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This MOC represents a typical early 20th century factory designed by architect [Albert Kahn]. Many such structures were built in Detroit and other cities. (URL) The light gray Lego represents reinforced concrete and the dark red is the brick infill (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Hey, that's cool. My first impression was that it reminded me of the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals. I like the color variation of the red against the grey. Works really well. -Elroy (17 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I love it. It looks just like a factory or industrial-zoned building, which it should. All the roof-top elements are fabulous. I might have gone with another color tile than sand green on the tops of the facade, but that is just me. (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Given the dearth of comments so far I thought I'd add my voice to the appreciative few. I love the windows - I too have acquired many hundreds of those, but I've only used them in 4x4 configurations as many-paned house windows rather than pseudo (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very nice. Like everyone else, I like the block glass effect of the 1x2 windows. The chimney... did you try building it with those 2x4x5 semicircle bricks? Just a thought. By the way, I like the way some of the lights on the sign look brightly (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. By the way, you are thinking of the Battersea power station (1939-) in London which was on the album cover. That would be a cool MOC to do since it is an example of industrial art deco. My building represents a design from 1910-1920. (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments. As for the sand green, I will take a look at my current tile supply. I have to admit that sometimes I just use whatever color is available to get the MOC finished instead of placing yet another bricklink order. In (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Thank you for the input. I have addressed each of your comments below: (...) I agree. I can either replace the white windows with 2x2 trans-black panels (but my Penobscot Building had been using all of those up) or I can use more 1x2 clear bricks; (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I currently only have 2 of those 1/2 cylinder bricks. But I will consider ordering some more. They would provide a much smoother appearance. I ran out of 1x1 white round plates, so I will have to order more if I want to replace any of the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can relate to that-- YABO! :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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