What are you building right now?

DarthMorl

It's a great build, really like all the little details and some of the hidden touches

bluedragon

Had to take mine down at the weekend to make room for the Sandcrawler, which we are building right now. It's a brilliant set.

hey...hey

pharmjod said:

hey...hey said:

Just about done Bricklinking Green Grocer in lime...however, I am having a hard time tracking down 1x8 in lime. I am hoping the "Volcano Explorer" sets have some 1x8s...fingers crossed.



I would love to see pics of that. It sounds like a fun color.

loved the sand green original color, but was not going to pay the "price". might change the awning accent to red...don't know yet.

hey...hey

yeah, the ewok village is one of my favorite sets, but trying to do a town theme layout, so star wars doesn't necessarily fit in.

hey...hey

mr.piggles said:

hey...hey said:

Just about done Bricklinking Green Grocer in lime...however, I am having a hard time tracking down 1x8 in lime. I am hoping the "Volcano Explorer" sets have some 1x8s...fingers crossed.

Would you be opposed to just using a mixture of 1x6s, 1x4s and 1x2s? Many people do that not only because they're easier to find but also to keep costs down. 

will probably do that as a last resort. as a previous poster reported, might have a lead on some 1x8s.

bobabricks

hey...hey said:

pharmjod said:

hey...hey said:

Just about done Bricklinking Green Grocer in lime...however, I am having a hard time tracking down 1x8 in lime. I am hoping the "Volcano Explorer" sets have some 1x8s...fingers crossed.



I would love to see pics of that. It sounds like a fun color.

loved the sand green original color, but was not going to pay the "price". might change the awning accent to red...don't know yet.

Nice lime green colour scheme, this immediately popped into my head when I saw it, ha ha.

Legopassion8

I attempted to replicate MisaQa's Peacock MOC for my wife for mother's day. I couldn't figure out how she did the tail because the instructions wouldn't load. My wife actually had a hand in the design  by suggesting the hinge piece to get the tail to look right. That makes it even cooler in my book because we worked to together to finish this project. Here's a comparison between MisaQa's and mine. I alternated some gold parts into the design to illustrate the Peacock's association with Hera, QUEEN of the Gods. Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Legopassion8

My wife really digs the lime green and the crimson red, as well...

mcleod4568

Just finished building a London themed Maze in LDD. Have ordered the parts now so will have to wait before I can physically build it. Though people might like to see the LDD design so here are a few screen grabs. The blue part represents the River Thames, the curved section through the trees is St. James' Park (at least it was in my mind when I designed it), the grey thing sitting on the 'water' is supposed to be HMS Belfast, the tall grey building in the corner represents Canary Wharf and the building in the middle is obviously Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. 

There is also an Earth Blue 1x1 Brick with a Transparent 1x1 Round Plate on top. You can probably guess what that is.

What do you people think?

Legopassion8

Looks cool. Like the Big Ben + Parliament building in microscale. 

Me thinks it's time to get back into computers and have a look at the LDD program. Between Google and Blocks, I'm starting to favor Mocs over sets(except CREATOR, my favorite!). It's really stressful to make things the old fashion way. That LDD makes life easier I take it...


Captain CaaaaaveMaaaan !!!!!

77ncaachamps

Bought a used, unassembled #7261. Got done cleaning it. Just now starting to piece it together.

pharmjod

@mcleod4568 You should do a nasty Lambeth Bridge roundabout with traps to replicate the scene in national lampoon's European vacation =)

https://youtu.be/iAgX6qlJEMc

JudgeChuck

mcleod4568 said:

Just finished building a London themed Maze in LDD. Have ordered the parts now so will have to wait before I can physically build it. Though people might like to see the LDD design so here are a few screen grabs. The blue part represents the River Thames, the curved section through the trees is St. James' Park (at least it was in my mind when I designed it), the grey thing sitting on the 'water' is supposed to be HMS Belfast, the tall grey building in the corner represents Canary Wharf and the building in the middle is obviously Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. 

There is also an Earth Blue 1x1 Brick with a Transparent 1x1 Round Plate on top. You can probably guess what that is.

What do you people think?

That's great! :-)

Err, I must be very slow, but what does the EB 1x1 with Trans 1x1 round plate represent?

Bumblepants

^Tardis I would guess

legomental

hey...hey said:

pharmjod said:

hey...hey said:

Just about done Bricklinking Green Grocer in lime...however, I am having a hard time tracking down 1x8 in lime. I am hoping the "Volcano Explorer" sets have some 1x8s...fingers crossed.



I would love to see pics of that. It sounds like a fun color.

loved the sand green original color, but was not going to pay the "price". might change the awning accent to red...don't know yet.

I changed the awning on mine to dark red anyway - looks much better.  My mother always used to say 'blue and green should never be seen' and I thought they clashed on green grocer. 

JudgeChuck

Bumblepants said:

^Tardis I would guess

Ah, yes, you're probably right... I obviously wasn't thinking "out of the box"...

Ririnette

I am trying to build a few sets before putting them up for sale. In the process I really did fall in love with them, so now the idea of parting with them is a bit harder. But given that I have "doubles" should make it easier to process. 

Fauch

building the mistery mansion. nice level of details. the purple fits surprisingly well, especially adjacent to the reddish brown, though I think more dark bley should have been used instead of light bley.

bandit778

Finally managed to make a start.

chrisalddin

bandit778 said:

Finally managed to make a start.

what is That?

ps, love the Dr who dvd's
you got "remembrance of the daleks"? that one is awesome. ace rocks.

