Lego Microscale
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In the dark of night, when the moon is bright. Best you hide, and stay inside.
(You have to hide, there's nothing small enough to represent you...was considering adding some small (actual) house ants, thought that would look interesting...but you can never find them when you need too, only when you don't XD)
The Dauntless-class is a combat-rated, rugged combat scout used by prospectors to discover new worlds and fight to keep them. The design is one of those that violates civilian purchase agreements and as such is not legally sold within the Core Systems.
The Cerberus - named so for it's three bulbed viewscreen up front - is the standard issue American dropship and short haul troop transport. It has adaptable, VTOL style thrusters and is easy to fly in open space and atmosphere both but come unstuck during an attack on the 'undercity' of Yystret IV shortly after it's rollout to the USEF.
Up until this mission the Cerberus had a faultless operational record, but the USEF special forces were overconfident in it's ability to operate in the confines of a half-buried city. In reality, the three ships had to drop their troops two klicks from their target and this exposed the SEAL team to enemy fire and a hostile approach. The vessels were fired upon and one crashed whilst trying to remain on station during the mission, whilst the remaining two struggled to reach the landing zone for evacuation.
The manufacturers were quick to shift blame onto poor tactical decisions for this outcome but such a warning did little to prevent a slowdown in military orders. The USEF built the mission into their virtual combat training protocols as a challenge for graduating pilots to prevent and escape; most candidates fail and are marked on how well they deal with catastrophe.
Several updates were issued to software and hydraulics to improve reliability into the Fourth Age and the Cerberus sees use with the US Marines and some of the boarding and landing forces of the USEF. Although the stock version is unarmed, it is nimble and armoured enough to survive in heavy fire zones with the right type of escort.
Hello everybody. Today I want to show you my creation for the Lord of the Rings micro-scale collab from the LotrLug (www.instagram.com/lotrlug/). The task for my part was to build a Helms Deep MOC on a 32x16 base. Due to the fact that this castle is one of my favorite places in the LotR movies, it was really an interesting challenge to recreate that place on such a small base.
The design of the Tower is a bit inspired by Simon Hundsbichler (www.flickr.com/photos/138986803@N03).
You can find more photos of my creation on my Instagram account (www.instagram.com/balbo._/?hl=de). I hope you like it :)
An overhead view that helps to clarify that main floor layout. There is a driveway and main entrance on the upper left side of the model. This leads to the lobby of the tower, which then allows access to the single-story section at the back.
You can also see the sun-screens, terraces, and hedge at the lower right area. Break-out spaces.
Here, it finally depicts how the surfboards define the individual floors of the tower--and the overall skyline 'profile' of the building. Plus, you'd have some awesome sky terraces at the 'bow' and 'stern' of the floor plates!
Photography by YinYang
I've built this 25-piece creation just for fun, because I wanted to try to build something fun with only a couple of pieces.
3D view on Mecabricks: mecabricks.com/en/models/eVaPRNRDjzB
I had so much fun with Neuschwanstein Castle last year that I decided to try another micro castle for this year's Summer Joust. This one's inspired by Swallow's Nest on the Crimea. And yes, for everyone who likes to point out that these castles were not built during the medieval time period: no they were not. LEGO wasn't invented then either XD Anyways, I take the actual castles as a pretty loose starting point. I introduced some more contrasting colors on this one. and took some liberties with the size of the rock. Speaking of rock, that is pure insanity going on inside!
My expanding collection of microscale castles will again be on display at The Ultimate Brick Show in Marion, IL next week--come say hi!
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The sixth round of the local building competition for creative use of certain parts. This time the seed part were binoculars. This time I didn't manage to build anything really worthwhile, but the idea of castle towers made of binoculars seems interesting to me, so maybe this will inspire someone more skilled to build something even cooler.
Aside from one digital train for DA4, I think this is the first train I've ever built. Way more fun than I had expected, but also super challenging--there is so much going on on the engine especially!
Built this for the LEGO House contest over on Ideas. (Finalist)
More angles on my Insta.
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Experimental Interceptor; super quick but unpredictable.
The Merlin was developed between Rolls Royce and the Royal Navy; the ship is quick enough to stage surprise counterattacks on Wun'Tux raiders but the devil-may-care pilots run the risk of passing out due to the high, unpredictable G forces which can overcome them.
Fort Legoredo is my favorite Lego set and I have fond memories of playing with it as a kid. I didn’t have any Lego until I moved to the US, and my first sets were from the Western theme. In building this microscale version of the iconic Fort Legoredo, I wanted to capture all the features that made this set so memorable, including the 4 modular sections of the fort, the army of soldiers and bandits, and even the very fun trap door mechanism in the headquarters (which you can see a video here). The bandanas on the microfigs are the originals from my childhood copy of the set.
