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The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to populate
the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs before but
want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as the investment
in pieces isn’t too huge and you get a chance to really add to what is shaping
up to be a really fantastic layout.
To make things easier – there are two suburban house standards by which everyone
should build to. All you have to do is drop off your MOC and it will fit
perfectly into a network of streets already laid out. Everyone will get a plot
of “land” and a place to call your very own.
So what do you need to build?
Option #1
32 x 32 green baseplate. Optional 6 stud wide driveway to the street, 2 studs
in from the edge (on the right side if you are facing the house from the
street). The cut in the sidewalk will be black tile – but you can make the
driveway any material you prefer. The image below shows an ideal maximum
footprint for the house in yellow (including porches – and the house can be
smaller, of course) and a driveway in black tile. The street is shown for
reference.
Check out some of Steve B’s houses that would fit well on such a lot:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/7002
Option #2
32x48 stud area on green baseplates. 4 stud wide half alley in the back. Your
property will back up to another house and complete an 8 stud wide alley. The
alley should be 2x2 black tile (and if you don’t have enough, let me know and
I’ll bring some extra – thank you PAB wall). All garages or parking in Option
#2 should be off the alley. The attached image shows an ideal maximum footprint
(including porches – and the house can be smaller, of course) for the house in
yellow and the alley in black tile.
Some examples I made of a house on the 32x48 footprint :
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=183181 – cottage with fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2329218 – farm house with no
fence
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2018289 – many houses of this
size together. (some of mine and some from PSLTC)
In any option the house can be any style you want. The goal is to just make
sure that you can plop it down in any area and have it work next to someone
else’s house (so no enormous overhangs!).
VERY Important: You need to notify me what you will be bringing (and how many –
build as many as you like in either or both of the sizes) so I can reserve a
plot of land for you. Also, let me know if you are bringing a house with fences
along the property edge so you don’t get stuck next to someone else with a fence
as well. Have fun Building!!!
Jeff Pelletier
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jpelletier1977
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| (...) this is really really a cool idea. allthough i won't be attending brickfest this year because of brickworld, i think i might take a crack at this. is there any particular reason for the large offsets? i can understand the side offsets as thats (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) I'm planning on bringing my houses, I've seen how cool it is to have a lot of houses in the same scale form a neighborhood. The purpose of my houses is to (URL) make everybody else's look good>. :) GPLR did this for at least one GATS, you can (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| Quick clarification: You will need to bring your own baseplates (whether 32x32 or 32x48 footprints). If you bring the 32x48 footprint please try and include the tiled alley - if you don't have the pieces, let me know, and I'll bring some extra black (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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