MOC Waldenburg Castle

Haddock51 · February 8, 2023

To build a medieval castle from my home districts in Switzerland has been on my mind for a long time. Last year, I initiated some searching. This resulted in discovering Ruin Waldenburg Castle which is situated approx. 30 km southeast of Basel.

Based on excellent pictures and references provided by the archaeologist of Baselland, I decided to build a Lego model of this castle as it may have looked like in the 16^th/17^th century.

Waldenburg Castle has a long history which goes back to the 13^th century. During the uprisings in January 1798, the castle was put on fire by leaders of the Baselbiet Freedom Movement.

Today, only ruins remain.

And now – after just over 300 (!) working hours – this Lego model is finally ready! A long journey from idea to reality has come to an end.

The virtual work with format and design in Studio 2.0 has taken most time, almost 200 hours. Inventory and procurement of all Lego parts – with orders placed at 32 BrickLink stores in Sweden and other Europe – were also very time consuming. To build the model itself took me approx. 70 hours.

This has indeed been an exciting and rather challenging project. I am very satisfied with the result.

The model is 85 cm long, 40 cm wide, with a maximum height of 47 cm above the baseplates. It is built in three levels and consists of approx. 5 300 pieces. Lego LED 9V accounts for the interior lighting.

I would like to thank the Office of Archaeology of Baselland for their excellent support, without which this project would not have been possible at all.

Attached are pictures from “my” Waldenburg Castle and its placement in my own Lego world.