Rufus

This is superb! The detail on the portico is beautiful - do you have any close-up pictures? Frontpaged!

Eurobricks member Marckeyh brings us this fantastic enormous MOC of the Royal Palace Brussels! Take a closer look at this masterpiece in the Special Themes Forum!

Wonderful! You've caught the look perfectly with a relatively simple build.

CREATOR houses and their reviews will still be indexed here, linking to the Town forum, and I will still include news about the houses in the first post of this thread - this is to make it easier for people to find them, at the expense of some duplication. I'm not going to complain if people want to discuss them here (for example to compare to other non-house sets of the CREATOR line).

No. I've removed the extraneous and spam links, but somehow I don't think the other links are put in to be helpful. Please don't make me have to do this again.

Please use Personal Messenger for this sort of thing. Thanks!

Very useful tutorial! I will move this to the MCW where decal production lives.

The LEGO Architecture Wishlist already exists. Will merge.... ... and done.

Not a traditional Brick-flick, perhaps, but it's awesome. You are very talented!

Chapter Three: 918 One-Man Space Ship 3.3: The Result Mostly, 918 just needed a jolly good clean. I replaced a few missing parts with other 80s bricks I had acquired during the projects (mostly blue bricks from where I had modified the original), but the blue 4x4 plate was badly discoloured and replaced, and the missing 1x2 grey plates are back now. I've used new parts for the four transparent 1x1s; the blue CS slope is of course a much better replacement. I've included comparison pictures here, unfortunately not always from the same angle! Click the thumbnail for a larger image. Lil' Rufus's custom decals have thankfully gone! The set looks much better now. The 3x6 trans-yellow slope hasn't come up as nicely as I'd have liked; I gave it a wipe immediately before taking this picture which makes it look a little worse than it is, but I'm still trying to find a better way to restore these parts as good replacements are near-impossible to come by. One of the rear wedge plates had to be replaced as the original snapped when I took it apart. This is the danger inherent in handling old LEGO. You may also notice that I've put the grey doors on the right way round this time. It's lovely to see the Classic Space badge in such good condition: I've searched long and hard for these parts - I have a sizeable collection of rejects which weren't as nice as advertised. :hmph_bad: You might also notice that the nearside wing wedge is a slightly darker tone than the front ones; cleaning them up has made this more obvious. I don't know whether this is an age effect or a difference in the original colour; it isn't too obvious in the flesh. The pronged 1x2 plate at the front is a little darker too; I might see if I can dig out a matching replacement with the mid-mounted prongs as featured in the early releases of this set. The underside didn't need much work! A good clean was sufficient here. I always loved the way this ship used a low-set base to accommodate the figure (I remember even as a kid knowing that you needed three bricks' and two plates' height to fit a seated spaceman!) I think this figure is one of the ones I acquired in the Doodz interlude a couple of pages back: He's got a lovely logo, and the joints are all nicely stiff. Classic Space Restoration Project: End of Part One I'm really pleased with how these three classic matching sets have turned out. I can't begin to tell you how much the project cost - mostly because I wasn't simply buying a few replacement parts, but hunting around for anything I though might be useful for Classic Space restoration or possible future MOCs. I have found that replacing generic parts isn't too difficult, whereas reliably cleaning the parts is hit-or-miss and frequently quite disappointing - so it's generally easier to replace parts if they are discoloured or damaged. The exceptions are the CS-logos, and especially the trans-yellow slopes, which are almost impossible to acquire in a guaranteed good condition. Classic Space Restoration Project will now take an intentional break. I will be restoring many more smaller sets from this early wave, and will post these from time to time; I will also restore some larger, later sets, for which I'll probably use a new thread. I'm also likely to do some reviews of those sets which are already in good condition ... but I'm not making any promises as to timescale. I hope you've enjoyed the project so far! Rufus 'Niner-one-eight, make best speed to Regula One!' 'Roger, Mission Control. Setting gas mark six.'

Welcome to EB, Capcomize! I'll move your introduction to the Introductions forum. Have fun! ... Someone already has.

Right click on the picture, select 'Medium 800' (the maximum picture size allowed here); right click on the resulting image and select 'Copy image location'. Insert into image tags: [img=http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/12075398606_9ae70f1d51_c.jpg] And post. Normally I would direct you to the tutorials in my signature, but I looked at your flickr and thought I should help you out. Please post some pictures of that amazing bridge! Might need a separate topic.

Title edited to clarify the subject matter. Carry on!

Be careful - it's rather addictive! Sounds like a good deal! ebay is rather hit-and-miss, I've found; I avoid the ebay parts stores, bulk buys can be good, especially for generic 80s parts; you've been lucky indeed to get figures with good logos!

