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Re: Café 361 open for business again!
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 20 May 2002 08:31:32 GMT
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> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > So, here it is. This is the earliest Lego set I ever remember having - the
> > <set:361> Café with Baker's Van. I must have been about four years old when
> > I had this. Now see my new version at:
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.j.railton/town/index.html
> > LMKWYT - or if you've got any old sets you'd like to update. Better yet,
> > let LEGO themselves know. I'm sure there's plenty of scope for new releases
> > here.
In lugnet.town, Pedro Silva writes:
> Well, I love it! My highlights would be the SNOT sign and the TV outside (I
> hope the weather is sunny, otherwise everyone will miss the WC ;-)
> The PTC is very finely modelled, congratulations for it as well.
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> Now, if I were to customize a set... my first choice would be that old Coast
> Guard Base (back from the time of the "stiffies"), which I'd turn into an
> oil rig. There might be room for a "doubling" in size, whilst keeping the
> proportions similar. Picture a 64 x 64 studs base with a giant oil rig on
> top of it... mmmm... :-)
Funny you should say that, because that was one of my inspirations. Did you
know that the <set:369> from 1976 was updated to <set:575> in 1977 to
accommodate minifigs, and to suit the US market?
If you want to do an oil rig, why not start with <set:373_1>? Get the
instructions from Brickshelf and start modifying!
Personally, I wouldn't make it any bigger unless you're forced to.
Admittedly that café is 5 plates taller than the original (to take the new
door), but the floorplan is still the same. OK, to be completely honest, I
tried to make it one stud longer, to fit a post in between the front window
and the larger door, but then the roof wouldn't work.
If I could have found the 1x6x2 fake-shuttered white window for the back, I
probably wouldn't have bothered with the back door either. The brickwork is
completely re-arranged too. There weren't any 1x3 or 2x2 corner bricks then
(I guess that's how come I have so many yellow 1x1s for my cement wagons),
but there are in that one. At least all the garden chairs are in the same
places.
> Keep up with the renovations; I'm very curious to see what you will achieve!
I do have plans for another, but I'm keeping that under wraps as I may not
have enough of a particular brick. I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for your kind comments, and best of luck with yours.
Jason J Railton
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