Ralph_S Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 What do you get if you mix Cafe Corner with influences from the Green Grocers set? A Corner Store of course. Shops like this can be found all throughout the UK and I felt that my English high street wasn't complete without one of these. The ground floor and the two floors above it have detailed interiors. Ed Diment (aka Lego Monster) suggested that I make it one story taller than my other buildings, which gives it a more urban look that goes well together with the actual Cafe Corner set. This also allowed me to take the modularity of the building a step further. I can remove a floor and make it look more like a village store. More pictures can be found on flickr. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Klaus-Dieter Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 That's another awesome MOC in the CC style, Ralph S! I really :wub: it - it's even better than your last one . The interior is so lovely designed ! It seems as if you're getting a real CC styled house designer - TLG should engage you ! Very, very well done! Klaus-Dieter Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Wow nice work Ralph, i love all the little detail on it! May i ask what type of windows you have used to make the white ones? Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 That's another awesome MOC in the CC style, Ralph S! I really :wub: it - it's even better than your last one . The interior is so lovely designed ! It seems as if you're getting a real CC styled house designer - TLG should engage you ! Very, very well done! Klaus-Dieter Thanks. I am currently building a pub in the same style and once that's finished I'll take a few pictures will all of my CC-style buildings together. The interior was a lot of fun to build. BTW, I'm not sure LEGO could afford me, in more way than one. I think that if this were to be turned into a set it would be ridiculously expensive and I've heard salaries at LEGO aren't all that great Wow nice work Ralph, i love all the little detail on it! May i ask what type of windows you have used to make the white ones? They're the new fangled windows as used in the Creator Beach House and in the Green Grocer sets. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a fairly large number of these Cheers, Ralph Quote
Skipper 24 Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Interesting MOC. Seeming as I live in England I have seen shops like these. The signs on the building side are really nice and keep inline with the original sets, also the removable floor is excellent. Quote
Jessica Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 WOW, that is simply fantastic, no way better then fantastic, it's bloody brilliant. You know definitely know how to build MOCs Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 WOW, that is simply fantastic, no way better then fantastic, it's bloody brilliant. You know definitely know how to build MOCs Thanks, everyone. I was never really into town/city building, but ever since I bought a Cafe Corner set myself and have built a few other buildings, I find that I'm really enjoying this. It's not just the building either. When I walk around in my neighbourhood, I find myself looking around a bit more and thinking "hey, I can build that!". It makes walking to work all that much more fun. BTW, welcome to Eurobricks, Jessica. Cheers, Ralph Quote
JSN Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Great MOC Ralph. Looks great with Cafe Corner and has an excellent interior, especially the shop itself. As another Brit I am familiar with the often cramped inside of a corner shop and think you have captured it perfectly. Can't wait to see the pub. Quote
Freddie Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 That is just fantastic! I like those stairs, will probably copy those when I get around to build something that will need them. I'm working on my own CC-type building, and I have nowhere near the amount of interior detail in mine that you have in yours, all I that I have is walls, and maybe a bed or two. That interior is just fantastic! Will be ste...loaning ideas from it! Quote
Faramir Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Wow, looks great! I'd love to see the whole lineup. Great interior as well, even with a staircase. You deserve that tag! Faramir Edited June 20, 2008 by Faramir Quote
cartoondude Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Reminds me of this street in canada.... Cool MOC. Quote
erao Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Wow, master Ralph, very...very nice!! I like your house MOC very much. look forward to seeing a british style pub:) Quote
tedbeard Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 This is fantastic. I can hardly wait to see the pub! I especially like the bay windows. Quote
legotrainfan Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Your work is brilliant, fantastic, and all the other positive adjectives you can find in a dictionary! I wish I had your building skills... and your quantity of bricks! Keep on building! I'm looking forward to seeing your next creation! Quote
commanderbly42 Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Woah, that is really impressive! It kinda looks like a building that belongs in Douglas. Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Thanks for all the comments. I'm glad all of you like it. With a bit of luck I'll finish the pub sometime this weekend. The outside is completely finished and I have started on the interior. Once that's done, I'll put all of them together and take a few pictures. I think it's interesting to see that Cartoondude and Commanderbly42 (from Canada and North Carolina) both think that it wouldn't look out of place in towns they know. This building was inspired by buildings that around a century old in the town where I live in Southern England (the few that haven't been demolished), but I suppose some of the architectural features are pretty common among buildings of that age. Cafe Corner is a bit of Chameleon like that as well, that could easily fit in the old city centre of an American town, but that could also be overlooking the Seine in Paris. Cheers. Ralph Edited June 22, 2008 by Ralph_S Quote
