Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

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Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by NIGELTTF » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:45 pm

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After months of building, tearing down, and rebuilding...my entry for Brickfair is ready.

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Complete with Pinball and A Video Arcade on the 2nd floor of the Atrium

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But that's just a topping to the main activity: Bowling!
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The architecture is kind of a give away on that though.

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No need to leave if you get hungry as a wide assortment of tasty treats are available at our 1rst floor atrium dining facility!
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Builders note: access panels when you have wiring are a good thing to plan for in your design.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by crewser » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:35 pm

Excellent work. I especially like the signage you have used.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by drtabo » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:38 pm

Very cool, nicely done!
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by Mantisking » Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:11 am

That is a very fun build.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by hatcher » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:13 pm

That is truly epic. Nice job.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by NIGELTTF » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:00 pm

A funny thing is: It uses 11 of a piece that never as part of any set: Medium Blue Shuttle Tails.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by gschubert » Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:25 pm

Excellent work! Did you also create the STAR carwash and TIDE motel? This would fit perfectly with both of those.
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Post by NIGELTTF » Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:57 pm

gschubert wrote:Excellent work! Did you also create the STAR carwash and TIDE motel? This would fit perfectly with both of those.
Yes. Those are all mine, as well as the Kon Tiki.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by legohunter » Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:19 am

Good job. It looks like your motel in some way. It could be the effect from the theme color you chose.

The LED makes it outstanding.

How did you build the bowling pins?
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by NIGELTTF » Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:29 pm

legohunter wrote:Good job. It looks like your motel in some way. It could be the effect from the theme color you chose.

The LED makes it outstanding.

How did you build the bowling pins?
Greys, whites, blues, and aquas are major colors from real world examples of the architectural style. But yes, I do need to work on my tans :-D

The little bowling pins inside are nothing but a cone with two small round plates

The big bowling pins are using negative 70 degree slopes leading to a flat edge where I used some of the flush mount 1 by 1 with stud on the side(found in the snowman set) to mount a long curve using the 1 by 10 curved slope piece. For some reason that I still cannot fathom, using those pieces does not follow the usual 5 to 6 rule for SNOT building. They will however line up at 8 bricks tall.
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Re: Astro Bowl and Family Fun Center

Post by NIGELTTF » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:30 pm

what the heck? why did all thie pics vanish?
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