Everything LEGO thread!

I definitely understand how you feel. I’ve been able to pass on most sets. However the Chinese new year sets are a must buy.

 

Models or Gunpla? I'm considering getting a Gunpla...

 

Aren't Gunpla still models?

Still working on that Scammell

 

You know what I meant lmao

 

Honestly not sure if I'm going to Brick Days next year. If I do, I'll try to finish up that farmhouse I was working on earlier this year, but I'm just not feeling it. Already started packing up the Lego area, and next year I plan to go to more model contests instead of Lego stuff.

 

https://twitter.com/rebrickable/status/1591805843347062786?s=46&t=vDyP1oEPeq5LXqtpcTbaSg

Just b’cause

 

I've scrolled past a lot of meh in the new offerings too.

You all seem bored. So here.

I've been doing an analog MOC of this. This is f'in hard.

Two different wing attachment experiments, two different main gear section experiments, both retractable/rotatable 90 degrees, neither perfect. The port wing is two studs wider (chord fore to aft) than the starboard wing, which was my first attempt.

I'm fed up trying to resolve the main gear up retention and down rotation into a stable forward lock. I almost have it nailed on the port wing where I'm integrating the pivot into the front spar structure, but when retracted, the black bracket stop that provides gear down position ends up sticking out too far below the wing. Accommodating the root gullwing structure back to level at the main gear, then having to integrate that while considering where and how outer gullwing folding attachment points will work spatially while trying to keep the whole wing from being comedically thick is quite the challenge.

Also, pretty happy with the angle at the fuselage, but the outer wing should have a shallower angle, so I can't just replicate the structure inboard at the level gear section. And then don't even get me started about smooth plates in that valley between the inner and outer wing sections.

So I thought I'd take a break from that and start mocking up the R2800 radial engine, mount, and cowl, which I had already fiddled with early on. Then I glanced over at my son's Mandalorian forge. INSPRIATION!

 

I've been researching the various modeling software and their pros and cons. At some point I'd need to do that just to figure out the inventory, let alone what fits and what other pieces may work for me.

But also I can't wait to get away from screen time after work.

We've got millions of diverse pieces, and it is all disorganized, despite my best limited efforts against a second grader and his friends. I think the big Mustang is the only model he hasn't dismantled, because I won't let him.

But yeah, I think this is definitely a model worth... modeling. Maybe after Christmas.

 

And yeah, to your point, getting a feel for what is achievable at different scales is def a hands-on thing for proportions or seeing if you can base a complete model around a certain few key pieces. Because you always have to go up 2 studs in scale, for the most part.

 

This weekend we wrapped up the succulents.

 

Cor blimey!

 

Cleveland Starry Night:

 

Well I broke down and did it. Got the Galaxy Explorer from Walmart this past week. For $75.00, I wasn't going to pass it up.

 

Best value in a set in a long time, IMHO, especially at that price. It was a fun build.