LDD MOC: Terminal Station

[SDH]

So I've been futzing around in LDD to make up for my current lack of access to the real deal and decided to start on a terminal station for 8 wides. Here's some screen shots.

Exterior

Window Detail, not all of the windows have this as there were some missing bricks when I moved the walls

Cafe

Bench Detail

Ticketing Counter

Baggage Check, baggage retrieval will be outside somewhere

Boarding Kiosks

Platforms, those phantom overhangs and random red constructions are part of the building that didn't migrate with the walls, the overhangs will go directly over the doors and connect to the platform shelters

The station will be 3 stories as I envision it now, with most of the floor open all three stories, a restaurant balcony, and third story office space surmounted by a clocktower.

Let me know what you think, criticism and suggestions are always welcome.

[streifen]

that is 1 nice train station! The benches are great(Permission to steal idea on bench! )!So is the queueing section!

I see that hungry passengers have been taken care of with the coming-soon F&B outlet.

[Vindicare]

Wow, this is awesome! The floor pattern is very nice looking. I like your benches too. Everything is great and looks accurate. The ticket counter, the baggage area, even the maze for the line. Great work.

[SDH]

Streifen, permission is freely given to steal anything you want from this, thank you for the compliments. It took a long time to figure out how to elegantly represent that type of bench in Lego. They're based loosely on these, from King Street Station, Seattle (they still use some of them, along with questionable newer style benches).

Legocrazy81, thank you for your kind words. One of the issues I've always had with official Lego sets is their lack of detail, which I guess is why I have never managed to keep a set together longer than a week. My parent's were not happy about how my Space Shuttle (1682-1) go torn apart so quickly when I was a kid.

Edited May 23, 2012 by SDH

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Superb project!

Are you planning to make it with real lego?

[LegoSjaak]

I see a lot of lovely detail and a lot of inspirational solutions!

Thanks for sharing, and i hope we can see pictures of it in real Lego soon!

Greetz, LegoSjaak

[SDH]

LEGO Train 12 Volts and LegoSjaak, thank you, unfortunately it will be some time until I can realize this in real Lego. The First storey alone is sitting at about 12,000 bricks, mostly 1x2 plates, so it'll be awhile before I can afford it all.

Streifen, you can find a breakapart of the bench at my Brickshelf gallery, it should be moderated already.

[soccerkid6]

Excellent terminal station! The walls must have taken a while to build, the finished result looks worth it though

I agree that your benches look great! Lots of nice details inside, good work

[SDH]

Soccerkid6, the walls are actually mostly modular. The 2-window section and the larger blank brick faces (which are where the platform doors are on the platform side) were contructed as 1 piece to copy/paste with overlapping cap tiles. Where doors or other unusual features are I just deleted wherever the door would end up. When I'm actually able to build this the modular method should help out as well; most of the wall construction will be about 16 wide panels that I can make all at once and tie together with cap tiles and foundation bricks.