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Very compact, and full of good stuff! The tractor is particulary nice, but the truck is spectacular; two figs side-by-side and only 5-wide!

Sweet! Many nice details on this yelow house! Well done!

Now that you mention this, I cant help thinking of this other product; Here in Spain Scalextric offers this (Spanish Scalextric known as SCX in other countries, as the Scalextric brand name is owned by British Hornby in all other countries...); This is a 100% LEGO compatible toy, a fusion between Scalextric Junior and Construblocks (Both brands owned by TecniToys) Scale is 1:43. As a Lego-purist and a dane, I would never buy this product, -neither am I affiliated with any of the companies mentioned. I just thought I would bring it to your attention here.

Thanks! Your own station (you posted it in my Hotel Chat Noir thread) isnt half bad either!

Very nicely done indeed. I especially like the "broken" glass.

I think it is a good idea to at least consider the posibilities, and maybe make a couple of trials to see if the concept could work. Indeed the Faller stuff would be too weak and fragile for this use, but the IDEA of attaching a metal guide with tape under the road base-plates might work! I would definatly try it out, alas I dont have any motor to try with... Judging from the model railroad layouts which uses the system, a heavy wear-and-tear of the road baseplates must be expected, especially as the system allowes the magnet-guide of the vehicles to friction against the road. Pretty soon your baseplates will have huge marks from this. But if you are willing to pay the price of writing off your baseplates, and do some experimenting to find a suitable metal guide and strong magnet, I think the basic idea of the system should work...

A special thanks to Zorbas for his understanding in keeping my "TOWN" project in the same forum, although it might cross boundaries with other forums. (The "TRAIN"-part in this project here is purely secondary).

Hi all, My latest creation to go with the classic cars and the "Hotel Chat Noir"; The train station of the small french town "Royville", locfated somewhere in france, in the year 1967. The station -with the provisional platform-extensions- meassures 96 studs long. The detailing is still provisional also, I havent even decided yet if I´ll tile the whole platform, or leave it "studly"... My favorite photo and angle of the moc; Although the building will probably only be seen from the platform-side, I just HAD to finish the street-side, as it is higly interessting; One last view of the street-side; That´s all. -And before somebody asks; NO, it doesnt have an interior, neither will it get one. And no, it doesnt open up or have any other interessting features.

Thanks. The sign is NOT the same as the Fire Brigade one. I´ve seen in the instructions the way they wrote it. My method is more simple. I would even say more traditional... There is nothing strange in using a building in 1965 that was build in 1932. I would even say that it is the rule rather than the exception. The year on the building is to date the architecture and style. The actual date (1960´ish) is to date the car and the surroundings.

Hi again, I´m modifying the hotel; I´ve found a way to make it 4 studs longer in each section, by combining roof-bricks normally intended for corners and ends. This has given some space for more decoration; (The other part still has not been modified. I´ll post a full shot of the building when I get around to finish it) The tower has been expanded from 4x4 studs to 6x6, allowing for better windows and... ...a black cat! (it´s painted, sorry ) I think somebody asked about photos from the back of the building; -Not much to see, and the MOC wont be looked at from behind anyway... Finally, a photo of the interior decoration; -Ah, that´s right. There isn´t any!

Thanks; There is no interior, nor does it open for access. (I might install curtains in the windows, though) The Hotel-brick; I think I saw your moc here (very nice!) -but I deny to have copied you. LOL Edit; I tried to find the hotel with this same hotel-brick, but couldnt. I invite you to post the link to your MOC herem please!)

Thanks! The "Hotel" brick is original! It´s a printed transparent brick from an ancient light-set. Almost as old as myself. @Zeon; Okay, I will publish photos of the car soon! It´s prett similar to the red car used in my moc "On BIG moc", also published here...

Love the Art Deco style. You´ve really nailed it! -Will go well with my own new petrol-station (still unpublished WIP)...

