Minifig-scale Barn

Name of Model: Barn

Created by: Mdrn~Mrvls

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdrn-mrvls/tags/barn/

Details: Naturally, with all of those farm kits LEGO is selling now, there's a need to build a barn. A good sturdy barn that you can put in the middle of a respectable town layout. A barn with a removable roof and full interior, complete with tractors. Don't miss the clever windsock technique or the rooster statue at the top of the barn (both visible in the photo above). There's plenty more farm goodness from this builder as well.

This is Saturday's model of the day

Dutch farm

Name of Model: Nederlandse Boerderij

Created by: Neverrroads and McBricker

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24974283@N04/sets/72157623422478996/

Details: This model of a Dutch farm is part of a display for an event hosted by the The Dutch Water Museum. They have a LEGO exhibit running through the end of the month. The photos above on flickr aren't from the builder of the windmill (Neverroads, whose windmill can be seen on Brickshelf), but they do show some more views of the layout (and to the best of my knowledge, McBricker created the rest of this layout). It's a great layout overall, but there are a few specific highlights I'd like to point out. Carefully positioned flex tubing gives this farm a trellis and water pump near a trough, staggered small elements give a very realistic texture to walls and roofs (those pigs in that photo are new for this year, and the tan fences are made from more flex tubing - placed in 1x1 Technic bricks), and the trees and landscaping came out looking fantastic. You can get a better look at McBricker's tractor on Brickshelf.