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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to my
local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered with
prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be santorini
- blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of dizzying
heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what does this
say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at greek restaurants
a lot?
i believed it to be a relatively simple project considering the domes, arches
and curved pieces available, but recreating the steep, winding stairs was not
satisfactory since surrounding the jumper plate steps was next to impossible if
they did not sit at right angles. also frustrating was trying to recreate a
suitable cross for the church dome. scale would not allow me to use most
pieces, so i did without. the most fun was finishing it off with the fishing
boat. true to my mocs, there are no people around. everyone is in church.
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
i believed it to be a relatively simple project considering the domes, arches
and curved pieces available, but recreating the steep, winding stairs was not
satisfactory since surrounding the jumper plate steps was next to impossible
if they did not sit at right angles. also frustrating was trying to recreate
a suitable cross for the church dome. scale would not allow me to use most
pieces, so i did without. the most fun was finishing it off with the fishing
boat. true to my mocs, there are no people around. everyone is in church.
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Maybe they didn’t recognize it without the
cats.
Beautiful stuff!
Marc Nelson Jr.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
i believed it to be a relatively simple project considering the domes, arches
and curved pieces available, but recreating the steep, winding stairs was not
satisfactory since surrounding the jumper plate steps was next to impossible
if they did not sit at right angles. also frustrating was trying to recreate
a suitable cross for the church dome. scale would not allow me to use most
pieces, so i did without. the most fun was finishing it off with the fishing
boat. true to my mocs, there are no people around. everyone is in church.
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I love it! Having been to Thera (now the modern island Santorini), I have to say
that your model really has the right look. Nicely captured with the blue tile
roofs and white domes. But you could have made the cliff a little higher.
Perhaps 20 or 30 bricks at least :) The ride up the switch-backs in a rickety
old bus with no guard rails was one of the scariest things I’ve ever
experienced.
Great model. Micro is just so much fun, isn’t it.
JB
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should.
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enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Maybe they didn’t recognize it without the
cats.
Beautiful stuff!
Marc Nelson Jr.
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thank you. micro cats, now there’s a challenge.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.build.microscale, John Barnes wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I love it! Having been to Thera (now the modern island Santorini), I have to
say that your model really has the right look. Nicely captured with the blue
tile roofs and white domes. But you could have made the cliff a little
higher. Perhaps 20 or 30 bricks at least :) The ride up the switch-backs in a
rickety old bus with no guard rails was one of the scariest things I’ve ever
experienced.
Great model. Micro is just so much fun, isn’t it.
JB
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glad you enjoyed it. i’ve not yet been to greece, but i would imagine it to be
a hair-raising experience to manoeuver through these hairpin bends! a higher
cliff would have been nice, but i’ve heard i have a problem with size and
manageable mocs, so i tried to keep it more compact. i would have created a
much bigger footprint, but i forced myself to cut it back. i’ve been told it’s
supposed to be *micro* which i know doesn’t necessarily mean small, but ... and
yes it’s great fun.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
Hi Deborah that is a sweet micro. And that fishing boat is seriously cute! What
part is that you used for the flotation ring? Is it Clikits or something?
ROSCO
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
Hi Deborah that is a sweet micro. And that fishing boat is seriously cute!
What part is that you used for the flotation ring? Is it Clikits or
something?
ROSCO
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thank you. i never thought i’d like building a mode of transportation so much,
it’s my very first! and that is a clikits ring for the flotation device.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Hi Deborah-
this one stood out for me at BrickFest, I really like the look and feel of it.
Thanks for posting it! -Cyndi
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Cynthia Bradham wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Hi Deborah-
this one stood out for me at BrickFest, I really like the look and feel of
it. Thanks for posting it! -Cyndi
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thanks cyndi, it was a pleasure to meet you at brickfest and to look at the
details in your castle. congrats on winning the award.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i’ve been to
my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered
with prints of “traditional” greek architecture, most of which appear to be
santorini - blue domes, round white buildings, bell towers and stairways of
dizzying heights. few in my lug recognized my first attempt at micro. what
does this say? terrible builder of micro or she doesn’t cook and eats at
greek restaurants a lot?
i believed it to be a relatively simple project considering the domes, arches
and curved pieces available, but recreating the steep, winding stairs was not
satisfactory since surrounding the jumper plate steps was next to impossible
if they did not sit at right angles. also frustrating was trying to recreate
a suitable cross for the church dome. scale would not allow me to use most
pieces, so i did without. the most fun was finishing it off with the fishing
boat. true to my mocs, there are no people around. everyone is in church.
enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Well done Deborah! I still think my favourite part is the boat. Throw a little
SNOT into a MOC and it gets me all excited. I especially like the Clickits stud
joiner as life preserver. You know how much I love Clickits. ;)
J
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Jason Allemann wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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enjoy santorini.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Well done Deborah! I still think my favourite part is the boat. Throw a
little SNOT into a MOC and it gets me all excited. I especially like the
Clickits stud joiner as life preserver. You know how much I love Clickits.
;)
J
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well, thank you. kind words from the new master of micro. must admit that boat
added the eureka factor we’ve talked about. please post about your micro farm.
it must be seen by one and all.
-§ deborah §-
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Hi Deborah,
This microscale town is beautiful. It really makes me want to visit the
original. Probably my favorite individual detail is the little gate you made
with grill pieces, but the color scheme and the overall shape is wonderful.
Bruce
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Hi Deborah,
This microscale town is beautiful. It really makes me want to visit the
original. Probably my favorite individual detail is the little gate you made
with grill pieces, but the color scheme and the overall shape is wonderful.
Bruce
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thank you very much. i too would love to visit the original. it looks like a
haven of peace and tranquility but i’m sure it’s been overrun with tourists.
the gate piece was thrilling to use, because i actually had them in blue! not
many but a few, just enough, i think to replicate the ones i’d seen in the
travel photos. glad you liked the moc.
-§ deborah §-
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