xzanfr Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Hi, Ralph. Thats another excellent building you have there. I really like the detailing you have added both internally and externally - the bus shelter and little sign board on the pavement give it a real town feel!. The way you've made the bays in very interesting and I like the brickwork detailing vertically between the windows, where you have inset the panels. It gives a good Georgian / Victorian feel to the buildings. They look far better at 3 stories as the repeated symmetry of the upper floors is a lot more apparent, as so loved by the architects of that era. I notice that the pictures of it with the pub are now on flickr and together, the 2 buildings really give the impression of a british high street - all you need now are some tasteless, generic shops to complete the scene! Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 Hi, Ralph.Thats another excellent building you have there. I really like the detailing you have added both internally and externally - the bus shelter and little sign board on the pavement give it a real town feel!. The way you've made the bays in very interesting and I like the brickwork detailing vertically between the windows, where you have inset the panels. It gives a good Georgian / Victorian feel to the buildings. They look far better at 3 stories as the repeated symmetry of the upper floors is a lot more apparent, as so loved by the architects of that era. I notice that the pictures of it with the pub are now on flickr and together, the 2 buildings really give the impression of a british high street - all you need now are some tasteless, generic shops to complete the scene! Thanks. Indeed, in your typical British highstreet there will be nondescript banks, Boots, some clothes shops and charity shops, usually in buildings with completely ruined facades. I have a book on the town that I currently live in, with pictures from roughly a hundred years ago and recent pictures taken at the same locations. The city suffered heavily in the Blitz, but seemingly the worst damage was done by post-war developers who tore down lovely old buildings and replaced them with ugly concrete. The old pictures were a major inspiration for my new buildings. I am glad you like them. Certainly when side-by side, I agree that they look better at their full height, although the Corner Store on it's own has some charm when I do take a floor out. I've mainly built these for my own enjoyment, but I also intend to take them to Brickish Assocation events. There are several more people who build CC-compatible buildings and in the past we have combined them into fairly long streets. The modularity is, of course, great, but a bit of flexibility in how they look and in how these two can be set-up relative to each other is also handy. Cheers, Ralph Quote
commanderbly42 Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 I think it's interesting to see that Cartoondude and Commanderbly42 (from Canada and North Carolina) both think that it wouldn't look out of place in towns they know. Actually, I'm an immigrant from Britain so it wouldn't really look out of place. Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 (edited) Actually, I'm an immigrant from Britain so it wouldn't really look out of place. Right. I already couldn't figure out why there wasn't a Douglas in North Carolina -didn't realise you were actually referring to a Douglas in the British Isles (the capital of the Isle of Man ?). Cheers, Ralph Edited June 22, 2008 by Ralph_S Quote
Zepher Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Great job! If you ask me there aren't enough town builders out there (not that I'm helping myself...) I the interior al ot, though the exterioir is a bit grey for my taste. Great job overall! Quote
Fonchezzz Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Uhmmm I would want this, but I cant afford the other sets to start with. These are fun to look at anyway. Quote
Ralph_S Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 Great job! If you ask me there aren't enough town builders out there (not that I'm helping myself...) I the interior al ot, though the exterioir is a bit grey for my taste. Great job overall! I wouldn't really consider myself a town builder, to be frank. I'm still more of a military modeler, although I am enjoying this minifig scale town stuff a lot more than I thought I would. It is a bit grey, perhaps, but in my opinion LEGO's modular buildings are perhaps a bit too colourful. I like the colour combinations in Cafe Corner, but Market Street is a bit too gaudy for a British street and I'm not completely sold on the sand green on the Green Grocer set either. Uhmmm I would want this, but I cant afford the other sets to start with. These are fun to look at anyway. Thanks. The sets are expensive, but the two that I have (Market Street and Cafe Corner) are worth every penny. Their overall design is great and the parts selection is just fantastic. I put all my Cafe Corner compatible buildings together earlier this afternoon and made a few pictures. Cheers, Ralph Quote
alex54 Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 What another great moc! I like the fact that your corner store can be +or- taller, with an additional floor! Personnaly, I prefer the smaller version, it looks better IMO. The inside is great too! And the pics with all your mocs is just beautiful! It has a real british feeling! Quote
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