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This is not true. The difference between the 4,5 volt and 12 volt system was not the colour of the track. 4,5 and 12 volt track exists in both colours. The only difference is that blue track was made before 1980, and grey track between 1980 and 1990, and has a better coupling between rails and sleepers. So blue 12 volt track with a central power rail does exist, as does grey 4,5 volt track.

This may be your best building. I like the variation of dark tan and regular tan very much. And I can relate to your reasons for using large windows in the back, I did the same when I built an art nouveau house.

Since a large part of the tram is filled with a battery box and an infrared receiver, I didn't think it would look better with only a part filled with passengers.

The last twelve month I created seven modular houses and bought Green Grocer and Fire Brigade. I thought it was time for the street itself. And what would a European city street be without a tram? So I decided to built one. I decided not to go for an exisiting tram, but to create one from imagination. But it is heavily influenced by the style of the PCC-cars that were built in Europe after WWII and which are still running in cities like Brussels or Rome. Another more technical influence is the Rotterdam tram series 700. This tram has a second car that has only one bogie. The front end of the second car is just resting on the first one. Some images: A detail of the coupling: It has to be a rather rigid coupling, because the weight of the rear car is resting on it. As you can see, the street is not even nearly finished. I am saving money to buy lots and lots of tiles to cover the surface of the street, and to embed the rails. Let me know what you think of it. [i have been hesitating for long in which forum I should post this new moc: town or train tech. Eventually I decided to post in in the town forum, because -I have posted all my mocs here -A tram is more related to a town than a train is -The tram is not based on any real life model in particular, but just built in a certain style But if a moderator thinks it better to move it to train tech, it's fine by me.]

I also can't wait to see it in real life in Zwolle!

My Art-Nouveau house was mainly built from Tower bridge parts, although you may recognise some parts from other sets. You can find a couple of photographs on Flickr, but sadly I don't have any instructions.

I've seen other CC-corner style versions of this set, but they were more like this set with a wall on the backside and pins on the side. You tried harder and succeeded better in capturing the specific cc-corner style, with lots of alterations of the facades. Very well done!

I like the windshield of the helicopter! Nice use of parts.

What a nice building, I very much like the art nouveau style of the house. You captured it very well. Where is the original located? It looks a little bit like a Belgian house.

I was wondering why this camper has Hannover license plates. Or does the H mean something else?

One of the few mocs where the ceiling is equally convincing as the rest of the interior. It feels as if you're really inside this moc. Fantastic job.

You managed to capture the architecture of an old 19th century station very well. And I especially like the nougat, because it is one of the best colours to reflect reail life bricks in my opinion. Sadly the choice of pieces isn't very great.

Counterexample: the town halls of Bergen op Zoom, Franeker, Roermond, Sittard, Thorn, to name only a few examples from the Netherlands (thanks internet).

I don't think this will be a problem. In Europe, there are a lot of little towns with old town halls dating from the middle ages that are not much larger than an average town house. Many of them are not used anymore as such, but they're still known as the town hall. Maybe it's different in the United States.

I think it's this piece.

I like the interior. But I have a quetion: why are the couplers on he right side of the building male-only? Or do I miss something?

This must also be my first minifigure. Or maybe its blue or red brother.

My daughter is three years old and loves to play with my layout of modular houses (mocs and sets). And from time to time I tend to find litle bricks misplaced in the weirdest places, like a sidewalk tile put on a bench. And the minifigures go all over the place, and get to wear each others wigs and hats. When occasionally I open a house, she plays with it as if it were a dollhouse. Sometimes I give here a baseplate and some tiles, so she can make colourful sidewalks. She likes to do that very much.

This summer I was in the south of Germany on holiday, and looking at your tavern I recognise the style immediately. I could swear I've seen it somewhere in a little medieval Bavarian town. Magnificent MOC!

I would love to see a photo of this great layout in real Lego. Do you already have them all in real Lego, or are there still buildings that are only virtual?

I very much like the combination of colours of the brickwork. Instantly recognisable as a brick and mortar building.

I like your design very much! It is a beautiful building in itself, but it also has a lot of nice details, like the support poles around the tree. You should really try and build it in real bricks. One thing only: The design for the stairs is nice on itself, but they are too wide for the building, I think.

Isn't that often the case with signs like this? They are the most ugly parts of many shopping street, and I like to have it that way in my streets too. Some of my other modular buildings also have 'out of place' signs. By the way, the sign can very easily be removed to get a 'clean' look.

B-OM-3D My modular town is still expanding. After buying the Fire Brigade, I decided to make anouther modular MOC. It had to be a corner building, because I don't just want a row of houses, but something like a square or a block of houses. I tried to build it in the style of the 19th century Dutch architect C. H. Peters, who has mainly built a lot of post offices, in a sort of gothic-revival eclectical style. And since my town didn't have a bank building yet, it had to be a bank. Only the ground floor has an interior. Mr. Coldhands withdrawing some cash: Tell me what you think of it. There's more to see on my Flickr page.

When I played with Lego in the early 80's dark grey was only used for railroad tracks. And light grey was mostly plates and Technic. So when I got back into Lego the new greys were almost like new colours altogether, like tan or orange. So the colour change never bothered me, and I am pleased with the large variety of colours. My old Lego is still with my parents, so the old grey plates won't mix with my new Lego.