Modelmaker

I'm a modelmaker. I spend all day in work making models from scratch for all types of reasons. If that guy Macfarlane thinks the models in those pics are realistic then he needs to check his scale ruler again. The figures are way too small for most of the surroundings they have been placed in. Check the size of the holes in the chainlink fence..the sheer hugeness of the door in the tower, the over sized crash rail on the road side....I could go on. I guess there will be a market for them but anyone who already makes their own models will notice the figures are about 25% to small as they are. the paint finish on them is just ok if you are a wargamer type of painter but he doesn't say if they are prepainted or the builder has to paint them. The Lego grid system suits the Lego world but when was the last time you saw asphalt laid in a grid in a realistic model. He sounds like he is expecting people to by his stuff and use it with their existing Lego system but i don't see that happening. If i wanted my Lego floors to look more realistic and like old worn wooden planks it would be real easy to do. But then they are stuck being planks. If he thinks model Makers will buy his stuff and combine it with Lego to make dioramas, he has another problem, and that goes back to scale. The average door in the real world measures just a tad under 2 meters high (2000mm) the average Lego door is 57mm high, 2000 / 57=35.08 so giving a scale of 1:35. There are no model production companies that work to that scale so getting extra accessories to suit your diorama would be next to impossible unless you scratch build them yourself. So if you have to build the stuff anyway, why bother buying the stuff in the first place? Makes no sense to me. I don't think he realizes just how fussy model makers can be, and as a fussy builder i already know i would have no use for any of the stuff I've seen in those pictures.

Thanks again. It looks like i have alot of parts for the ogel set and the droid set but not the others. I already own a droid so i won't be needing a lego one

They still use similar trucks in my town. But the guy walks in front holding a handle similar to the handle on a pallet truck. They are used to empty the bins on the promenade which is a pedestrian only zone. Next time i see one I'll try and take a picture.

Thanks again guys. The flagpole is hiding the lack of one more grey tile. The red sign was yellow for a while but didn't look "Hot" enough. As for the windows, I wanted to use the curved glass but only have them in blue so i had to use the blue in the flat bits aswell. The curved entrance is or was quite common on the older buildings and even bars around where i live. Work is still continuing on the upper floors and the old roof has been condemned. The new roof was installed today but now the windows on the second floor look too far off center so they need adjusting. Some of the grey parts need cleaning but for now they suit the old run down look

Wow that was quick. Thanks i think i have most of the parts to try and rebuild those sets

Cool. I was going to start a topic asking about a few parts i have, but i found this first. In the last year I've been buying bulk lots of old lego and then trying to sort out what sets might be included. I've managed to rebuild quite a few sets but i have some pieces that I can't identify. What sets are those windows from? (i have more of them) Are the blue a red Canopys from the same set? The 2 Black bricks seem to have metal in them and are much heavier than normal. Ship weights? A grey tyre? But these 2 printed bricks are bugging me the most.

ARGH! I'm so jealous of you guys. I'm stuck in Ireland with no Lego stores and no cups to fill I'd love to get my hands on a wall.

Thanks for the kind comments guys @ Lightingtiger... I'm new around these parts and I have no idea what "NM" means but if you see anything you want to use that's fine by me. If it was a big secret i wouldn't post pics of it here.. still no idea what "it" is though @ mkeller234 ....yeah it says Pats pets. the pet business is booming around town and she bought out the next door shop she also owns the upstairs apartments and is the one making all the complaints to the local law, so we don't like her much @ cgarison.. I had no idea they where Technic wings my research said they came from the coast guard unimog set 7726 (I'm still learning) @ eurotrash Yes that was indeed Jake and Elwood on stage the night i took those pictures, but they where here for one night only and disappeared as soon as the local cops turned up responding to another noise complaint from the cat lady next door, no clue why. In the last few months i have been buying bulk lots of Lego from the local classified adds and when i find weird parts i google them to find out what set they came from. The yellow "bar fronts" are from the 4794 commander sub set http://bricker.info/sets/4794/. I have about 95% of the set but i am missing some important parts so i never built it. I also have a few of the same part in grey but so far i have no idea what set they came from. Here's a slightly better pic of the bar... I hope that helps. (Edit) Duh!! i just discovered which set my grey "bar fronts" came from from the link i posted above.http://bricker.info/sets/6739/ Well at least i have a new set to try and build now

Or more like a WIP Still working on things Well here's my first MOC in Lego in over 20 years. The backstory to this old building is it was once the village police station many years ago. But as the village grew the station was getting to small so the cops moved out and the building was left empty for a long time. But recently a local entrepreneur decided it would make a decent night club and converted the ground floor. The old Jail cell has been partially demolished and turned into a stage to entertain the crowds. What appears to be part of an old church has been reclaimed and used as the background for the bar and an old car has been chopped up to use as wall decoration. The upstairs is still an empty shell and the roof needs a lot of work but at least the doors are open for business As i said it still needs work but it's getting there. I think the roof may need to come down and a new one built and the upstairs may become a dance studio or an event room for parties but we're still waiting on planning permission. Mainly because of some problem neighbors moaning about noise.

Hi all, I'm new to this site but not to the Lego world. I started with Lego in the early 70's and still have a lot of my old stuff. I retired my old bricks in my early teens and moved onto airfix and airfix type kits but quickly moved past them and onto scratch building my own models. It was a nice hobby for a while until it turned into my day job and I've been making models for architects museums and movies for the last 22 years Well about a year ago I met a girl and it turned out she has a kid (8 y.o.) and he is mad into Lego. It was nearly 25 years since i had touched a brick and this kid wanted me to build him a "space police lab prison". It took me ages because i kept stopping and examining all the new shapes and colours and bricks and all the other doo dahs i had no idea how to use, her son actually had to teach me how use some of them Since that day I have been re-hooked. I went and bought the pet shop and it's kind of spiraled on from there. I'm still re-learning how use all these new parts and I'm in awe at the MOCs on here. My old bricks have been dragged out of retirement and old sets rebuilt to show the kids how much "better" they were in my day (NOT!) At the moment I'm in the middle of my first custom modular building to add to my others. I'll go and find the right place to post some pictures but here's a sneek peek until i sort out where to go. I hope the pic works. Cheers Luke