I have taken a bit of a break from the layout while I get caught up on some of the new August Lego releases. I purchased most of the new batch of Minecraft sets along with the Heavy-Haul train and some other misc city sets. I am also waiting for a modest pick-a-brick order to come in to keep working on the layout. I have found that most of the time, if I am not dealing in rare parts, pick-a-brick is cheaper then Ebay for specific parts. The only down side is it takes a lot longer to get the order.
I decided to go nuts and just build all of the remaining bench work at once and get the whole layout set up as far as the foundation. I have gotten to the point were its hard to go forward piecemeal as I will start running into issues with track lining up. So later this week and am going to buy the lumber to build modules C and D and at least get the train track laid out and start figuring out where the rest of the buildings are going to go. From there it will be quite some time to collect up the baseplates I need and start filling in details, but at least I will be able to run my trains!
You probably know this already, but a great place to get bricks cheap is BrinkLink. It's basically eBay for LEGO folks, but with better prices. Each store there has different rules [X amount minimum purchase, sometimes, and many are from non-US places, so the site will convert to USD for you]. But in the end, I find getting bricks there to be a ton cheaper than S&H and eBay.
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