What are you building right now?

gelkster

Whipped up #6086, planned to quit after 20 or so steps but finished it. Minor modifications as usual. Ran out of the black wall panels so had to improvise with brick-built ones.

KungFuKenny

Gibbo1959 said:

KungFuKenny said:

Great set, but I still question the decision to arm the monkey... :-)

I believe it’s his constitutional right... :-)

Looks like the Pirate is exercising his right to both bare arms and bear arms!

Afoltv

New tutorial for easy LEGO Vehicles! Hope you guys like it 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl7UvvCJHzo

560Heliport

#71719. For me, Ninjago is very hit-or-miss. I really like this subtheme.

560Heliport

LEGO Rhinos.

Dude4Lego

Just finished Old Fishing Store. Paid way too much for it, but it is truly a thing of beauty.

560Heliport

Would you like to see my Mandalorian Transport Ship? Okay, here it is!

560Heliport

^ What? What do you mean, that's not it?

KingAlanI

Finished #21034 London skyline a few days ago. Looks nice but all those particularly tiny pieces got tedious and I was eager to clear the table for a non-LEGO project

pxchris

I got #6259 built and added into the Imperial display. Not too bad of a fit in between #6276 & #6267. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how this display is coming along!

HugeBlueBrick

Not actually building it yet, but clearing space for #75978 Diagon Alley.

vanvonfull

This was a fun little build. Not quite Smaug quality but it should be climbing up hogwarts soon when I finish the astronomy tower. 

560Heliport

#75292 Razor Crest. Build time was about 1:45. I really like it. The box shows Greef Karga in the escape pod (if that's what it is) on the top. I don't remember that, but December (when I watched the series) was a long time ago.

560Heliport

Din Djarin and IG-11 supervising the LEGO Baby playdate.

lessjunkfood

Starting to sort & build the 100 or so 1980s/1990s Town sets I bought from a relative a few years ago. Got these two mostly pieced together - still need to sift though and find all the pieces for the vehicles. 

560Heliport

I have both of those- I really liked the Octan color scheme. 

lkliment2

pxchris said:

I got #6259 built and added into the Imperial display. Not too bad of a fit in between #6276 & #6267. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how this display is coming along!

I always love your classic Pirates setup pics!

pxchris

lkliment2 said:

I always love your classic Pirates setup pics!

Thank you!! 

This is the other half (the pirates side) of the display as it currently stands... Not nearly as nice. I need to cut a blue baseplate to fill the gap. It's also much more cramped due to the size of the Barracuda. #6273 is the only set I'm still missing from the 1989-91 range, but I'm unlikely to get it if for no other reason than I wouldn't be able to display it with the rest. 

560Heliport

You need #6273... and a bigger table. :)

pxchris

560Heliport said:

You need #6273... and a bigger table. :)

This display is on top of a 4x3 Kallax unit currently and unfortunately I won't have any more space for display than that anytime soon. But... one can dream!

(If I do happen to stumble across a good deal on #6273 I'm sure I'll pick it up even though I have no place to display it currently.)

thenaterater

Finished building a pickup truck. I used some interesting snot techniques to make the sides on the bed of the truck only two plates thick and used 2x2 red slopes turned on their side to taper down into the bottom of the truck.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjtamOZkwI


It should be the perfect edition to my farm scene!

JudgeChuck

I think I forgot to post the completed @BenBuildsLego LotR: The Two Towers skyline that I was putting together, so here it is:



Again, a fantastic model and build, with just one small niggle this time around: The "horns" at the top of Orthanc do not quite clip on securely and are lightly stressed "outwards" from vertical, due to a couple of factors: The length of the "Bar 1L with Clip Mechanical Claw, Cut Edges and Hole" and the width of the base of the "Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud". I've tried fiddling around a bit and can't quite get them to sit snugly, but it doesn't significantly impact the model in any way, so I'm going to leave them. The other minor issue is that the "Technic, Axle Connector Hub with 4 Bars" has no clutch holding it to the base at all, due to the way that part is made.

These are, however, very minor quibbles overall for what is a brilliant MOC! The Ents are superb, as are the hidden body in the Dead Marshes and the action feature that explodes the Deeping Wall. Edoras, Orthanc and Helm's Deep are, again, fantastic representations.

On to the third MOC, based on LoTR: The Return of the King:



I'm just waiting for a couple of BL orders to fill in a few missing pieces. Those orders will also complete the parts that I need to put together @veyniac's two Minecraft MOCs, The Warped Forest and The Ruined Portal.
I liked them both so much that, as I was already raising orders for the RotK skyline, I thought I'd kill three birds with one stone and do these as well! Pics to follow.

pxchris

Man, I'm drooling over here @JudgeChuck! On average, how much would you say its cost you in parts for each one?

