Hoexbroe Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Layout Hi everybody, I´ll present you my biggest MOC (or collection of MOCs) ever; The CITY diorama of the ficticious french town of "Royville" anno 1967. This diorama was originally prepared for the 5th annual HispaLUG gathering in Madrid, December 2011. Unfortunatly I did not make it to the exhibition because of my job, so these photos are from a test-setup in my basement. *** First off; an art-deco petrol station; *** Second; Cachin Motors. A Citroën specialist workshop and sales office, -but the skilled mchanics will take on ANYthing; As mentioned, for the people working here, their job is also their hobby; *** Next, the Hotel Chat Noir. Famous especially for its fine dining and excentric chef... The likeness with the statue is striking... Two guests hurry away, as the famous chef is known to be rather full of himself, and can drag on and on and on with his tales, once he has "tried" the brandy (supposedly for cooking) too many times... *** Then we´ll have to cross the main road, to get to Rue de la Gare; *** Last building to be presented here is Royville train station; Street-side; *** Here´s some photos of the trains giving service to Royville. All 7-wide and using RC+PF; The X-3800 railbus. Also known as "Picasso"; A 131 from SNCF; Dont forget the VIDEO of the trains running around; *** Some more random shots; *** Some overview photos; *** Technical data; The MOC is 4 meters long and 1,2 meters wide. The decoration counts some 70 minifigs. There are 19 historic vehicles. One straight-road baseplate was cut in half, in order to facilitate a more flexible city-design. (Please dont hate me ) The names Royville, Cachin and Chat Noir are of course in honour of the model railroad masters Astrid Cachin and Marcel Darphin´s fantastic 0-scale layouts. That is all! Merry X-mas and happy new year. Quote
JopieK Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Really, really cool! It must have costed you quite some time! Esso Station is nice, but a lot of the other details are evenly astounding.The hidden backloop is also very nice! It is of course done very often in model railroad worlds and works out very well here. Quote
brickie Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Fantastic. I love all the detail. Well done. Quote
EM4CZ Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Hi, nice town, you have more photos of Citroën tow truck ? You also have the fire department ? Quote
lightningtiger Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Like AWESOME work 'Hoexbroe', that Esso servo is one of the finest art deco Lego creations I have ever scene (even if some bricks were out-of-alignment ). Your scenery there is among your finest yet.....Brick On 'Hoexbroe'.....oh, I just that Esso sign ! Quote
L@go Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 An absolutely stunning diorama, and a lovely home for all your excellent vehicles. I have to say that the yellow hot rod is a very nice new acquaintance! The buildings are top notch, and I really like that Esso station. And with all the minifigs there's so much life in the scene. Fabulous! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 This huge landscape is better than Legoland! Very top work! I especially love the hotel! Quote
McBuddha Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 This is just too much to take in! The Stork is brilliant, the piano transport, the ESSO sign, the organ-grinder, the Police Citroën, the... the... the... EVERYTHING! I salute you Hoexbroe! :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote
Hoexbroe Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks (to all of you!) Really, really cool! It must have costed you quite some time! Esso Station is nice, but a lot of the other details are evenly astounding.The hidden backloop is also very nice! It is of course done very often in model railroad worlds and works out very well here. Actually... I *AM* a model railroader first and foremost! Some of my crazy project can be seen here; Model railroad Hi, nice town, you have more photos of Citroën tow truck ? You also have the fire department ? Actually... It´s supposed to be a Renault. But never mind... Hehe. Additional photos can be found here; Brickshelf -No; no fire department. Yet... Like AWESOME work 'Hoexbroe', that Esso servo is one of the finest art deco Lego creations I have ever scene (even if some bricks were out-of-alignment ). Your scenery there is among your finest yet.....Brick On 'Hoexbroe'.....oh, I just that Esso sign ! Thanks. I was very sad when I discovered some of the damages on the petrol-station. That´s what happens when you allow projects sit around for 6 minths. I´m glad you like it anyway. Quote
RedGiant Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Just before I entered EB today I thought to myself; "Wonder when that Hoexbro guy will post something again"... and here it was! Great build! You made this day a good day!!! Quote
Hoexbroe Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Just before I entered EB today I thought to myself; "Wonder when that Hoexbro guy will post something again"... and here it was! Great build! You made this day a good day!!! Heh... Thanks. The job has kept me away from my Lego for some time now. I would say "half around the world", but in reality it´s only like a quarter around the world. Anyway I´m sure you get the idea... Unfortunatly I will have to go back there after new years eve... Quote
EM4CZ Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Actually... It´s supposed to be a Renault. But never mind... Hehe. Additional photos can be found here; Brickshelf -No; no fire department. Yet... Your model is similar to Citroen T46, you have a LDD file ? Quote
chrk82 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 It's amazing!!!! Excellent!!! :cry_happy: Quote
F0NIX Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 This is just marvelous! I like all the buildings and the cars. You even got a talent for photographing them to look very realistic too. Quote
RedGiant Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 The job has kept me away from my Lego for some time now. Tell me about it... Quote
cimddwc Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 What could I do but agree with the others - really an amazing setup with all these houses, cars, details,... Quote
Vindicare Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Amazing! It's so great I'm willing to overlook the butchering of a street baseplate. I could sit all day looking at this and still not see all the details. Any plans to make it bigger? Quote
Legoman of War Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 As a fan of 50's style garages and gas stations (hot rods are my other hobby) I can truly appreciate yours. They ae great. The yellow hot rod is outstanding as well! Great work. LMW Quote
Rick Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I've been looking at the pictures on flickr, but somehow I missed this topic right here on EB. Brilliant work. I really like how 'alive' the whole display is. Quote
Hoexbroe Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Your model is similar to Citroen T46, you have a LDD file ? You are right. Maybe you can find a Renaul which look even mor similar¿? hehe. Unfortunatly I dont use computers to help design and build, so no LDD file. Amazing! It's so great I'm willing to overlook the butchering of a street baseplate. I could sit all day looking at this and still not see all the details. Any plans to make it bigger? Thanks! No plans to keep it or make it bigger, but I DO want to reuse the blue sky-wall. It can be extended from the current 10 road-plates to a maximum of 13 plates. Quote
sonicstarlight Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I love everything about this! It was hard to pick a favorite part, but that Art Deco petrol station is simply wonderful. You've captured the era perfectly - blogged on Brick Town Talk Quote
Hoexbroe Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 I've been looking at the pictures on flickr, but somehow I missed this topic right here on EB. Brilliant work. I really like how 'alive' the whole display is. Yeah, the Eruobrick presentation was delayed because I had to resize some of the pics to 800. Sorry! I´m glad you like it, and thanks for the blog! I love everything about this! It was hard to pick a favorite part, but that Art Deco petrol station is simply wonderful. You've captured the era perfectly - blogged on Brick Town Talk Thanks. Especially coming from a master of the Art Deco style himself! -And thanks for the blogging! Quote
Selander Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Fantastic to see your high quality work in a complete scenary. Good idea with those background cardboards as well. Quote
Gioppa Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Wondeful!! :thumbup: I love all the vintage care you have made And all the details in the houses...Amazing!! Quote
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