Man builds 19ft Lego Rocket

All friendly discussions not directly related to Star Wars. Includes 'Introductions' section.
Forum rules
1: Personal attacks on individuals or groups, direct or indirect, are considered contrary to the SWNZ mission. SWNZ is a supportive community.
2: The posting of content or language deemed unsuitable for a general audience is considered contrary to the SWNZ mission. SWNZ is an inclusive community.
Post Reply
User avatar
Buzz Bumble
High Colonel
High Colonel
Posts: 1490
Joined: Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:50 am
Country: New Zealand
Location: North Shore, Auckland

Man builds 19ft Lego Rocket

Post by Buzz Bumble »

Here's another one to show your wives. ;)

It does have a Star Wars connection too - a couple of naughty droids are trying to stow away on the rocket. :)
Man builds 19-foot-tall model of Apollo 11 out of 120,000 LEGO bricks

Every now and again the internet has the capacity to blow our dinky craniums to smithereens — this happens to be one of those moments. Some unplaceable Herculean conviction drove LEGO architect Ryan McNaught to build a 5.76-meter-tall recreation of the Saturn V rocket used for Apollo 11 out of 120,000 plastic bricks.

According to McNaught, this is the tallest LEGO structure in Australia. The model will be on display at Australia's Brickvention next weekend. Even though this sculpture took 250 hours, Ryan found the time to include the Astrovan and sneak in two droid stowaways. Gobsmacking work.

Image

Image
More pictures at io9.com.
Last edited by Buzz Bumble on Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
MattG
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 4921
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:46 am
Country: New Zealand
Location: Auckland

Re: Man builds 19ft Lego Rocket

Post by MattG »

That's cool.

I'd love some large scale models from the Apollo era at some point.
Post Reply