I actually did something similar to this a few weeks ago. Instead of it being vertical, I made the door horizontal, so that the track disappears into the floor. Didn't need a bud or anything like that though.
I've been really bored with Minecraft, including modding. However, the ModLoader'ed SimpleMap is done, it only needs to be ported to 1.8. I'll go eat quickly and then update the mod just for you.
New version coming out soon. SimpleMap no longer modifies any core classes (making it compatible with all other mods), but now requires ModLoader. The map toggle button now works correctly instead of rapidly toggling the map on and off 20x per second.
Edit: You can add performance increase to that changelog.
Please tell me you're still working on this! Especially 1.8!!!
This phoenix have gone through a reincarnation: the old smaller uglier version of it got burn by fire when server plugins gone broken. The serpent took weeks? months? to finish because I was busy with work and making the body of the serpent were so tricky. At the end I cheated here and there with worldedit copy paste, and it still looks awkward... Applied a lot of lessons from featherblade@thevoxelbox when making the serpent. Some revision on the phoenix also came from featherblade's constructive criticism. While the phoenix originally fighting the two headed dragon, the fight with serpent looks a lot more appropriate.
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More of mine here: rosedragon's fantasy creations
It wasn't a true Phoenix until you built it again. Rising from the flames of its former self.
I'm actually trying to build Habitat 67 from Marc-Drouin Quay on the Saint Lawrence River near Montréal. They are residences built for the 1967 International and Universal Exposition. I'm building a bit less than 1/6 of the actual building but I'm pretty close to a 1:1 scale (real building is in feets and minecraft is in meters). I will eventually try to use it as a residence for players in my SMP server (should fit 15-20 people in.)
Google Habitat 67 for real pictures.
This is what mine look like:
I'm missing some actual pictures of the floors and from the back of the building to be able to complete it. I used zombe fly mod for contruction and TMI for the materials, but I'm still proud of what I've bone.
Enjoy!
Absolutely brilliant, I love Habitat 67. Very impressive.
That is absolutely brilliant. I'm from Seattle, and as much as I hate actually going to Seattle Center, I love the design of the Space Needle. And I'm really surprised nobody has made it yet, or I've not seen it made.
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Brilliant, thank you so much!
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Please tell me you're still working on this! Especially 1.8!!!
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It wasn't a true Phoenix until you built it again. Rising from the flames of its former self.
Absolutely brilliant, I love Habitat 67. Very impressive.
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