ER0L
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Not necessarily : But I know what you mean. As a car builder I'm dealing with that problem all the time. However, I have the impression there is no such thing as a genuine Lego minifig scale - be it "illusional" or not - in the sense that the fig could serve as a common ground even for Town purposes - you may spot 10w sports cars like a DeLorean combined with 6w trucks within the same City layout. That's why I'm dealing with a range of scales (between about 1/35 and 1/43) to get a proper graduation between vehicles - where such illogical combinations are impossible. Anyhow I'd be interested to know the scale of your excavator - even if it's no copy of an existing model.
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This looks nice indeed - especially the combination of System and Technic parts on the excavator arm to get the right shape (via System) plus function and stability (via Technic). I was just thinking if this part (snotwise) could help to stabilize it even more, if necessary: http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=2744#T=C However, since I'm always interested in that subject: Could you tell what you mean by "minifig illusion scale"? Guess I've never heard that expression before.
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Fantastic build! Great shaping, I especially love the idea of having panels as railing or bulwark - you get some elegant lines with that. The interior is amazing, too, lots of play features. Now this is something for the LEGO Yacht Club, I guess ... What's her name btw.? Plus I guess she needs a national flag at the rear.
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Yeah, I have seen that before, very nice. However, if you want to have pavements and buildings at the inside of curves, it's still difficult. I have been dealing with that problem when struggling with the slot car system. Even a 7w bus has difficulties in curves - on 33w (!) roads: Regarding the train dimensions you seem to be right. Maybe the dimensions are quite different on those giant American locos. When building the GP38 which I did by using Sariel's model scaler and a blueprint the wheels seemed to be too small - but maybe I don't remember it correctly and it was rather a problem of the distance of the wheels on the train motors used as bogies. Anyhow, this isn't much of a problem since at that scale you are free to build broad bogies which hide the wheels quite well.
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Impressive - my first thought was: Did they do it with Lego or is Nonlego involved? Well ... Something like this is a bit discouraging because it's quite difficult (and expensive) to get a similar result by strictly using Lego though I guess it's possible nonetheless. However, there seem to be some nice mocced buildings involved. Looking forward to seeing more of your great-looking layout - even if daylight is required for that purpose.
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75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Discussion
ER0L replied to kelceycoe's topic in LEGO Licensed
All in all it does look nice though the proportions of the facade are not quite right - it should be 1 stud wider on each side in my opinion. Also the ledge at the top should be wider. I'm no fan of the broad window bars either. For me those narrow window bars are one of the most characteristic aspects of the original building. Maybe I'm a bit picky here but at this size (and price) I expect some accuracy. However, the price is okay for the part count. Still, I think this is rather something for collectors or investors, rather than for the usual fan of modular buildings. -
Though I prefer larger trucks this is done very well, I really love its playability. Must admit that I didn't know that nice hook part on the trailer. By using a Technic mini actuator you might get the hydraulic cylinder working, too.
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You may see it anytime ... But I didn't express myself well, what I mean is a small layout with modules that can be handled well - in fact it's not that easy to put it all together on a small surface. I guess we don't have proper curves for cars (especially trucks) either ... The train tracks as such (about 1/39) are fitting well, however, the wheels are a bit small at that scale, but you may hide them within their bogies (at least regarding Diesel locos). There are quite a few 8w and even bigger train builds, especially by the American train builders.
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Many thanks guys!
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Yeah, that's true. You'll get to the point that everything is fitting scalewise - except for the figs for whom everything was built ... It's rather a small project, I'm just trying to fit everything into one layout which is easy to handle. No, trains are about 1/43 within my scaling, like larger vehicles (trucks, buses etc.). But this already means that a loco (the only train stuff I've built so far) is 9 studs wide (plus railing). There is the idea that larger items can be smaller in scale as long as there is a logical graduation between vehicles, meaning that a sports car can't be wider than a truck etc., see http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=97314 To be honest I don't see a point in dealing with Nonlego stuff to solve problems arising in Lego contexts. Au contraire: Developing new ideas out of a restricted amount of shapes is the most appealing aspect of Lego building to me. Your cars are a good example of that principle, I guess.
