71043 Hogwarts Castle scale Quidditch Pitch

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• Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,351

  March 2019

  Calling @snowhitie
  
  I believe she put together something similar recently. I can't seem to find her photos of the project, but I'm almost positive a Quidditch Pitch was among the builds. May be some good reference material for you?

  

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• snowhitie Member Posts: 3,078

  March 2019

  Yup, I did a Quidditich build and I have now also made the #71043? For now I can give you a picture of the Quidditch field:
  

  
  
  Tomorrow I will put this pitch (on approximate 4 baseplates and a bit extra) next to the Hogwarts Castle (and take a picture) so you can judge it scale-wise. My reason for this scale was mostly to get some nice stands in there.
  
  I've already made a pretty huge Hogwarts Hall (https://flic.kr/p/295CpvU) and my plan is to integrate the Castle into the MOD at some point too.
  

  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  March 2019

  Thanks for the picture @snowhitie!  I had been thinking about making a pitch that was a better scale for minifigures. (I did buy two #75956 to start.). But right now I am looking for something that will be closer to the scale for #71043.  I’ve been eyeballing the Great Hall and think that the field needs to be closer to 60 studs by 22, not counting the stands.  (Which probably puts it closer to 66 by 26 studs total.) If the great hall is around 50m (164 feet?) then the pitch would need to be 3 times as long to reach 500 feet.  The interior of the great hall is 20 or 22 studs, depending on how you count the doors.  So somewhere in the 60-66 stud long range should be right.  (Assuming 164 feet makes sense as the length of the Great Hall.)  All guess work at this point!  
  
  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  March 2019

  Here was my first attempt to MOC up the dimensions.  It is only 45 studs long and doesn’t look nearly long enough compared to the Great Hall.  I didn’t bother decorating the stands yet, so this just a rough approximation of  what it will look like in the end.  
  

  

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• snowhitie Member Posts: 3,078

  March 2019

  ^ I really like that setup, very good MOC.
  
  Yes, mine is a total different scale. Still I promised you a picture, so I moved it back next to the microfigure scale Hogwarts and also finally got my stands filled up with students and teachers.
  
  
  
  It is a very different thing then how you are doing it, but maybe it helps you judge the scale.
  

  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  March 2019

  Thanks for sharing @snowhitie.  I like the stands you created for the figures.
  I tried spacing out the pitch using 6 studs between each viewing stand to add additional length. (Originally it was 3, then 4 studs between each.) With the stands, it will be 63 studs long by 30 studs wide.  
  I am going to need more green tiles to cover the full pitch at this point!  Not to mention all the 1x1 plates it will take to make the stands!
  
  

  

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• 560Heliport Member Posts: 3,871

  March 2019

  Oh no! Where are you going to find a bunch of 1x1 plates? ;)
  

  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  March 2019

  560Heliport said:

  Oh no! Where are you going to find a bunch of 1x1 plates? ;)
  

  Ha!  You’d think it wouldn’t be an issue, but I need 200+ trans-clear 1x1 plates, and those I don’t have.  😬

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• Brainslugged Member Posts: 2,245

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  @Ronyar - They quite often have those in pick a brick walls. If you're near a Lego store, it would be worth checking that before Bricklink. I'd be happy to check my local store this weekend. Not sure where on the planet you're based though.
  
  Edit - I see your in the US. Happy to take a look still. Shipping UK to US is a lot cheaper than vice versa and 200 1x1 plates wouldn't weigh much. Someone reading this in the US might be able to help you out as well.

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  Brainslugged said:

  @Ronyar - They quite often have those in pick a brick walls. If you're near a Lego store, it would be worth checking that before Bricklink. I'd be happy to check my local store this weekend. Not sure where on the planet you're based though.
  
  Edit - I see your in the US. Happy to take a look still. Shipping UK to US is a lot cheaper than vice versa and 200 1x1 plates wouldn't weigh much. Someone reading this in the US might be able to help you out as well.

  
  

  
  

  Thanks for the offer @Brainslugged!  I will probably be near a Lego store this weekend, so I'll need to take a peek.  Not worth shipping all the way from the UK, but I do appreciate your willingness to do so!
  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  February 2020 edited February 2020

  
  I finally got around to finishing off the Quidditch Pitch based on my original design.  Ended up being 64 studs long and 28 wide, which was close to the ratio I found online for the pitch dimensions.  I fear it still is a bit small for the scale of the castle, but it isn't supposed to sit this close to it!  I think the stands worked out fairly well with the alternating reddish-brown and trans-clear 1x1 plates.  I don't love the goalposts, as they look too thick, but I haven't come up with a better solution yet.  I still need to figure out a way to add broom sticks and players.  (I think the paint brush would work ok as a broom, but how to attach it cleanly to a micro fig plus a trans-clear rod to make them elevated has me stymied.) 
  

  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  February 2020

  
  
  
  
  

  

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• Tkatt Member Posts: 472

  February 2020

  ^I think it looks great. You could try part #37762 (candle) for the goalposts, black or gold would work pretty well.  

  

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• Ronyar Member Posts: 373

  February 2020

  Tkatt said:

  ^I think it looks great. You could try part #37762 (candle) for the goalposts, black or gold would work pretty well.  

  
  Good call Tkatt, that would make them more narrow and streamlined.  Now if only they would make it in silver or light bluish gray.  Since they just started making it in colors other than white this year I can hold out hope!
  

  

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• snowhitie Member Posts: 3,078

  February 2020

  Nice work @Ronyar!
  

  

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