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It looks fantastic! I really like the boat, the rock work and the lighthouse itself. I had a look through your Flickr feed - that's an impressive range of styles you build in. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Sweet build! The guy in the sand is a lovely detail and I really like the sandcastle building.
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Twelve Mile Reef Cafe I had this idea of a floating, run down Cafe built from recycled Military containers that offered bad food at terrible prices and here's the result. It's my Twelve Mile Reef Cafe. The Cafe is crewed by a motley bunch of lowlifes who live in the floating quarters. (this was inspired by a 1960's British Caravan). The front end of the caravan is built upside down and held in place by bricks with clips/handles. Here's details of the logo. I'd actually run out of yellow 1x1 plates at this point and picked up a 1x1 with clip as a temporary fix. Then I added the frying pan. I like it and I think it works well. Both the roof and the walls are easily detachable. Here's the Galley kitchen and storage area. I'd run out of 1x1 DrkTan tiles so I used a 1x1 stud to cover the hole. Then I used a Cookie to cover the stud. It seems like a lot of effort to make it look right, but I think the real message here is not to eat the Cookies. Here's the Dining area and Bathroom. It appears the last customer left without even eating his hamburger. I can't blame him. One final shot. Thanks for reading. Comments, criticism and ridicule most welcome!
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If you want vertical elevations that are less than 1 plate in height then it's fairly straight forward to accomplish. I'd use a bracket like this one mounted with the thinner side horizontal and facing upwards - that'd give you a vertical difference of less than one brick height. Good luck with your build. (edit) Also this PDF (from Bill Ward) is an excellent resource http://www.brickpile.com/2015/08/18/updated-brick-geometry-from-bbtb-2015/
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[MOC] Shaggy's Shark Powered Attack Mer-Chariot
eurotrash replied to PaddyBricksplitter's topic in LEGO Licensed
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This looks lovely! I think you've included everything you'd expect to see in a lake-front cottage and it's well thought out.
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Totally digging this! Just the right amount of decay and newspapers and litter scattered about. And it has freakin' dinosaurs! If the guy in cuffs is singing "Don't push me cos I'm close to the edge" then this MOC is so full of win the internet will collapse. Excellent job.
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It looks great! I love the grimey, well-used look you've achieved here. It looks so like a junk yard. And it's full of some lovely details. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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As soon as I saw the words 'Grass Trimmer' and 'dr_spock' I was hoping for an appearance by Jar-Jar. I wasn't disappointed. Good job on the whacker BTW.
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It's a good set and it definitely needed the ladder to make the rear more interesting, but I think the proportions were improved by making it seven-wide and losing the rear wheel arches. Here's a link to the thread. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=105061
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This was the original facade (based on a brickcitydepot set of instructions for a 16-wide Commercial building). I doubled the width of it, but it still felt cramped and the interior details were hidden so when I decided to rebuild it I extended the depth and completely rebuilt it from the baseplate up. An entirely glass frontage is so out of character for what I normally build, but I felt it just needed it here. The interior is now such an obvious part of the building and I can't wait to show it at this Sunday's LUG display. It's in Kansas City, Missouri at the Expo Center ( http://www.midamericatrainandtoyshow.com/ ) Thanks for all the comments.
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MOC: Brewery and Bottling Plant When I first emerged from my Dark Ages my first modular MOC was a brewery shoe-horned into a modded structure that had been built from instructions from brickcitydepot. I always knew I was going to rebuild it at some point and I finally got around to completing it. I extended the depth and completely rebuilt it. I wanted a see through facade so that the interior details could be seen at shows. And the front is removable as one piece if I want to show more. The Ground floor has the fermenting tanks, a small office (with wall mounted fan), a bathroom, a fridge (stolen from the Fire Station) a loading dock and a hand operated Freight elevator. Here's a link to a quick video of the Freight elevator. There's enough brick friction to keep it in place (most of the time) https://flic.kr/p/wVy9Yq The rear of the building has a loading dock, security cameras and a beat up dumpster The top floor has the Bottling plant where (from left to right empty bottles) are placed on the conveyor belt, filled with beer and then they go through the packaging area where they stuffed into boxes ready for distribution. One final shot of the Sign on the top of the building Thanks for reading and there's more pictures on Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHskhygauG Comments, criticism and ridicule most welcome.
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I snagged a couple of this year's sets as parts packs for my inventory but I was genuinely surprised how well thought out and designed they were - plenty of playability (for kids, not me), some interesting colors/pieces and technic mechanisms.
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MOC - The Floating Island of Todaidh Beag
eurotrash replied to cesbrick's topic in LEGO Historic Themes
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Really good! I like the head and you've definitely captured the feel of movement.
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That's a good looking facade with plenty of interesting greebling. The pie-crust as the sun above the front door is a lovely detail. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Nice! The carbonite Hans is my favorite.
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I'm guessing somewhere on his build desk there's a disemboweled Town Hall :)
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That would be a stunning addition to any layout. Good job!
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Nice job. I'd tried something similar with the Fish Farm that I recently posted in the City forum http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=111904 but I do like the scale and the look and feel you've managed to achieve with this one. You're right in that some of the more traditional railway models are a great source of inspiration!
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Although the focus is on the building - which is well up to your usual high standards - I think you absolutely nailed the color palette and the design for the Barge.
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Ha! You're right, I have been creating a lot of distressed buildings, but maybe this one has just opened for business. Perhaps I'll do a follow up build where the business has been struggling and the fish tanks are full of algae and the roof has a few missing slates... <Challenge Accepted!>
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As I said on Flickr it's always good to see your creations. I really like the color palette and the facade details.
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Thanks for all the comments guys. I had a lot of fun building this and to get these reactions is awesome! Ha! My plan was to take pictures of the Production area (where the fish are in the crate and on the table) then move the five fish I had back into the ponds and shoot some more pictures. I was going to add one to the fishing line and have the rest swimming around. But I was concentrating so much on getting the shots in focus and avoiding the mosquitoes that I completely forgot until I was uploading to Flickr. I've joined the local LUG group here in Missouri (http://www.kcbricklab.org/) and they have an excellent railway layout that we take to various displays. I've realised that what I had previously been building - the stand-alones and the derelict buildings - are slowly morphing into something more suitable for a group display. And in a rail layout the focus is predominantly on the trains, but the really interesting stuff is happening in the background where you can be a bit more subversive. So I can sneak in the graffiti, the breweries, the drunks and the dirty laundry and whatever else I can think of. It's fun when members of the public notice the details; the kids love it and the adults smile. (I'll move the Production area outside the main building for the public displays so that it can be seen)
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MOC: Fish Farm I was recently challenged to find a type of business that no-one had tried before. It's surprisingly difficult, but after scouring through Google and Flickr and a bunch of other sites I think I found one and I'd like present my Fish Farm! It's situated in a converted warehouse at the end of a branch line. And the Fish are raised in three ponds at the side. The Dog is clearly interested in what's going on inside the building. The produce is placed in the Refrigerated Train Car. One final shot. Thanks for reading! Comments, criticism and ridicule (and links to other Fish Farms much appreciated).