[MOC] Paddle wheel steamer

[Sunder]

Paddle wheel steamer by Sunder_59, on Flickr

[Pdaitabird]

Beautiful! I love the hull technique and the rigging details.

[Stuartn]

That's incredible. I love the attention to detail with those seats. The use of skeleton arms for the davits its also ingenious.

The colour scheme is also great, there is contrast, yet everything works well together.

[greg3]

Very nice! I especially like the deck seating, the rigging  and the way the hull curves out around the paddles. Is it based on an actual vessel?

Thanks for sharing.

[Redhead1982]

This is incredibly detailed for such a small scale. Although I'm not a fan of gaps between bricks when creating a curvature, I'm aware that going this small, there's really no other option. But then picking up a small scale might be a bit hard to include details, yet you managed to do so well. The tiny seating area and the small life-boats are really cute. Fantastic build.

[Sunder]

Thanks.

On 2/14/2021 at 1:50 AM, greg3 said:

 Is it based on an actual vessel?

No, there is no actual prototype/

On 2/17/2021 at 1:19 AM, Redhead1982 said:

 Although I'm not a fan of gaps between bricks when creating a curvature, 

I also kinda hate it, but it is what it is. A was always obsessed with closing all the gaps everywhere no matter the cost. But some day I realised I just have to accept gaps to be more efficient.

 

Also I've made some animation as an experiment.

 

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

Nice 

Edited February 18, 2021 by Brandon Pea

[Toastie]

6 hours ago, Sunder said:

But some day I realised I just have to accept gaps to be more efficient.

And this clearly says: It is built with LEGOs. Because sometimes I simply forget that your creations are built in LEGO space.

I believe, it gives a very nice, clearly discernible "touch" to your perfect creations. Otherwise, it would be just that: Perfect. But that is ... well ... perfect. LEGO is LEGO due to its limitations. And you push these limitations to unbelievable small size.

Very nice model. I love it.

Best
Thorsten