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MOC: Bridgestone Select Tyre Dealership The 7642 - the New Mannum way !!!

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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 04:12 AM

This one I call a WIP, but in another way it's finshed (but is a MOD/MOC ever finshed with eh ? :wink: ) !
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Okay, now the explaination........
I always thought the 7642 had a problem - it was too big one way and too small in others. So today I took my son's 7642 which he has no interest in anymore and built a tyre outlet.
You can easily see that the roof only covers the roller door part, with very high frontage to hide the open back - the idea is for maximum playability while still looking realistic from the front.
It has everything a tyre place has including my famous wheel balancer from a few months ago (it's back :tongue: ) - also note most of the work carried out a this Select outlet costs at least a hundred bucks ! :laugh:
Now I might consider making a battery stand to put out the front - maybe that's now in the pipeline ! :grin:
Comments are again very welcome, thanks for reading - thanks for looking - keep on bricking ! :sweet:

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Posted 21 February 2010 - 04:43 AM

Great work here Lightningtiger. It is a great little tire shop. I say classic town I say! Great! :thumbup:
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 04:47 AM

View Postsens1992, on Feb 21 2010, 03:13 PM, said:

Great work here Lightningtiger. It is a great little tire shop. I say classic town I say! Great! :thumbup:

Thank you 'sens1992' for those kind words, to me classic town means playtime - hence this design for play and display !
Keep on bricking ! :sweet:

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Posted 21 February 2010 - 04:52 AM

That's nice! I like how the Smart car looks atop the lift. I also like the open feel of the shop. Great pics too :thumbup:
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 05:00 AM

Nice shop. :classic:

I think a drive on ramp lift might be problematic for a tire shop. It would be difficult to take the wheels off if they are sitting on a ramp.

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Posted 21 February 2010 - 05:04 AM

oh this is great!

i would love to have one of these bridgestones in my city.

Nice idea! :classic:
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 05:05 AM

Thanks 'prateek' and 'dr_spock' (quick edit) is not to forget 'ACCURATEin' for your kind comments - yeah it's a nice shop I must say so myself ! :laugh:
Anyway, the lift issue - hmm let me think about it - I have seen a double lift, where the car gets lifted up and then a second lift raises the car up enough to remove the wheels - I will look in too it !
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 05:15 AM

I agree with dr_spock, that the only problem is taking off the tires when the car is up. Otherwise, I love it! It has a nice, more modern air about it, and is very detailed.

Awesome work!
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 05:38 AM

Thank you 'Inconspicous' for your comments - yep that lift I have to do something about.
By the way I just adjusted my next lot of stickers for the car/truck batteries to go in here !
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 09:26 AM

I'm back now after spending two hours banging my head almost against a brickwall :wacko: - all I can do is relocate the lift mounts.
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In any case this I feel looks better, at least the mechanic can get all the wheels and most of the car too !
Comments very welcome !
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 09:41 AM

Nice MOC with a very classic town feel to it. The stickers match the color scheme perfectly. I just think you should move the whole thing one stud to the left and build a side wall for the shop. It looks too open from that side now.
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 09:48 AM

View PostRick, on Feb 21 2010, 08:11 PM, said:

Nice MOC with a very classic town feel to it. The stickers match the color scheme perfectly. I just think you should move the whole thing one stud to the left and build a side wall for the shop. It looks too open from that side now.

Thanks for the comments 'Rick', I based the whole idea around the 7642 which has it's office open half at the back and all to one side - but if I want to put another building a long side of it I can - I was intending on having this on the outskirts of the town centre of New Mannum anyway.
Again thank you and keep on bricking ! :sweet:

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Posted 21 February 2010 - 11:06 AM

Hello!

The large glass facade of the shop and garage is very good looking. The functionalities inside the shop have a high level of playability making it a great city set. :classic:

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Posted 21 February 2010 - 11:22 AM

The Label Guy strikes again! :grin:

Great work lightningtiger! You've managed to make a realistic "garage type" building from the "not so good" official set. This is how the 7642 should look like in my opinion. Like a proper building.

I love all the details you've added in there. :wub:
The colour combination looks great and matches with the label perfectly. :thumbup:


Great work and keep on....well...you know! :grin:
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Post icon  Posted 21 February 2010 - 11:28 AM

Thanks 'Legosteine' and 'Zorbas' for your very kind words - thank you again. :sweet:
By tomorrow night my time I should have the battery stand made up and stickered !
So everyone keep on bricking ..........I'll keep on stickering ! :laugh:
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