***Update; 1/7-2011; Some more photos added on page 2. Hi all, Hotel Chat Noir; Small french hotel around 1965. The model is not made after any specific prototype. MOC is minifig-scale, basically made to show with my classic vehicles, presented in other threads here on the forum. The back-side is complete, but rather plain, so I didnt feel the need to show any photos of it here. Instead another photo from a littel above; Bu-bye!

Thanks! -Well, I was a young boy at the time of the Capri, and have always liked it´s lines. With it´s long front and short back it looks real sporty, although it actually is a "daily driver". It´s gimmick with the air-intake just in front of the rear-wheels has always been a favorite details, and I thought it could be easy recognizable reproduced in Lego. -On another note; Many years later I ended up driving another sporty daily driver; the VW Scrirocco, but that´s another deal altogether...

Excellent houses. That "Hotel" brick is ancient. Got one just like it. Also a good idea with the raising ground-level. The bar in the basement is hilarious! Well done indeed.

V-LC-12F Hi guys, Time again for a small update with the latest additions to the collection; First up, a minor modification to the already well known Citroën 2CV; -Actually it´s much more than just a change of the back end, but it doesnt show on the outside ;-) Next, a Scania-Vabis bus; A small group-picture; Until next time!

Fantastic and most impressive build. Congratulations on this epic achievement. I particularly like the brwon greeble seen on the top, and the detailed interior.

To use 2 studs wide walls is a LUXURY most cannot afford when making minifig-scale buildings. In terms of strength, it is of no importance, as long as we talk about normal desktop sized MOCs. At times, when I make a particular big MOC, I might be able to "afford" 2-studs wide walls, but I would certainly NEVER user 2*X bricks, but rather two 1-stud wide bricks in different colour, in order to (for example) make a nicer interior decoration. Still I use a LOT of 2-stud wide bricks; all kinds of foundations, support (lower and upper) and columns for raising base-levels. I also use them whenever no interior decoration is necesarry. Not for strength, but for "saving" the (slightly) more usefull 1-wide bricks for other uses. As a particular use for me, I use them alternating 1-stud and 2-stud bricks when making those huge ship-hulls, which actually consumes huge amounts of bricks...

Excellent and compact! Imrpessive with so much in so little space. -and the loco looks good!

@Legoless; Thanks for the historical lesson. Yes, I had to search a while in Google, in order to find a Traveller with wood frame AND wood panels. I did not notice if it was european or american, but did see that it exist(ed) in all thinkable combinations, so I take it that my version is realistic. I´ve imporved the front/nose, caputing a couple of more characteristic angles and even achieved to install a metallic grill. No luck on the position of the headlights though.

Interessting review. Thanks for this trip down memory-lane! I actually got to build this set! Soon afer moving to Spain -but still years before coming out of my dark ages, I was asked to build this for a guy who had received it as a gift, but had no experience with Lego what-so-ever. I had fun building it, and the enginious technique of the progressive brake on the sled. Who knows, maybe it helped accelerate my coming back to Lego, which happened some 4 years later...

V-LV-31C & V-LV-31D Hi all, 2 new vehicles has been added; Morris Minor Traveller (Hi Legoless!) 5-wide. VW T1 "Bulli" 6-wide. The two new ones together; I have definatly been too fast on the trigger this time; I just realised that the Minor has the headlights all wrong. -I am currently trying to fix that. The T1 also got new snot-windows and side-mirrors after the shoot. I applogise for not having the patience to finish these details properly before publishing the pics...

Thanks a lot for the nice comments, my friends! Credit must of course go to .eti for his inspirational 2CV.

"Go backwards forwards, quickly!" Melina Havelock and James Bond. A link to a good youtube video-clip from the original movie; Some more photos in my Brickshelf folder; http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hoexbroe/Eyesonly/dsc04755r.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hoexbroe/Eyesonly/dsc04749r.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hoexbroe/Eyesonly/dsc04751r.jpg