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LEGO Daily Planet: Jimmy’s Darkroom

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Every great photographer needs a great darkroom. Or a good darkroom. Or really just a converted closet next to the stairs with a photo safety light. I had a small space next to the stairs on the second floor of the LEGO Daily Planet model I’m designing and one of the things on my wishlist is a darkroom for Jimmy Olsen. It includes two sinks, and a safety light. When I rebuild the second floor in the real model I’ll need a way to hang photos to dry as well. Below is what the darkroom looks like in place next to the stairs.

I’d love to hear thought and ideas anybody has for the model.

A Shared Desk for Lois & Clark

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I wanted to create a shared desk for Lois and Clark in the LEGO Daily Planet I’m designing. In particular, our family is very fond of the Smallville portrayals of the characters by Erica Durance and Tom Welling, and I wanted to recreate the messy, chaotic nature of Lois’ desk including stacks of papers, food, and crumpled papers near the waste bin. I contrasted her desk with the stark neatness of Clark’s.

More LEGO Daily Planet!

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Here’s a new set of renders of my Daily Planet LEGO compatible modular with the extra floor added that I mentioned in my last Daily Planet post. I’m estimating that the design is about 20% complete. I’m pretty happy with the shape of the building overall, but all of the external greebling is left to do, as well as internal details like office gear, computers, and so on. I’d love to hear your ideas and comments!

From Above
The Lobby View
Second Floor

LEGO Daily Planet Modular (MOC)

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For the past few months I’ve been working on a LEGO compatible modular building in my spare time, and weighing in at 4,102 pieces it’s starting to take shape well enough that I need comfortable unveiling the progress for the first time. The photo above shows 3 floors plus the small room below the dome a top, but since generating the image above I’ve started reworking it to have another mid-size floor like the third floor shown here.

My list of features I wanted the model to have included:

  • Large globe on top
  • The “stairstep” look from the comics
  • Lobby globe like was shown in the 1978 movie
  • Face-to-face desks in the “bullpen” for Lois and Clark. Lois’ desk would be a big ol’ mess with a hairbrush, food, and crumpled papers next to the waste basket, while Clark’s desk is neat as a pin.
  • Because we’re big Smallville fans and so many fun moments took place there, the model also features roof access where Lois can go to smoke or take a ride with Big Blue, and it includes the roof access structure where Clark (finally) took flight in the finale of Smallville.
  • A copy machine/room
  • Break room
  • Janitor closet for Clark to change in
  • Perry White’s office
  • Desk for Jimmy
  • Office details like water coolers
  • A store room with boxes of papers

Here’s a small gallery of images so you can check out the progress, and I’d love to hear comments and suggestions!