What are you building right now?

GrannyLEGO

@Speedman29 I'm letting it sit today while I mull over various thoughts. I think you are right about removing the dark tan under the beast. It ended up there when I was trying to find a way top get the thing at an angle with a turntable. Have always planned to add "froth" where the beast comes out of the water but almost forgot. Thanks!! BTW am enjoying watching you do the Boutique Hotel, I enjoyed that build myself!

vizzitor

I just finished building the small red Vespa #40517 and have to say it's excellent! It looks fantastic for the scale with great use of curved parts. I have no real interest in the larger one but this one is a lovely build and it's worth adding to an order if you are a tenner off a GWP threshold in the coming months.

Some of the parts in the set are either unique to the set or used in very few sets for now so it's a great parts pack too. I was going to use it for parts too but I'm thinking about getting another one now so I can keep one for display.

GrannyLEGO

vizzitor said:

I just finished building the small red Vespa #40517 and have to say it's excellent! It looks fantastic for the scale with great use of curved parts. I have no real interest in the larger one but this one is a lovely build and it's worth adding to an order if you are a tenner off a GWP threshold in the coming months.

Great to hear this as I have one on the way, well actually, two of them.

eechiwawa

vizzitor said:

I just finished building the small red Vespa #40517 and have to say it's excellent! It looks fantastic for the scale with great use of curved parts. I have no real interest in the larger one but this one is a lovely build and it's worth adding to an order if you are a tenner off a GWP threshold in the coming months.

Some of the parts in the set are either unique to the set or used in very few sets for now so it's a great parts pack too. I was going to use it for parts too but I'm thinking about getting another one now so I can keep one for display.

I really like this too. After reading Huw's review, I decided to swap the dark grey 2x8 Technic plate for a red one, and it it looks much better.

sweetness34

Nice little build, a bit small next to the Vespa though 

Speedman29

Back on the Boutique Hotel build during the week....

First floor build with a couple of bedrooms

More great little details, this desk with typewriter makes me want the Ideas typewriter even more!

There's a mini first floor above the art gallery too, with a terrace bar.

Onwards to the top floor

iwybs

Just put together a Jerac v1 X-wing that I bought from my brother, since he was about to part it out and build something else.  Finally!  I've wanted an ultra mega super colossal Moc-type X-wing for nearly twenty years now, though the ones I wanted twenty years ago were pretty different from a modern Jerac.

iwybs

I think it's remarkable that the garden-variety humble retail set X-wing 75301 which you can easily get for $40 in 2022 is better than the top-tier MOC X-wings that I admired on Brickshelf in 2002, in most of the ways that mattered to me in 2002.  So just owning set 75301 is better than having a top-tier X-wing MOC in 2002.  But the top-tier X-wing MOCs of 2022 are far beyond that level of accuracy and detail.

autolycus

Unbuilt a couple SW sets to make room on a shelf for something else…. Medieval Blacksmith!!

Pulled a couple other sets off the shelf so there’s room for a 2nd castle-themed set, but I can’t disassemble for too long because it hurts my fingers and it’s just boring!

I will probably take a few days of short sessions to finish.

560Heliport

#2160, #2161, and #2162 from the 1997 Aquazone subtheme Aquaraiders- different from the 2007 Aqua Raiders theme.

vanvonfull

I built #76185 Spider man at the sanctum workshop last night and it was my least favorite set in a long time. Flimsy and just a pile of… things. I’ll keep the awesome cape and part out the rest. 

Astrobricks

560Heliport said:

#2160, #2161, and #2162 from the 1997 Aquazone subtheme Aquaraiders- different from the 2007 Aqua Raiders theme.

Man, those had some funky-ass parts :)

KingAlanI

Astrobricks said:

560Heliport said:

#2160, #2161, and #2162 from the 1997 Aquazone subtheme Aquaraiders- different from the 2007 Aqua Raiders theme.

Man, those had some funky-ass parts :)

looks familiar. my KFOL collection includes if not those sets some of that theme

I understand that one reason 90's LEGO had business trouble was so many molds.

KingAlanI

#30417 flower and butterfly, #30583 Easter bunny painting an Easter egg

I sometimes build small sets on a tray in front of the TV as manageable builds with the space and time involved.

