Buying rare parts from an AFOL who is getting out of the hobby

 I know an AFOL who is getting out of the hobby, and going back into model trains.

He has been selling off all of his Lego, and I have purchased a fair few custom built locomotives, rolling stock, ships and minifigs from him.

My latest purchase was a lot of rare parts that are no longer in sets, and also hard to find in quantity from one seller on Bricklink.

I am always on the lookout for rare parts, and have quite a lot saved off in Bricklink wanted lists in case a seller I am buying from has even just 1 of them at a decent price.

Flowers in hard to find colours

Soccer balls, baskets balls, cabbages, barbed wire and light pink flowers. All rare and hard to find in quantity.

A container lifting kit.

A group of workshop staff with welding kits etc.

Small trees in light green, not the normal green.

And the ever elusive and hard to find in near new condition, Cypress Tree part number 3778.

Burger Restaurant

 I had an existing build of a burger restaurant that was fairly dull and boring, so I decided to convert it to SMILS, and also tart it up a little.

It was based on the Lego set 31050 - Corner Deli , but bigger and with an extra floor, and also a back to it.

The set also sat on a 16x16 plate, and I have this on a 32x32 SMILS base.

Although it won't be visible, I still decided to add the word "BURGERS" into the floor.

I added a fence, and some gardens around the sides, and also the punters enjoying a burger and a beverage!

I still need to add a 3D burger hanging from the 1st floor balcony.

I also decided to ad some tiles to the roof to make it not seem so bland

The beach end of the port

I have added a large section which includes a beach, carpark and snack bar.

Laying out the tan, so much tan

 A small retaining wall that separates the different sections of the beach

 Some of the sand is creeping down over the wall onto the beach.

 more retaining walls to keep the sand dune in place.

 A close up of the beach

 The car park with the foliage on the sandy dune

 The DBG of the car park being laid down.

 More DBG

 And yet more DBG  to show off the finished product. The sand is creeping onto the car park. I kept it at the same level because it looked bad when I raised it up a plate.

 A small path has been built along the back edge.

 A larger view of the beach and car park

 A closer view of the beach and the people enjoying the day

 The tile wall of the snack bar

 The red roof is a big contrast to the reddish brown tile walls, but I like it

 The snack bar car park

View of the snack bar from the beach carpark

 The snackbar with tables out the front

 The customers enjoy the various snacks on offer

My road surface techniques

For the roads that lead through the port I am using a mix of grey tile and plates.

I start with  the 6x6 tiles laid out

 Then I start filling in between the big tiles with smaller tiles and plates

 And the finished section

Rail and road gates and fencing

I have built up 2 sections which will act as gates for trucks,trains and people entering the secure port area.
I start with my standard 2x2 323x32 stud baseplate sections

 Building up the internals and adding the 16x16 plates

Gates for the entrance via the railway

 Entrance for trucks and pedestrians

 Gates in place and a small security office

 The curved section of track that heads into the train line for the docks

 Adding in more plate

 And complete

 The train track is sloped down so it can meet up with my standard height of my train points.

 I have left out a section of 16x64 studs that the points will meet up into.

 This is the fence that I have decided to use , about 13 studs wide for each section.

Warehouse build

I have built up a warehouse that will be used to store small goods that can then be loaded onto trucks for transport out to the other parts of the city.
I may rebuild parts of it, even change the colour, and I am not 100% sold on the roof design, but as long as it has it's place marked out in the port, then I can continue on with the rest of the build.
Light BLEY is a bit drab, so I added a few stripes into the walls to blend it up a bit.

 Girders break up the sides of the building.

 Working out the roof sections

 I am using six sections for the roof, with 45 degree slopes. I may change this to 33 degrees, still not sure.

 Building each roof section, 1 at a time so they are removeable.

 Rook in place.

 View fro the front with the roof on, and sliding doors in place.

I have added some plant, lights, crates and other storage on this side. This is next to where the Coast Guard ships will dock.

 The dimly lit back alley of the warehouse with a  security gate to keep out the riff raff.