beverly888

I Go for it, I say. LEGO is an artist's medium. Do what you will with it to enhance your enjoyment and creativity. I've drilled LEGO before, but not my MOCs - just because I don't have the right equipment to do it well. Have fun and create! Cheers! Beverly

Thank you for the link. The building is lovely. One thing I may have done is somehow added more rows of tan above the red brick to balance top and bottom. Cheers! Beverly

Sorry, but I can't see them. Cheers!

I'll probably never light my own buildings, but it's great to see the nuts and bolts of how it's done. Thanks for creating this thread. Cheers! Beverly

Simple, elegant design. Really like the stained glass. Cheers! Beverly

Thank you for the kind words, Venific! Yes, I had so much fun building the train. Looking for the right colours, in the right combinations, from my LEGO stash was the best part. Second best was the inspiration from some TV commercial for the video's original music. I haven't had the chance to show the Rainbow Holiday Train to the GETS coordinator yet. His idea, so far, is to have it encircling the fairground of their super-large layout. The fairground is quite elaborate with a Drop Of Doom and other motorized rides. It'll be my first train show Thank you, carebear! So glad you love it Thank you, koalayummies! Rainbows and unicorns is my general theme for my version of Winter Village. Your comment that it feels happy, bright and wild bolsters my plan to keep going

These will be on my must have list. Gotta budget for them, though. Thanks for posting! Cheers! Beverly

Very cute and clever! Cheers! Beverly

I'm a little out of season, but, really, do you know how long it takes to MOC a train? Especially when trains aren't your first love?? This beauty is almost finished. Just have to add the final decorative flourishes on the SNOTs, and add figures to the caboose and maybe elsewhere. After the past week of intense concentration fashioning a MOC out of my previous MOD Winter Holiday Train, I was eager to view it on video. There's a chance this train may be running at the Greater Edmonton Train Show (GETS) in September 2018 with our local LUG, NALUG, so I'll motorize my Rainbow Train, as well. That is, if LEGO restocks the motor on their website. Hope you like it MOC Work in Progress, Rainbow Holiday Train (this morning): MOD (from November 21, 2017): Cheers! Beverly

Love the coffee pots, and did I see scissors hanging on the wall behind the counter? Nice detail inside and out. Cheers! Beverly

Fits very well. I, too, bought several Friends Pizzeria sets. Really like the black roof shingle-things and the use of the tan panels on the sides. I have so many of them, it's nice to see them used unobtrusively. Cheers! Beverly

While not a master builder, I do consider myself a reasonably good, but intermediate-level, builder. I never use LDD. I find digital brick manipulation cumbersome and somewhat annoying. Building with real brick is my tried and true method. First and foremost, I have a story I want to tell, which translates to the buildings I choose to design and build. Right now, my interest is in building a nightclub for the Friend's Pop Star sub-theme. I've had this concept in mind for several months and have accumulated multiple on-sale Friends and non-Friends sets that will hopefully fill most of my brick needs. Building on a budget makes the creative process more challenging, but that's part of the joy of building for me. In a real pinch, I've been known to make small orders from local Bricklink stores. Building isn't as simple as putting brick together, at least not for me. There's so much sorting and organizing that goes on behind the scenes, and that seems to take more time than actual building. Plus, I live in a one bedroom apartment condo, which means there are space limitations. My mess tolerance is fairly low, too, so I feel most comfortable when I keep a semi-lid on my LEGO life. That all said, though, I love building! I'm beginning the Pop Star Nightclub by determining where in my Friends' world the club will located - which will probably be in an older downtown location that may be somewhat rundown. In this instance, I'll have to design a couple of smaller buildings to flesh out the neighbourhood, to give the club a fuller sense of place. Next, I'll figure out the footprint and how many floors it'll have. I'm currently thinking a footprint of three 16 x 16 stud plates should be fine, but that'll depend on how the performance stage is set up and where seating and the bar will be located. Because of the stage, the first floor will require an extra tall ceiling, but we'll see once I get that far. Maybe the bar/lounge will be on the second floor that overlooks the main floor stage. The third floor will be dressing rooms and possibly private space for the club owner. There will most likely be a rooftop patio. The main colours will be black, dark purple, grey and dark grey, with some splashes of Friends' colours and transparent dark pink and other transparent coloured brick. Again, we'll see how that all goes based on going through the sets I've yet to open and sort, plus the brick already in their respective bins. When using real brick in the design stage, I'll test brick colours with each other to see what works best. I'll build and rebuild - over and over, until I'm satisfied. That'll mean I end up with piles of discarded brick that'll need to be reorganized, which is the most frustrating part of building for me. I can see the advantage of LDD for this aspect of design, but the tactile element of building with real brick fuels my creativity, and helps me work out design and other problems. Sometimes I design and build the basic floor plan of a building or two, then put it/them away for a few weeks with the brick I intend to use. With time and distance, I can see the design with a less attached attitude and a fresh eye. Other times, the building almost builds itself in no time, like Amethyst Tower, my most recent large build (32" tall, with 118 figs of all genres) ... Hope my comments help. Cheers! Beverly

Wow! What an amazing monster truck! I like it very much

Lovely ice cream colours and fits so well with the other buildings on your street. Cheers! Beverly

So much to look at with all the detail. The old bed and couch look right at home. The mismatched swings are excellent, too. Cheers! Beverly

Very interesting, both front and back. Cheers! Beverly

Wonderful build with so many details. I especially love the lock on the drawer, the bunsen burner and magnifying glass. Cheers! Beverly

Lovely use of colour. Creative use of pieces! I like it very much. Cheers! Beverly

Beautiful colours and excellent use of unusual pieces for architectural details. I'd love to see the inside. Cheers! Beverly

So many lights! Great! Cheers! Beverly

It's looking pretty good. I especially like the front windows. Perhaps the interior could be developed a bit more. The hotel looks great nestled between the other two buildings. Cheers! Beverly

I'm always looking for new ways to show flowers. Yours is lovely. Thanks for the inspiration. Cheers! Beverly

The second floor has a little more action going on in it than the first. Clean, simple architecture on the outside! Cheers! Beverly

It really stands out in the neighbourhood. The figs are telling good stories, too. Cheers! Beverly

Very nice. Each building is distinct architecturally and they all fit together so well.