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Church

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I finally finished up my church yesterday and decided to take some pictures today. It used up practically my entire supply of basic brown bricks (which wasn’t a lot in the first place), but I think it was worth it. There’s no picture of the interior, as it’s pretty bland, but I hope you all enjoy it! 
At some point, I need to get a photo of all my buildings together….
For more pictures, just head on over to Flickr.

Show some backbone!

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I was going to delay posting this to leave the 5th birthday post at the top of the page for longer but decided that we are here because we highlight cool LEGO models. Marco Tagliaferri (Tagl) demonstrates a lovely addition to the popular moonbase standard in the form of this transit spine standard. It feels so real.

And he has instructions to boot.

Meteor shower

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Any train builder can tell you that taking photographs of full rakes is really hard so I apologise that this photo is a little hard to see. I make no apologies, however, for blogging Peter Norman’s (swoofty) excellent Silver Meteor model as it’s lovely.

My M3 Half-track APC, M4 Sherman tank, & Dodge WC54 ambulance

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I’ve shared in the past my ambivalence toward violent LEGO, but there’s something unique about World War II that has fascinated me ever since I was little. My grandfather and great uncle served in the US Army during the war, and I grew up in one of the countries that both inflicted a great deal of suffering and suffered deeply themselves before losing the war to the Allies.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve really started enjoying the unique challenges presented by building a LEGO model based on something “real.” LEGO has interesting scale challenges, and I think too many LEGO vehicles are too tall or too wide.

My M3A2 Half-track has a three/five/seven-wide hood, with an eight-wide cab and crew compartment. It’s my favorite so far (even though the tracks should have four road wheels, not three).

M3A2 Half-Track (1)

I’m less happy with my M4A3 (76)W Sherman tank, which has to be far too tall to capture the right details in the suspension, and I missed the shape of the rear section behind the turret. Because it was my first tank, I spent a lot of time looking at tanks built by other builders — especially BrickMania’s M4A2, Phima’s M4A3E8, and Milan CMadge’s M4A3E8.

M4A3 (76)W Sherman Tank (1)

Because I come from a family of pacifist non-combatants and conscientious objectors, my convoy of military hardware wouldn’t be complete without a US Army Medical Corps Dodge WC54 ambulance. Like the half-track, the ambulance’s hood is three/five/seven-wide, with a six-wide cab. The recessed spare tire seems impossible at this scale, unfortunately, and getting the shape right means it does not fit a fig.

Dodge WC54 Ambulance (1)

Now to build some sort of massive World War II diorama to put these in…