MOC: Blokstad station

[alois]

Since my street was lacking a proper station, I decided to build one (don't know if this is the right forum, both in train and in town station MOCs can be found):

Everybody is waiting for the train to come:

The front side:

An intercity train stops:

Interior:

More Photographs are to be found here.

[dundarach]

Wonderful, thank you for posting. :-)

[gifinim]

Beautifully simple design that's really good. I don't think I've ever seen so many people who are waiting for a train looking so happy!

[lightningtiger]

Wonderful train station 'alois', I like the floor inside plus the use of that old yellow vehicle hinge piece for the ticket window.

Brick On 'alois' !

[Hey Joe]

Hey, beautiful station! The size is perfect, and I like the roof especially. Thanks!

Joe

[jimmynick]

Looks great; I love the roof! Well done, Alois.

[eurotrash]

The roof and the interiors are excellent! It's a great addition to your town Alios.

[zephyr1934]

Great build and it looks like the station is served by only the finest trains.

[ronenson]

Marvelous building. I also really like the roof, as well as the rest of the scene.

[timmyc1983]

Wonderful looking station! The roof is spectacular and my favourite part I think. I'd love to see the technique you've used (roofs are my nemesis, I'm terrible at them)...

I look forward to seeing it incorporated into your street happy building

[Hobbythom]

As allways you've used some parts in interesting ways. All those 1x1 tiles must have been a lot of work!

[alois]

Wonderful looking station! The roof is spectacular and my favourite part I think. I'd love to see the technique you've used (roofs are my nemesis, I'm terrible at them)...

I look forward to seeing it incorporated into your street happy building

As allways you've used some parts in interesting ways. All those 1x1 tiles must have been a lot of work!

The roof consists of lots of 1x2 plates in dark red, mounted on 2-wide plates. The substructure is supported bij technic beams. Why not 1x1 plates? Because I happened to have a lot of 1x2 plates in dark red. The reddish brown plates are in fact 1x1.

[emm]

That is amazing

[Aussie BJ]

What a great station I would love one in my town. Your attention to detail is second to none. Thanks for sharing.

[JopieK]

nice station indeed, what station did you use as 'real' example?!

[alois]

nice station indeed, what station did you use as 'real' example?!

I never use real buildings as a direct example. But it draws inspiration from a lot of small stations in the Netherlands, like the former Pijnacker station. I studied the stationsweb website for some time, before starting the build.

[JopieK]

and you will show it in Utrecht on LEGOWorld I suppose?! Greets Johan

[alois]

and you will show it in Utrecht on LEGOWorld I suppose?! Greets Johan

How does one do that?

[JopieK]

I gave you a PM with the email address :)

[Svad]

Well... that's a pretty good looking station

[Man with a hat]

Great station!. The roof has a nice classic feel. I also like those bicycle stands. I only wonder if the platform isn't a bit too low. It seems like a steep jump for a passenger to get into the train.

[alois]

Great station!. The roof has a nice classic feel. I also like those bicycle stands. I only wonder if the platform isn't a bit too low. It seems like a steep jump for a passenger to get into the train.

In my layout the station, like all my other modular buildings, is put on 1 high bricks, to allow for a street with embedded tram tracks.

[Asper]

Wonderful station. The roof is my favorite detail.

[zephyr1934]

Looking again at this photo, I do have one small suggestion. It looks like the dark gray 1x2 tiles on the corner are mounted one stud in from the corner. If instead you used a 1x1 brick with studs on all four sides in the corner, you could line up the end of the 1x2 tile with the face of the corresponding 1x1 tile for a cleaner corner. However, to do this, you would have to work around the other two studs on the 1x1 bricks, to that end, you might be able to force 1x1 technic bricks in, or use 1x1 panels... or older 1x2x2 panels... might work... might not work...?

[alois]

Looking again at this photo, I do have one small suggestion. It looks like the dark gray 1x2 tiles on the corner are mounted one stud in from the corner. If instead you used a 1x1 brick with studs on all four sides in the corner, you could line up the end of the 1x2 tile with the face of the corresponding 1x1 tile for a cleaner corner. However, to do this, you would have to work around the other two studs on the 1x1 bricks, to that end, you might be able to force 1x1 technic bricks in, or use 1x1 panels... or older 1x2x2 panels... might work... might not work...?

When looking at this picture of a renaissance palazzo, you'll notice that the edges of these rustica blocks don't overlap either. So I meant it to be like this in my MOC, and I see no problem with it. And even when I did, the solution needs too many workarounds.