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Cafe serving counter

16 pieces · 8 steps

Build a café counter with open storage bays and space to serve one food beside the till.

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Before you build

Find the pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Use the pictured part and stud dimensions to find the same shape.

Count the studs

Studs are the round bumps on top. Count the lines of studs across and along a piece. When a step leaves a clear row or column, keep that space empty. Match the picture to keep the model facing the same way.

Follow the colour

New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces are lighter so you can see what to add. The finished-model picture shows all the colours together.

Choose how to play

Choose one model and check its pieces first. Take it apart to reuse those pieces for another model. Pack-wide lists are optional planning tools; the exact-colour list follows the pictured palette.

Gather your pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body.

6 × Base plate (4 × 8 studs)
Green / 4672a
4 × Medium plate (2 × 6 studs)
White / 98233
2 × Tall square brick (2 × 2 studs, double height)
Green / 31110
4 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Green / 4066b

Shape-only checklist

Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.

6 × Base plate (4 × 8 studs)
4 × Medium plate (2 × 6 studs)
2 × Tall square brick (2 × 2 studs, double height)
4 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)

Build step by step

Step 1. Set three green base plates side by side, long edges touching, for a wide counter floor.

Cafe serving counter - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Put a green wall brick at each outside corner, with its narrow edge facing the front. Leave the spaces between the corners open.

Cafe serving counter - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Centre a green tall square brick on the front two rows, and another on the back two rows. They form the middle support.

Cafe serving counter - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Bridge the front supports with two white medium plates turned across the counter. They meet over the middle support.

Cafe serving counter - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Bridge the back supports with two more white medium plates, again meeting in the middle.

Cafe serving counter - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Put a green base plate over the left third of the white beams, running from back to front.

Cafe serving counter - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Add a green base plate over the middle third, with its long edge touching the first.

Cafe serving counter - step 7, new pieces in colour

Step 8. Finish the surface with the last green base plate on the right. The pizza tray fits beside the till; serve the burger and sundae in separate orders.

Cafe serving counter - step 8, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

Choose a burger, sundae or pizza from the picture menu.
Put that food beside the till on the counter; keep other foods on the table.
Take turns as customer and café owner.

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Sources and credits

Original model and instructions by Little Build Club. Piece geometry from the LDraw Parts Library.

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