Lego Original World Trade Center LDD (wip)

[zeronthegreat]

Got back into working on it, made a topic about this 6 months ago, but in the wrong section. Not the greatest builder, I do believe I am pretty creative though, the model I would say is 90% accurate, I actually started this a year ago, took some time off, and also, believe it or not the first time I'm using Lego, I mean I did have Lego sets and played LDD, for fun though. I guess this is fun too, frustration sometimes when I can't find or think of alternative ways to make it look neat. Anyways, I had to split the model into two because it's too big, even though the plaza which I am for a fact going to do the interior (to be more specific, paths and such) of the mall, (please don't mind the messiness around the area. Elevations are close to accurate, such a small scale so it's tough to make details that tiny.) Now the towers, starting to change some bricks into white so it looks nice. need to do the base,but before I can need to work on my plaza and work around where the towers on and such. kept its edges since they're not attached to the towers, helps me with scaling sometimes, when I start on & it would.

Tried my best to give you a taste of what the plaza would be like, through Lego. The Plaza at the moment with all the junk around is 16,000 pieces already. And the Twins are 19,000 each. so all together is more than 50,000. There's a pic of The WTC Lego Model (Not by me) most of you must of seen it before, one of the finest ones I've seen in LDD compared to my Twins when I finished them first. Crashed so I took a screenshot.

Don't know how to do thumbnail on here so you guys have a comfortable scrolling and opening I'm assuming that what it does and is. Hopefully you will have access to the imgur links below.

WTC 3,4,5,6

http://imgur.com/a/836wr

WTC 1,2

http://imgur.com/a/NTXA5

My WTC Twins compared to Spencer's WTC complex scale.

http://imgur.com/a/E7uR6

[zeronthegreat]

Made sure the elevations is accurate other part's of the plaza which you would rarely see, fortunate to get it very accurate despite the limitations in Lego bricks they provide for me and in reality. try to get every kind detail that is possible on this, added more scenery, not done yet. Need to fix part of the road paths and such. 90% accuracy with the entrance at World Trade Center 4 South, East area. Try to gather as much references I can get, pretty tough to find great photos of them. Manage to fine some somehow to help with its placement and accuracy of the facade or layout. I hope you're enjoying my work and appreciate it as much as I do too. :) Forgot to show what 3 looks like, East side and unfortunately I cannot make the rooftop of 3 accurate. (Would love to know a better way to upload photos besides putting links. it's frustrating that I couldn't attach the link on "Insert image URL" like I used to 6 months ago. This works but would like a better, faster way of doing it)

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&76 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

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[zeronthegreat]

Going to try not to post a lot, just want to show you guys about major things I'm doing, like this. Starting to do the mall, kind of have it planned out in my head. It will work. Hope you guys like it.

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[koalayummies]

Wow this is not at all what I was expecting, in a very good way! I thought it would be along the size of the small architecture models but this is massive and fantastic. That many pieces would probably crash LDD on my computer. Keep up the stunning work I can't wait to see more!

[zeronthegreat]

Little update, I might maybe do a decal to make the fountain round, and made a custom one for the mall, planning to do more custom ones.

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&7 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&72 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

Edited January 1, 2017 by zeronthegreat
Texture change

[zeronthegreat]

Been a while and haven't been working on it for a bit, school and a project for school I'm working on. Just made these minor addons and bits of changes.

 

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[zeronthegreat]

Sorry for updating a lot >v> finished the facade on four kinda. It's just so nice to look at. To me at least. I'm proud to say though that this is the most accurate recreation of the Twins anyone ever did so far.

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[zeronthegreat]

Been a while, got a decent amount of work done, completed the new granite pavement plaza area where the Koenig's sphere is at, more scenery concourse level, more custom decals can be seen from the plaza, the mall, etc. Complete the exterior elevation barriers on Vessey street, remade 4,and 5's exterior. The black rectangular shape attached to 4 between 2 and 4 is a supplementary stair tower added in 95-96 to serve trading room on 8th floor. Note that the plates representing as roads around the plaza are just there for temporary, viewing its elevation and such. A satellite view, and an overall view with the outline of the twins, mall path beneath plaza. Remember though I actually finished my towers, well 95%, had to separate the files because of how much LDD can handle. Will post tomorrow a rendered image I've been trying to render for 12 days. (Excuse me for the amount of photos and updating.)

 

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&7 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

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Edited January 28, 2017 by zeronthegreat
Posted two of the same photos by accident

[Pickbricker89]

My mind is blown. This is incredible! Do you plan on building the Alexander Calder sculpture that was between the two towers? I'm not sure the rules on posting pictures here, but search for Alexander Calder Bent Propellor. It'd go well with the other decorative elements you've got already, in my opinion. 

