X-Files Building in Microscale, X-Files Characters as Minifigs

Name of Model: The X Files

Created by: rh1985moc

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rh1985/sets/72157606760835252/

Details: Another movie-based model (just a coincidence!) - this time a microscale version of the building from the X-Files. I know we've all seen nice microscale buildings before, but this is an interesting choice of source material, and I honestly can't recall ever seing a microscale building that can light up before. I'm not entirely sure if the lights used in the "at night" shots are done with LEGO lights or just ordinary lights, but either way, it's a great effect. Last time I featured a model by this builder, LED lights were used to illuminate a microscale ship - perhaps that's how it was done this time as well (it's mild cheating, but it's hard to argue with how well light-emitting diodes generally work). I'm also liking the way horizontal hinges were used to angle the walls here - I don't think I've ever seen that pulled off at this scale before. For extra fun, a few interior shots of the building and characters were done at minifig scale (those pictures are in the same flickr set). EDIT: Once again, we have an update from the builder (three for three this week!): Hi. I built this and for the record I used LED's instead of the lego lights. I chose them because it was easier to fit them into the building, are brighter and tend to last longer. The building is meant to be the FBI building, its name being the J. Edgar Hoover Building. Mulder's office was in the FBI building as far as I could tell. When his office caught fire in one episode alarms could be heard from Skinner's office so I assumed it was inside, even if it was in the basement. The building does have an open courtyard. Thanks to Google Maps for that one.