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Very cool! Very appropriate grey colouring and you've managed to break it up in places to stop it looking too greyscale. As for the shaping I really like the angled roof and protruding wall. I'd wanted to do something white and futuristic incorporating a monorail for a while and this is pretty inspiring. Great job!

Nice work, you've fit a lot into a small baseplate. I like the choice of colours and the fact you've made it modular. Well done.

The exterior fits around the interior, The are not permanently attached but can be with a few tiles.

Thank you, sadly no instructions as I don't design using them. Nothing finishes how I intended when I start a project :D Thank you, Art-Deco is my favorite style to replicate! Thanks! the gates I had intended to use all along. They kind of look like bird wings which is commonplace from the 1920's and 1930's - especially motifs and jewellery. Yeah sadly not one for modulars, its a wedge design, the exterior shape fits around the interior snugly so the sidewalk/pavement wouldn't like up right. Could probably be modified for a square corner design. Glad you like it! Thanks, I originally intended to made a sedan style vehicle but got fed up of failed attempts. The van was merely an easier cop out!

Thanks, hopefully this may help somewhat; Thank you, it'd be even better if I had the windshield piece to fill the gap! :D It's on order! It's prohibition era so its just tap water in fancy bottles! :D

Hello fellow EB members, its been a while but I finally started building again and have put this together in the last couple of months: The Metropolitan club - A 30's inspired bar and nightspot with elements from Art-Deco, streamline and some decopunk fantasy too. A few images to share; They are also hosted on my flickr below; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52656812@N04/ I'll try to answer as best any comments on building techniques or any feedback! Regards Andrew

Yeah, they always get taken apart, in this case the model is too big to have round for long. I've got more train ideas for the future, maybe a more futuristic form of train and hotel!

Cheers! Thanks, I spent ages trying to figure out the right pattern under those balconies. Thank you! I know the one you mean, think it might between near to St.Pancras too. Always liked the brickwork and colouring. Thank you, the shape of the building was my way of trying out an inset corner but on a grander scale. Sadly no interior details this time, its pretty messy on the inside, curtains did most of the hiding there! Thanks @JopieK I've made the accompanying station back in 2020 Thanks @ReplicaOfLife, glad you like it!

Hello everyone, The latest modular inspired me to make my own hotel with a theme a little closer to home, a Victorian era hotel. Some typical elements of the period I have included and some newer ones too. Arched windows, red brick, steep roofs and more. Anyway a couple of shots are shown below, as always any comments are welcome and any questions I'll try to answer! You can also view them on my flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52656812@N04/

Great job! A very grand scale indeed.

Lots of nice techniques and touches. I like the lamppost design especially the fig on top! It's a shame the archway isn't easier to see, it's an effective technique. I would definitely use it again sometime maybe in a grander scale so it can be more appreciated. I like the colour choices as always. Well done!

Thank you! Yeah I can only dream of living in a house of that era with all that space. I had to look up mad men as I was unfamiliar with it, I see what you mean with the similarities! Thanks! Thank you @Lyichir the whole MOC was built around having a conversation pit. Everything else is just an add on! Sadly don't think i'll have an excuse to put a conversation pit in another MOC! Thanks @DeanLearner, I try to pick original ideas and styles that I seldom see. I never really used pinterest until recently but I find the quality on there is very good. I'd usually use google images then try and narrow down areas I like and if its a building I'll try and check it out on streetview. As for interiors I find it difficult to track down quality photos of old interiors. I've had many photo's saved for years in a folder on my HD as someday they might get used in MOC;s. In the case of art-deco through to mid-century my favorite inspiration is usually postcards which are very stylistic, I have a book of them but a lot of them can be found on flickr.

Thank you very much! I really like this era. Lots of geometric textures! I can't say I've seen it but thanks! Definitely not misleading, its the interior of the 'country club'! Don't stare at them too long, it'll make your eyes square, or cubed! Thanks! Appreciated! Paradisa meets death would be a heck of a mash-up. Maybe something for the future Here in the UK a plot usually refers to a 'plot of land' when you buy a house from a new estate and a 'lot' is used to define an auction listing. Something to confuse non-native English speakers! It's on my list to make something with a Paradisa theme. I loved it back in the 90's when I was a kid, now I just stole the name for my purpose! Yeah maybe I should said 'Reserve your house today' Thank you. Gotta love the behive hairpiece, hope they keep making it in more colours! The radio sadly would fall apart if I tipped the model slightly so I've cheated a bit there!

Hello fellow EB members. I've been working on a mid-century house interior as I was influenced by the housing magazines from the time. There are many features you might find in a home of that era. Textures on the walls, a sloped roof and a open-plan feel. Anyway onto the pics; I've posted them also in my flick stream if you wish to view them there; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52656812@N04/ As always any queries or comments welcome!

Really interesting topic, a few points from myself. I joined EB many years ago to comment on peoples MOC's and share my own and feel today it is still a great place for seeing creativity and what people can come up with and think that should always be EB's main focus - personally. I only tend to use flickr rather than other mediums to browse Lego groups containing MOC's and builders I am interested in. There is definitely a level of control there so I can avoid seeing endless pictures of people making standard sets and displaying them. Nothing wrong with it I suppose as people quite rightly are proud of what they have made and want to share it but I can watch a set review and see the same thing. The only other social platform I use is youtube - mainly for music but I do watch some Lego bloggers who do news on upcoming sets and also MOC makers. It could be down to algorithms but I find I'm inundated with videos to endless set reviews / my lego setup and other stuff I'm not interested in. Even when I watch people making their own MOC's the next video or related ones are from a youtuber doing a set review with a ton of views. If this is happening to me it'll be the same for many others. Some small talented people sharing build techniques or creative-ness being somewhat shoved out of the way for a 'sponsored' popular vid. I think the points earlier are valid about TLG's main focus of profit and not creativity. From what I've seen a youtube channel for example gets popular whether its the delivery of the 'host', camera work, personality etc. TLG notices this (sometimes makes them ambassadors) and gives them free sets to review. It's a very easy way for them to get people interested in purchasing sets - a popular youtuber/influencer talking positively about their products. If they cared about creativity why not send these people some parts packs or give them challenges or make them make alternative builds (from complimentary sets) as said before used to be on the back of boxes. I find there are endless videos with people 'flexing' their immense collections of sets with hundreds of thousands of views, it still doesn't impress me as much as say a blog post of a really great MOC with excellent NPU. It might just be a cultural thing as in the UK flaunting your success is seen as lacking class. Maybe I'm out of touch with the rest of the world! I think there is still the same amount of creative MOC makers as there were before but with TLG's efforts into providing large exciting licensed sets it has captured the eyes of a lot of people who wouldn't of looked this way before. With all these people sharing their experiences and proud builds via social media or word of mouth perhaps they have overtaken the creative community in volume. Even if some fair-weather fans buy a set or two for a shelf and never return there will still be a core community for us MOC'ers and such to call home! Regards