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Not quite, actually it is this one: But I guess the flexible hose could work as well, although it might bend when you put too much stress on it.

Thanks Ecclesiastes and lightningtiger, I'm glad you like it. That's an interesting view, I haven't seen it from this perspective yet. Also, minifig equipment is my secret passion, as you can see from all my other mocs

I added the LDD file for a new MOC, the heavy rescue: Download link can be found in the first post.

V-LF-15E Hello everybody, I'd like to share with you a MOC I had sitting around almost finished for about 3 months now, and that I last week finally took the time for to finish and take some pictures. So here it is: a european heavy rescue fire truck, based on Mercedes Actros and with a back mounted integrated crane. You can find pictures of my inspiration here. I think of all my builds so far, it is the most detailed, and I spent much more time designing it in LDD than using actual bricks to put it together. Especially for the driving cabin and the windshield I tried many different variations before I settled for one. I found this particularly difficult because I didn't want to use one of the generic Lego windshields (I somehow dislike them). I also used larger wheels than on my previous models, and I think they actually work quite well with this kind of large truck. Please let me know what you think of it and if you have any criticism, suggestions or questions. Enjoy! You can find my LDD file for the model in this thread later on. As you can see, there is more than one use case for the crane: Bertha had to be rescued from a pit again!

I guess I'm late to the party, but let me just say that all those creations are really stunning! That fire truck is my favourite (naturally), followed closely by your take on the iconic VW camper. I just recognized the 50's 60's gas station from your mega moc on flickr, I really loved that one when I first saw it. Keep it coming, there's so much great inspiration in your mocs. Now I really feel the need to find some time for building again...

11) The Fisherman's Surprise (Clockwork Robot) Entry (Build by JackJonespaw) 1 Point 14) Raph's Shack (Mechanic) Entry (Build by Tommi) 1 Point 15) Through the Wormhole (Celtic Warrior) Entry (Build by Space Terrapin) 1 Point Good luck!

30) Alien Entry (Build by Oky) 1 Point 31) Sleepyhead Entry (Build by watersnap) 1 Point 39) Bandit Entry (Build by Diidy) 1 Point Great builds everyone!

Hi Bregir, welcome to the site, I think that's a very solid modular build you introduced yourself with. The front facade is nicely detailed and pleasant to look at. The flowers at the window are a nice touch. However, I'm not so fond of your use of the brown log pieces. Their texture implies a wall of vertical wooden beams, which I think looks a bit odd with such a town house. I also think that the blue and yellow colors don't match that well with the rest, the colors lack a bit of cohesion imo. But overall definitely a very nice build, especially considering it's your first MOC and you probably had a limited amount of bricks to chose from. Would be nice to see some more angles of it. You can upload more pictures to flickr or brickshelf (you need to create an account there first) and then link to them from your post. See here for a nice tutorial on this. Edit: here is another tutorial on how to upload images to brickshelf.

Like everyone else already said, that's wonderful work! I really like your approach of a modern style modular. It's a welcome change from the style of art nouveau, neo classical and the like we see with most other modulars. My favourite detail are those plate-built walls, they add a lot to the building's appearance.

Well to be honest I don't have a clue about Australia, let alone Australia in the 50s, but I do think that tram No. 1 and 4 look pretty nice and would both match your street scene. Colorwise I would also go with those, i.e. brown or reddish brown as the main color.

Hi BLUscout, it's nice to have you aboard! And don't worry about yourself too much, this site is about Lego and what you and others do with it, not about your writing skills

Well hello there XXLrocka, I hope you'll have a fun time here at EB! Don't forget to check out the non-bionicle / non-hero factory parts of the site from time to time, it'll be worthwhile. Enjoy your tea ice cream

Welcome at EB Maurice. Should you ever be bored of just collecting those nice little bricks, then definitely try your hands at some MOCing, it's the best thing you can do

Welcome Johan, enjoy your stay at Eurobricks! No surprise the modular buildings brought you back to Lego, if it wasn't for them, my own coming out of the dark ages might just have been followed by another dark age (btw., I agree with your wife, Green Grocer is the best modular to date).

