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This is a recent MOC of a row of English terraced houses. It's typical of
working class housing from around 1900 as can be found across much of the
Midlands and North of England. See
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/disley/Houses/terraces1.jpg
to start with and http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=237776 for the
other pictures once moderated.
I've been trying to bring some more realism to this kind of building. I've
built it from 1x2 plates, which while they can't mimic the English bond pattern
that would be appropriate, at least give an impression of brickwork. I don't
have a precise piece count but I estimate 5000-7000 pieces. The model is
externally complete, with the windows featuring visible coloured interior walls
and curtains, and then blacked out behind that.
The houses each represent a different current state that such a house might be
in, but it's entirely possible that such a combination might exist in one
street. From left to right, a largely original house (albeit with grey plastic
guttering), a house with replacement uPVC double glazing, a house that has been
painted and had the upstairs window "modernised" perhaps in the 1970s, a house
that has been fire damaged and boarded up pending renovation, and a corner shop
(now serving fast food).
I have a few more minor things to change or add when I get chance, but on the
whole it's just as I planned when I got the bricks a couple of years ago. I've
been rather busy since...
More MOCs to be added online when I get chance. Meanwhile do let me know what
you think.
Al
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| (...) Really well done! I'm always impressed by folks who have achieved a certain look, not just of pure shape but also of texture and colour. Calum (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.town)
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| Hi Alastair, thanks for sharing your architecture creations. I love the way you build these typical houses form England. And you not only did "copy and paste", you added various styles. So life comes into the LEGO bricks. I remember these types of (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| As you already know from the Brickish Association I love these houses. I think they are my favorite MOC of all time. They are definatly the UK equivalent of Jonathan Lopes' seedy city building, but I can relate more to them! Although everyone in the (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.town)
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| Very nice, the brick (as in the 'real' ones ; ) orientation and boarded up windows are great details and the whole street comes across nicely. Thanks for sharing! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) I noticed these yesterday but work got in the way . . . I really like the colors used and the use of plates as well. The smoke effect above the burned out window is really nice. I might give it a try on buildings for my next layout. The Maersk (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.town)
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| Al, Very nicely done, I lived in a house not so unlike these when I was a student in Brighton. This style of house is very boxy and rather plain, which means that it can be replicated very convincingly in LEGO. Your use of 2 by 1 plates really adds (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.town)
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