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Very cool prohibition-era vignette, that car is really nice!

Very cool! I really like how you made them as separate modules, I will be looking forward to your updates.

Nice job on the bar, that looks fantastic!

I didn't know that about the skis, I'll have to BL them. Seems like the hinge is kind of important to maintaining the sweeping arc. I rendered the LDD CC mod today. This is the first time I built anything using LDD and also the first time I've ever used rendering software for anything. I wanted to see how it came out (it took almost 10 hours to render in 1024 x 768 with 3 x AA - not sure if my computer going to sleep while I was out all day had something to do with it but it seemed pretty long to me).

That's a really nice conversion! I like how you kept most of the exterior detail from the actual set and the interior looks great.

It took a little tinkering... I believe I used the 64mm version of the pipe, First I placed it upright into the round 1 x 1 brick on the left. I then placed one ski onto in so that I could easily copy it to place the remainder. Lastly I used the flex tool to bend the top of the pipe down onto the round 1 x 1 brick on the right side. I had to try quite a few camera angles before I was able to get it into place. Once it was connected on both sides I selected it and moved it just a little bit - this gave it a uniform curve.

Agreed, the ground floor cafe will be fun to design. I'm think about a nice wooden bar and booth tables with a paneled floor.

I am stuck waiting for a few orders for my GG, one of which includes all the the light bley 1 x 8 bricks. Without those there is no point even attempting the ground floor. I hear what you mean about trying out changes to CC. Over the last couple of days I built my version of CC in LDD. I made a number of changes: front and side door changed to 1 x 4 x 6 frames with transclear doors second floor windows changed to 1 x 2 x 3 frames with glass third floor box windows changed to 1 x 4 x 3 frames with 2 piece shutter (I don't like the look of the 1 piece shutters at all) There were lots of details to work out for each of these changes and I wanted to revise my parts list to reflect them so I wouldn't buy pieces that I didn't need. Building in LDD was pretty fun too once I got the hang of it. The only real issues I came up against building CC in LDD: front door ornamental piece with the skis - the correct length tube in LDD cannot be bent, I had to use a shorter one and thus couldn't fit all 11 skis on it The arches placed on the underside of the blue arch above the side door - try as I might I couldn't place these, it became quite frustrating and I gave up after about 30 minutes of trying. The blue pillars one either side of the front door couldn't be placed on the correct stud due to a collision issue - I doubt this is an issue in the actual build, for my LDD build I just moved them one stud forward which required me removing a couple 1 x 2 tiles. It's pretty cool to see what the end result will be at such an early stage in the process, I think I will do the same thing for MS at some point. The end result looks good to me

Very impressive city! Those expanded modular buildings and your MOCs work really well together.

Looking good LegoSjaak! Maybe use that recess for a little bar?

I totally agree with you, of the 5 modulars I currently own that is really the only part of one that I have a difficult time accessing interior details. Lucky for me my son is less interested in the hats - he is all about the wheels!

That double wide is pretty awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing how the ground floor comes out. Are you going to leave the restaurant entrance in the same place?

The rebel pilot on the bicycle with R2 on the back almost made me spill my coffee, good stuff!

Awesome, have fun building it! For me that build got cooler as I moved through it. The second floor is fun to build inside and out, very cool details and techniques. The roof is pretty awesome too, I was blown away at how the "1932" was constructed. It was my first modular and I remember taking tons of pictures!

Nice, I don't think you need to worry about GE vanishing so quickly after FB. I'd bet that it will be in production until around the time the next modular is announced - that's kind of how it's worked up until now.

Hrm... Thanks for mentioning this. I had assumed that the wall may be two bricks thick but I had not looked to see what colors were involved. Chances are I may stay close to stock on that wall as I will be buying a ton of blue bricks for MS at some point, currently they can be picked up from BnP so it shouldn't be a massive cost (BL gets a premium for those right now). I need to work out all of these kinks before I end up buying stuff I don't need haha...

Nice work! Your interior is beautiful, I especially like all of the detail work on the store. Your snot wood panel floors have a very convincing look too.

Haha, yeah I noticed when first going through the build that the second floor windows are actually 1 x 2 x 3 white panels turned sideways. These can still be easily purchased but I am not sure how I feel about it. I haven't taken the time to look at how it is from the inside but I will definitely consider going with 1 x 2 x 3 windows with panes instead.

I like the pic on the top right. There are several in there that fit the bill though!

I would use this: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2429c01 If you have 4 of these you can put a pair above and below a brick, say on each story of the house. It will be very strong and have a very small profile when the building is closed..

I'm not well versed with rebrickable but here it is on brickset http://www.brickset.com/parts/?part=4258477

There are two that are pretty expensive:: Part # 4258477 4 x 5 right shop door - current ranging from $33 to $90 on BL Part # 4255318 4 x 5 right with 6 panes - $13 to $20 on BL I don't plan on buying either. My plan is just to mod the doors a bit in LDD to fit in the current 4 x 6 door frames before I get heavy into buying parts for this. MS is even worse with the doors - it has a right shop door, a left shop door and a 3 pane 4 x 5 door all of which are pricey.

Well I received my largest BL order today, almost 1000 parts, and I am getting close! Now I have 2128 out of the 2405 parts for my build I decided to occupy myself during this waiting period by building spreadsheets for CC and MS. I finished entering all of the PAB pricing into them and now I will just have to decide on which substitutions I will be making for the ultra rare 5 high doors. Prices for them are really crazy, some are listed up to $89.99 each. As close as I am I'm afraid it's going to take a while for my PAB order to arrive. It only shipped out on the 14th so worst case - another 10 days to wait...

For one thing, I only want to use new parts in my sets. Bulk lots from Craigslist or ebay are generally going to be well loved, nicked up, sun-bleached/faded etc. Apart from that I really don't want to invest the time in trying to sell loose parts via bricklink or any other way. It would be just too time consuming to justify for myself given work, wife and kids. Even employing this strategy the likelihood of getting the parts you need in the quantities you need would be pretty low unless you bought a ton of bulk lots, and with that kind of cash expenditure you may as well just buy the parts you need.

Very cool! I was wondering about the black rims until I got far enough into your post to see how that happened Your suspension looks really nice, a lot of travel in the front axle!