Those traffic lights and the kiosk are very well done, I like them. You should definitely scatter some of those kiosks around your streets. About the roads, did you consider brick building them with snot technique instead (like in this thread)? This way you just need black/white bricks and plates, which might save you some money compared to all the tiles for your current approach. Just a thought, not sure how feasible this really is since I don't have any experience with it myself.

Getting better and better LT, great work! Interesting to see that you found some good use for one of those bulky corner pieces on your milk bar. I like the chewing gum merchandiser, looks very realistic with the stickers. About the tram, I don't think that you'll have to swap brown for green, your color-combo should work fine imo. If any, I would swap white for some sand green, since there is already a large amount of white in the whole scene (but I guess you could also argue to keep some white in the tram because of this, so it'll go along well with the rest of the street). edit: spelling

Sounds awesome, I would definitely pay a visit. Will there be guided tours to the attic?

Great creations Farnheim, I think I like the tank truck even better than your trailer. It's amazing how many details you put into your 4wide vehicles. It always strikes me a bit unexpected, because I remember the 4wide vehicles from the 80s/90s to be rather plain.

Oh, so it's finally here, I was waiting for this one. I love that building, the colors are going together very well! I especially like the fact that you didn't build everything symmetrically. The different balconies and the bay window on either side make it look much more interesting. It's also the first modular corner building I remember seeing that does not have the main entrance located at the corner. And of course the lift is an excellent addition, very compact design that doesn't take away much space from the individual floors. Lastly a word of critique: I think the placing of the fountain in the back is a bit odd, it feels too much tacked on there. Two questions that I have: 1. Are you going to add interiors at some point? 2. What in the world is a Pumpkin Factory?

Welcome jFox! I'm sure you'll have a fun time here at Eurobricks, and as you'd expect, there is a large Star Wars crowd here as well (larger than any other crowd on EB I think). Props to you for starting out by bricklinking a UCS Falcon, no surprise that your wallet didn't appreciate it (and for that reason I don't think I will ever dare it). And I too had to look up some words when I came out of my dark ages (AFOL, FFOL, TFOL, KFOL? ) I found it fascinating to see that so many people share the same pattern of entering and eventually leaving their so called 'dark ages'. Sounds like a nice job you have there .

Hi Quinn, welcome back from the shadows, I see you've been around here much longer than I have, so what else can I say. Regarding your question, there is no special 'Cuusoo' section or thread on the forums that I know of. As it is now, people who posted a MOC on EB simply mention that they put it on Cuusoo and include a link in one of their posts. However, as I understand it, the EB staff does not want people to post their cuusoo creations here on EB just to advertise them. The emphasis should always be on presenting and discussing your MOC, not the fact that you put it on Cuusoo. Things like the western town are an exception and are happening in accordance with EB staff (as I understand it). For further information you might want to look into the discussion thread on a possible Cuusoo index (especially post #6)

I like that house a lot. Something about it reminds me of classic town, maybe it's the plain walls in the front, they don't have so many fancy details like most other modulars. Sometimes less is more! The sliding doors in the kitchen are a very nice touch, just like the book shelf. But I have to admit, I don't like the color of the tiling in the kitchen very much. It looks like someone scattered dozens of slices of cheese all over the floor I think I would prefer a white-lime combo instead, but then you would have to change the color of the furniture as well.

If it's a big truck, these three are also recommendable: 55981c01 55982c02 3482c01 When it comes to trucks, I think scalewise the 6014 is a bit undersized, while the 55981 is a bit oversized, but both work imo. It depends on the model and where you're going with it. For smaller cars and vans, 6014 is the way to go, and you might also want to consider 30027ac01or similar.

Huge compliments to you Konajra, your work is really, really impressive. I have always the biggest respect for people who are building air planes and boats as fantastic as this one, because it's so much harder to build an arbitrary shape from Lego than to build a good looking modular or even a standard truck.

That's what I call a car park, lots of space for all the cars that the city theme mostly consists of. Great work! Did you think of hiding the big PF motor by adding some walls around it? Maybe some advertisement walls or something, that would make it look better and add some more detail at the same time. Also Mr Benn's idea of a staircase is very good, I think every car park has one.