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Hello,
I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
It is here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
So far I have 5 buildings done (they are facades only) and, I think, 5 more
about half way complete. I am particularly pleased with the sand red building
being that the part selection in this color is really limited. The store on the
street level is based on a bakery in my neighborhood called "Cookies". I walk
by it a lot but have never been in, or tasted anything from there. I hear they
have amazing cupcakes. I used to eat baked goods whenever I could but quit a
year or so ago. I indulge on occasion now, but rarely.
Enjoy!
Jonathan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
>
> It is here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
>
> So far I have 5 buildings done (they are facades only) and, I think, 5 more
> about half way complete. I am particularly pleased with the sand red building
> being that the part selection in this color is really limited. The store on the
> street level is based on a bakery in my neighborhood called "Cookies". I walk
> by it a lot but have never been in, or tasted anything from there. I hear they
> have amazing cupcakes. I used to eat baked goods whenever I could but quit a
> year or so ago. I indulge on occasion now, but rarely.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Jonathan
You just get better with every street. The sand red building works really well,
combined with (medium, Mearsk?) blue it gives a really subduded colour balance.
I like the use of the car grills on the black shop front too.
Tim
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In lugnet.town, Tim David wrote:
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You just get better with every street. The sand red building works really
well, combined with (medium, Mearsk?) blue it gives a really subduded colour
balance.
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I totally agree. This pic is simply sublime:
Inspirational!
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, Tim David wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> > and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
> >
> > It is here:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
>
>
> You just get better with every street. The sand red building works really well,
> combined with (medium, Mearsk?) blue it gives a really subduded colour balance.
> I like the use of the car grills on the black shop front too.
>
> Tim
Thanks! Yes, that is Maersk blue on the sand red building. And, glad you
noticed the car grills. I was walking through Soho and noticed that quite a few
of the cornices and architectural features of the older buildings were made of
some kind of metal with silver (and rust) showing where the paint had peeled
off. The car grill was the right fit for that for me.
Thanks again,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Hello,
I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working
on and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
It is here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
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Oh baby, these are schweeet, Jonathan! You certainly take ashcan building to
another level. I can hardly wait to see them all in Detroit and take credit for
them when you are away from the layout;-)
Fantastic job!
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Hello,
I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working
on and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
It is here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
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Oh baby, these are schweeet, Jonathan! You certainly take ashcan building to
another level. I can hardly wait to see them all in Detroit and take credit
for them when you are away from the layout;-)
Fantastic job!
JOHN
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Thanks, John!
Lol!
You do deserve credit, bro. If it we’re for NMRA looming, I would probably
only have built one building in February, rather than all these.
Look for more from me in a couple of weeks. I have two more just about ready to
go. I am really happy with the cornices on these two forth-coming buildings.
Thanks again,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
Lol!
You do deserve credit, bro. If it we’re for NMRA looming, I would probably
only have built one building in February, rather than all these.
Look for more from me in a couple of weeks. I have two more just about ready
to go. I am really happy with the cornices on these two forth-coming
buildings.
Thanks again,
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Sorry, correction: If it were not for NMRA looming . . .
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Thanks, John!
Lol!
You do deserve credit, bro. If it we’re for NMRA looming, I would probably
only have built one building in February, rather than all these.
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Hmmm, well it cuts both ways.... by that logic, if it weren’t for me, you’d have
had a lot more $$$ to spend on your LSO for Valentine’s Day! Your secret’s safe
with me though! :-)
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Look for more from me in a couple of weeks. I have two more just about ready
to go. I am really happy with the cornices on these two forth-coming
buildings.
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To say “I can hardly wait” would be an understatement:-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
>
> It is here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
>
> So far I have 5 buildings done (they are facades only) and, I think, 5 more
> about half way complete. I am particularly pleased with the sand red building
> being that the part selection in this color is really limited. The store on the
> street level is based on a bakery in my neighborhood called "Cookies". I walk
> by it a lot but have never been in, or tasted anything from there. I hear they
> have amazing cupcakes. I used to eat baked goods whenever I could but quit a
> year or so ago. I indulge on occasion now, but rarely.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Jonathan
After finally managing to get a good look (with a quick spotlight) at these I
can finally comment :)
There's far too many lovely details for me to pick them all. My favourite bit is
the studs out on the sand red building. They work so well. I also really like
the dipping and rising row of studs forward 1x1 rounds above the door on the
light yellow building and what I can see of the first floor facade on the dark
orange and black one.
I have to say you keep upping the standard with these things. Please stop it,
you make the rest of us look bad :)
Tim
PS. And what are the numbers?
