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Title: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 14:50:39
Hello :wave:

Shooting of 'Discovery parts two' has been delayed, and I was bored today so I made another construction setup (hopefully you aren't getting too bored of them) :lol:

Not exactly sure what they could be building - Ideas anyone?


Overview of the site:

(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9827/201001290001.jpg) (http://img180.imageshack.us/i/201001290001.jpg/)


Overviews of the work:

(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/390/201001290029.jpg) (http://img259.imageshack.us/i/201001290029.jpg/)

(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7735/201001290028.jpg) (http://img844.imageshack.us/i/201001290028.jpg/)

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6192/201001290027.jpg) (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/201001290027.jpg/)

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5042/201001290026.jpg) (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/201001290026.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 14:54:35
A skip truck arrives to collect a skip

(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7077/201001290005.jpg) (http://img820.imageshack.us/i/201001290005.jpg/)

He gets his pass ready to show security

(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9972/201001290004.jpg) (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/201001290004.jpg/)

Security control the entrance, and have their hut there where they live on site

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8323/201001290023.jpg) (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/201001290023.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 14:59:06
A large proportion of workers live on site:

(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3508/201001290010.jpg) (http://img837.imageshack.us/i/201001290010.jpg/)


The garbage area always gets in a mess, and becuse the skips don't get emptied regularly, a lot of rubbish ends up going down the ditch behind:

(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2228/201001290006.jpg) (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/201001290006.jpg/)


A sweeper, however, does regularly go round clearing up

(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2883/201001290022.jpg) (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/201001290022.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 15:02:19
The yard is where construction materials and machinery are recieved, and stored:

(http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/6308/201001290020.jpg) (http://img816.imageshack.us/i/201001290020.jpg/)

(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5355/201001290018.jpg) (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/201001290018.jpg/)

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9516/201001290019.jpg) (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/201001290019.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 15:06:50
Workers are busy constructing an entrance road:

(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7422/201001290017.jpg) (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/201001290017.jpg/)

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1733/201001290008.jpg) (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/201001290008.jpg/)

(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1383/201001290007.jpg) (http://img214.imageshack.us/i/201001290007.jpg/)

(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5307/201001290009.jpg) (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/201001290009.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 15:09:54
Meanwhile, over the other side of the site, Ditches are continuing to be excavated:

(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1378/201001290016.jpg) (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/201001290016.jpg/)

(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/709/201001290014.jpg) (http://img835.imageshack.us/i/201001290014.jpg/)

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4018/201001290015.jpg) (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/201001290015.jpg/)

(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/876/201001290013.jpg) (http://img801.imageshack.us/i/201001290013.jpg/)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 15:15:11
Site manager drives around regularly to see that the site is running smoothly:

(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/448/201001290011.jpg) (http://img825.imageshack.us/i/201001290011.jpg/)


Site manager's hut (closed up at the moment because he is out on site)

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/929/201001290021.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/201001290021.jpg/)


All excavation material is bought here, where a large loader fills lorries that take it away:

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6160/201001290012.jpg) (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/201001290012.jpg/)


More excavation:

(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7863/201001290003.jpg) (http://img801.imageshack.us/i/201001290003.jpg/)


(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3264/201001290030.jpg) (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/201001290030.jpg/)

Hope you enjoyed
Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: tonguello on September 17, 2010, 17:21:44
It looks to me they are preparing the grounds to build a Soccer Stadium!!
Looks great btw!!
Gaston
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 17:24:50
It looks to me they are preparing the grounds to build a Soccer Stadium!!
Looks great btw!!
Gaston

That's it!!!!    A soccer Stadium!  :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

 :thanks:

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: Tiermann on September 17, 2010, 20:55:34
Excellent photos and very creative use of parts in places. Thanks for posting them
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: skypurr on September 17, 2010, 21:04:22
Great photos with lots of attention to detail again Damo, well done  :clap: :clap: :wow: :wow: :clap: :clap:
It really does look a busy place.  I thought maybe they were digging a moat for a large castle!
BTW the portaloo near the ditch looks pretty precarious. It could end up being a wee bit embarrassing for someone!  :lol:

