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This build was a fun break from my usual castle MOCs, and was pretty quick to build. Expect more pirate themed MOCs from me in the near future All C&C appreciated
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Small locomotive shed and workshop + coal and water tower MOC's
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
This shed was first built around 2005 by my father as a present to me. It was originally three tracks long, with no side workshop, until I was about to order parts to increase it's length to four tracks. I suddenly decided that while I was at it, it should probably have a removable roof. It kinda snowballed from there into this design seen here. I added a workshop (with it's own removable roof) to the left side of the model. I then took the main section's roof off and made it detachable. The building is 100% build-able, but there is a catch: (Purists look away now!) I'm going to cut a 12 x 24 stud section of an already butchered 48 x 48 baseplate (It's currently in a 12 x 48 size strip, with thre rest being used on my father's own train shed) and replace the hodgepodge of baseplates seen in the picture. Basically, I'm keeping a 32 x 16 and two 16 x 16's for the main shed with the custom plate for the side work-area. The inside will be taken up by my dark green 2-6-0 "Mogul"-type steam locomotive number 4613. The workshop features tools from set 10027: (2003's Train Shed) a metal lathe, drill press and tool drawers, plus a coffee machine. The rear of the model. I only need to buy about 50% of the bricks. There are 833 total bricks in my new model minus the 418 in the original (unmodified) model, so 415 bricks to buy. (Those 3x4 roof slopes are going to be expensive!) My father built his original gray and black Water Tower way back in the 1990's, back when 9V was king. He made me my water tower in 2007, but I later realized that it needed a companion coaling tower. I made my first attempt at a much larger size than this using pictures from LGauge.com, a website of older Lego train models. Rear view of the refueling towers. I have these two models on my desk as we speak. (The coal tower was built in mid-December 2014.) Here is the LDD file for the shed + workshop: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1424113318m.lxf And here is the LDD file for the coal + water towers: http://www.mocpages....1412536438m.lxf -
Hey fellow builders, I thought I would share with you my latest MOC, Before the King. This is part of a series I am going through based off of my own story that I am writing. Before the King (Main) by Sir Valiant ~, on Flickr These are two of the main characters, Sir Valiant on the left (crownie) and Sir Ronald on the right (Dragon) They are travelling to see the King of their land to hear of the stirrings of war in the south. Before the King by Sir Valiant ~, on Flickr Before the King by Sir Valiant ~, on Flickr Hope you enjoy the build! Sir Valiant~
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Today I would like to present you a project that I've pursued since I was a child, when I dreamed of building a diorama to represent a small town on many levels, full of canals and waterways, waterfalls and more. At that time in my naivety I imagined a diorama on 2x2 meters developing mostly in height, which is not now feasible to consider what I have in mind now. This idea came after a trip to Normandy last summer. While I was in those beautiful old towns characterized by canals, weirs and little falls, I burned with the desire to reproduce them and start working on this project. At the end of 2013 I had already made LDD plans for the most part of the modules. First of all I created the canal. I decided to limit the dimensions of this diorama because my project is to put it inside a showcase in my new house, so it cannot be enormous. I'm not going to disassembly everything and I don't want to spend my life cleaning the diorama. I used the 8x8 transparent light blu plates to simulate water and let to see the bottom. The idea was that you could see algae, fish and stones on the depth. Around the canal I made a parapet and a floor made of crushed stone as in many old towns. In order to connect the canal to the zero level of the baseplate, I decided to place two weirs. In this way I could make a basin that would give more emphasis to a more complex and alive depth. After the basin I placed another weir in order to have the canal at zero level then disappearing underground. Next to the canal I created raised modules to support standard modular buildings placed on baseplates. The raised part is then completed with a staircase flanked by a tanks fountain and a park with a Snack bar. On one side of the hill I placed a ruined tower. The park ends with a gate opened to the street. Here I built a Bus Stop and a telephon boot. This setting would have been part of the collective diorama for an event in Reggio Emilia. At the end some things have been completed a bit 'in a hurry (for example the tower). Unfortunately the event of Reggio Emilia was canceled