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Its a good house. I like the glass around the front door, but I think the proportions around your windows are off, particularly the front. There is traditionally more wall space below the window than above.

Not necessarily, even though it does use more parts (I'm assuming) than an official set this is a good example of how you can package all those things onto a 32 baseplate, and it was done with two floors, not three. To be fair, I wouldn't have thought it possible either.

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I had never heard of the Steinwinter before, crazy. I must say that I like your vans the most, with the MPV having a really good front.

Now that I see the larger pics, it looks great. One thing however, unless everything that isn't paved is dirt or landscaping mulch you should try work in some green for grass.

I just noticed Frankenstein getting his head out of the trashcan around back. LOL.

From the minifig's perspective, I'm sure that's what I appear to be while operating the lift. I was planning on fudging and either not having the lift or not having the stairs but figured that would be as weird as a building without a bathroom. I tried several solutions for the lift and this was the one which used the least amount of space. The elevator doesn't stick out as much because the channel is built into the 2-stud thick wall. An earlier version had bricks at the outside corners to hold the floor in place, but those occupied too much interior space; this one uses to stay in the 1x4 channel I created and the red 1x8 tiles fill up the additional space. It stays in place due to friction, the weight of a fig and bike is enough to press the handle against the tile. This provides enough of a lip so I can move the lift up and down. With your larger footprint, I'm sure you could make a more robust elevator that works for larger cars.

The English expression is "Hats off to you!"

Thanks, I'll fix that. The other side is fine however.

Thank you. I've been plesantly surprised by the entries thus far. Its going to be a hell of a competition.

I agree about the front window as I've always been fascinated by modern renovations of old buildings; where the two styles are integrated. As far as how the floors connect, there is a L-shaped 2x2 dark blue plate at each of the front corners, which also secures the top of the removable facade in place. I also have some 2x? plates bracing the undeside of the floors and they are 2 studs away from the sides and 1 stud away from the back. Both methods do a good job of locking everything in place. I decided that since I hardly look at the back I would accept a bit of a messy color combination in exchange for the interior working well with the wall bricks matching the wallpaper colors. I didn't intend for it to be a corner building, but it could be one, I like the way the alley looks as opposed to an open side. But as you said, if you wanted it as a corner building you could move one dumpster to that open back area. It would even give Mickey, the shop mascot, a place to sleep.

There are some modern bikes, like the Triumph Bonnevilles, Buell XBs, and BMW F800s, that have right-side chain, some vintage bikes had them as well, and I suppose this shop could be selling those bikes. Now that you mention it, I'm not sure why I didn't put the pipe on the right and chain on the left. Just something that slipped through production. I guess that's why Lego employes people to check stuff like that.

Like adult dipers, it depends. I usually keep sets on display for a couple of months. I usually break the next one down before I build the new big set that I want to display. The smaller, system-scale sets get broken down for parts, but my larger UCS & D2C sets are broken down, bagged and placed in a big tub. Very few MOCs have been broken down, but that's due to them being smaller things. I photograph and make LDD versions of my MOCs so if I break them down I can always make them again. One of the reasons I break them down is so I can enjoy building a big set without having to spend any money.

Great details and a beautiful color scheme.

B-OM-21B My original idea was for the most masculine/macho building in town. With a garage, steak & bbq restaurant, kick boxing studio, gun range, and a Jacuzzi on the roof; but I decided to simplify so here we have a motorcycle dealership. Lets start with the female manager doing a smokey burnout and a punk kid at the only working payphone in town. The utilities control box is to its right. ----- Now for some exterior shots, this building was an old warehouse that's been rennovated. The service bay, with brick build doors, is down a narrow alley. The alley isn't in the best shape (looks like someone has been doing burnouts in the alley as well); the city's budget is stretched so there is no money to repave it. The alley also has two dumpters, which are usually full of rusted parts, boxes, and also meet the rules requirements of having technic connectors on both sides. The brick-built shutters do close when pushed together. ----- Around back we have the stairs leading up to the second-floor showroom and the HVAC system that feeds the first-floor service bay. There's also a small patch of wild growth outback with Mickey-the-rat, the shop mascot. The new owners wanted to brick in both sets of windows on the side, but the Fire Marshall said they had to have fire escape access so they left two alone (the fire escape windows are offset in half a stud and align with the vertically-striped interior walls). ----- Lets take a look at the service level, clockwise from the left we have the elevator used to move bikes from the service bay to the second-floor showroom (you didn't think they would hump them up the stairs did you?); a dyno to tune the bikes; emergency fire equipment; vents for the HVAC I mentioned before; a poster of a cute girl on a Guzzi cafe racer; a back room under the stairs for Harry Potter... I mean the coffee maker and bathroom; the workbench with tools, drill press, radio and service manuals, and a coke vending machine (although you can't see it, I'm using a string-piece and a jumper plate to simulate the vending machine being plugged in). I removed parts of the overhead door rails for this photo. The interior walls still have their original brickwork even though the outside of the building was repainted. You can see the blue bricks that give the back of the phone booth its color. ----- On to the second floor showroom. We have two more brick built bikes, bringing the total to four. You can get either the regular two-up version, or the racier sportbike with the solo seat. The red display platforms are on turntables so you can angle them any way you want. You also have the manager's office with table, clock radio, and register. Being that the manager is female, she decided to put up pleasing wallpaper, if she had left it up to the men the walls would have been covered with newspaper clippings and old Farah Fawcett posters. ----- The third floor is where the real money is made...accessories. On the wall there are different handlebars, exhaust pipes, and custom bodywork. On the floor is a high performace front end so you can upgrade your suspension and some helmet displays. While I didn't intend this to be a corner building, with a little modification it could. In my gallery you can also see how the alley and the dumpsters integrate with other modulars. Even though it is a little taller than the Grand Emporium, its still shorter than the Town Hall. I have more and bigger pics on the Flickrs. Fun Fact: I was going to use BrickForge scooters until they said no 3rd part bricks; which is why I brick-built the bikes. PS. On Cuusoo.

Its alright if you like that kind of thing...luckily I do.

They said the prizes will be announced after Brickworld. Just be patient and it will happen.

I also like that it feels like three buildings. I do think it would have been cool to make the front of the left side that darker brown.

Well they have to have something for next year.

"Nice design! I would like also to see this in real bricks, and I'm sure you want too ;) Just a small remark: aren't the masts too high? Great job, as always!" - MOC Pages Perhaps you are grumpier on here because it seems like you can muster a compliment or two on MOC Pages. :D

I think you need to make this as versatile as possible so if someone buys several of these, to really round out their layout, they don't just end up with repititions of the same trees. I think there should parts nad instructions to make the big trees, or even more smaller ones. I think this would mean including extra trunk parts as well, and extra parts are always useful. If you include outdoor furniture, the parts should be able to make more than one kind of bench, or two chairs instead of benches. Approach it form a Creator POV rather than a city POV.

I particularly like the round part, shame there is no way to put a patio on top of it. One small detail, the storm drain grille pieces need to be against the light-bley curb, not separated from it.

Customer service loves hearing things like "Let me know when you get your act together." That's the kind of thing that makes them rush to help you. /s

I like the page showing all the sets together in a brick built diorama. Reminds me of the old catalogs.

I'm hoping for something like a motorcycle shop. You could probably integrate it in a modular building in interesting ways.