alois
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9 bricks high a floor seems like a good starting point.
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It consists of 16x32 baseplates (or alternatively 2 16x16 regular plates), with lots of 1x2 dark bluish grey tiles, resting on one side on the tram tracks and on the other side on 2x8 plates, which for one half, and with two extra layers of plates, are also the base for the baseplates of the buildings.
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With a technic pin through 6 1x1 technic bricks mounted on the underside of the two roof parts, and two 1x2 technic bricks on top of the walls.
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I thought the colours on the photo were wrong, and these were supposed to be blue...
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I already did, but since a picture says more than a thousand words, here you go: It's not very complicated actually, although it qualifies as SNOT, I think.
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This is a great mod, tafol! A very simple but effective colour scheme.
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Get some creator buildings. They're great parts packs, but don't forget to build them first, because sometimes they have some interesting building techniques too.
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I like the colours of the exterior. It has a an very American atmosphere to it. And as to the absence of signage on the outside: maybe it's a very private club?
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4 2x4 plates stacked as stairs, 1x4 tiles on top of the plates, attached to a hinge on the floor.
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The 'soep met worst' sticker isn't the original one, but a replacement from ministickers.nl (owned by Eurobricks member JopieK). The festival sticker however is original; the town square set I own had only one left of the original two, and since the replacement stickers are lightly larger and the original slightly shrunk, I used only replacements on the town square. That left me with one original sticker, used in this MOC. The shield is also a replacement sticker.
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No, only stairs...
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A couple of weeks ago my mother-in-law gave me an old 1592 Town Square set (Dutch version with 'soep en worst'). It had belonged to my wife, who never played with it. I rebuild it and restored it a little, and then i got an idea for a next modular building. A modular in medieval style, inspired by this set. Not a recreation, but with certain elements of this set. In a castle-like style, but adapted to modern times and fitted for a modular street. This is what I came up with: It is the last remnant of the middle ages in my town. A former town gate, with the house of the gate keeper. But the gate doesn't have a road any more. Nowadays the space behind the gate is used as a little snack corner, where minifigs can eat 'soep en worst': A view of the other side with the original sticker from set 1592: The other side of the building: The building attached to another modular MOC (bank building), to show the difference in size: I hope you like it. There's more to see on my flickr-page.
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
alois replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
I don't know how it is in other countries, but in the Netherlands there are no post offices left. Nobody writes letters any more. So making the next modular a post office would it turn into a historical set, which is not what the modulars are supposed to be (look at the computer in the Town Hall). -
Bricklink has a search function You better see for yourself, because things like location have an impact on the cost.
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No, I've got a street that's about 8 modulars long, plus a square in front of the station. One modular would be about 1/10 of this price, I think.
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I made my roads out of baseplates and 1x2 dbg tiles: The tram tracks are another complication, but they're of course optional . I raised the buildings on their baseplates to create a higher sidewalk. I used about 5000 tiles, which makes for a price of €350,- at 7 cents per tile.
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Difference between US boxes and European boxes.
alois replied to jonty14's topic in General LEGO Discussion
What many Americans seem to forget is that in Europe dozens of different official languages are spoken. Every piece of text has thus to be written in at least the most important languages, such as German, French, Spanish, Italian, English. This makes text on boxes more complicated than in the US of A. -
It has no Hobbits in it, so it's not historic here on Eurobricks, I think I like it very much, by the way. The fast streaming river, the little bridge, the use of white bricks which sometimes makes a house boring, which you managed to avoid by little textures. The only thing I can say is that the ceilings are maybe too high for a small cottage.
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And for a child of eight years old it has no relevance that there has been another similar train in the year he was born, only afols feel this way.
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The problem almost always is solved when you put nine layers of bricks on the floor, so I do not really pay attention to this problem and have various ways to build floors, depending on the kind of house I'm building and the plates I have.
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I found this quote on your website: You'll have to update this text now, you'll have to have awe and appreciation for yourself now!
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What a fantastic street! All the buildings go really well together, the subtle colour differences are great (do i see sand red?) and it looks really NewYorkish.
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I must dig up this old topic, because my street has changed. A square has been added: It has a station, now with an extra floor. On the other side of the square we find a barbershop, a café and the Town Hall, which also has got an extra floor. In the street, next to the little church, we find the new tan and dark tan mayor's house. The dark red Belgian house is new as well. Restaurant 'Le Parisien' is new to the street: The tram now has overhead wiring on poles: But the wedding at the Town Hall is still going on: CHeck my flickr-account for more pictures of the old and new Steenstraat.
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I already used it in this way two years ago in my 'Café 'The Corner'.
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
alois replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Don't forget Jordan Schwartz (aka Sirnadroj) who was one of the designers of the Palace Cinema.