Naptown11

Have you stopped working on the cinema now that you've started an XL Fire Brigade? I myself am going to build a four bay Fire Brigade but only 64 studs wide, yours looks larger than that by possibly 10 studs. I hope to see each of these finished and hopefully in your new Lego room since you moved to the new house obviously,

That makes complete sense. Do you ever consider selling your old sets like this since you will be making a new one?

This is an awesome build. There are so many little details that I won't even bother trying to go through them all. I love the escalator since I have never seen a functioning model, and the power sliding doors on the entryway were just perfect. Now you just need to put together a modular city for the train to goa round and it will be spectacular. The small creator sets for buildings just look minuscule in comparison unfortunately, I think it would look better without them even there since it detracts a little from the stunning station/mall. The train station and shops is worthy of taking first place in most competitions, now take your great talent and fill it up with other unique buildings. I think your talent speaks for itself so it might take longer but a fully custom MOC city would be reply awesome and something I would love to see. I live in Columbia, MD and there is the first branch station in the US, B&O to Old Ellicott City is the first rail line ever produced. Every year they have the local AFOL's put together a train and city display that is about 20'x20' and about 5 feet tall with multiple levels. Your station would fit in perfect with something like that, any local Lego club would be lucky to have you as a member.

This is a great build. After looking over the photos for a bit I cannot see where the monorail actually enters the building as it does in the final picture. Could you post a pic of how/where it enters the building as it has me perplexed.

This is a great build with lots of details crammed into such a small space. I really like the study area, lounge with cafe, and the first floor with all the bookcases. Two questions I had were 1) Why not extend the building a 4-6 studs deeper to give a little more room inside and 2) How is the attic space accessed as I don't see any drop down ladder or other means to get up there. I really like this build a lot and think you did a great job overall, I didn't even mention how beautiful the exterior of the shop is.

Well done!! I have been hoping for TLG to release a proper train station, theres a great one on Idea's right now that I hope gets the final approval but yours fits in better with a smaller town as the other is more a city feel. I really like how your entire build is very clean and thoughtful throughout. The little details like the spill on the floor, generator in the warehouse, and all the lights which really make it pop. The only thing I would add to it is a prellblock where the fire has broken out, this would "cap" the line and make it much more realistic instead of the track just ending next to the warehouse. I completely agree with the 48 stud depth as anything less wouldn't allow for a true station. Look forward to seeing your next build.

All I have to say is WOW and well done!!! There are so many little details everywhere that its almost overwhelming, but totally worth it. I love how you used some hidden features and all the easter eggs. I think that the town itself is just perfect an I especially love the large tree at the end of the street. One question I did have is what 1x2 tile did you use that looks like tire tracks in snow, its a very cool effect and if I ever connect all my Winter Village sets and build them a road this is the way to go. Again this is one of the best builds I have ever seen on this site by FAR. If you don't win an award at the show I would like to see what the winner builds because this is an absolute masterpiece.

Just finished building the GB FH and I am very happy with how it turned out except for Ecto-1 not really being able to fit and the garage doors opening inside. Other than those two things that were already mentioned my only other minor gripe is that they went through the trouble of putting white out windows in the dark room/lab but there isn't any wall that separates the space so the windows would be moot, something the remedy later on. Overall the details and design are great and I love the look of the building in my small town that I have growing. Its funny because my Green Grocer and Cafe Corner both have extra 2nd floors so the GB FH doesn't really look that big, granted its still a large building but next to the other two 4 story buildings they're about equal in height even though the GB has just three extra tall floors. The build itself took about 7 hours all together spread out over 5 days and so it was definitely a long haul build, but what do you expect of one of the largest sets TLG have ever put out. I'm waiting to surprise my daughter with it after the 4th and see how she likes playing with it, I'm sure she will love it.

Can you show me some more pics of the mod itself? I think this is a great job and I found one of these on Craigslist NIB for $100 and wanted to buy it until I saw that the cargo hold was lacking quite considerably in space. I was curious how you did the roof of the plane since it seemed to hold the walls together. This is a great mod that is actually how Lego should have produced it from the get go as its represents the true layout of cargo plane.

This is a great Checker Cab. I'm building the Ghostbuster Firehouse now and wanted to build a cab to put the driver in just like the movie, just need a yuppie to have as his fare. Do you have an LDD of this or other instructions, I would love to be able to add this to the firehouse set and make it stand out. If not no worries and again you did a fabulous job on the build, it really looks like a checker cab and the fact it can fit 3-4 minifigs is very impressive.

It really depends on what sort of collection you're going for. IF you want all original with boxes and instructions I would start with Cafe Corner and work my way forward since I don't think its coming down in price anytime soon. If you don't care about originality then brick linking the pieces will most likely be cheaper for the really expensive sets. If you don't care about the old set then start with the Pet Shop ow since its the oldest one still being sold and work forward from there. There are a lot of different options and it all really comes down to what sort of modular collection are you trying to obtain.

I think that it is a pretty good iteration of a Bosozoku, especially the elongated/exaggerated front splitter. If you like cars go check out the McLaren F1 that was just posted, its one of the best I've seen. I'm not sure if a lot of people here will know about Bosozoku cars but I could be completely wrong, either way nice job with the quick build.

What tires did you use on your Raptor? After seeing yours I totally agree and want to add them to mine, though I think I'm going to build a GT for the trailer (The mustang still looks great). If you know the part number I would appreciate it, if not I can figure it out through part searching. Great build overall!!

I really like your Raptor and R8 mods. My only suggestion would be to add bigger tires to the raptor since you've added length and in my opinion the original tires are just a tad to small for the truck overall, and I bought/built the model a week ago and love it but the tires will be getting upsized just a little. I think overall its an awesome design and I love the suspension especially. I also really like your tonneau cover.

This is the best Modular Hospital attempt I have seen yet, and I have seen quite few. I absolutely love the old time feel of the exterior, I live outside of Baltimore, MD and both University of Maryland Medical Center, the first medical school in the US, and Johns Hopkins both have old time brick facades on their older buildings kind of like this. I think that you nailed it with having a reception/triage, operating room, recovery, scanning, and newborns ward. I have really been hoping that Lego will be introducing their own modular hospital but always worried that they wouldn't be able to include everything needed to make it a real hospital. With the addition of babies now available I thought this might be a clue to this set coming but that s another topic. Overall I think this is an absolutely wonderful set that Lego should be contacting you about right now if they don't make their own set. Have you ever considered putting it up on Lego Idea's? One thing you might want to think about changing is making your elevator about 4 studs deeper. I don't think you can fit your gurney and a minifig in there let alone a gurney, and you have the space to do so but the ambulance driver would have to enter through the front then (Just a thought). As I've said I think this is one of the best modulars I've ever seen and you should be really proud of cramming so many little things in there yet still having it look clean as a hospital should.