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> > and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
> >
> > It is here:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
>
> After finally managing to get a good look (with a quick spotlight) at these I
> can finally comment :)
>
> There's far too many lovely details for me to pick them all. My favourite bit is
> the studs out on the sand red building. They work so well. I also really like
> the dipping and rising row of studs forward 1x1 rounds above the door on the
> light yellow building and what I can see of the first floor facade on the dark
> orange and black one.
Thanks! I'm really pleased with the sand red building, myself. I wish I could
photograph black better. There is some nice detail in the first floor facade on
the dark orange building. Plus I was happy to use those huge windows as well.
> I have to say you keep upping the standard with these things. Please stop it,
> you make the rest of us look bad :)
Thanks. :o) Without the community and being inspired by others . . .
>
> PS. And what are the numbers?
Ah, those are building widths by stud. John gave me a certain stud length that
I had to fill on his layout for NMRA. That is my way of keeping track of where I
am. I wanted to build all new buildings for the show rather than bring things
from my layout that were already built.
Thanks again, Tim.
Jonathan
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Looking great! Especially for town MOCs ; ) I’m particularly impresses by all
the built in sculpting detail. Very castle applicable : )
Thanks for sharing and God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.town, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Looking great! Especially for town MOCs ; ) I’m particularly impresses by all
the built in sculpting detail. Very castle applicable : )
Thanks for sharing and God Bless,
Nathan
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Thanks Nathan. I sneak over and look at pictures of other themes now and then
for ideas and to try to keep up to date on parts. ;o)
Thanks again,
Jonathan
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I remember first meeting you and you were so modest about the things you build.
What I see is a great builder! These are no exception! Great work, I liked
seeing them, I am sure they will look great set up at the NMRA 2007.
- Eric
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In lugnet.town, Eric Sophie wrote:
> I remember first meeting you and you were so modest about the things you build.
> What I see is a great builder! These are no exception! Great work, I liked
> seeing them, I am sure they will look great set up at the NMRA 2007.
>
> - Eric
Thanks, Eric. I am looking forward to NMRA. With Ross and John's layout, I
can't go wrong.
Best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
>
> It is here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
>
>
>
> Jonathan
These facades are your best work in terms of the color and proportion. I agree
with pretty much all the prior comments. The detail work combined with the
color combinations result in the most realistic buildings that I have seen with
the possible exception of some of the better structures at Legoland (of course
they have the advantage of the larger miniland scale). I think that perhaps
part of your success is the basing of at least some of your structures on
prototype.
A great job overall and I look forward to seeing them all at NMRA NTS this July.
-Jim
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In lugnet.town, James Garrett wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I added a new folder to my brickshelf account for the buildings I am working on
> > and planning on bringing to Detroit to show on the TCLTC layout in July.
> >
> > It is here:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242451
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
>
> These facades are your best work in terms of the color and proportion. I agree
> with pretty much all the prior comments. The detail work combined with the
> color combinations result in the most realistic buildings that I have seen with
> the possible exception of some of the better structures at Legoland (of course
> they have the advantage of the larger miniland scale). I think that perhaps
> part of your success is the basing of at least some of your structures on
> prototype.
>
> A great job overall and I look forward to seeing them all at NMRA NTS this July.
>
> -Jim
Thanks, very much, Jim. I agree, basing these on prototypes really helps. Also, being around urban environments 24/7 obviously influences what I build.
I am looking forward to NMRA as well and also seeing your recent work in person.
Best,
Jonathan
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These are nicely rendered, Jonathan,
As soon as I saw them, my mind took me back to when I was a kid and my father
was building his HO model railroad. His "downtown" area backdrop was lined with
plastic building facades just like these.
Yours are fantastic! Will you create a painted facade to go behind them?
---Will
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In lugnet.town, Will Chapman wrote:
> These are nicely rendered, Jonathan,
Thanks, Will.
>
> As soon as I saw them, my mind took me back to when I was a kid and my father
> was building his HO model railroad. His "downtown" area backdrop was lined with
> plastic building facades just like these.
I have many fond memories of going to train shows and displays with my dad as a
child as well. If I weren't into lego, I'd be into HO trains. My dad build my
younger brother and myself some tables to display our HO trains on as a kid.
Great times! :o)
>
> Yours are fantastic! Will you create a painted facade to go behind them?
Thanks again. I was thinking about a backdrop. I could paint it right on the
wall, too. I work in book publishing and know many artists and graphic
designers and have actually had a few of them offer to do just that for me.
I think it is just a matter of me putting my mind to it and getting around to
doing it. Which means, I probably won't. :o) I just don't know where the time
goes, but I don't seem to have enough of it.
Thanks again for your nice comments and posting.
Glad you enjoyed the buildings.
Best,
Jonathan
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