Other Pete J's thread of Lego building (current project: Barad-dûr)

Releasing on 1st Feb. Right around the price I thought it would be: £150



I have a mighty need.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/dune-atreides-royal-ornithopter-10327

 

Bloody hell, I haven't updated this thread in a while. Been busy with another type of plastic - Warhammer.

 

Dam this lego, my daughter is getting into it again and wants to build a massive star wars speeder she only has a small bedroom

 

Mistakes were made at Costco this morning

 

Anyone who's been holding off on the Leibherr crane over the price might like to visit the rainforest today, where it's down by 31%, from £580 to £402

 

GODEFFINGDAMMIT IAN!!!

I'm trying to save money.

That's a damn good price. I doubt it'll ever get any lower than that - 30% is the lowest you'll ever see off Lego, unless you start buying second hand.

 

Sooooooooooo.............

It went down to ~£382.

And will be delivered on Saturday.

 

UPDATE TIME!

Time to start this big thing:



I had a lazy, relaxed weekend, so progress was minimal:



The turntable that supports the entire superstructure is a similar mechanism to the Liebherr R 9800 Excavator but hs been chonkified, presumably to handle the increased moments the massive crane arm will exert.

Anyway, the plan for this year is Lego at the weekends, Warhammer during the week.

 

Actually got this far last weekend but forgot to upload:



The control hub is actually back to front, which I found out when the instructions get you to test the motors. All sorted now.

More progress soon...

 

And here's where I got to yesterday:



All three of those motors each power a spool of cable (well, thread). Going to be interesting to see how the crane arm moves with this method of control.

 

End of weekend progress:



I lost a few minutes searching for a small light bley bit I accidentally pinged off the table when a sub assembly slipped out of my hands.

Will be finished next week as I've booked the week off to chill out at home.

 

The crane is built, and bloody massive!



This is currently how I'm displaying it:



Batman approves:



The scale of this model is something I've not encountered before - I even knocked my head on the jib once when standing from my chair. I think a lot of people will struggle to find a place in their home to keep it on display! It's also surprisingly fast - I actually had to duck under it when the software was taking me through the tutorials and did a 180 turntable spin. If you're interested in knowing how much it can actually lift, check out this video:



I'm really impressed by the model as although relatively simple (compared to, say, the supercars), the structure of the crane and the use of strings to control things is impressive to see in the flesh. On top of that, the control app is very nifty: as well as offering manual controls, the user can switch to a visual control method that allows dragging the crane arm into position.

And now onto the next project...stay tuned.

 

And we're off again!



I've actually already done the leg understructure too. Hopefully I'll get the feet done tomorrow, so it'll be standing tall. A little bit fiddly so far, mainly due to the fact that it's awkward to hold without accidentally pushing bits off. This'll be remedied when the overstructure is added.

 

Working on the feet now:



The ankles are cleverly set at an angle by a perfect "misalignment". Anyway, more building to be done...

 

Those are hardcore Lego slippers @Pete J , treading on just one piece is bad enough.

 

Whelp, the slippers are on, but I'm not getting it finished this weekend:



That's step 995 completed. Of 2420. On the positive side, I'm now pretty sure it's not going to be so tall that I can't fit it in its intended display place.

 

Was going to ask @Pete J , you build a lot - where on earth to you put it all?

Or is it a case of dedicating the West wing of your grounds solely to Lego?

 

I have a LOT of shelves. One day, when I consider the collection complete enough*, I may do a small video.

And the West wing is going to be for Warhammer .

*Yeah, right, who am I kidding?

 

Since I was never going to get it finished this weekend, I decided to do the little chap going inside instead:



Righto, until next weekend.

 

Uppy datey time:



Unfortunately, I think I won't have it ready this weekend either. The design of the build results in the inability to break it down into sub-assemblies, so adding on a brick or two at a time significantly slows down progress - even with building left and right hand side bits at the same time. Also, muggins here needs to pop out to the shops in a couple of hours or so as he didn't buy enough food to last the weekend.

In the meantime, let's do a little upcoming Lego sets review:

42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R Motorcycle



This has just been released and I'll definitely picking it up when it probably gets to <£56. Reviews are good, and I've already bought a new little shelf to put it on - going to have to rejig the other bikes though.

76271 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City™



Probably not going to get this, but I have a soft spot for the animated series as it was one of my favourite cartoons during my childhood - in fact, I had it playing for a while last weekend and damn, is it still good.

And the rest...

Easier just to watch this video:



Of particular note for me is:

• McLaren supercar - OF COURSE Imma getting this, provided it's the full fat affair with a multispeed gearbox and a piston engine. Naturally, I'll also wait for the upgrade that jb70 will inevitably do.
• Bumblebee - that is an awesome looking model.
• Barad-dur - I feel obligated to get this to keep Sauron happy. I'm not even a LotR fan!
• Blacktron cruiser thing - maybe I should start collecting the reborn Classic range...