Both cute little builds

LegoDad42

Building a set I've sat on for a bit, #21321

Learning as I'm building. Love it. Especially the micro/mini builds.

(Don't worry mods, I didn't post any pics).

Speedman29

A spare Saturday afternoon and I started on the top floor of the Boutique Hotel....

....one big penthouse apartment

....complimentary chocolates on the bed are a nice touch

Just the roof to go now.

Redbullgivesuwind

Put together #6990 Space Monorail it is missing a few pieces but it was a fun build. I wish Lego would do more space bases. 

FollowsClosely

Still dreaming of #10305 while building my old Lion Nights and Black Falcons sets. 

gelkster

EDIT

gelkster

#6393 well underway!!

Marshallmario

@560Heliport #2160 is an awesome mini-sub! Very nice!

KungFuKenny

10 bags done…

gelkster

#5521 Model Team Sea Jet completed!

gelkster

My wife often frowns on my hobbies but tonight she was kind enough to smooth these sails with one of her crafting heat gadgets.

pxchris

I'd love to hear more about what she used @gelkster... ironing my sails is a bit of a terrifying experience to me!

gelkster

it's a Cricut (pronounced "cricket") heat press, basically what an iron does for crafting, except an iron uses steam. This thing heats up the metal base (platen).

You put the sails on a pad & lay a teflon sheet (tan sheet in picture) over them, then rub the press over the teflon sheet.

The dark gray thing is where you set it to cool down when you're done.

gelkster

Remember it doesnt CLEAN them, just flattens them. She said for stubborn creases/folds spritz a TINY BIT of water on the specific area just before pressing-- I applied water with a small paint brush.

gelkster

Dark Shark finished!

FollowsClosely

I have spent hours sorting a tub of black pieces looking to finish up 6030. After 3 hours of sorting I found:

Then another hour or so I found:

Now I have a 100% complete 6030.

A bonus find was this little gem:

I may just have to build 10000 now.

WesterBricks

^ Why I don’t sort parts by color.

gelkster

Always by part type.

Always.

Fauch

I realized that while building a tower of Orthanc I bought used

Astrobricks

Fauch said:

I realized that while building a tower of Orthanc I bought used

Ugh. I did that too. What a slog.

FollowsClosely

WesterBricks said:

^ Why I don’t sort parts by color.

%100 agree. That is why I spent half a day sorting the bulk black by element and into the drawers.

autolycus

Finally finished Medieval Blacksmith yesterday. Build is not bad, not exceptional, but it looks GREAT when finished. Really an excellent looking set. Love some of the details, and really love the overall feel of the set.

KungFuKenny

 I finished #76139 this evening…I knew it was big but the finished product still surprised and impressed me!

It now has its own shelf near some of my Batman graphic novels…

WesterBricks

Time traveling to 1994.

datsunrobbie

Helm's Deep slowly emerging from the bulk lot

Switchfoot55

^Super jealous!

Looking good as it comes together!

WesterBricks

Very swooshable.

WesterBricks

Also swooshable, just… underwater.

PDelahanty

WesterBricks said:

Also swooshable, just… underwater.

You mean "splooshable".

gelkster

I thought "flooshable"

560Heliport

Swooshable, splooshable, flooshable... #6175 Crystal Explorer Sub is one of the coolest LEGO sets ever.

gelkster

WesterBricks said:

Very swooshable.

gelkster

hey me too! 🤣🤣

I don't HATE it but this SP II color scheme is my least favorite of the 3 lines. SP I's colors evoke "police" to me & SP III's good guy vehicles are super cool.

WesterBricks

KungFuKenny said:

A word of advice, if you're going to display it long term, use the stand.  Its massive weight causes flat spots in the tires, especially the rear ones. Mine will never roll smoothly again.

560Heliport

@WesterBricks
Try hot water. My #8466 sat, built, in a box for years. The tires were somewhat flattened. I soaked them in hot water and they returned to round. I used tap water, I don't think I'd risk anything hotter.

560Heliport

Aquazone, 1998 subtheme Stingrays.

560Heliport

Aquazone, 1995-1996 subtheme Aquanauts. Not shown: #6195 Neptune Discovery Lab. I need to clear my 30"×30"/ 75cm×75cm / 96x96 stud table to be able to display it. I think I can fit all of the Aquazone sets on it.