MOC: Post Office/Truck

[Still Raindrop]

All right, this is the last MOC/mod I'll post today, I promise--I'm just glad to have finally found my camera.

I'll start with the mail delivery truck. While I like the design of LEGO's official set, it was just an entirely different sort of mail van than what I'm used to. So, I decided to make one that bore a resemblance to the kind of truck the USPS uses (sorry for the pictures . . . if I had road plates, I would have used those, but alas, not yet).

(Also, do keep in mind that I'm fresh out of my dark ages, so I may be a bit rusty or unoriginal as far as design goes)

(note the lack of a door on the right side, for easy entrance and exit)

Now, I decided that, if there's a postal service, there should be a post office (especially since I now had two mail carrier torsos, as I had already applied the stickers to the yellow van, and wanted a fresh set). So, I built one. The outside is very unremarkable; just a boxy building:

The interior, however, is what I'm proud of. Here we can see the fine selection of stationery, larger envelopes, and boxes for sale:

Community bulletin board and security camera:

PO mailboxes for rent:

Our friendly clerk, Mr. Basil Dove. His desk includes a scale for weighing packages in order to determine their postage. The part of the scale where the boxes are placed is supported by a 1x1 round tile to make it look like it could sink under weight.

And the layout of the entire thing:

[CopMike]

Very nicely built!! I like the clean design and that it actually looks like some of the post offices I´ve been to in the States.

What it´s that silvery thing behind the cheese slope in the securty cam?

CopMike

[Erdbeereis]

Very nicely built!! I like the clean design and that it actually looks like some of the post offices I´ve been to in the States.

Must not have been my post office then.....

Very nice work on the van and office Mariko! The P.O. boxes look great, and like CopMike said, it has a really nice clean look to it. Nice idea with the bulletin board.

It actually reminds me of the post office in the city in Germany where my relatives live, except with different colors.

[Asuka]

A very charming truck and the post office looks really good with a fine and detailed interior!

[Still Raindrop]

Thanks, everyone! I'm glad to hear your input. I tried to loosely model it off of the post office in my town, which is small and very neat, so I'm glad I was successful in that.

CopMike, the silvery thing is actually just the reflection of the natural light source. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out, actually, but it certainly gives it an interesting look!

[Monki]

I really love the post office, very realistic and I love the detail, awesome stuff!

[Klaus-Dieter]

The post office is a great MOC, Mariko!

I really it since firstly it's built in a very similar design to TLG's desgin and secondly because it includes everything which is important for a post office.

I really hope that TLG will release a post office very similar to yours in 2010!

Very well done!

Klaus-Dieter

[DJ Force]

Looking really good! How did you create the illusion of gaps between the envelopes and stuff? Is that just the normal grove of the tiles?

[Lord Santos]

That is Superb, but what is the camera shiny thing???

[WhiteFang]

Lovely piece of work! The postal van plus your post office is a great combination. The interior is spacious, yet most of its essential operation equipment are placed in the correct position. From what I see, there is no roof? Are you going to build another level?

[Still Raindrop]

How did you create the illusion of gaps between the envelopes and stuff? Is that just the normal grove of the tiles?

I pressed the tiles down upon each other, but not completely. It was rather difficult with more than two tiles, but I was able to get it done with a lot of pushing from the sides, rather than the top.

[Darth_Legois]

Looks very good!

I like the post truck, But honestly I really like the post office more.

Im thinking of making a small one like yours! [i will give credit if/when I post it]

Accept mine will probable be Red & Yellow...

I really like the security camera, its so simple but it works really well!

And since the clerk has mutt hair it makes this MOC even BETTER!

Overall a cute little MOC that would work very well in anytown!