Latest addition to my Modular Shelf

[Faefrost]

OK this one is technically not a MOC. But it is so nerdgasmicly cool that I had to share it. I rearranged the Modular City Shelf in my office to make room for

Yep, the Winchester. Yatkuu, the CuuSoo projects creator was kind enough to make the instructions available for download after the Lego Review team opted not to pass it in review.

http://www.thebrickf...b-instructions/

http://brickfanatics...k/instructions/

With it in place I had to rearrange my city a bit. Unfortunately its rather off 32x40 base size means it is a corner that can only go in one orientation on a shelf. So City Center it is.

Yatkuu's design is quite good. The instructions were great and easy to follow. I had to make a few minor modifications. Mainly reducing the hard to get 1x12's to double the number of 1x6's. If you choose to try building one I do advise pay careful attention to seams and alter as you go. The instructions are obviously from Yatkuu's LDD doodlings, and have a few weak points that I am sure he corrected on his build. The floors are a bit weak and I added some 2x6 and 2x10 reinforcement. The only other change I made was to shorten the Pub sign pole and run a bar up it for strength. It is a great fun build with lots of detailing. Especially in the bar area.

First Floor

2nd Floor

I blends into the other modulars fairly well. Although I need to do sme more to get it further from the GE to allow greater color contrast.

The Minifig is a BrickArms custom Sean with cricket bat. Probably the weakest point of the build is the red phone booth. It looks great but will crumple like a cheap beer tin at the slightest touch.

The roof is a little plain, but I think thats true on the original building as well

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And the overall

Sean's wondering where the Zombie are? It turns out the "Gray Mafia" are over at the Town Hall protesting marriage inequality. The whole "Till Death Do You Part" nonsense is pure discrimination against the un breathing! After all love knows no bounds... save perhaps those of taste, smell, and parts falling off.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed getting a look at a well known but rarely seen build. I had a blast building it. So next up? Either finally finish one of the MOC designs I've been working on, or get distracted and take a set of instructions from our fellow EB townie Kristel out for a spin. http://modularsbykri...m/instructions/

[eurotrash]

Perfect timing! Saturday night is Zombie movie night at the eurotrash mansion and last nights movie was - of course - Shaun of the Dead. I'd seen images of Yatkuu's creation, but it's good to see it alongside the other Modulars and to get a builders perspective on the design.

It does look good.

[lightningtiger]

Thanks for the link 'Faefrost', your modular street looks great......Brick On !

[VintageLegoEra]

Excellent!

[rob-cubed]

That is great, thanks for sharing! The undead bride and groom are a nice touch.

I really hope LEGO toys with the zombie apocalypse theme in the future, even if it's a kid-friendly version like the Monster Hunters theme was.

With the continuing popularity of Walking Dead and other pop culture undead references, this would be a real money-maker for them.

[Yatkuu]

Wow, super cool! Sorry for digging up is thread but I only found out about it now. Thanks for sharing these pictures, it's great to see the Win next to the official modulars.

Indeed the LDD file has some flaws... and some of the pieces used are rare and expensive so you did a great job at optimizing the design. I remember spending so much time on this that after a while I just had to let it go (even though I did get some help!)

There is one error I caught after that is worth fixing, the entrance door is one plate too high. By lowering it by 1 plate you can add a 1x4 white plate on top of it and have a better design continuity on the front.

My latest addition to the model was to add a light kit fom lifelites and some spots on the outside right above the Dark Red line. By using one of the random light programs it sort of mimic the "don't stop me now" scene of the movie... lol.

[Yatkuu]

Here is a short video showing the Win integrated in a collab layout of the NCLUG display at the Durham Comicon in North Carolina that took place on 15-16 Nov 2014.

I changed a few things to the original design. The back door is now on the side so I could have some sort of alley on the side of the building. The dumpster is a design by Angus McLane.

The lights are a kit from Lifelites set on a flashing program to kind of mimic the the "Don't stop me now scene of the movie where David is flipping the fuses up and down.

[Faefrost]

That is fantastic. I love the lighting effects. And thank you so much for the kind words, and especially thank you for putting out the directions. It was a fun build and they were very straightforward to follow.