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The sort of thing I dreampt about as a kid, awesome!

Omg I spent last night starting to add a 3rd 48x48 baseplate to the front with a fountain and offices with a STAIRCASE. I think I need to tell my wife to take my credit card and cut it up. :P I can already feel the call of Pick A Brick

Nice work!

Fume Cabinet (Thanks Chocolatecake) dunno why I did not think about that first time round :) thumb_IMG_2370_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr thumb_IMG_2369_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr thumb_IMG_2368_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr thumb_IMG_2365_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr thumb_IMG_2359_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr

I give them freely, just don't ask me what they do :) Fume cabinet? Hmm yes, I might do that good point! My friend melted the roof and back wall of a fume cabinet a few years back showing off the different colours made by burning different materials e.g. Potassium etc, I was actually filming it as a teaching resourse lol. Prob my fav too, it was the first thing I made!

Yes there are some great CMF's that fit the towns really well and add some real interest!

I have a 3 year old girl and baby boy who is 10 months. They both have a huge amount of Duplo which we will play with together. My girl has all my old Lego from I was a kid, this is not in the best of ways but there is a lot of it. I have introduced her to all this stuff first as I really dont care much about it and she can experiment as much as she likes with it. I also gave her all my old minifigs and some duplicate CMF's I have. Now she has learnt not to chew, snap etc with my old stuff I have bought her some Lego Classic boxes which are really cool, some creator 3in1 sets and some mixels. When she gets older I might let her play with some of my stuff, but certainly not yet :) I quite look forward to a time when they are both old enough to make a nice town with trains etc, but hey one step at a time! PS I was terrible as a kid, I was always chewing and EATING bits as I played lol I remember that I especially liked the pegs on the underside of bricks and 1x1 studs :/

Omg that is pretty crazeee

Great modular! Fits in with the others great! If you need any peer reviews for your research, we would be happy to help, a couple of my astronomers were also checking out your telescope with envy :P BTW I also completely tiled my chem lab floor and then disliked it so much I spent best part of 2 hours levering them all up again lol, I bought enough tiles to completely tile all floors, but I really liked being able to move stuff about too much so its back to studs now except for the toilets. I figure those tiles will come in when I roof the place and do the car park etc. Like the laptops and books, I still need to get that stuff and I wish there was more official lego printed art tiles TBH. Was also interested to see you made it in LDD, I always get massive RSI from using that for some reason so just changed mine as I went. This is fun approach but I spent soooo much time redesigning stuff when I wanted a layout change, and it also cost a fortune and a lot of waiting time because I was putting in so many bricklink and PaB orders for new parts. Anyway great work again, I hope to buy my first modular soon, just waiting for the next promo item to come free with orders and I willl get one :)

I use PaB for most stuff because it is easy and you know everything is gonna be factory new. Also use Bricklink for parts that are not on PaB and those occasions when I need a lot of parts that are a lot cheaper on there. I also try to buy from the smallest possible number of sellers to keep postage and packing down as that can nullify the savings you make If you dont watch out!

Thanks, glad you like it, now you know where all those rocks and crystals go that those arctic explorers are always digging up :)

Need to do: Physics Astronomy Offices x4+ Frontage / car park / outdoor eating area Lots more :)

Awesome :P

Really lovely all round :)

Thanks, it has taken a couple of months to get where it is now! Worked out how to add the photo's finally ;P

I am also debating which to get, I do want the Pet Shop and I know it will retire soon,but I realllllly want the Parisian Cafe for some reason

Hello, I am new to this site! I bought the research institute Ideas set and it gave me an idea too lol. It started off as a 48x48 large grey basplate build but expanded to 2x 48x48 which clip together modular style. It will probably get bigger in time, I have plans to build a car park area, and still need at least astronomy and physics labs as well as offices and meeting rooms etc so it will probably get a second floor sometime soon. For now it is at a stage where I am happy with it and can share with people :) I made a Facebook page as a kind of ongoing blog, so If you like the project I would appreciate page likes, plus that lets you see updates when they happen. Have posted all the photos at this url: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lego-Scientific-Research-Institute/594506127352767 Please check it out, hope you like! Geology Lab thumb_IMG_1479_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Staff Restaurant thumb_FDD1D161-A742-44BF-859D-5E08DC4AD4A0_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Plant Science Lab thumb_F97A4279-6907-4A63-8CC1-AF1AAF2B6C90_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Robotics Lab thumb_EF7204B3-C8F9-4C33-B07C-89FEAACB9F73_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Staff Room thumb_E26F9B29-9A0C-418C-B4AC-8AC3DE4C71A5_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Paleo Lab thumb_E8F47498-A364-43B6-8D07-7D43B6D65EF4_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Staff Room thumb_E3D4C9CC-7AD5-4F8E-B71B-075715CA68B3_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Toilet 2 thumb_DD0B4D50-CDB6-4884-B39B-0DF4BF654BB4_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Chemistry Lab thumb_D7F8B491-4735-4A53-8E10-B559F2F82267_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Chemistry Lab thumb_D6F4C629-1120-4439-B775-38EA18CE4F11_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Modern Art thumb_CC4A0AF3-9D42-43FA-9143-4D78A9E8C6CC_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Chemistry Lab thumb_C0A3B79C-01CD-4B6D-967D-B11421C74757_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Chemistry Lab thumb_9930BB34-13E6-4FBA-94D2-0FACB0A94AC2_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Paleo Lab thumb_B0580458-3E02-4465-9678-6ECAB126AB4C_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Staff Restaurant thumb_5147B1EC-FEF0-49D2-BFC6-94F22B123D8A_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Toilet 1 thumb_1290C216-FC83-4278-A025-8638D3224F4A_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Staff Restaurant thumb_78E98B44-5396-4398-85F7-DB06B5A64D2F_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Geology Lab thumb_63FD82E0-5D44-4A45-A2D0-260309D681D3_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Reception Meeting Area thumb_9C83CBE0-9E0A-41AC-8049-E66202B160CF_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Robotics Lab thumb_4C451062-3BA2-48B2-95F7-225DD5A5935D_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Reception Desk thumb_8B3053D3-5CB2-4994-BBD0-1073E3A082B4_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Plant Science thumb_4E05ADCD-9042-497C-BB50-E2F9FC8BFD37_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Paleo Office thumb_8E5776E0-CDDB-41D8-B043-0DD369443D7A_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Plant Science thumb_3E8EB89D-51F0-4EA3-8901-CD01BF06BC2C_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Geology Lab thumb_BA1CBE3E-30FA-419D-B3D6-0DEA4C6EC0CA_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Section 2 thumb_70BEF1AF-AA1A-40F4-A5B2-3F13C01FCCAC_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Section 1 thumb_DD00688A-7753-4E37-9031-A5B86F535EAA_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr Overview thumb_28886452-B319-4BD4-B9F6-5C5A59250D19_1024 by neko_ga_suki2001, on Flickr