a little before its inauguration. Later I had to expose it at the end of February in another event in Ferrara. Sadly, that same week my mother passed away and I was not able to expose it. Currently, all parts are in some boxes in the garage. My desire to attend events has completely disappeared and unfortunately apart from the city mansion which participates in the EB contest months ago I'm really locked with my projects. The idea is to continue creating more modules for the old town, a medieval gate and other accessories for street furniture. Let's see how to proceed. For now I am attaching pictures of the projects, in the next few days I'll try to describe the various modules and add more photos of what have been built until now. https://www.flickr.c...57639549797624/ www.flickr.com/photos/kevin8/sets/72157639549797624/ Today I will show you the first module. It was not one of the images saved as LDD png, because I decided to add it at last. My idea was to have modulars building all surrounded the canal, but it was too much overwhelming, it finally didn't have enough space. So I started with a little square and being 6-bricks tall, why don't use it to dig a hole? I placed some workmen who are soldering a pipe in the ground. Obviously the square is a little of a mess. Being an old town with some attractive for tourists, I put also some street musicians, I don't know how much their show is being washed-up by the workers... And at last the square is completed with a couple of public benches with planters (I've seen them in many old towns I liked the idea) and 4 lamp posts. I would like to change something like the black inside the compass rose with a lighter color, but that's it. The first module I have designed and realized is the one that represents the area in which the channel exits from the underground and becomes an element of urban design. I keep repeating how I am attracted by the old towns in northern Europe. I find them an example to be imitated for cleaning and the care they put into each details. In particular flowers and points of interest throughout the centre. Thus, in this first module I built a couple of flower pots hooked to a railing and plants. The plants give me some concern. Initially I built to do very quickly, because in a short time I would have to expose this diorama. But I do not deny that I would pick them up and change them a bit, particularly the foot of the tree. For the lamps in this case, I decided to keep the line of modular buildings bordering the canal. As you can see, the trans-clear blue plates, raised from the bed of the canal, gives the effect of transparency I was looking for ... a city canal like this, has a rippled surface that can be well represented by the studs on the plates and in this way fishes and algae can be glimpsed in a not too defined way. Along the walls I added a bit of creepings (which never hurts). For this diorama I made a kind of basket with round lid that I often see in towns. It is not difficult to realize, anyway google can help when you need some references... I also placed one of the benches with backrest wrought iron ... I like the result very much. Finally, being a tourist place, I thought of placing a mime dressed as the Statue of Liberty and a couple of tourists ... This is the third module. Here the canal reaches the weir with the first jump. It is positioned at a bridge on which I placed the minifig representing me, looking to the work done so far. The weir tries to reproduce the real mechanism but of course, it doesn't work. On one side of the canal I placed a bike rack bike. The bicycle in light blue with the red tile comes from a "rent a bike" shop I'm going to create (beware from stealing my idea!!! ). A pair of street sweepers are cleaning (one has just changed the bag in a bin). Even in this module I made pots filled with flowers hanging on the edge of the parapet. There's another couple of tourists in this module. They are an involuntary tribute to an Afol friend of mine who uses the same minifig face to represent himself... The next module is the water basin. In my original intention there was to be a watermill with the wheel inside the water. Having to make everything to the standard modular buildings, I had to discard this idea. I do not deny that in the very near future I would like to change it to add the mill. The depth of the basin is greater in order to fill it with various staff. In addition to algae and fishes I added other details like a bin, a skeleton... I made a stair that goes down to access a platform on which a fisherman is pulling on a nice fish. This stair is protected with a lock. Here, too, I have made several pots of flowers and flowered creepings. On the water there are a couple of ducks and a swan. The river goes through another weir bringing the canal to the zero level of the baseplate. This point is the link between the rest of the diorama. As you can see the effect of the transparency of the water is very pleasant in this form. The next part I'm describing is the staircase that runs along the canal. This staircase is one of the points