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That's interesting. I guess this is correct regarding the details of a building. On the other hand the buildings as such (or at least some of them) seem to be much smaller than they should be according to their scale. That's why a Cinema has only a few seats ... It would be nice to have an existing building turned into Modular scale to evaluate the correct proportions. This also depends on the assumed scale of the fig. If you declare them to be only 1,65 m (which would meet their proportions better in my opinion) everything changes. True. I guess that's the reason why there seem to be modulars of different scales: the undersized brownstone of Pet Shop vs. the rather impressive Fire Brigade. This is also due to the rather strict floor pattern with only a few allowed widths. True, too. But it won't ever happen - the modulars are already a strong standard, used by many. You may even spot 6w+ City trucks and 10w DeLoreans together in the very same layout. And just think of trains which are very far from a 1/42 scale. I'm actually trying to get a better fit between vehicles, trains and buildings (and planes and boats ...) in one layout. But you have to design basically everything by yourself.
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@Ron: Thanks for the compliment! Yeah, I have been struggling with that aspect from the beginning ... Regarding the pavement, there's still the baseplate that adds some height. On your second pic there's a pavement being two plates high, meaning 6,4 mm x 42 = ~ 27 cm in a 1/42 scale if I'm correct (same effect if you put baseplates on top of roadplates to minimize the width of the pavement). I even use snotted pavements being 2,5 plates high which is absurd scalewise, but - among other advantages - provides for a much better ratio between figs and cars when combined. Long story short: The design of a layout and the design of the vehicles in the same layout are strongly related with each other in my opinion.
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Very nice, I especially like all those functions and the overall playability. However, the garage/station needs an "Aral" sign. I'd love to invite this to the Flickr Gas Stations Group, do you have a Flickr account?
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As already said, I really like your approach and the advanced building techniques applied here. Even if my own cars are remarkably larger in scale for some reasons (about 1/35 vs. the 1/44 of your Aventador if I'm correct) it's nice to see that there are still car builders interested in the match between the different elements of a Lego town. Like you already said, it seems to me too that the Mercedes could be at least one plate taller to match with the figures. Even the height of the pavement (which usually is not to scale in a Lego town) has to be taken into account when combining figs with cars in my opinion.
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Thanks. - It's fitting a whole minifig with helmet, like all of them (you may spot the fig inside). This was absolutely required here.
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Thanks! Your very nice versions haven't escaped me since I commented on them ... With those 4w canopies centered minifigs can't be avoided, however, 2 minifigs can be placed side by side even in 6w cars by using thin doors or tiles. Still waiting for a 5w windscreen which probably won't ever happen ... Glad you like it. Yeah, it's the same platform.
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Nice idea and execution!
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On the other hand there are much too few vehicles going well with the modulars - which unlike the usual City sets are clearly targeted to us AFOLs. I don't quite understand why there shouldn't be a market for more complex and well-designed vehicles for people spending that much money on nice buildings for their Lego town.
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Thanks. In fact they don't fit into my own scale (which is slightly bigger) but are going well with the usual City vehicles. I agree regarding the 917 (which looks really nice in my opinion). On the Mustang (like on the Porsches of the first wave) we have the problem of the unfavorable ratio between a 4 wide roof and a 6 wide body which hardly ever works on this type of car. However, there's also that nice Raptor/Hot Rod set ...
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Thank you. Looking forward to your versions! Thanks!
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Guess I like them better than the first series, even if the scale remains the same. Plus there are quite a few interesting aspects useful for moccing/modding purposes. Hopefully there'll be some more "City Champions" like the ones made out of the first batch, see http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=108630
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Very nice, I like the style!
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Thanks a lot! Thank you. Sorry, there are no instructions, I don't even work with LDD. Regarding your question I keep most of the models together, older MOCs are rather overworked than dismantled. The last pic shows a combination of the RR with the other two main cars from the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" (it's better not to dismantle older models ): Thanks all for commenting and viewing. More oldtimer cars to come.
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Thank you very much! I'd like to add a pic of a version with a black hood. There are quite a few models with black hoods, though the movie car clearly has a yellow hood. Looks nice anyway: Thanks for watching!
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Very tasteful and stylish building, I especially love the colour combination of the facade. The RR would look good in front of this ...