Man spends 3yrs building 'worlds biggest Lego model...

[grum64]

...of warship USS Missouri only to be beaten by just inches by American rival.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211458/Fisherman-51-spent-three-years-building-world-s-biggest-Lego-model-warship-USS-Missouri-beaten-just-inches-American-rival.html

What would you do?

Me, I'd have to laugh else I think I might just cry!

But what an amazing collection of build he has.

Edited August 26, 2015 by grum64

[AFOLguy1970]

He still has the better looking model which is far more detailed than the longer one. Both are great, but the difference between 3 years of building and several months is obvious.

[Vorkosigan]

Amazing models, of course its not all about size. Its sad to see all the dust on those ships though from being stored in the garage, I hope he gets a safer space for them.

[VintageLegoEra]

Very impressive. Better Nd more details than the other longest ship

[YellowCorvette]

Wan,look

...of warship USS Missouri only to be beaten by just inches by American rival.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211458/Fisherman-51-spent-three-years-building-world-s-biggest-Lego-model-warship-USS-Missouri-beaten-just-inches-American-rival.html

What would you do?

Me, I'd have to laugh else I think I might just cry!

But what an amazing collection of build he has.

Wow,look at the size of that thing!

The model is impressive and there's a lot of details in that gigantic model.

Thanks for share the link!

[engineermax]

Apparently he used non lego elements though.

[SpiderSpaceman]

I loved this exchange in the comments:

"Grown men playing with Legos?"

"People with Hobbies? Perish the thought!"

But yeah I do prefer the garage model here.

Edited August 27, 2015 by SpiderSpaceman

[dr_spock]

I think they both should attend the same AFOL convention and duke it out in a game of Battleships.

[GallardoLU]

I think they both should attend the same AFOL convention and duke it out in a game of Battleships.

A-1 you hit my battle ship! A-2.. you hit my battle ship again! J-15, still hitting the battle ship

[PaddyBricksplitter]

Well why doesn't he just add extra bricks?

[CaptainToad]

Well why doesn't he just add extra bricks?

:)

I guess its not that simple, I think he build the ship in regard to a certain scale - so IMHO he'd have to rebuild the whole ship in order to stay true to the scale

[750ACE]

The 3 year model clearly shows the time invested. What a gift that builder has.

[Robert8]

Holy cow!

3 years?!

[Boettner Builds]

Hasn't there been a LEGO built Titanic that was bigger than both of those?

[GallardoLU]

Hasn't there been a LEGO built Titanic that was bigger than both of those?

there was a 25' 11" Queen Mary built, that holds the record for largest Lego ship ever built (using a team of people) both of these ships broke the Longest Lego ship built by a single person (previous record was 23') but only the American gets that title, even if the Scott's ship is far nicer to look at.

[Boettner Builds]

http://www.vidoevo.com/yvideo.php?i=UGxNU3JPcWuRpeDQzdUk&big-lego-exhibition-titanic-a-length-of-11-meters-wystawa-gliwice-lego-mati

This is the one I was thinking of, 11 metres equals 33 feet!

[GallardoLU]

interesting, I wonder how that was over looked on the record list I had found... with that we have a new overall winner (I assume it was built by a team of people)

[Lordofdragonss]

Jerac's Chimera Star Destroyer looks better! And man, it's seems he don't even dust that MOC :p

Still amazing thing!

[FrenchLegoBoy]

Both are outstanding. The real problems are imo finding a good scale in relation to the source material and respecting it, and also the dust gathering all over the Lego when the building tends to be quite long...

[LEGO Guy Bri]

I reckon getting another foot in a half out of the haul isn't totally out of the question without totally wrecking the proportions?

[Eggolot]

The first one is much better, more detail, great proportions.

[splatman]

I think they both should attend the same AFOL convention and duke it out in a game of Battleships.

Yes!

[jim7564]

thanks for the comments guys,i never built this expecting it to be the longest,anyone can simply add a foot here and there but to keep it to minifig scale it comes out at this size,although my next one could very well take the title LOL.All i can say is it has the right amount of windows in the bridge (someones has 4 missing) the angles on the conning towers are correct and not simply vertical,

[cloud]

Amazing, I'm in awe. Jim you are my hero and your family is equally wonderful for supporting you.

When can I get the instruction manual to build one of my own?

How much will it cost?

Can I order one on bricklink?

just kidding :)

[Kodan Black]

Beautiful and truly epic. Combines two of my loves: Lego and WWII. Like you have to tell kids: there is always going to be someone bigger, faster or better. It doesn't take away from your accomplishment.