The cones should be ok, and the plate will be easy - but the antenna piece is rare and can be pricey. Good luck! I'm glad the thread inspired you! Restoration can be very satisfying. Actually the delay wasn't due to restoration taking time. I had this set ready ages ago - and thought I'd taken photos, so I took the sets apart because I needed the space. Turns out I hadn't taken pictures ... and when taking the set apart, one of the 8x4 wedge plates snapped. That's the peril of old LEGO. So the whole project went on the back burner for a while. I have that set. It doesn't need much restoration - it was one of the later sets I acquired, when I had learned to look after my LEGO. You'll have your work cut out to restore it, though, if it's been in a classroom for some time! Be sure to share some pictures of your restorations! And yes, I'm excited about 929 too.

I don't think so. The newer tracks come as two rails and four sleepers (three whole and two halves) as a single mold, which connect via clips at each end: I cannot think of a way you could connect these to the 1980s 12v track. You could run 7740 on the new rails, of course, but you'd need to replace the 12v motor with a modern one (I've not tried, but if I remember 7740 correctly I think it could be done).

Oooh, that's really nice! I love the dragon in the store, and the olive green roof. But the highlight for me is the SNOT wooden floor - what a great way to do floorboards.

Please keep personal discussions just that - personal. Stay on topic! Thanks.

I thought the same - but as I said in the review, they can be really useful for sculptures. And even if that's not what you're building, they make great filler for larger MOCs. No, but I've got the LEGO Digital Designer file: Parrot.lxf Hope that helps! Warning: it's a little fragile around the tail area.

Walter! Great to see you back and building. I'm not the biggest TIE fan in the world, but these look superb - I'm looking forward to seeing one in real brick. I admire your patience building all these digitally! Which software do you use?

Lovely, sharp pictures! I bought this set on sale recently from Shop@Home, mainly because it's such a good parts pack. I just built it, and have to say I was really quite impressed. There are a load of great play features, from the multiple little caverns with secret entrances; the winch and trap-door which not only causes figures to fall through but also launches the big rock; the dynamite launcher and cow-skull shooter; and of course the slide which with luck will transport a minifig into the cart. (I found they tend to overshoot, but hey). There's also a little lesson in landscaping. The techniques are relatively simple, but the result is really quite attractive yet natural-looking; most AFOLs who are building cliffs or rock features would probably stick to a more monochrome look, but the genius here is that different colours are used for different parts, which makes building far simpler. The mine entrance is really well done. As a parts pack, this is outstanding - I needed lots of 1x2x3 tan slopes, and the myriad tan and dark tan parts - some of which I didn't have - are extremely useful. I'd recommend this to anyone who is thinking about building a desert landscape. 1x4 trans-clear tiles! I have no interest in the Lone Ranger franchise - but, as others have said, these one-off themes can be very useful. It's almost up there with Prince of Persia for the parts selection.

Chapter Three: 918 One-Man Space Ship 3.2: The Box Apologies again for the long delay ... but I'm back now to conclude this part of the project. I was lucky to get hold of a good quality box for this old classic: mine had long-since gone. Let's take a look at it! This gorgeous little box is a European original - free of the text that legally has to clutter the US equivalents. The ship is beautifully posed, lit, and photographed - I always wondered how they took the photos back in the days before Photoshop; was the set suspending on strings in front of a mock-up backdrop? A lovely little tray slides out of the box sleeve: At the moment there's only the instruction manual in there, but this is a great feature: you can store the parts in the box, and build straight from there. A few alternatives grace the sleeve's rear: I particularly like the bottom left one, which looks to have an enclosed cabin. It's a shame you can't see all round if you're trying to recreate it, but I guess that is the challenge! The instructions are a single large sheet, printed on both sides - here's half of one side: The instruction steps are printed at a slightly larger-than-life scale, which gives adult-me the odd sensation that I'm looking at it though a magnifying glass. I read somewhere that kids are better at accommodating at short distances, which is why they sit so close to the TV. Maybe that has something to do with it. I think it was caperberry who said that there was a little landing pad on the rear of the tray. I couldn't remember, but he was indeed correct! And it's a smaller-scale version of 928's landing pad! A great touch, particularly if it's your first set of the series and you haven't got a base yet. I'll be back soon to show you the finished model! And then the Classic Space Restoration Project will then take a scheduled break. Ahem.

This is looking fantastic. Since the focus of this mammoth build is the castle - even though it's a vampire castle - I think the thread would definitely sit better in the History forum with all the other castles. Moving ...

Now that this question has been answered, I will merge this thread with the CMF Parts List thread.

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