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The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to populate
the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs before but
want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as the investment
in pieces isn’t too huge and you get a chance to really add to what is shaping
up to be a really fantastic layout.
To make things easier – there are two suburban house standards by which everyone
should build to. All you have to do is drop off your MOC and it will fit
perfectly into a network of streets already laid out. Everyone will get a plot
of “land” and a place to call your very own.
So what do you need to build?
Option #1
32 x 32 green baseplate. Optional 6 stud wide driveway to the street, 2 studs
in from the edge (on the right side if you are facing the house from the
street). The cut in the sidewalk will be black tile – but you can make the
driveway any material you prefer. The image below shows an ideal maximum
footprint for the house in yellow (including porches – and the house can be
smaller, of course) and a driveway in black tile. The street is shown for
reference.
Check out some of Steve B’s houses that would fit well on such a lot:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/7002
Option #2
32x48 stud area on green baseplates. 4 stud wide half alley in the back. Your
property will back up to another house and complete an 8 stud wide alley. The
alley should be 2x2 black tile (and if you don’t have enough, let me know and
I’ll bring some extra – thank you PAB wall). All garages or parking in Option
#2 should be off the alley. The attached image shows an ideal maximum footprint
(including porches – and the house can be smaller, of course) for the house in
yellow and the alley in black tile.
Some examples I made of a house on the 32x48 footprint :
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=183181 – cottage with fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2329218 – farm house with no
fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2018289 – many houses of this
size together. (some of mine and some from PSLTC)
In any option the house can be any style you want. The goal is to just make
sure that you can plop it down in any area and have it work next to someone
else’s house (so no enormous overhangs!).
VERY Important: You need to notify me what you will be bringing (and how many –
build as many as you like in either or both of the sizes) so I can reserve a
plot of land for you. Also, let me know if you are bringing a house with fences
along the property edge so you don’t get stuck next to someone else with a fence
as well. Have fun Building!!!
Jeff Pelletier
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jpelletier1977
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In lugnet.announce, Jeff Pelletier wrote:
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The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to
populate the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs
before but want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as
the investment in pieces isn’t too huge and you get a chance to really add to
what is shaping up to be a really fantastic layout.
To make things easier – there are two suburban house standards by which
everyone should build to. All you have to do is drop off your MOC and it
will fit perfectly into a network of streets already laid out. Everyone will
get a plot of “land” and a place to call your very own.
So what do you need to build?
Option #1
32 x 32 green baseplate. Optional 6 stud wide driveway to the street, 2
studs in from the edge (on the right side if you are facing the house from
the street). The cut in the sidewalk will be black tile – but you can make
the driveway any material you prefer. The image below shows an ideal maximum
footprint for the house in yellow (including porches – and the house can be
smaller, of course) and a driveway in black tile. The street is shown for
reference.
Check out some of Steve B’s houses that would fit well on such a lot:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/7002
Option #2
32x48 stud area on green baseplates. 4 stud wide half alley in the back.
Your property will back up to another house and complete an 8 stud wide
alley. The alley should be 2x2 black tile (and if you don’t have enough, let
me know and I’ll bring some extra – thank you PAB wall). All garages or
parking in Option #2 should be off the alley. The attached image shows an
ideal maximum footprint (including porches – and the house can be smaller, of
course) for the house in yellow and the alley in black tile.
Some examples I made of a house on the 32x48 footprint :
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=183181 – cottage with fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2329218 – farm house with
no fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2018289 – many houses of
this size together. (some of mine and some from PSLTC)
In any option the house can be any style you want. The goal is to just make
sure that you can plop it down in any area and have it work next to someone
else’s house (so no enormous overhangs!).
VERY Important: You need to notify me what you will be bringing (and how many
– build as many as you like in either or both of the sizes) so I can reserve
a plot of land for you. Also, let me know if you are bringing a house with
fences along the property edge so you don’t get stuck next to someone else
with a fence as well. Have fun Building!!!
Jeff Pelletier
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jpelletier1977
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this is really really a cool idea. allthough i won’t be attending brickfest this
year because of brickworld, i think i might take a crack at this. is there any
particular reason for the large offsets?
i can understand the side offsets as thats typical to the real world but
front and rear offsets are usualy all over the place depending on the town and
even subdivision.
anyway it’s a cool idea.
ondrew
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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there any particular reason for the large offsets?
i can understand the side offsets as thats typical to the real world but
front and rear offsets are usualy all over the place depending on the town
and even subdivision.