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 21:07:52
Excellent photos and very creative use of parts in places. Thanks for posting them

Thank you, Tim :)

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 17, 2010, 21:10:54
Great photos with lots of attention to detail again Damo, well done  :clap: :clap: :wow: :wow: :clap: :clap:
It really does look a busy place.  I thought maybe they were digging a moat for a large castle!
BTW the portaloo near the ditch looks pretty precarious. It could end up being a wee bit embarrassing for someone!  :lol:

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)


Thank you, Elaine :)

A moat is also a good thought, quite why I wouldn't know ??? A theme park maybe, or even a Playmobil fun park ;)

The porta loo is quite near the edge, and it looks as if the ledge could give way any minute :lol: - so only quiet ones ;)

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: Wolf Knight on September 18, 2010, 05:41:19
Very nice Damo! As I am not into modernt themes I really enjoy to see the variety of your vehicles and the use of them in your projects!!!
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: Gis on September 18, 2010, 06:25:22
Great work Damo. You still got it!

I like the idea of a Diorama of a Playmobil fun park :-)

Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 18, 2010, 08:16:17
Very nice Damo! As I am not into modernt themes I really enjoy to see the variety of your vehicles and the use of them in your projects!!!

Thank you Panos :) :) :)

I could really do with some of the new construction/quarry sets!

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 18, 2010, 08:17:42
Great work Damo. You still got it!

I like the idea of a Diorama of a Playmobil fun park :-)



Thank you very much, Gis! :cloud9:

A Playmobil fun park would be a great (and fairly easy) creation :D

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: tonguello on September 18, 2010, 10:50:17
oh what happened to my Soccer Stadium!! Maradona and Messi could play again there!!!  :'(

 :love: Gaston
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on September 18, 2010, 14:17:46
Very good pics and construction site Damo! You have great machines and trucks! I love them all!  :love:  Excellent details and how they are displayed. Great job!  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:




Baden  :wave:
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 18, 2010, 14:24:32
Very good pics and construction site Damo! You have great machines and trucks! I love them all!  :love:  Excellent details and how they are displayed. Great job!  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:




Baden  :wave:

Thank you very much, Baden :wave:

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmofire on September 18, 2010, 21:53:31
It looks to me they are preparing the grounds to build a Soccer Stadium!!
Looks great btw!!
Gaston

I think you're right.  It must be for the 2012 World Cup.

(Damo, in Norwich today (Saturday) I saw a display of the new construction stuff with an electrically powered digger at work.)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmovictorian on September 18, 2010, 22:05:04
Excellent construction and very realistic scenes Damo  :)

Karim :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 09:14:09
Excellent construction and very realistic scenes Damo  :)

Karim :)

Thank you, Karim :)

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 09:17:04
I think you're right.  It must be for the 2012 World Cup.

(Damo, in Norwich today (Saturday) I saw a display of the new construction stuff with an electrically powered digger at work.)

2012 world cup??? Do you mean the 2012 Olympics, or the 2014 World cup :hmm:

An electric powered digger sounds very interesting, and something that I've never come across before :D

Was it one of these conventions, or a show or something?

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmofire on September 19, 2010, 10:12:52
2012 world cup??? Do you mean the 2012 Olympics, or the 2014 World cup :hmm:

Why not both?   :)

An electric powered digger sounds very interesting, and something that I've never come across before :D

Was it one of these conventions, or a show or something?

It was a display of the new construction stuff in Jarrold's department store in Norwich (sorry, I should have taken a pic for you   :-[).  The digger was just turning round and the arm was extending.

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 10:16:12
You mean a toy one! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I thought you'd gone to SED or something :lol:

Was it a Playmobil one do you mean ???

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmofire on September 19, 2010, 10:34:42
You mean a toy one! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I thought you'd gone to SED or something :lol:

Was it a Playmobil one do you mean ???

Damo :)

Yes, a Playmobil one! 
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 19, 2010, 11:10:19
I had no idea there was such a thing as a playmoloo!  (I wonder what accessories come with it? lol.  I mean, if they wanna be REALISTIC...... lol


I love your setup!  Very detailed and realistic (including rubbish in places other than the dumpsters).  You are brave to get your playmobil in the dirt, but it adds realism, and allows the toys to live up to their true nature: to be played with!  Bravo!