A heavy space frame design to accommodate powerful engines and a next generation FTL drive makes the lurid, impossible to miss Corydalis a standout freelancer vessel.
In the snow there stood a tower, watching over the hills as a lighthouse watches over the sea...
Just in time for 2017 to upload a last small creation! I wish you the best and will see you next year ;)
I figured the tree technique I came up with (using stacked lassos) might work pretty well for microscale so I gave it a treehouse :)
Workhorses of the orbital space-stations, docking barges were often overlooked and overworked. The ships were usually owned and operated by independent companies, who would paint them in distinctive colour schemes. Four examples are illustrated here.
A Liberator Mk. III of No. 120 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, based at RAF Aldergrove in 1943. The squadron boasted the highest submarine kill count of any unit in the Royal Air Force, having sunk a total of 14 U-Boats during the war.
Another micro aircraft! I originally wanted to make the Mk. VI variant (B-24J), but I couldn’t find a good solution for the nose turret. So, here we are with the Mk. III (B-24D), which was the first Liberator model that Britain received under Lend-Lease. At some point I'll probably switch out the open 1x1 round studs for part 4265c in white, as the latter are not as thick and thus better to use with the props.
Some inspiration taken from detarame45.
SDG.
Credit to Lautinus for the katanas; the blades create a nice curve that is otherwise hard to achieve at such a small scale. I suppose that katanas are also appropriate since one of the SR-71’s other nicknames, “Habu”, was coined by Japanese civilians who thought that the aircraft resembled a species of snake native to Okinawa. A-12s, and later SR-71s, were based on the island from 1968 to 1990.
SDG.
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A Grumman F-14A Tomcat of VF-24 “Fighting Renegades” aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64), 1982. VF-24 spent four deployments with “Connie” between 1977 and 1982, during which time the unit won two “MUTHA” trophies for being the most spirited strike fighter squadron in the U.S. Navy.
I first saw the Tomcat up close while touring the USS Hornet museum ship a few years back, and I realized just recently that the sword/spike piece (64727) could work for the wings. And yes, another case of non-purism with the BrickArms monopods, but without them the wings couldn’t sweep out. Unfortunately BA monopods aren’t available in light grey. Oh well.
SDG.
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Constructed around a massive particle cannon and also equipped with ion guns and anti-fighter turrets, these destroyers decisively end space fleet battles with overwhelming force.
The engine design here was actually originally intended for the Restoration Crusader I made a while ago. I really like the angular and aggressive engine design, but it wasn't really meshing with the more reserved angles of that model's body. I ended up coming up with a different engine design for that model but I kept these and finally made a new ship that I think works better with them.
I'm actually thinking of scaling this up, probably to 50-60 studs. I really like the colour scheme: black bridge up the front, light bley spine with white mission pods on lateral hardpoints.
While studying in Berlin a few years ago, I visited the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, where this Royal Australian Air Force C-47B is on display. Numerous “Dakotas” (or “Skytrains” in American service) ferried supplies to the blockaded inhabitants of West Berlin during the “Berlin Airlift” (June 1948-September 1949). Today, the Skytrain/Dakota remains an icon in German culture as the Rosinenbomber (“raisin bomber”), so named after Allied pilots like Gail Halvorsen dropped candy from their planes to children below.
Since 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, I thought that it’d be fitting to kick off the year with this post.
Credit to detarame45 for the genius wing dihedral technique. Full disclosure, I did use a BrickArms U-Clip to attach the 1x2 slope to the underside of the aft fuselage; it’s not a purist solution, but it looks much better than an inverted curved slope. It also allowed me to use a minifig hand (inserted between the slats) as the tailwheel.
SDG.
A walled town stands aside this fertile river, allowing the residents to harness the water for agriculture and wheel power.
Built for CCCXIII Microscale.
As I watched the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, I recalled the spectacular celebrations that were held this past June for the Platinum Jubilee. As part of the flypast after Trooping the Colour, a formation of RAF Typhoons spelled out “70” to honor Her Majesty’s seven decades of service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and the world. Now she rests in eternal peace, having led a life dedicated to God and her country.
Some design elements borrowed from detarame45.
SDG.
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One of the more dynamic looking starships on the market, the arrowhead shaped armed courier is a popular choice for individuals transporting high value, low volume goods.
Microscale seed part build using the x383 Technic connector as the seed. I ended up spending most of my time working on the base and train tracks, but I'm pleased with how they turned out. The tunnel uses those new 3 x 3 macaroni tiles in light bluish gray, too - such a great new part.