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I didn't take many pictures during building unfortunately. The lamp posts were drilled out 1/8" with a drill press, went pretty easy. From there the 3mm leds were wired and slipped in from the top and nested right onto the stud, no modifications needed to the clear globes. As for running the wires I sliced off a sliver of plastic on the underside of the tiles and ran the wires in that channel. All hidden, all flush.

I will try and get a pic later, but yes the lamp posts are all drilled clean through. Wires are run inside the lamps and under the grey plates and above the baseplates, no wires visable.

No, they are run off the rechargeable PF battery but they are not the LEGO brand lights. I do have a set... well I did anyway before I cannibalized them for their connector. The Lego lights are extremely dim and really have nowhere near enough output. I had thought about doing Lifelites but thought I'd have a crack at it myself. In the end I used 3mm flat-top LEDs, flat to give them a 180 degree angle. One in each lamp and two in each floor of each building. They fit perfectly into on which I placed clear cheese slopes for the bottom floors and orange slopes for the living quarters for a warmer feel. As for the HOTEL sign, I had to re-design it slightly to have the E and L face the opposite direction. The way I have it displayed I wanted the sign flipped so it is forwards for the way it's seen most of the time. The LED's on this were surface mount for circuitboards, they were glued on and wired in parallel as shown in following picture. The white 1x that covers these was hollowed out to give room and glued in place. That's the only glue used in the project aside from gluing the 3mm leds into bricks.

In anticipation of the next addition to the street at the end of this month I thought I'd do a little modifying and wake up my street a little bit. The pictures can do the talking. Daylight Nightlife

Sign me up! :)

My quick attempt at Wall-e. Sorry for poor pics

Found this little guy tearing around my town today. I present to you, the Go-Cart Trooper:

I hear you. I had to start finding a way to organize my manuals. I have a bookshelf with a few binders like this on it: (pardon poor cellphone pics)

Finished for now. Will think of a roof design another day.

Wow, I'm liking it! :) Love the little details like the shower head. :D

Last pics for awhile, promise... just really handy having insight while building. Bedtime here in the States, so goodnight to all. Btw, it is at $95 USD right now! And the walls still need to be built, not to mention the roofing! Changes include: stairs gone, new floors, re-built bookshelves, fireplace, moved seating, night drop box for books instead of front window by door.

No real reason. Went ahead and fixed it. Tore out the floor, remade the shelves and changed the color, and added a night drop-box window where the front right window was. Will do a picture after more work is done. Feel bad just flooding the thread with a picture for any little change.

Sorry for all the pics... just having fun. :) Think I came up with a good looking cheap way to make alot of books. Plus there's a surprise book in there!

Thanks for the comments. Rethought the two floor idea, the price of bricks is just going to be way too high. So one floor it is. Took out staircase, in it's place I will add more of a seating area w/fireplace. I'm not crazy about the floor, trying to think of other ideas. Oh and I borrowed some ideas like the rack of mugs, hope nobody minds!

Hi there, this is my first post and well... this is the first model I am trying out in LDD. Cool little program! Anyway I'm trying my hand at making a bookstore for my city with a small cafe attatched. I am far from completed but so far this is what I have and I was hoping for any opinions and pointers? Things are just roughly in place now. The nook in the corner will be the coffee bar. Oh and yes it will be two stories tall.