Ralph Savelsberg takes a break from 1/36-scale airplanes and modular buildings to build a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber.
As a carrier-based biplane, the wings fold up:
Here it is with wings extended:
Ralph’s Swordfish is actually meant to accompany Ed Diment’s HMS Hood (which we’ll be featuring here the moment it’s done!).
Heavy helicopters seem to be popular lately — you know, those big ones that go whup, whup, whup.
McZargåld of CATpit Construction treats us to a tiny little helicopter named “Aggresseur” that I suspect makes an adorable little buzzing noise.
Vive la France!
Dean Hofmeyer joins the RAMM revolution with his Hauptpanzer main battle tank:
Walking tanks are always full of win in my book, but look at all those “cheese” (1 x 1 x 2/3) slopes!
See more pictures on Next-Gen and read background info from Dean in his blog post on YSAB.
(Sorry guys, I can never top “Yonder Splendid Assuagement of Bloviation“.)
David Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. How many historical figures/events can you name?
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
The recent Beijing Olympics — and NBC’s coverage of them here in the U.S. — painted a picture of the People’s Republic of China as a veritable utopia of modernism in harmonious balance with ancient tradition.
In this vignette depicting alleged organ-harvesting of Falun Gong detainees, Rocko suggests that the truth may not be so pleasant:
You can read more about this issue in the surprisingly well-sourced Wikipedia topic.
(Via VignetteBricks.)
lokosuperfluoLEGOman has updated the folder with more pictures of 2009 LEGO sets, including Star Wars: Clone Wars and Indiana Jones. Please keep in mind that these are all preliminary pictures and are almost certainly subject to change, therefore the use of old pieces in new figures (such as Patrick the starfish’s torso used for the brute in the Flying Wing set and the Imperial Guard torso used for Willie) will probably change. Also note that the Flying Wing preliminary set art includes a Swastika, something The LEGO Company will certainly not use in the final box art. Note that the pictures seen here are from corran11’s photostream on Flickr, because some images are cropped and rotated for easier viewing.
Jarek‘s Maticore missile artillery tank looks just as good as any other well-crafted LEGO sci-fi tank, but the fact that it runs on motors controlled by a remote from the Power Functions accessories distinguishes this model as a top-of-the-class build. Now it just needs firing projectiles!
You can see another short clip of the tank in action here.
Perhaps it’s the very uniformity and consistency of RAMM LEGO creations that define the good ones. But occasionally, someone posts a creation that’s fundamentally different from the rest, making it great.
Tim “Spook” Zarki takes RAMM in a new direction with this fantastic helicopter:
Spatzenfalke may mean “sparrow hawk”, but the nose and tail remind me of a shark. Then again, Fliegenhai doesn’t have the same ring as Spatzenfalke, does it? ;-)
There are a bunch more pics on Next-gen, as well as a detailed description on Tim’s blog.
What do you get when you cross an old Civil War ironclad ship with a tank? Nathan Proudlove’s Bone Rattler, a uniquely-shaped attack vehicle that Nathan says “was one of those builds that one might have in the back of ones mind for a long time and then one day, after nearly 12 hours straight building, it practically falls together.”
I really like the design of the smokestacks and the use of the triangular Knight’s Kingdom swords.
(Yes, I actually do post once in a while. :P )
Peter Edwards was commissioned to build a Eurocopter Tiger ARH for Australian Aerospace, the company building the real thing.
As you can see from the minifig in the photo, the LEGO Eurocopter is absolutely huge. It’s over 51″ (130 cm) long, with a rotor span of more than 44″ (113 cm).
Peter designed the helicopter in LEGO Digital Designer, ordered the necessary parts from Pick-A-Brick, and then put together the 5,866 pieces over a weekend.
To withstand the rigors of long-term display at Australian Aerospace, Peter then took another 150 hours over 5 weeks to glue the model together.
To see lots more photos, check out Peter’s Bodville site and click ARH Tiger in the menu on the left.
Sadly, for those of you hoping to build your own Tiger from Peter’s design in LEGO Digital Designer, many of the bricks Peter used are no longer available from Pick-A-Brick, making this truly a one-of-a-kind creation.
Mike Psiaki joins the RAMM fun with a brachiosaurus in RAMM livery:
And a bonus Jurassic Park helicopter:
