My Not Lego Police Station Modular MOC - Part Three

Hello and welcome back to bricksandfigs.blogspot.com, my blog about my collection of minifigures and MOCs.   In today's post, we will look at my long awaited, fully completed Police Station modular building.  I started this project back in August 2020 but didn't finish until now. Check out the initial build pics and progress updates, part one here and part two here.   Oh and before we get started, don't forget to check out my other blog its-not-lego.blogspot.com, if you get a chance.

Ok, let's get into it!  There's a look of details to look at both inside and outside, so I've broken this post into several sections, namely:  Exterior, Main Floor, Second Floor and Third Floor.   Warning! There will be a lot of pictures!

1. The Exterior

So if you've read my other previous posts about this MOC, you'll know that the police station is based off the Green Grocer modular building.  Major changes include the new red brown masonry bricks, and replacing the windows, door and signage from other building sets.  Original Green Grocer minifigures have been replaced with Police themed minifigures. 

About one third of the Police Station main floor is taken up by a garage bay which can be accessed from both front and rear.  Safety pillars and lights flank the roll-up garage door, which unfortunately doesn't roll up too well.  I think the slotted beams on both sides of the door are a bit tight.  I might have to add some lubrication or replace them altogether.  For now I will keep the roll-up doors closed.  

New windows on the second floor.

And on the third floor too.

The turret roof was raised up by one plate and the rear angle pieces were inverted to match the roof angle.  I might add a 1x6 plate to see if I can close up the gap more.

Here's an overhead shot looking down on the police station.

It's very subtle, but I redesigned the roof to accommodate the expanded depth of building.

The original Green Grocer had a small terrace on the roof but I decided not to retain it here.  I'll probably add a couple of A/C units to the roof later.

Here's the totally revamped backside of the station.  

The corner brick details found on the front of the building were carried over to the back.  The main floor extension houses a weapons room, which is accessible from the interior.  I'll have more pics of it in the main floor section.  The back walls of the second and third floors were shifted in by one stud to give it more detail.  Thought I'd have some fun with the third floor by adding the big picture windows.

The Market Street modular building provided the gates for the rear access to the garage bay and is guarded by this old school Wange police minifigure.  Time to take a look inside the police station.

The Main Floor Interior

The main floor consists of the main lobby, reception desk and one of two jail cells in the building.  Doorways lead to the weapons room and the garage bay.

A peek into the garage.

It's easier to see the main floor interior if I pull out a few walls ...

The jail cell is equipped with a cot and toilet.

Waiting area has a bench, water cooler and newspaper.  Police dog likes to make his home under the stairs.

Here's the interior wall added back in.

The jail cell.

This is the door to the weapons room. You need a special code to get in.

All the weapons are located behind another set of metal gates.   Let's go back inside and move to the second floor.

The Second Floor Interior

An interrogation room, mug shot room, staff room, second jail cell and a washroom can be found on the second floor.

The staff room includes a small kitchen, cabinets and seating area.

The hallway.

Inside the mug shot room.

The interrogation room.

Toilet and toilet paper.

Sink, faucet and mirror.   

The Third Floor Interior

The third floor consists of a surveillance room,  police captain's office, detective's room and another washroom.

If I had some stickers, I'd fill up all of the display screens with surveillance images.

The detective's office is a bit cramped but there's room for three workstations.  There's a glass wall that separates the captain's office.

Here's the glass wall removed.

Some filing cabinets in the hallway.

 

The third floor washroom.

Looking inside the detective's office.

Thanks for looking at all the pictures.  Hope you enjoyed all the little details of my Police Station moc.   Feel free to leave your comments and questions below.

Bye for now!   

My Not Lego Police Station Modular MOC - Part Two

Hey brick fans!  Welcome back to the Bricks and Figs blog where I review the latest MOCs and minifigures in my not Lego brick collection.  In this post, we will continue to follow the progress of the new Its-Not-Lego police station modular building.  If you've just arrived at this blog post, make sure you check out Part One to this post here, to find out what has transpired to date.

First Looks

In our previous post, the Its-Not-Lego town police chief expanded the project scope to make the police station larger, resulting in extra cost and more delays to redesign and re-engineer the building.  Never the less, work has to continue and we are pleased to provide you with the latest progress to the police station modular.

Recall that the Green Grocer is now brown, not green anymore.  Bricks have been ordered to replace all the sand green bricks with coffee brown, however at the moment only the front and some sides of the building have been replaced.

Starting from the third floor and working downwards, let's look at what else has changed.  The third floor dormer windows have been replaced, providing a cleaner and simpler look.  The police chief is currently undecided on whether he wants the third floor height might to be raised for extra headroom.  But, let's not get ahead of ourselves, just yet.

No significant changes to the bay windows other than the addition of the police signage.  Some windows are not yet glazed but this will be rectified in the next phase.

Moving down to the second floor.  The tan windows in the proof of concept phase have now been painted black.  The window treatments and balcony railings from the original green grocer have now been deleted.  Tan coloured details above the windows remain intact.

There's no mistaking this police station with the large printed sign (courtesy of the Enlighten brand police set #128).  Dark tinted windows with printed stripes also enhance the look.

What used to be the entrance arch has now been replaced by a not quite functional garage door.  The door rails are the poorly made discards from the Lepin Fire Brigade set which I mentioned in my post here.  I needed something, so this will do for now.  Looks good though.   Added a driveway and yellow striping and bumpers.  Light fixtures from the original set were reused.

This side view gives you a better idea as to how deep the new police station will be extended back, almost six studs in some cases.  The floors of the second and third storeys need to be re-engineered, as a result.  New baseplates are on order.

Here's the first floor. Interior wise, the police station is empty.  

Still need to figure out the layout.  For now, there's a door that leads into the garage bay and two interior windows.  The entire front sign can be removed easily.

View looking forward.  Stair case needs to be added and maybe a back door also. Next phase.

Am thinking of doing a slight roof overhang here.  Might need to redo this whole back section.

A couple of the detectives come by to check out the progress of their new workplace.

I dunno. Does the police chief look happy or not?  Do you think he likes how the police station looks, so far?  Let me know what you think of this design in the comments below. 

Next update will be whenever the remaining bricks and plates are delivered.  Thanks for visiting and bye for now!