But seriously, what accesories DO come with the playmoloo, I wonder?
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 11:34:24
I had no idea there was such a thing as a playmoloo!  (I wonder what accessories come with it? lol.  I mean, if they wanna be REALISTIC...... lol


I love your setup!  Very detailed and realistic (including rubbish in places other than the dumpsters).  You are brave to get your playmobil in the dirt, but it adds realism, and allows the toys to live up to their true nature: to be played with!  Bravo!

You are more brave than me, taking your ships out on the water :o
My machines all get a clean before they are put back 8-)

But seriously, what accesories DO come with the playmoloo, I wonder?

Avie and Flatcat have volunteered to give you a tour ;)

(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5167/201001310001.jpg) (http://img444.imageshack.us/i/201001310001.jpg/)

(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9203/201001310002.jpg) (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/201001310002.jpg/)

Did you not think to knock before you barged in so rudely :no:


(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1614/201001310003.jpg) (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/201001310003.jpg/)

 :doh: :doh: :doh:

Inside:

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2171/201001310005.jpg) (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/201001310005.jpg/)

(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6048/201001310004.jpg) (http://img227.imageshack.us/i/201001310004.jpg/)

The hole isn't really big enough for any 'accessories', but the portaloo is one of my favourite Playmobils :)

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: gibbspaulus on September 19, 2010, 13:24:13
That is art... and so going on the wishlist.

In the playmo 2010 catalogue I picked up I was seriously shocked to see that the stable set comes with what appears to be horse poo!!! Playmo Poo!!!
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: basilsdad on September 19, 2010, 13:44:16

The garbage area always gets in a mess, and becuse the skips don't get emptied regularly, a lot of rubbish ends up going down the ditch behind:

(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2228/201001290006.jpg) (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/201001290006.jpg/)


I want to become a bin diver on your site, Damo.  I see lots of great stuff in there!!!    :lol:
I like your attention to detail, like the guys working with cinder blocks . . . very cool.  ;D
Joe
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: 2005huysmans on September 19, 2010, 14:36:22
very very good work damo    :wave:
 
 
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmofire on September 19, 2010, 17:32:33
That is art... and so going on the wishlist.

In the playmo 2010 catalogue I picked up I was seriously shocked to see that the stable set comes with what appears to be horse poo!!! Playmo Poo!!!

The horse poo has been around for some time.  The part number for it is the same as for the chocolate ice cream!
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: gibbspaulus on September 19, 2010, 18:06:56
Oh you are kidding me?!?!?!? That's really, really funny!
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 18:47:13
I want to become a bin diver on your site, Damo.  I see lots of great stuff in there!!!    :lol:
I like your attention to detail, like the guys working with cinder blocks . . . very cool.  ;D
Joe

It is scandelous what some people put in skips :o :o :o

Thank you very much, Joe :)

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 19, 2010, 18:47:34
very very good work damo    :wave:
 
 

Thanks, Manu :wave:

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: Ali Baba on September 24, 2010, 21:38:55
Great work Damo. May I suggest a secret evil scientists hide out (for the new Agents theme)?
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on September 25, 2010, 05:28:58
The horse poo has been around for some time.  The part number for it is the same as for the chocolate ice cream!

Don't forget 30256350 cow droppings, Gordon!
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 25, 2010, 07:14:29
Great work Damo. May I suggest a secret evil scientists hide out (for the new Agents theme)?

Thanks, Ali Baba - You may ;)

If there wasn't the starts of a greenhouse there now, I would have done a second shoot :lol:

Damo :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: playmovictorian on September 27, 2010, 19:28:44
Dear Damo  :wave:

The "loo episode" really had me in stitches  :lol: :lol:

Karim :)
Title: Re: Massive Construction!
Post by: flatcat on September 27, 2010, 19:42:59
Dear Damo  :wave:

The "loo episode" really had me in stitches  :lol: :lol:

Karim :)

I still laugh to myself everytime I see it :giggle:

Damo :)