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It is mainly so there is enough of a front and back yard so people build
something in these spaces. If you don’t leave the offset then the houses are
too close to each other and there isn’t enough room for yard detail. What
happens, at least in the experiments we’ve done up in the Pacific NW, is that
the scale gets screwed up as there are well scaled houses but the yards don’t
make any sense to what people are used to in the real life.
The spacing makes people think about what has to go in the yard and lets the
houses be further apart and more “suburban”
And by all means, use these ideas as jumping blocks for further ideas.
Jeff
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In lugnet.announce, Jeff Pelletier wrote:
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The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to
populate the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs
before but want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as
the investment in pieces isn’t too huge and you get a chance to really add to
what is shaping up to be a really fantastic layout.
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I’m planning on bringing my houses, I’ve seen how cool it is to have a lot of
houses in the same scale form a neighborhood. The purpose of my houses is to
make everybody
else’s look good. :)
GPLR did this for at least one GATS, you can see the pictures here:
http://www.gplr.org/html/modules/xoopsgallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album06
I highly recommend putting a house together and bringing it. They don’t take
that long, and the cumulative effect of several neighborhoods together will be
pretty stunning.
Kelly
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In lugnet.town, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
LOL ALL you do is give, Kelly! :-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.announce, Jeff Pelletier wrote:
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The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to
populate the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs
before but want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as
the investment in pieces isn’t too huge and you get a chance to really add to
what is shaping up to be a really fantastic layout.
To make things easier – there are two suburban house standards by which
everyone should build to. All you have to do is drop off your MOC and it
will fit perfectly into a network of streets already laid out. Everyone will
get a plot of “land” and a place to call your very own.
So what do you need to build?
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Option #2
32x48 stud area on green baseplates. 4 stud wide half alley in the back.
Your property will back up to another house and complete an 8 stud wide
alley. The alley should be 2x2 black tile (and if you don’t have enough, let
me know and I’ll bring some extra – thank you PAB wall). All garages or
parking in Option #2 should be off the alley. The attached image shows an
ideal maximum footprint (including porches – and the house can be smaller, of
course) for the house in yellow and the alley in black tile.
Some examples I made of a house on the 32x48 footprint :
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=183181 – cottage with fence
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LDR plans for Jeff’s cottage with fence are at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=211011
-dw
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Quick clarification:
You will need to bring your own baseplates (whether 32x32 or 32x48 footprints).
If you bring the 32x48 footprint please try and include the tiled alley - if you
don’t have the pieces, let me know, and I’ll bring some extra black 2x2 tile.
Thanks,
Jeff
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I’ll be binging 9 houses! They are already built just some simple base plate
mods required...
Here’s some pics from my MOC pages: six unique...
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/7002
and three simple “company” houses...
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/7071
SteveB
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In lugnet.town, Steven Barile wrote:
Wow, are you hiring a moving company to get these houses, plus 300 train MOCs,
and who knows what else to the convention center?
Bruce
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In lugnet.town, Steven Barile wrote:
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I’ll be binging 9 houses! They are already built just some simple base plate
mods required.> and three simple “company” houses...
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Steve,
What size footprint are the houses going to be on? The 32x32 without alley or
the 32x48 with alley?
Thanks,
Jeff
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I have been putting them down on 32x32. No alley. Is this goning to mess
anything up? SteveB
In lugnet.town, Jeff Pelletier wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Steven Barile wrote:
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I’ll be binging 9 houses! They are already built just some simple base plate
mods required.> and three simple “company” houses...
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Steve,
What size footprint are the houses going to be on? The 32x32 without alley
or the 32x48 with alley?
Thanks,
Jeff
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In lugnet.town, Steven Barile wrote:
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I have been putting them down on 32x32. No alley. Is this goning to mess
anything up? SteveB
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Either size is fine, I just need to know how big they are for space planning.
By the way, the 32x48 format is 32 wide and 48 deep (to answer your question
from the other day which I never got back to!)
Jeff
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