[MOC] Townhouse

[peedeejay]

Hi all,

after clearing my basement and finding all my old lego models from roughly 20 years ago I reignited my interest in those little plastic bricks again. Another reason were some recent visits to our local LEGO store. I was surprised about the new models and pretty much fell in love with modular buildings. After seeing so many awesome MOCs here and everywhere in the internet I decided that I want to build my own modular building.

Since I wanted to learn while building this MOC, I started designing it within LDD, cause I've been using CAD programs for over 15 years:

I also wanted my own building instruction since the automatically created ones from LDD are pretty much useless for big models. I exported my building to MLCad and reorganized everything to make it editable in LPub. So if someone is interested in a building instruction, please check the link in my signature where you can find the building instructions for purchase.

Here some pictures of the final model. I still need to learn how to take proper pictures (way more difficult than I thought!) so if someone has some advices, I'd gladly take them:

For the interior I used some models from tutorials around the net, some modified ones and some own. Mainly because I wanted to get used to modern building techniques and create a feeling for scaling.

Stats:

2976 pieces

Edited February 1, 2016 by peedeejay

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME house design......the interior really sells it.......Brick On 'peedeejay' !

[ReplicaOfLife]

Wow. For a first MOC, this is absolutely stunning.

Great work!

What are the crooks on the roof up to?

Edited February 1, 2015 by RogerSmith

[Lady K]

Very nice MOC! I really like how the interior has attention to details. The soaking tub is my favorite.

[Gongoro73]

First MOC? Damn, can't wait to see your next one. I like everything in this one, both exterior and interior. I can easily see your 15 years with CAD.

Fenomenal, felicidades.

Edited February 1, 2015 by Gongoro73

[Captain Braunsfeld]

A very good modular build.

Are they getting robbed? I've seen some strange figures on the roof...

[Lankygit]

Nailed it!

[TheLazyChicken]

Outstanding job for your first creation. The interior is wonderful...

[Bookworm]

Very nice! I love all of the small details, like the white trim above the ground floor.

[peedeejay]

Thanks for all the nice comments! Already working on my next modular building.

Yeah, our little lego town is also overflowing with crooks.... ;-)

[Kristel]

This is nice! My favourite details are the curtains and the lights above the dining table.

[The Jersey Brick Guy]

Looks awesome!

[MusicaRibelle]

This is your first modular after 20 years of 'dark age'?

Congratulations, stunning work.

Looking forward then to see your next creation.

[TimH]

Very nice modular build with great attention too detail. Love the design of the tub and curtains.

[Henk61]

Great modular building....I love the outside as wel as the inside.. it is looking awesome!

I woul like to build this house.. Is it possible that you could send me te building instructions? (I wasn't able to PM you...)

Edited February 3, 2015 by Henk61

[peedeejay]

Finally got the chance to go back to my first MOC and do some little updates. I mainly did it because I felt that the facade looked a bit too bland compared to the other modulars so I tried to spice it up a little without changing too much. Moreover I also added a little more detail to the interior, mainly the living room. In addition I used the chance to take better pictures of the MOC itself. Next will be building instructions. :)

Below is a selection of new images. All pictures can be found in the gallery: http://www.kawano.de.../townhouse.html

New part count: 3231

[mrjennesjr]

I was not able to PM you, but I would still love to have the LDD file/ instructions. Great work on the building.

[ryantaggart]

Great for a first MOC! Took me ages to be good enough to be confident to post. I still only use LDD. I've not explored other software. Is it that easy to export to MLCAD and then to LPUB? I've explored the links to your other creations. Slow down you're making us all look lazy! Amazing work.

[coffeefund]

That's an amazing design. I like the piano the most!

[peedeejay]

I was not able to PM you, but I would still love to have the LDD file/ instructions. Great work on the building.

Please check the link in my signature. From there you can find to purchase the building instruction (directly or from ebay).

Great for a first MOC! Took me ages to be good enough to be confident to post. I still only use LDD. I've not explored other software. Is it that easy to export to MLCAD and then to LPUB? I've explored the links to your other creations. Slow down you're making us all look lazy! Amazing work.

The export to MLCad is easy, but then it becomes more complicated. ;-)

You have to rearrange every brick in MLCad and manually add the steps for the building instruction (this takes quite some time). From there you can create the building instruction in LPub (which also takes some time). Took me a while until I was able to create building instructions of a somewhat decent quality. But it is quite a lot of fun!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Simply amazing ...lovely bed and amazing internal details!

Great architecture outside!