Non Technic LEGO

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Jobbo

12,958 posts

263 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Oakey said:
Anyone use Brickset? The site stays are impressive, some 107k users owning around $255million worth of sets and some 2.5billion bricks
I put my sets into Brickset recently. Over the weekend I happened to display them by number of bricks. Rather surprised how few bricks the 80s car chassis, 8860, has compared to modern stuff. And how many my mini-modulars has.

ColinM

172 posts

254 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Oakey said:
Anyone use Brickset? The site stays are impressive, some 107k users owning around $255million worth of sets and some 2.5billion bricks
Its an excellent site. After signing in you can look up your sets, tick a box to indicate that you own it and create your collection online to get track it easier. You can also make custom lists like 'Used to Own' which I find handy. If you go to your collection page you get a total number of pieces you own, apparently I have 65316 !!! I makes it easy to share info on your sets with others using a link like this -

http://brickset.com/sets/ownedby-hardwax

Jobbo

12,958 posts

263 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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I think the school holidays cause Lego deals to appear - biggest discount I've seen on a Lego set is this, City Museum Break-In, £19.99 at Argos reduced from £49.99: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3...

In fact, I bought it earlier this year from Amazon at £29.99 though I haven't yet opened the box. I wish I'd waited a month or two!

Oakey

27,521 posts

215 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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I saw Jabbas Sail Barge for £50 recently, dunno if that's a good price? Is it usually £99?

slybynight

391 posts

120 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Bipolar Kittens said:
Screw it, let's do this!

I'm still waiting on 10 more parts but let's see how far I can get before I need one of them.

I'll be using LDD files for the build and I know from personal experience after building Slybynight's Concorde and SR71 that it can produce some pretty bizarre building instructions. With the AT-AT being a far bigger an complex model, I'm not expecting an easy ride.

I'll be starting with the feet (subject to missing parts)
Yes, LDD does indeed, sometimes, work in mysterious ways!! There is always the more "professional" alternative of LDRAW and its entourage of associated programs for rendering, instruction generating etc - I looked at it, but it was such a steep learning curve, it started to take the fun away. It's hard work enough designing anything in Lego, let alone on a computer, let alone learning LDRAW as you go along! Anyone proficient here?

Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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I'm on step 386 out of 431 and still nothing is looking like a body yet.

There has also been a fair amount of colour variation. I know i've ordered everything on the parts list, purely because I spent about 3 weeks counting everything and checking it off the spreadsheet, so i'm reasonably confident I've got everything. Where i've substituted a colour with another, I just hope that where more than one choice was available I've chosen the right one and it won't be needed later.


AshVX220

5,929 posts

189 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Bipolar Kittens said:
I'm on step 386 out of 431 and still nothing is looking like a body yet.

There has also been a fair amount of colour variation. I know i've ordered everything on the parts list, purely because I spent about 3 weeks counting everything and checking it off the spreadsheet, so i'm reasonably confident I've got everything. Where i've substituted a colour with another, I just hope that where more than one choice was available I've chosen the right one and it won't be needed later.

Looks awesome BK, although looking at the instructions you've screen-shotted, the build process seems really odd and a bit of a ball-ache. I know that when it's done though, it's going to be so impressive! biggrin

slybynight

391 posts

120 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Awesome model BTW Bipolar - where exactly is your seat in it?

BlueMR2

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8,642 posts

201 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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slybynight said:
Awesome model BTW Bipolar - where exactly is your seat in it?
You don't sit in it, you sit on it, lol.


Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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AshVX220 said:
Looks awesome BK, although looking at the instructions you've screen-shotted, the build process seems really odd and a bit of a ball-ache. I know that when it's done though, it's going to be so impressive! biggrin
Yeah, it has been a bit of a ball-ache. On screen all the parts float in their final positions, but in reality Lego doesn't levitate so i just have to leave them to one side. I'm betting they'll all come together in the final step and i'll have a hell of a job figuring out how and where they all fit together.

But I am really looking forward to the finished article.

Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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32 Steps left and we finally have the beginnings of a structure!


Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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I knew it would happen. I need to get from this:



To this, in one step:



And what i'm staring at is this:



Wish me luck.

Jobbo

12,958 posts

263 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Looks easy, just turn it 180 degrees wink

BlueMR2

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8,642 posts

201 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Send me all the bits, I'll do it wink.

Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Jobbo said:
Looks easy, just turn it 180 degrees wink
Lol, this is anything but easy. I'm having to dismantle most of the structure to insert the random pieces built in the earlier stages.

troc

3,739 posts

174 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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HAHAHAHA

Externally, I am mocking you










Inside, I am crying with jealously

smile

Jobbo

12,958 posts

263 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Bipolar Kittens said:
Lol, this is anything but easy. I'm having to dismantle most of the structure to insert the random pieces built in the earlier stages.
I was teasing of course, but isn't it mostly the addition of the lift arms for bracing? I can't see how the large constructions attach underneath, mind you...

slybynight

391 posts

120 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Ahhh - was it like the tail of the Concorde where you build the same part in two sections (with bits hanging in the air) and then magically meld them together in one step !!!!!

The way round this (at ldd stage) is to just build the model in subsections and leave them floating in mid air - obviously this only works if it is stupidly obvious and easy to place the subsections together at the last minute. This is why my SR-71 appears to be in 5 pieces in the final LDD.

Bipolar Kittens

217 posts

151 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Jobbo said:
I was teasing of course, but isn't it mostly the addition of the lift arms for bracing? I can't see how the large constructions attach underneath, mind you...
Essentially yes, but they don't just just clip into place without having to remove a bunch of parts first. As an example see the red lift arms below, to remove the long technic bricks to be able to insert them, I had to remove part of the roof, the entire back wall and part of the floor. That has been the worst so far (I still have more to do) but very few parts are going on without have to remove something first. It's very frustrating.






Bungleaio

6,324 posts

201 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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It just shows how good original Lego instruction manuals are.

Epic build none the less.