coghilla

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  1. one of two other WIPs is this station of FDNY (New York Fire Dept) E277 & L112. (real photo) This is still under development and my budget is a bit tight for the time being and hope to finish before to long. I need to get some slope and inverse slope as well as finishing off the internals. I'm pretty happy with the construction and how it looks so far. All the levels will be accessible and fitted out by constructions end. FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr FDNY E277 L112 by coghilla, on Flickr
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    FDNY Rescue 3

    Cheers, I've got building floor plans for this and its huge. I'm just glad that i can get it too look similar at least externally. I first saw this station on a fire enthusiasts forum. Google street view here: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=1655+Washington+Ave,+Bronx,+NY,+United+States&hl=en&ll=40.840689,-73.900738&spn=0.006136,0.016716&sll=40.841180,-73.901380&layer=c&cbp=13,339.99,,0,18.51&cbll=40.841161,-73.901371&hnear=1655+Washington+Ave,+Bronx,+New+York+10457,+United+States&t=m&z=17&iwloc=A&panoid=eag1J9bsibGSLtRr1_mz4w At the lego expo i displayed this in one dad asked me about how i did it. Google for the pics and lego grid paper to work out the look. (same with engine 277) The hinged roof was tricky but i used click and old school hinges to get the angles right. The roof is made up of 4x4 tiles with 1x4 studs. ui then applied a tile ontop of them. The original had a carpark or similar on the left side with entry so i improvised and included the entry next to the roller doors.
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    FDNY Engine 277 Ladder 112 Firehouse - WIP

    Cheers Guy Bri & tommirugby I dont do classic or old school buildings well, so more modern methods suit me fine. I've been seeing buildings here and there and have been thinking that would be cool in Lego. I've got another fire station in the works, but trying to be true to the actual building is proving to be a challange with the wall cladding being opaque paneling. Back to this station, there will be pole at the rear for the fire fighters to slide down from the top floor to the apparatus bays. I'm thinking the top floor will have the beds/bathrooms and the first floor having the gym, kitchen and lounge/training areas. I managed to have just enough light gray bricks (only a handful of 1x1's left). Similar thing i'm sure will happen with my white brick collection. LOL
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    Advice on building outriggers wanted

    I like the horizontal option but is almost impossible on standard 6wide design.
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    Australian Fire Brigade

    Good luck, more aussie stuff the better... as reference here are some pics from my visit to SA CFS stations last year. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77944&st=25#entry1495823 also at www.ozemergencyservices.com are a heap of photos, also http://www.fire-brigade.asn.au/ for the SA CFS promotions page Aaron
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    Advice on building outriggers wanted

    what sort of outriggers are you thinking of doing? there could be swingout or expanding directly, or pivoting vertially?
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    Through smoke & flames......

    Here is a photo of a firie accessing the locker on my tanker. It is the same height as the cabinets on most standard lego trucks.
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    Through smoke & flames......

    As I haven't used wheel arches it does look higher. The rear is the standard height while the front is raised one plate (good spotting). The cabinets are standard height as other sets including 3179 repair truck http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3179-1 Also if you think that is high you should see the nsw RFS tankers. They are huge but are baed on the same truck chassis.
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    Through smoke & flames......

    nice decals. Few pics of the cfs trucks below incl rear pics. As the appliances are 4wd the lockers need to be higher to prevent them being knowcked off when traversing rough ground.
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    Forum creation requests

    Could there be any merit in adding subgroup to the town forum? There are vehicles, modular buildings and friends discussions all mixed together. Aaron
  11. building...very slowly

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    MOC - my first Modular buildings

    These two are my first modular buildings. I prefer the modern style and consider myself to be untalented compared to others. Most of my building has been fire trucks (Kyola Fire & Rescue). The print house is the 5th version. It started out as a non modular building for my train groups display back in 2005. Since then i have rebuilt several times, adding height and other features. Around version 3 i made the floors modular so they could be restacked easily and was on a raised baseplate. Version 4 was the start of the modular connections, and version 5 is as shown. In Australia Penguin is a book publisher and this was a spin on that. The building was inspired by the model train building "Walthers Cornerstone printhouse http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/wrr/wrr3046.htm" I found in their reference catalogue. original version: version 5 I am working on the footpath & foyer, just trying to work on the tiles now. The apartment building is my other project. Its 5 stories with commercial/retail space on the ground floor. It has a pool deck above the retail and a top level garden (yet to be completed) With work, family, volunteer commitments I have a few hours a week to tinker & build so these are far from finished. but would like to share and get your thoughts. Some more of the photos can be found here: https://picasaweb.google.com/coghilla/GeneralLego?authuser=0&feat=directlink Aaron
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    MOC - my first Modular buildings

    thanks for the kind words. 80's? well okay never thought of the era, but know you say that I could agree. Internals of the print house started in version 3. - Ground floor was the delivery dock with no internals (now completely remodelled, not finished so no pics). It is now the delivery dock and main foyer. - First floor is the main print room & is two stories high. This will now have a floor hatch to the ground floor dock area. - Second floor is mostly a void space over the print room, with a lunch room over looking the lower floor. This level has a overhead gantry crane to help load the digital print press. - Third floor is open office spaces - Forth floor is office spaces with executive offices and board room. - Fifth floor is the roof with machinery and some water tanks on top. A/C service technitions currently on site. Glad the building manager is not paying by the hour for the repairs... As this can be used in my Lego groups train display i still need to install some lighting (christmas trees leds). Also the fire escape at the rear of the building needs to be completed umm started.
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    Inside my Café Corner

    I agree with the others. The coffee machine is great.
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    LEGO Catalogs

    Over here in Australia as part of the Lego Club we get the catalogue. This year it was separate from the magazine. Usually takes 3-4 months till catalogues are available in stores.
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    2012 City sets

    I have used the oil can as a "fire bug" thats the name for the tool used for doing backburns, or backfires. Also a while back i used an old airtank, with a short hose bluetacked inside for the knapsack backpack. (yes im in the industry, as a vol rural firefighter). Those ducks are huge and i'm also on the GC.
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    2012 City sets

    Shame Lego dont make decent rakes. Aust & USA rural and forestry crews use rakehoes. http://www.firelogistics.com.au/rakehoe.html http://www.bellfire.com.au/downloads/BREAKMAKER%20%20FIRE%20RAKE.pdf
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    2012 City sets

    Cheers this is a great link with plenty of great pics. Impressed with the new offerings Aaron
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    2012 City sets

    I thought it would be a unimog based off the truck used in the new red cargo train.
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    REVIEW: 3677 Red Cargo Train

    Great review, Brickviller. I posted in the other review of this set. I love the unimog truck. I created one using a lot of jumper bricks and 1x4 with wheel pins. Now your parts photo shows 2x2 pins. I'm even further intrigued to the construction technique used, as i had troubles with using 2x2 wheel pins. Aaron
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    REVIEW: 3677 Red Cargo Train

    Many thanks for the review. My favourite part is the unimog style road/rail vehicle. I've built one based off the photos. I had some trouble fitting the rail attachments (hinge) to the vehicle. In the end i used the same method as used in the level crossing set 7936. To bind the super structure to the base chassis a few 1x2 jumper bricks were used. Looking forward to seeing how this was done by Lego. Cheers Aaron