Edited January 30, 2017 by Pickbricker89

[zeronthegreat]

I want to, also going to try and see if I can make 6 facade accurate too. At the moment going to fix it's overall layout, made 3 a bit long and skinny so have to fix that. The Bent Propeller sculpture believe wasn't between the twins, but it was first placed next to 1 on West Street, later moved to the corner of Vessey Street, and Church Street, and again moved to the pedestrian bridge between the plaza, and 7 on Vessey Street. The thing makes me kind of a bit nervious though is trying to make the the Propeller sculpture accurate, and the Ideogram, can do the Cloud Fortress, easy. 

[Herky]

This is pretty cool, just don't ever post the original file or Lepin will steal it to make the set.  Great work and great job, enjoyed the progress through the posts, never been there myself but on the travel list.

[zeronthegreat]

Ah, thanks. Wasn't planning to because believe something like what you said would happen and I get discredit. Who is "Lepin"?

(Sorry I've been seeing some unwanted comments not on here but when I posted the imgur links to the albums with 9/11 puns and jokes. They get old after a while and starting to get a bit ticked off because I see them a lot. Would like to say again that there will NOT be any planes or anything related to 9/11, another reason why I'm making this so so everyone and myself can have a taste what the plaza looks like, and the mall. Hopefully the observations. And what's even better that it's in Lego? Would love to make a bigger scale. Know that some didn't mean to get me ticked off, everybody jokes. Wish instead of that I wish more would pay more attention on the detail and kinda get a taste of what is it like to be there and admire the person who took the time to do so. It's been over a year already. Make sure some of you read a bit of the description before asking questions. Thank you, and sorry.)

Edited February 1, 2017 by zeronthegreat
Something to do with previous unwanted comments, not on here, but in the imgur album comment section.

[zeronthegreat]

Doing some trees, they're a pain and the smallest, detailed trees I can make, saw someone almost did something similar are thought why not, and need great trees. They're a bit bigger than the actual trees that is placed around the plaza street level, but nothing I could do and rather have them big nice and pretty, give you a sense of what it could also look like when the trees grew bigger if it was standing. Definitely changes the setting, and also a lot of changes before the trees, some building exterior changes, some elevations street level, and building's positions.

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&71 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

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[zeronthegreat]

Decide to make the tree it's accurate size. But it's barely present in the photos. Finished WTC 7's Plaza and the Bent Propeller Sculpture. Man I don't even know how I manage to pull it off pretty well. My progress can be vied on my Flickr.

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&7 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

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[peedeejay]

Quite some dedication! Are you planning to build this with real bricks later? Asking because you're using part/color combinations that do not exist like the round flower plate 1x1 in olive green (http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=33291#T=C)

How many parts so far? You need to make sure that you are not reaching a point where your LDD file is so large that it won't open anymore. You need to make backup files very often!

[Borex]

Huuuuuuuuuuge! And i like it! 

Keep it going!

[zeronthegreat]

I know some pieces don't exist in some colours unfortunatly. : < So there's 21,580 pieces so far. My computer can hold up to 50,000 pieces, splited my twins already because yeah it crashed. And unfortunatly the pieces that doesn't exist, there's other I believe that doesn't exist in that colour, there's nothing I could do or a replacement to make it also look nice besides doing it like this. : <

 

[zeronthegreat]

 

 

My recreation of my lego recreation in LDD of the WTC

Bored, so recreated my recreation in LDD

World Trade Center 3,4,5,6,&amp;71 by austinhansngo, on Flickr

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Woo wee. Why don't you take a look at the Marriott logo! Views of East side of 4, and 5, Krispy Kreme, and other minor add-ons or views.

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[koalayummies]

Fantastic work thanks for sharing the updates, its absolutely amazing building you do. Don't worry about the comment about the company who we aren't to mention and idea theft. At over 50,000 bricks this would be one of the last things anyone but you would try and make with real bricks. The scale is so massive its sheer size is protecting you.

Edited March 14, 2017 by koalayummies

[zeronthegreat]

Thank you! When its ever completed, I'm thinking it would reach to more than 100,000. Pretty much if I coming the towers and despite of some of the mess, plates, anything that will not be there later on is around 60,000 now. More like 65,000 and hopefully I can build it, I'm not really great with structure, but hopefully it's structurally stable, gotta save money, alternative colours for some bricks, and custom decals.

[zeronthegreat]

Austin Joseph Tobin Plaza with finished details. (Mid July 2001)

 

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[zeronthegreat]

Been a while. Just added the towers just so you see how big they are, and what it looks like with the complex. Had to delete the structures in the twins so I can add them. 49,518 pieces in one big file. Enjoy. (Excuse me for the huge panoramic photos and the last one, you could barely see the quality of it so that's why, I've read about what size they have to be for comfortable scrolling, - excuse that too.) Last one is a comparison with the panorama above it.

Anyways, follow me on Flickr if you're interested. https://www.flickr.com/photos/146188873@N07/

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[zeronthegreat]

The textures in the program is transparent, but if the Lego brick in the program is trans, it would make the whole texture trans, so it's a solid, but will only be a sticker. Anyways, what you think? Plus references, and new elevation Liberty Street.

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