What are you building right now?

560Heliport

An Easter egg, of sorts...

Fauch

great group, maybe the best so far

SirBrickalotOfLego

Day 3 is just beginning:

Been a great build so far, very intense.

monkeyhanger

^Is that a builder's bucket full of tea or perspective? :)

SirBrickalotOfLego

@monkeyhanger like any self-respecting Brit I drink tea from a silo.

monkeyhanger

SirBrickalotOfLego said:

@monkeyhanger like any self-respecting Brit I drink tea from a silo.

I don't drink tea (or coffee) but I do drink my beer like that (a 1L Warsteiner glass stein). 

TheOriginalSimonB

Race Day...

Modeltrainman

@TheOriginalSimonB Beautiful! Are they all GT40s? 

TheOriginalSimonB

@Modeltrainman yes. I was sorting the other day and realised I had the windscreens to make a couple of replicas.

Modeltrainman

TheOriginalSimonB said:

@Modeltrainman yes. I was sorting the other day and realised I had the windscreens to make a couple of replicas.

Awesome work!

Mr_Cross

Quarantine over, some replacements for a handful of sun-damaged yellow pieces acquired.
Done! Very, very happy with this. It's not perfect, but for a set that's 33 years old, I've got no complaints. I'm counting myself as very lucky to have added #6987 to my collection.

Thanks again for all the support in the "what are you buying" thread.



Anyone else noticed the (Muppet) black dragon face?

Modeltrainman

Ships are HARD...

Modeltrainman

Can't get the front right...

bandit778

Loving all the retro set builds, I wasn't buying Lego when all these were about so can't compete with the nostalgia feel the thread has taken but I have been making headway on another load of sets from the stash though.

First up was the 'B' build of #42081.

Didn't bother with the stickers for this model as it was built in the evenings after work and didn't want to mess them up whilst tired.

They did get put on for the weekend build of the 'A' model though. 

Love the model but damn this thing is huge, especially when it's all stretched out.


Decided to try and save my fingers after pulling that one apart so pulled out a couple of the Ninjago Movie sets.

First up was #70613,



Followed by #70615.



I like the look of the finished Fire Mech over Garma Mecha Man but the latter was more interesting to build. 
My only issue is the shoulder joints on the Fire Mech are not good enough to hold the weight of the arms properly which is a bit of a let down and I do wish that both sets had knee joints but all in all two fantastic looking sets.

If all the Ninjago sets (or Lego sets in general) were as well designed and executed as the Ninjago Movie sets, I would quite possibly be skint.

oldtodd33

@bandit778 While the nostalgia is very cool, I come to this thread to see what everyone else is building. It's all very cool in it's own right. 

pxchris

I got all of my Spyrius sets build over the weekend. All sets fully inventoried and verified!

This includes all of the sets which are officially listed under the Spyrius theme on Brickset including the Castle/Space value pack, as well #1785 which is not listed under Spyrius but obviously is meant to be in that theme (with the second "Critter" belonging to the Unitron theme), and the figures from the #6705 Space Explorers minifigure pack. I also have duplicates of a few of the sets.

I absolutely love the color scheme and the design aesthetics for this theme! All of the flying saucer type vehicles and robots, it's just cool, cool, cool all around.

Glacierfalls265

Got all the Bricklink orders in for my Jackal Staff Oasis MOC this past weekend. Then accidentally pulled an all nighter putting it together and filming commercials for it to be put on LEGO Ideas. Suffice it to say that this weekend has been crazy! 

Bumblepants

Glacierfalls265 said:

Got all the Bricklink orders in for my Jackal Staff Oasis MOC this past weekend. Then accidentally pulled an all nighter putting it together and filming commercials for it to be put on LEGO Ideas. Suffice it to say that this weekend has been crazy! 

looks great! Will support once it is up

TheOriginalSimonB

@Glacierfalls265 those columns are a work of art.

Glacierfalls265

@TheOriginalSimonB Thank you! I was trying to figure out how to do an Egyptian style lotus column and it reminded me of that flower piece. And then I put in some technic gears and it just worked!

Switchfoot55

@Glacierfalls265, I always absolutely love your work! You'll definitely have my support!

Glacierfalls265

@Switchfoot55 Thank you! It was originally a digital model I'd been saving for a future contest entry but then I decided why not just build it with physical bricks

Modeltrainman

@Glacierfalls265 , voted, as I told you on Twitter, but I must ask. Those flower pieces aren't stressed like that with the gears kind of in them?

