modular Edna Mode designer fashion shop with 1951 Hudson Hornet - real world MOCs (finished 5/17/23)

[Murdoch17]

So I built my expanded modular Pixar UP house, but the box it's going in has room for another building of 16x32 size. Instead of just making another building from scratch, I decided to transplant Edna Mode's fashion shop onto a modular standard base. You can see the results below.

This model was partially inspired by the both buildings in set 10308 - Holiday Main Street from the Winter Village collection. I added a back to it, changed the color scheme around and fixed some areas. I also replaced the original toys with clothing items for sale to make it into a shop for fashion designer Edna Mode from the Incredibles film franchise. (Apparently she has branched off from superhero costumes into the regular fashion market.)

The rear has a delivery entrance and a simple porch light on the first floor, while the second / third floors have the chimney flue.

On the inside, the lower floor has the shop full of items for sale - from tiaras to top hats, pants to suits.

Upstairs is Edna's workshop, complete with sewing machine and long folds of different-colored cloth. I also have a heater / cooker, and a bunch of drawers full of patterned cloth pieces and clothing designs. The vintage sewing machine was from free instructions seen on Rebrickable by user @Scarlet_Patronus. (The lower floor's display cases were also based on items from this talented builder.)

The third floor contains Edna's office complete with vault filled with gold, a desk with two chairs, some green kryptonite in a lead-glass case, (a gift from Batman) a old-fashioned TV on a bunch of cabinets, and a Superhero phone on a printed wall piece.

This fabulous 1951 Hudson Hornet was originally a @hachiroku design of a Hudson Hornet that I modified quite a bit to be Edna Mode's car. The reason for this specific design is I was struggling to come up with a good 8-wide 1950's / 60's car design for her for use with the tailor shop. Then I remembered I had this design of a blue Hudson Hornet, (extremely similar to the one in CARS) and it just clicked. The car fit the era nicely, and it was high-end enough for Mode to drive without it seeming too odd. You can find the original builder's version here.

The rear of the vehicle.

The roof is removable and can seat a single mini-figure.

EDIT 5/17/23: third floor finished, and all-new pictures added!

Thoughts?

Edited May 17, 2023 by Murdoch17

[The Island Chronicles]

Now that would be something I'd make road plate compatible and stick in my town. 

[Murdoch17]

On 9/23/2022 at 7:59 PM, Poodabricks said:

Now that would be something I'd make road plate compatible and stick in my town. 

Thank you! If you want the LDD file, you can have it. A few parts are missing prints and some are absent entirely. I did just change the whole thing around though, just so you're aware! (see first post for more details on the updated model, or below for a quick look at both old and new.)

Before ^

After ^

Thoughts, @Poodabricks (or anyone else)?

Edited October 6, 2022 by Murdoch17

[The Island Chronicles]

11 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

Thank you! If you want the LDD file, you can have it. A few parts are missing prints and some are absent entirely. I did just change the whole thing around though, just so you're aware! (see first post for more details on the updated model, or below for a quick look at both old and new.)

Before ^

After ^

Thoughts, @Poodabricks (or anyone else)?

Thanks! I love the Incredibles reference there too. Nice job with Edna's look! 

[Murdoch17]

On 10/7/2022 at 3:36 AM, Poodabricks said:

Thanks! I love the Incredibles reference there too. Nice job with Edna's look! 

Thanks! I didn't like the upper floor, so I changed it around a bit:

I'm not sold on the red awning on this version, however...

[Murdoch17]

First post just updated with new car pictures and text!

This fabulous 1951 Hudson Hornet was originally a @hachiroku design of a Hudson Hornet that I modified quite a bit to be Edna Mode's car. The reason for this specific design is I was struggling to come up with a good 8-wide 1950's / 60's car design for her for use with the tailor shop. Then I remembered I had this design of a blue Hudson Hornet, (extremely similar to the one in CARS) and it just clicked. The car fit the era nicely, and it was high-end enough for Mode to drive without it seeming too odd. You can find the original builder's version here.

Thoughts?

[Murdoch17]

Real world updates!

This is about as far as I can build without ordering anything for this 10308-style clothes shop. A lot has changed since I last showed off the digital version on October 11th, such as the first floor's base has been changed from plates to bricks, along with the red front awning being discarded, and the second floor's main color has been changed to dark tan. The remaining 120 parts to be ordered next month.

This is everything I could build on the '51 Hudson Hornet without the BrickLink order being here yet... which should be (hopefully) delivered today.

Thoughts?

[Murdoch17]

I just finished all the real world pictures and added them to the first post. Sorry for the long wait, I hope it was worth it!

[Murdoch17]

So I built my expanded modular Pixar UP house, but the box it's going in has room for another building of 16x32 size. Instead of just making another building from scratch, I decided to transplant Edna Mode's fashion shop onto a modular standard base.

I got 98% of it done, but the twenty 2x2 tiles are the one part I'm out of completely. (They will be ordered when I get paid next month, along with a few older projects as I clean up my backlog.)

Thoughts?

Edited April 30, 2023 by Murdoch17

[Shiva]

Thumbs ups I say :)

[Murdoch17]

On 4/30/2023 at 6:02 PM, Shiva said:

Thumbs ups I say :)

Thanks @Shiva!

I have enough room in the wooden box my dad gave me my custom modular for a third floor to be added to Edna Mode's designer fashion shop modular. This third level contains her office complete with vault filled with gold, a desk with two chairs, some green kryptonite in a lead-glass case, (a gift from Batman) a old-fashioned TV on a bunch of cabinets, and a Superhero phone on printed wall piece. (these last two items aren't done yet) I only have three more days until the parts arrive.

[Murdoch17]

It's done, and the first post has been updated accordingly with new pictures and text.

Thoughts?