)

Why bother?

• TwinLUG led the way with a Micropolis standard, making it easy to throw cities together at a gathering without significant coordination between the participants.
• Chicago has made big strides in getting people to light their larger MOCs, and now LifeLights and BrickStuff make it easy to add lighting in some of the smallest places!
• Lights are tiny... battery packs are not. My answer: Run power "underground"! But, instead of building a powered table and mandating where your modules should have connectors,  my thought was to modify the sub-structure of the modules, to allow a power cable to snake from building to building. The power supply for a layout could come from one or two "power station" modules that could have any kind of model on it. 

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