of union between the hill and the zero level of the baseplates. The canal continues until it disappears under a small wooden bridge in the park surrounding the old town. To the left of the stairs there is a fountain made with tanks. Inside the water of the canal another fisherman is struggling with his hobby. A girl using one of the Bike from the Bike Sharing. On the right of the basin I built another module with a second staircase, to access the park, and the ruins of an ancient tower. There are some tourists in the ruins, while at the base of the hill a little boy is starting a graffiti with a can of spray color. The ruins of the tower are shrouded in some vines. In the near future I would like to complete the tower. The current one has been constructed so to be able to speed up the completion of the work. The last part is the park surrounding the old city. The entrance has walkways similar to standard modular buildings. In this way it is possible to attach it to the rest of the city. I've put some people on it and some urban furnitures. You can see a bus stop a phone boot and a mailbox. I'm moderately proud of the phone boot, because simply moving to a 5 studs wide I found the ideal proportion between dimensions and usability. The bus stop even is a good result being very similar to the real ones. After the entrance I placed a fountain. Around the fountain some kids are attending to the show of the clowns who are making some baloon-animals and some music. An artist is making a painting of the old town... Behind the fence you can see a couple of gardeners who are picking up some leaves and near the entrance a place where sweepers placed the garbage cans... It is hidden by some flowers pots to be more appropriate to the rest of the park. Some people are relaxing in the park. Somewhere in the park I've placed a Snack Bar. It is made of wood and similar to a little cottage. As you can see it is really narrow, but there's almost everything. A fridge, a sink... inside there's just the place for a minifig. Outside there's a lot of people waiting for their drinks or snacks. That's all for now. Here's the complete Flickr gallery. www.flickr.com/photos/kevin8/sets/72157644673791880/with/14194240368/
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This is our 'Seal Rock' Lego creation which is based on Lego Friends 'Seals Little Rock' set 41047. I hope you like the MOC. Feel free to leave any comments. Thanks, Mike
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This is my second moc in the pirate forum to date With Figs Without FIgs I wanted to try out this water technique, but I ran out of light trans blue, but I think I managed to pull it off All C&C welcome 'Till next time!
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Collab: Pirate Paradise by Takkata1, on Flickr
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Even after the end of the War of the Ring, a few Orc packs remained, but without their master, these were hunted down and slain.
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Smaug laying waste to Lake-Town. Another last minute entry for MEC category C.
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Entry for Book II Challenge II Category B for deGothias side. The plague devastates Avalonia. Even the avalonian island Moria wasn't spared by the wave of illness. So Sir Moriartus called Mitgarda for medics, because of the good relations between him and some of the lords there. Aaron lost his wife and children in the last cruel war in Mitgardia and decided to study the old scriptures of medic. He wants to save other people from the dolor he got and save as much lives as possible. But the habitation of other people always reminds him of his dead family, so he lives solitary from the village on a small rock in the sea. In his small home he has everything he needs. Every day he paddle to the coast to heal people from the plague. The fight seems absurd, but Aaron tries his best to save the inhabitants of Moria. The free time Aaron has in his home, he spends on reading and rearing of swans. Explore all the details on MOCpages! I hope you like it and feel free to post your thoughts about this creation. :) Jonas
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Hello there I had some dark weeks without that much building, but the Home Sweet Home-Contest gave me motivation to build again. There are several cool Lego-Space themes, but i took the chance to build once again in one of my favorite Sci-Fi-worlds: Steampunk! "Every style-conscious Gentleman needs his home. Some have mansions at the sea. But why living at the sea when you can live in the sea?" -Sir Octavius- This is the home of the steamy gentleman Sir Octavius and the scene stands on a round base. The base is not nearly 48 studs in diameter, but i wanted to have space to play with the tentacles overlapping the border of this circle. All photos on MOCpages. Stay creative and steamy! *toof* *toof* Jonas