Legoboy

chrisalddin said:

bandit778 said:

Finally managed to make a start.

what is That?

A replacement stand for his UCS Naboo Starfighter. 

chrisalddin

Legoboy said:

chrisalddin said:

bandit778 said:

Finally managed to make a start.

what is That?

A replacement stand for his UCS Naboo Starfighter. 

a stand for Deep space nine. i could beleave. 
for a UCS Naboo Starfighter? nope not going to buy that.
it's to big.

Fauch

death star 2?

Rsa33

Peedeejays modular casino

bandit778

@chrisalddin
As @Fauch said, it is the stand and internal frame work for my bricklinked DS2. Have been meaning to make a start on it since I took the SSD apart last year (needed some of the parts), but having enough spare time to sort and build always seemed to elude me somehow.
@Legoboy
A UCS Naboo starfighter that big would be a set worth having, especially if it came with all those lovely chrome pieces.

monkeyhanger

In a dilemma as to what way to do the brickwork of Wayne Manor for my UCS Batcave expansion...I'm committed to having 2 floors worth of Wayne Manor with a brick build (rather than struts/columns and tiled plates), but do I go to town on masonry bricks for almost all blockwork or use mainly flat faced standard bricks with a mix of masonry brick patches here and there like the Ghostbuster Firehouse has on its bottom layers? Opinions please before I place a big bricklink order (there's not a huge amount in it on cost as the masonry bricks are plentiful and 9p each in medium dark flesh/nougat with a few dark red thown in to patch it up a bit).

bandit778

I think most Lego builders have gone through an instruction manual at some point and seen x2 and perhaps groaned  a little bit. I know I have.
Then I saw the x2 after this.

So built one before I carry on with the outer shell so I don't have to do one after the other.

Fauch

I haven't built the ferris wheel yet. wouldn't be surprised if there were some "x12"

jackybrick

just adding some final touches to this starfighter of mine... :-) .. then I should build a stand for it and take some proper photos.

bandit778

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING!

Progress so far, pictured with a minifig to show just how Bloomin' big this thing is. 

Rsa33

The slot machines were nice little builds

chrisalddin

Rsa33 said:

The slot machines were nice little builds

@Rsa33
i have to ask, but ware did you get the instructions for this build?

Rsa33

Its eurobricks peedeejays creation:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=126571

SumoLego

So confused by the Foot Soldiers, Constable and Hot Dog Guy.

Rsa33

Hehe they were just lying around, don't worry ostriches will soon be joining

SumoLego

^ As long as it doesn't get weird.

MaffyD

SumoLego said:

^ As long as it doesn't get weird.

Tempting fate there, I reckon...

MaffyD

I'm just about to build this:

Does this thread allow "Guess what I'm building?" type posts?

bandit778

@MaffyD
It wouldn't be #76047 Black Panther Pursuit would it?

MaffyD

^ And we have a winner. Blimey, that was quick! Thought the purple and green would send people in another direction!

Fab plane by the way - liked the way they got the angles on the wings. Still not sure about Black Panther's head piece. My son loves it though!

bandit778

Had a little help really, just got back from shopping and had picked this set up as I liked the look of the plane and the purple stripes on the wings, believe it or not there are not many sets with the 1x6 purple tile in them.

MaffyD

^ Well, if you own the set that's not fair! :-)

I have no idea how rare any particular piece/colour combo is - I just don't have the time to look! Joker sets must have some of them...

TheOriginalSimonB

Nexo Cycle and the SW Mag AAT.

Don

Imperial Hotel.

Learning that for the large sets where the parts are not in numbered bags, it really really makes sense to spend some time up front sorting!  :-)

SumoLego

^ @Don - enjoy the build!  I found this to be the 2nd best of the Architecture builds.

(FallingWater will always be my favorite, as it brought me out of my building 'Dark Age'.  And I built 6 or 7 of them over the years for various people.)

chrisalddin

right now i am building #75102.

JudgeChuck

I have just finished #42039 24 Hours Race Car with #8293 Motor Set, which has been my very first Technic build.
I have to say that I am very impressed. The model itself looks amazing and is surprisingly big. The amount of detail in the mechanicals is superb.
I think this will have to stay on display for some while, as I'm not looking forward to taking it apart!
Dismantling large LEGO System sets is bad enough, but all those Technic pins will drive me round the twist! ;-)

bandit778

@JudgeChuck
Although not quite as nice as the main build, the 'B' model for this is quite a nice build for this set as well.

Don

SumoLego said:

^ @Don - enjoy the build!  I found this to be the 2nd best of the Architecture builds. 

(FallingWater will always be my favorite, as it brought me out of my building 'Dark Age'.  And I built 6 or 7 of them over the years for various people.)

Thanks! Fallingwater was the first non-Minecraft lego set I built after my Dark Age. Minecraft pulled me in but being a FLR fan that was a logical next step!

Now I just need to control the desire to buy a Robie House.

JudgeChuck

bandit778 said:

@JudgeChuck
Although not quite as nice as the main build, the 'B' model for this is quite a nice build for this set as well.

Yes, I'll definitely give it a go... Just as soon as I've enjoyed the current model and mustered the courage to tackle taking it all apart... ;-)