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Great train and station Looks very busy! Love the details, especially the train. Keep up the great work

Awesome cars 'wooootles' Love the mods on the red one! Keep up the great work

Awesome Hazmat truck 'AllanSmith' Great detailed work! Love the interior. Keep up the great work

Great review 'R8' This is a neat set, though not a favorite from space theme. I do like the large size of the craft and the crawler is nice too. It just has that Town Jr. design with big pieces and little complexity. Thanks for the in depth review!

Great WIP 'Lt'. Its a very nice start! IMHO it's looking like a '30 gas/service station' that needs a bit of refining with an old, retired petrol pump, for the final touch. Great MOC so far though

Greetings Gareth, I have read numerous topics about restoring UV damaged/ dirty bricks. I can't seem to find the discussions I read but, I will give you the tips I know. I'll start with a brief on myself. I am an avid collector of classic town and modern city sets. 98% of my purchases are from eBay. I always look for the cheapest price for my sets so I never have any trouble accumulating bricks in rough shape. I am kind of a perfectionist and love to have my sets in as near mint shape as possible. Here is what I do with very good results: Dirty Bricks: I use water tight tupperware with hot water from my sink (hot as it gets but, thats just me) with a few squirts of dawn dish soap AND a splash of a cherry scented car wash soap. Obviously the Dawn is for dirt, grime, ect. The car soap is for a bit of protection for the plastic. Great for molded car bumpers and bricks. I let them soak for a while and occasionally spin them. The longer they soak the more temporarily cherry they smell (pleasant to me). If I deem necessary, will also grab my brick brush (a new tooth brush) and give them a little scrub. That step is totally up to you as thoroughly cleaning bricks is a timely process. Yellowed Bricks: I use Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2). You can use bleach but, I have read that bleach can make the bricks brittle and can understand why. H2O2 is an oxidizer, used in place of bleach. A few on here have said, "soak yellowed bricks for a few days to a week" which you can do. I, however am not patient enough for that I keep them in for up to a couple hours. A week may be necessary if they are extremely damaged, in which case, they may be unsalvageable. Still never hurts to try. I reuse my H2O2, anyway. After that I put them in the bath stated above. I don't know if anyone has ever noticed that peroxide and skin = foul smell. I'm guessing from the bacteria on your hands. Its still nice to get those other cleaning agents on the bricks. After that I rinse thoroughly in a pasta strainer, put them on a towel, and stick them in front of a fan. I have had 100% or near 100% improvement with this method, taking years (sometimes a decade) off of my sets. One last thing. This is important! For baseplates use LUKE WARM water. Too hot can warp the plate because its so thin. That and I use dawn soap and if it has scuffs, crayon/marker stain a light scrub with a MR. Clean Magic Eraser. I've done this for the past three years (since I started collecting again) and haven't lost a set so you should be golden. Take what you want from here and do what you feel is comfortable for your bricks. Hope this helps and good luck!

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Great improvements on your street 'SalvoBrick' Love the banners! A very colorful street. Keep up the great work

Great article 'Brickster'. I had followed many of these step as my town became a city. Unfortunately I don't have the space for my road plates (only have 10 or so out). Same goes for my modulars/modern city sets. Have a very narrow but, deep closet that has only one entrance/exit. Can't steppin' on my plates None the less, great advice. Great city shots everyone

Awesome job on this build Lots of details. A very impressive creation

Great HAZMAT van 'mifody'. Thats a really great color combo. If only there where some hazmat stickers to go with. Keep up the great work

Neat build 'Spike'. Too bad you don't have curve pieces though. I know how it is when you have to improvise Still, it's a great MOC. Keep up the great work

Won 6600 Highway Construction vehicles and finally won 6559 Deep Sea Bounty after 2 years of searching/bidding

Thank you for this useful bit of info

Great looking layout 'ZueriHB'. Love the long spans of track and a great collection of train sets

Great Coke truck 'Lasse D' Very creative use for the Santa minifig and great details on the truck. Keep up the great work

Great job on your display 'Lt' I really like the work on the tire store and train. Hope you do that again in the future with a bigger city

Great job on this build 'jchan' Very impressive details. This does really compliment that layout. Keep up the great MOCs

Great MOC 'Ezechielle' and a wonderful story of the paint job. Really great work here

Awesome work on this MOC 'abear' Very impressed, again, with your detailed building. Keep up the great work

Great MOC 'V K' Love the interior!

Magnificent work 'Schfio Factory' Vibrant colors and lots of detail! Very impressed

Truly awesome!! Really great work on this one!

Another great MOC, 'Lasse D' I love the cab and great job on the unique trailer. Can't wait to see more

Great cement truck 'Lasse D' Terrific idea building the chute on the back of the truck. That really added to the truck compared to TLG. Keep up the great work