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Hello Radagast the brown? That guy with the bird poop in his face? -Exactly! ;) About one year ago Peter Jackson brought us the first Hobbit movie and i love it like the three Lord of the Ring movies. I'm especially a fan of the nice landscapes and great settings. Not at least they are phenomenal inspiration for MOCs i build and MOCs i will build. One of my favorite characters of the movie is of course Radagast. His outfit, doing and in particular his house are so strange and unique but that makes him so cool. My realization of this hut was build for the Bricking Bavaria 2013 in Munich and a i really liked the challenges this build gave me. And especially to solve them and find a solution. Like in the movie Rhosgobel is surrounded by trees, plants, a stream and several animals. The pictures couldn't catch every detail, but i hope you get a good view. ] For more and bigger pictures follow the links to flickr and MOCpages. Hope you enjoyed this little trip to middle Earth. Jonas
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[pid][/pid] 243B Hello Pirate Forum Building organic water with the bricks is always a challenge. I tried to solve this challenge with a new technique: Based on 1x1 Tiles with Clip + 1x2 trans Tiles. But the water alone was a bit boring so i added some plants, a bamboo hut and details. ;) More pictures you can find like always on flickr and MOCpages. I hope you enjoy it! Jonas [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]
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Spear Fishing in the Mitgardian Clan Lands (MCB II)
soccerkid6 posted a topic in Guilds of Historica
I experimented with some new techniques in this build: the water, the snow, and the trees. The water and trees original designs are by Buurli_Burri and Brother Steven. The snow design is new as far as I know, basically you use white tiles set on top of dark bley slopes. To keep the tiles from falling off you build around them a bit with other slopes/bricks etc. The pictures should show what I mean. A Mitgardian Clansmen goes spear fishing in the snowy Clanlands. Any C&C appreciated -
Hey I tried my hands on a crossover between Steampunk and Batman. First i build the wooden Steamtumbler: But this wasn't enough for me, so i build a little Batcave: For more click on the pictures or look at all the details on MOCpages. Stay crætive! Jonas
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Hello Abandoned, decayed, flooded. Pictures also on MOCpages and flickr. Hope you like it. Jonas
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(MOC) "Towers Rising" and "A Test of Strength"
Mark of Falworth posted a topic in LEGO Historic Themes
Here's my two part entry to the 9th Local challenge of Loreos. Part 1 Part 2 More pictures on Flickr. It's also really easy to follow on Mocpages. Thanks for viewing and have a great day! -
Hey all, Some of you may remember my previous WarScape creation (http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream). In case you missed it, WarScape is a microscale castle adventure that is built in a modular form, and each module has a little substory attached to it that connects to an overall story. Its incredible fun. WarScape Series: Volume 1 by Sean and Steph Mayo Volume 2 by Blake Baer Volume 3 by LukeClarenceVan Anyhow, here is volume 4 (for the other volumes, look above)! Please enjoy. Thanks for all the support and encouragement over the years. God bless, -Blake WarScape Vol4; Chapter 1 of 5 by Blake's Baericks, on Flickr WarScape Vol4; Chapter 2 of 5 by Blake's Baericks, on Flickr WarScape Vol4; Chapter 3 of 5 by Blake's Baericks, on Flickr WarScape Vol4; Chapter 4 of 5 by Blake's Baericks, on Flickr WarScape Vol4; Chapter 5 of 5 by Blake's Baericks, on Flickr
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LEGO Education - SmartCity
laix posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Hey, I was really busy over the last months and wasn't able to build any models in my free time. But luckily I get paid to build at work where we made several projects over the last year. One of the major tasks was to build a model to display several options to generate and store electricity. Some of you may are familiar with Isogawas great GBC "smartcommunity" and we wanted to transform this idea into a real working power generator. Therefore we used ten Renewable Energy Add-On Sets (9688) and four NXT 2.0 to control everything. The video is in german, an english translation will follow soon, as well as a pictorial overview on my blog. Hope you like it. Best regards, laix -
This is my first entry to the Miscellaneous category. Be sure to check out the Video! During the first Outlaw Crusade, Loreesi and Lenfel fleets scoured and harassed the coasts and the swamps and marshes of the Outlaws. They attacked any vessels they met. Here we see two Loreesi war galleys chasing down some smaller outlaw craft. This one was so much fun to build! :D I like nothing better than palmtrees and war galleys filled with knights! ;)
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B-OV-39C Hello This time i had to build a Waterpark for the MocOlympics: For all pictures click here. Feel free to comment Jonas
