Pondering Peregrine
Bricktown Train Station
Built on commission for the Roswell Christmas Railway of Roswell, New Mexico! The station contains roughly 9,500 pieces and measures about 30 inches square by ten inches tall. It has room for two City tracks to run under the bridge and one more behind the back platform. The model took about 30 hours to design over the course of two months and 35 man-hours to build over the course of two days.
The station incorporates about 1,000 sidewalk squares, 236 windows, 190 masonry bricks, 49 lengths of chain, 32 solar panels, 6 miniature trains, and 1 frog. Details are present on all surfaces of the station, including air conditioning units and exhaust vents on the roof, brickwork and sculptural details on the walls, and recycling cans and plants on the platforms.
The most difficult part of the model to design and build was definitely the foundation. Cheese slopes and 1x1 tiles are mounted in between 1x2x3 panels to create an interesting texture. The cheese slopes are recessed by one half plate to eliminate the "lip" and make it smoother. Besides that, the sloped awnings over the platforms were very finicky to build and mount.
The model was primarily inspired by set #10278 Police Station and by Union Station in Denver, Colorado. However, it is only loosely based on elements from these buildings and does not replicate a specific real-world building.
Most of the build time was taken up by building the same segments many times, especially the windows and foundations. It was interesting to build the model in the real world after designing it in Studio; everything was much more complicated to build than I expected it to be. I am extremely grateful to Nick and Jeff for all of the help they gave me during this process, especially installing the 236 window panes in their frames and pressing down 1,000 2x2 tiles!
If you need a custom LEGO building or another custom model, come talk to me here on Flickr (@Pondering Peregrine) and I will be more than happy to help! And finally, if you find yourself near Roswell during the holiday season, definitely go check out the railway. It is an amazing place to have great experiences and build memories with your family, and there is a pretty impressive LEGO Christmas village there as well!
Bricktown Train Station
Built on commission for the Roswell Christmas Railway of Roswell, New Mexico! The station contains roughly 9,500 pieces and measures about 30 inches square by ten inches tall. It has room for two City tracks to run under the bridge and one more behind the back platform. The model took about 30 hours to design over the course of two months and 35 man-hours to build over the course of two days.
The station incorporates about 1,000 sidewalk squares, 236 windows, 190 masonry bricks, 49 lengths of chain, 32 solar panels, 6 miniature trains, and 1 frog. Details are present on all surfaces of the station, including air conditioning units and exhaust vents on the roof, brickwork and sculptural details on the walls, and recycling cans and plants on the platforms.
The most difficult part of the model to design and build was definitely the foundation. Cheese slopes and 1x1 tiles are mounted in between 1x2x3 panels to create an interesting texture. The cheese slopes are recessed by one half plate to eliminate the "lip" and make it smoother. Besides that, the sloped awnings over the platforms were very finicky to build and mount.
The model was primarily inspired by set #10278 Police Station and by Union Station in Denver, Colorado. However, it is only loosely based on elements from these buildings and does not replicate a specific real-world building.
Most of the build time was taken up by building the same segments many times, especially the windows and foundations. It was interesting to build the model in the real world after designing it in Studio; everything was much more complicated to build than I expected it to be. I am extremely grateful to Nick and Jeff for all of the help they gave me during this process, especially installing the 236 window panes in their frames and pressing down 1,000 2x2 tiles!
If you need a custom LEGO building or another custom model, come talk to me here on Flickr (@Pondering Peregrine) and I will be more than happy to help! And finally, if you find yourself near Roswell during the holiday season, definitely go check out the railway. It is an amazing place to have great experiences and build memories with your family, and there is a pretty impressive LEGO Christmas village there as well!