In this bookstore you can find a lot of unique books on the shelves. Behind the cashdesk you have a very big bookcase where you'll even need a ladder to access the books on the top shelf! Next to the bookstore there is an antiqueshop with a lot of old stuff, like an old sewing machine. When you go upstairs with the beautiful spiral staircase you'll find a few more books. There is also a newspaperpress which presses the newspapers everyday. For the owner there is a space on the top floor to read some books, do the administration or to get some fresh air on the balcony.

 

Long story short, the building is full of detail and I've tried to use a lot of different building techniques.

I've also finished the instructions, and ordered the bricks. Hope to start building the real building soon.

Very nice. I like the colour combinations, the brick built "Books" sign and the novel approach to a dual purpose corner building.

Nice model. There's some things I would change to improve it a little, for instance, the blue roof's corner should be more prominent, it should look like it's the main thing calling for attention. The windowing is a bit strange, but cool. I think you got the colours and the details mostly right, now only the shape could be a little bit better 

The black roof's technique is awesome!

I love the pairing of Earth Blue atop Sand Blue for the bookstore, and the antique shop is a most lovely looking half-width modular, not to mention that those two are my favorite sort of stores to explore in my spare time.  

8 hours ago, paupadros said:

Nice model. There's some things I would change to improve it a little, for instance, the blue roof's corner should be more prominent, it should look like it's the main thing calling for attention. The windowing is a bit strange, but cool. I think you got the colours and the details mostly right, now only the shape could be a little bit better 

The black roof's technique is awesome!

Thanks for your feedback, I think you´re having a pretty good vieuw on it.

4 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

I love the pairing of Earth Blue atop Sand Blue for the bookstore, and the antique shop is a most lovely looking half-width modular, not to mention that those two are my favorite sort of stores to explore in my spare time.  

Thanks saw you found me on flickr also 

The detail of the skates on the stairs is original, I like it
The chimney built with the brick effect is another very nice detail
Excellent modular building!

I like the ground level arched window. That works well there. Much better than Market Street's attempt. I oddly like the two pillars with flowers flanking the entrance for the corner building. The colors work well together overall.

I agree I think the window effects are odd. Not bad odd, just different. I think if you are going to do that style of window on the side of the blue building, you shouldn't also have the normal 1x2x2 windows on the same building (on the same level). I'm a man of consistency.

The interior on the upper level looks really neat. The colors play off each other well and there are a lot of little details present. My problem with modular interiors, I never show them to anyone, so they don't matter to me. But they do look neat when done.

This is a good looking a building. There are some nice little details that really stand out to me. I like the arches running at the base of the blue building and the ladder piece covering the top half of the window on the antique store looks very effective, as do the steps leading up to the main entrance of the book store. The colours used and the overall shaping are great. Good job!  

On 8/30/2018 at 5:17 PM, TheLegoDr said:

I like the ground level arched window. That works well there. Much better than Market Street's attempt. I oddly like the two pillars with flowers flanking the entrance for the corner building. The colors work well together overall.

I agree I think the window effects are odd. Not bad odd, just different. I think if you are going to do that style of window on the side of the blue building, you shouldn't also have the normal 1x2x2 windows on the same building (on the same level). I'm a man of consistency.

The interior on the upper level looks really neat. The colors play off each other well and there are a lot of little details present. My problem with modular interiors, I never show them to anyone, so they don't matter to me. But they do look neat when done.

Thanks, the reason for the different windows is because of the space I had. My sollution was to build different windows. I agree more consistency would make the building better on the outside, but it would give me problems with the inside. 

Do you have any interest in selling these instructions? I would love to purchase them and build this for my city.

17 hours ago, The Jersey Brick Guy said:

Do you have any interest in selling these instructions? I would love to purchase them and build this for my city.

Yes I also sell the instructions, like all the instructions I made.

Here is a link to the ebay page: https://www.ebay.com/itm/153139622950?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Very cool, thank you for sharing!  I particularly like the roof on the antique store, the window treatment on the front of the antique store, and the signage for the book store.  Keep up the good work!

Here the video of the build

 

Edited September 17, 20186 yr by fastbjorn

Lots of great techniques, I like the grey rods on the black spoof slopes.

Always nice when the sign looks real too, adds to the authenticity