This is my first MOC! The proportions are off as I really just eyeballed photos and a 3-view diagram but I don't mind.

One of my projects, decided to make some caribou too as it’s one of my favorite scenes. The engine is just one of my FEF-1s but modified to look more like the polar express, just for render purposes. I think I’m going to end up making a Berk.

A few months ago I posted about Your Tracks here, my layout planner for iPhone/iPad. Thanks to everyone who tried it and sent feedback. A lot of what's changed since then came straight out of those comments, so here's a roundup of what's improved since 1.0.

The 1.x updates: making editing less fiddly

Select Mode

You can now select a whole section and move it as one rigid piece. It still snaps onto open track when you drop it. Once you have a selection, you can:

- Rotate it in 22.5° steps

- Flip it horizontally or vertically

- Duplicate it

- Copy/paste it, including "paste mirrored", which is great for symmetrical layouts.

Baseplates

You can place baseplates in a range of sizes and colours, and they snap edge to edge, so you can see how your track fits on the plates you have or within a City layout.

Better floor areas

Areas used to be rectangles only. Now you get:

- Circles and ovals

- Fill textures (wood, carpet, concrete, baseplate green/grey…)

- Name labels

- Undo for area edits

Other features/updates

- Animated train to see it work in your layout, including the ability to flip any switches

- Big layouts are much smoother: dragging has no lag, off-screen pieces aren't drawn, and saving happens in the background

- Redesigned home screen

- General performance improvements

For v2.0: Two big changes

Close the Gap

If your loop ends up short or just want a helping hand to complete a loop, now you can select the two pieces on either side of the gap and tap **Close Gap**. The app searches for routes that fit and shows up to 3 of them as ghost previews. It uses TrixBrix curves if that's what your lay mix of curves and straights fits, it finishes the route with a short run of flex track, bent only as far as real flex track can go. If it can't find a route, it tells you why (for example, "nearest was 1.3 studs off" or "every route runs over existing track") so you know what to nudge.

See it on your floor (AR)

This puts your layout on the floor at 1:1 scale, so you can check it fits the room. You can also:

- Run a train round it in AR at 1×, 2× or 3× speed

- Tap a switch on the floor to change its route

- Use Tabletop mode (1:8) to fit a big layout on a desk

- On LiDAR devices, optionally hide the track behind furniture

- Take a snapshot and save it to Photos or share it

Thanks again to everyone who gave feedback the first time round. I'll answer one of the most common questions... unfortunately I've no immediate plans for Android, but that is absolutely subject to change!

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/your-tracks/id6761334460

This thing was an absolute piece of work to get to handle R40 curves, by the way.