JudgeChuck

:-) Honestly, I'm not 100% sure, as I've been sourcing some parts form my spares collection and also I've been buying for multiple Wanted Lists at times, but I'd guess that each much be getting close to £100 on average.
I really ought to work it all out, but I'm also a little scared of doing so! ;-)

veyniac

JudgeChuck said:

I'm just waiting for a couple of BL orders to fill in a few missing pieces. Those orders will also complete the parts that I need to put together @veyniac's two Minecraft MOCs, The Warped Forest and The Ruined Portal.
I liked them both so much that, as I was already raising orders for the RotK skyline, I thought I'd kill three birds with one stone and do these as well! Pics to follow.

Cool! It is nice to hear that someone is actually building my creations! Rebrickable doesn't tell me if anyone downloads my free instructions, so I usually have no clue if people actually build my smaller MOCs. I can't wait to see pictures!

p.s. I hope all the teal parts were not too expensive. I tried to use the cheapest parts, but that color has such a limited palette right now :(

JudgeChuck

veyniac said:

JudgeChuck said:

I'm just waiting for a couple of BL orders to fill in a few missing pieces. Those orders will also complete the parts that I need to put together @veyniac's two Minecraft MOCs, The Warped Forest and The Ruined Portal.
I liked them both so much that, as I was already raising orders for the RotK skyline, I thought I'd kill three birds with one stone and do these as well! Pics to follow.

Cool! It is nice to hear that someone is actually building my creations! Rebrickable doesn't tell me if anyone downloads my free instructions, so I usually have no clue if people actually build my smaller MOCs. I can't wait to see pictures!

p.s. I hope all the teal parts were not too expensive. I tried to use the cheapest parts, but that color has such a limited palette right now :(

No, I don't think they were too bad, IIRC!

Having checked, the following were fairly expensive:

Dark Turquoise Plate 2 x 2

Dark Turquoise Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Groove and 1 Stud in Center (Jumper)

I already had a few Dark Turquoise bricks that I'd picked up from a PaB wall a while ago (wish I'd got more!) and I sourced the rest for a good price.

I really like your "End City" MOC as well, so may attempt that at some point in the near-ish future.

I'll definitely post some pics in this thread shortly! :-)

560Heliport

#75266 Sith Troopers Battle Pack. I hiked about 1 1/2 miles to the picnic area in the middle of this great regional park, 2000 acres of trees, lots of small lakes and ponds. Brought some charcoal to cook breakfast, a book, and now I'm playing with Lego. (Lebanon Hills Regional Park, BTW. East of the Minnesota Zoo.) 

Bumblepants

Upgrade to the monitor stand on my desk:

Black_Hawk

The Nissan GT-R Nissmo:

pxchris

After receiving, inventorying, and cleaning up the last set I needed for the collection, I built up all of my Guardians of the Galaxy sets, including everything from the GotG 1 and 2 themes (excluding SDCC stuff) as well as the Guardians stuff from Infinity War. I'd still like to get the couple of Guardian figures from Endgame eventually, and probably the Microfighters set, but otherwise I'm done. :-D


Definitely the primary draw of all of the sets (for me) are the Milano ships. 

And the minifigures! 


But my favorite part of them all is... 



Groot!

vanvonfull

Awesome^

Just a little time for jb’s sub last night. Not an essential set but it’s nice to get another spooky aquatic creature. 

 I’m ready to break some seals on something bigger Tonight. 

KungFuKenny

pxchris said:

Definitely the primary draw of all of the sets (for me) are the Milano ships. 

Nice collection!  Have you looked into the UCS Milano over at BBB?  I have the instructions but haven’t sourced the parts yet...
https://buildbetterbricks.com/products/custom-lego-ucs-guardians-of-the-galaxy-milano-instructions

pxchris

KungFuKenny said:

Nice collection!  Have you looked into the UCS Milano over at BBB?  I have the instructions but haven’t sourced the parts yet...
https://buildbetterbricks.com/products/custom-lego-ucs-guardians-of-the-galaxy-milano-instructions

To be honest, I hadn't... but it's intriguing! One of these days I will start down the path of some of these custom models that are so cool. BBB has some great Lord of the Rings instructions I'd love to try as well. Same with the skylines.

JudgeChuck

@pxchris I've built the BBB Balrog, Oliphant and Prancing Pony and all are well-worth doing. I've just seen that they've added a Fell-Beast, but I must admit that I'm not too taken by it at the moment. It just doesn't look quite right in some way. I'll see if it grows on me.

FollowsClosely

560Heliport

gelkster said:

Whipped up #6086, planned to quit after 20 or so steps but finished it. Minor modifications as usual. Ran out of the black wall panels so had to improvise with brick-built ones.