Glacierfalls265

@Modeltrainman Nope, the gears rest on top of the flower pieces and the petals are open enough that it allows them to fit! 

blokey9

i'm currently trying to rebuild #2507. i'm about half way through and it looks like the dragon is missing one of his feathers. i'm really disappointed about that.

KungFuKenny

blokey9 said:

i'm currently trying to rebuild #2507. i'm about half way through and it looks like the dragon is missing one of his feathers. i'm really disappointed about that.

Looks like that piece is pretty inexpensive on Bricklink— just find a seller with no minimum buy and you should be good to go...
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=79833&idColor=110&view=buy&ccName=4629838#T=S&C=110&O={"color":110,"ss":"US","iconly":0}

Modeltrainman

@KungFuKenny Dumb question, but why is no minimum buy good, exactly? I've always  found minimum bus of $5-$10, but even after I hit whatever threshold, I still feel obligated to make the cost greater than shipping. 

TheFew

Base built! Bar 4 of white 2x4 tiles that I need to find...

MrJackson

La Plaza de Marco is complete.
(Is it "de" or "del"?)

KungFuKenny

Modeltrainman said:

@KungFuKenny Dumb question, but why is no minimum buy good, exactly? I've always  found minimum bus of $5-$10, but even after I hit whatever threshold, I still feel obligated to make the cost greater than shipping. 

I meant that if @blokey9 only needed the one piece, then “no minimum” stores would suit better— speaking for myself, I usually can’t resist adding interesting pieces to the cart that I find while browsing... shopping for one piece inevitably ends up in much bigger order!

SumoLego

MrJackson said:

La Plaza de Marco is complete.

I want your trees.  How do you make them!

Switchfoot55

^I'm pretty sure with LEGO

Switchfoot55

In all seriousness, it looks to be 1x1 round bricks with an octagonal plate with bar frame, then some more 1x1 rounds, plate, repeat. Green flower stack on top. Then 1x1 green plates with clips on the small leaves to clip onto the bar frames. 

All just a guess of course....

Mr_Cross

The Redbird. A reworked version of my beloved #918 in red as an attempt to reflect the spaceship in that fantastic logo!

...and just for fun.

Pretty pleased with it. I want to make a Blacktron version too, but, Oh boy! the black 6 x 3 slope is super-rare... I'd pay £5 +postage for one, if anyone has one and felt like doing a fellow fan a real deal, but the current value is CRAZY-PANTS! Otherwise it's going to be a 3 x 4 slope fudge.

klinton

Even though the film has been delayed twice now (grumble, grumble), at least Lego finally got to release this set! I think this is the most excited I've been for a Lego set this year! The minifigs are fantastic, and the build was a rather unique experience. :D

MrJackson

@SumoLego here's the exploded view. @Switchfoot55 prettymuch nailed it. There's one of those 3.18 tubes that runs thru it for added stability. Those clip/leaf connections are fragile, tho.  

Modeltrainman

@MrJackson , thank you for the info! Tree-mendously good job!

gelkster

560Heliport said:

Time warp... Christmas 1977, I was eight years old. I'm holding #712 Sea Plane; on the table is #400 Building Set.

Sea Plane is my 12 y.o.'s favorite old set we have!

560Heliport

#6991 Monorail Transport Base. It's a beautiful spring day.

gelkster

^^^^^ I haven't been outside yet. Still in bed woke up an hour ago!

gelkster

It's been on display in his room for weeks 😆

560Heliport

Indoors, with the rest of the Unitron gang.

Modeltrainman

pxchris

Man... That is so awesome @560Heliport! 

Modeltrainman

@560Heliport
The monorail looks fun. Is it easy and fun to run? How do you change speed?

560Heliport

@Modeltrainman All the monorail sets are the same- you can't change speed. It's just on or off. You turn on the power on the battery box, then each set has two special track pieces that have a rotating "switch" which causes it to reverse, stop, or continue forward. Despite the simplicity, it's a lot of fun. I have all three sets, plus the extra track packs, so I really ought to make a huge layout. I'll post some close-up pictures after I have some breakfast.

Modeltrainman

@560Heliport cool! Video would be excellent, if you can bear to run it.

560Heliport

Here are some pictures. The motor from below, to show the switch: the points sticking out to left and right. It's one piece; when it gets moved to one side it turns on the motor. On the grey track piece, the 2x2 tile with an arrow is on a 2x2 round brick which is on the part of the track that activates the mechanism.

560Heliport

Here's a "switching point" (I'm not sure what they're called): the little tabs in the slots will activate the mechanism if your train is coming from the "wrong" branch, so you don't get derailed.

560Heliport

I'll reassemble the track and take some video. I've never posted video before, so if I break the forum, I'm sorry!