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Re: Last night's Effort
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Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:54:40 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jeff Elliott writes:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I snapped some shots of my half module last night (The one that was an
> empty soccer field at Train2).  As usual, never enough time to do
> everything I want to do, but there's some chance I'll get to sleep
> tonight :)
> 
> 
> First shot is from the track end of the module.  The town is being
> engulfed by a Lego avalanche - my desk gets progressively messier as I
> get faster and more careless and the show looms closer.  In the
> foreground is the blue cinema.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=104723
> 
> 
> A close-up of one of my facade buildings.  I was struggling with how to
> deal with the 8-wide margin between the road and the module edge; this
> is my solution:  It looks like a brownstone, but it's dimesions are
> 16x4.  Yes, 4.  This leaves room for it to be set back from the road, a
> luxury I wouldn't have with a real building.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=104724
> 
> 
> The other facade building, an 18x6 apartment building.  It's yellow; but
> I was shooting without flash at this point, and the incandescent filter
> flattened the yellow.  This building is an attempt at a facade AND
> height compression - it sort of looks like 4 floors, but it's only 20
> bricks tall - first two floors are 6, top two are 4.  I inserted a black
> wall inside so it wouldn't look so shallow, and to make the staircase
> 'disappear' as it went inside.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=104725
> 
> 
> A close-up of the 2-level parking garage. It can hold about 9 or 10 full
> sized-cars, but mostly it livens up the blank back wall of the office
> building.  An alleyway leads out to the street.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=104726
> 
> 
> A 3/4 left angle street scene.  Here you can see the marquee and box
> office of the cinema.  The marquee is wired with fibre optics, but
> they're disappointingly dim.  The office building has a curved front
> which was a nightmare to countour the roof to.  It has support poiints
> for a floor if I get brave tonight.  I'm SURE I'd fill it with office
> furniture, if only I owned more Ice-Cream Girl sets.  In the centre of
> the pic is the bus stop - sorry Jeff VW, but I had to take liberties
> with your design since it was larger than several of my buildings.  This
> one is 5x4x6 bricks tall.  Looks more or less the same.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=104727
Ohhh... I Like it!
And I REALLY like the rounded office building.....

Jeff VW



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  Last night's Effort
 
Hi guys, I snapped some shots of my half module last night (The one that was an empty soccer field at Train2). As usual, never enough time to do everything I want to do, but there's some chance I'll get to sleep tonight :) First shot is from the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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