I like how your use of the Pirates baseplaye depicts a moat around the castle- it's the "wrong" baseplate, but actually better!

Astrobricks

FollowsClosely said:

GBC? Any vids of it in action?

BTW, you may need to build a Lego vacuum for your dust issue ;-)

Cymbeline

Astrobricks said:

BTW, you may need to build a Lego vacuum for your dust issue ;-)

Ooooo, harsh! :-) 

FollowsClosely

Good eye. I just touched up some holes in the drywall. I have not dusted since.

Astrobricks

that stuff gets everywhere

gmonkey76

I don't like drywall dust. Its course, and ruff, and irritating. And it gets everywhere. 

FollowsClosely

Astrobricks, I vacuumed the entire workspace last night.

JudgeChuck

Couple of updates from the last week or so. First up are two of @veyniac's Lego Minecraft MOCs.

The Warped Forest:


The Ruined Portal:

I think both of these MOCs work really well and either could have been an official set. Nice use of #6262134 Plant, W/ 3.2 Shaft, No. 2 to represent either Twisting Vines or Warped Roots.

Secondly will be the final part of @BenBuildsLego's The Lord of the Rings Skyline sets. I've previously built TFOTR and TTT and next up is The Return of the King, however, I'll need to take the model downstairs and find some space to get a clear pic, so you'll have to wait for that one! ;-)

Switchfoot55

Has anyone built the B3's Cinderella Castle? 
https://buildbetterbricks.com/collections/lego-disney-instructions/products/mini-custom-lego-disney-cinderellas-castle-instructions-parts-list

There are a few MOCs out there on Rebrickable, but keep coming back to this one. I've also seen BenBuildsLego's Disney Skylines...which may also be an option. 

veyniac

@JudgeChuck wow, those look so much better in real life! I am glad you liked them so much and that they "worked" (as a Studio builder, one of my worst fears is having someone message me to say that two parts of the model are entirely disconnected or something). Hopefully I will get around to building them myself one of these days...

veyniac

@JudgeChuck by the way, the plant piece was what convinced me to do this model. I had the idea, but got cold feet after I looked at the scarce parts palette for dark turquoise. However, the idea to use the plant parts popped into my head a few days later, and I knew I had to do it!

JudgeChuck

@Veyniac For Minecraft, not having a huge parts palette isn't much of a limitation, to be fair! Although, having said that, as shown by your parts list, Dark Turquoise has not been made available as a 2x2 brick since its reintroduction and the 2x6 brick is *very* limited in numbers, only appearing in 2 sets.
I think the compromises you made are perfectly fine, as the 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 bricks are fairly easy to get hold of in that colour.
As for "working", yes, absolutely they did. My only possible improvement might have been to make the rock frame attach to the top of the Obsidian portal, just to give it a little more rigidity. Currently, it is a tiny bit "wobbly", but it's nothing too bad!
Other than that minor criticism, all good! :-)

veyniac

JudgeChuck said:

 My only possible improvement might have been to make the rock frame attach to the top of the Obsidian portal, just to give it a little more rigidity. Currently, it is a tiny bit "wobbly", but it's nothing too bad!
Other than that minor criticism, all good! :-)

Yeah, you are not the first one to point that out :( The two parts did attach at the top at one point, but I went through a few redesigns of the top because it didn't look quite right. Reattaching it must have slipped my mind. One easy fix is to hide one black and one dark bluish grey 1x2 technic brick in the column, connected by a friction pin.

JudgeChuck

veyniac said:

JudgeChuck said:

 My only possible improvement might have been to make the rock frame attach to the top of the Obsidian portal, just to give it a little more rigidity. Currently, it is a tiny bit "wobbly", but it's nothing too bad!
Other than that minor criticism, all good! :-)

Yeah, you are not the first one to point that out :( The two parts did attach at the top at one point, but I went through a few redesigns of the top because it didn't look quite right. Reattaching it must have slipped my mind. One easy fix is to hide one black and one dark bluish grey 1x2 technic brick in the column, connected by a friction pin.

Yup, that would work but, to be honest, it's not much of an issue anyway, so I'll just leave it as it is. :-)

panchox1

Switchfoot55 said:

Has anyone built the B3's Cinderella Castle? 
https://buildbetterbricks.com/collections/lego-disney-instructions/products/mini-custom-lego-disney-cinderellas-castle-instructions-parts-list

There are a few MOCs out there on Rebrickable, but keep coming back to this one. I've also seen BenBuildsLego's Disney Skylines...which may also be an option. 

That's fun. I haven't build it but would like to. I was looking for a similar model for Sleeping Beauty's Castle a while back but had no luck.