Piglet

MOC: Return to Schloss Ferkelstein

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Hello

I haven't been here for a while, but today I'd like to share with You my newest MOC and so far a greatest project of my life : o)

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Return to Schloss Ferkelstein

XX century, mid 40's. World War II is bursting Europe. Alpine castle Ferkelstein, placed deeply in the Reich, seems to be a peaceful oasis for the soldiers quartering here. Duty in the garrison is not tough, and in the spare time you can visit the 'Wild Deer' inn, placed on the market square of the nearby town – Ferkelstadt.

In the last days the peace of this area has been disturbed however. Specialists of the enigmatic and evil SS Paranormal Division had been delegated to the castle. They brought mysterious boxes and established a digging site on the cemetery. Apparently they are working on a new Wunderwaffe – the project Übersoldat. Their scientists want to create a supersoldier who would allow Nazi to take the ultimate victory in Europe. They must be close to the success, because new guests appear in the town last days, invited for a ceremonial banquet in the castle.

Fortunately there is someone who can thwart Nazi plans – it is an American secret agent B.J. Blazkowitz (with Polish descendance of course). He is just on his way to the castle in a cable car, dealing with another opponent. For distraction British commando unit will attack the castle from the lake side. Meanwhile a small resistance team will make some sabotage act near the castle main gate.

The diorama was being made for 2 years. Inspirations were taken mainly from the 'Where Eagles Dare' movie and the Wolfenstein game series.

Some of the photos:

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Flickr set with some of the photos:

All 99 photos:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=508217

I hope You will like it : o)

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Wow, excellent moc. All in all, how many pieces would you say are involved? There's a ton to look at. Very impressive!

Clanure

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That's a really amazing MOC, fantastic amount of details. :thumbup: I love the re-used castle look, as well as the sharp contrast of an ordinary town and the uniform military look. I half suspect if you looked hard enough you could find Indiana Jones... :laugh:

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Whoa, amazing! The whole thing is so big and great! I've got to say - my favorite part has got to be the trees. They look so real! Great job!

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this is fantastic you should be very proud.

I combines my favorite MOCs, Castle, trains and WWII Military.

Looking at the pics and there is soooo much to see in it.

I know you said it took two years but could you give us some more details?

is it modular? number of bricks (approx.) what is the base, size? Hell I would interview you for an hour if I could!

Front page coming soon I am sure!

Edited by MikeyB

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Utterly brilliant! It makes me want to go play Wolfenstein... :wink:

Great castle, great town, great train, and so many other little detailed scenes. This is one of the best MOCs I've seen. Its quality all over. You should be proud!

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Your Schloss MOC freaked me out! Great castle and town area! I cannot imagine the amount of parts used! :wacko:

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Beautiful layout :oh: The village/train looks great and the castle is stunning :thumbup:

The trees are excellent too, certainly a MOC you can take pride in :classic:

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Fantastic creation, Piglet! :thumbup: I stumbled upon this on Brickshelf and I'm glad to see a topic here with more information. Really amazing diorama, it's like a medieval diorama combined with World War elements. I love it! You can look at the pictures a dozen times and still be amazed. There's so much going on. It's great that you still managed to pack in so many lovely details, despite the huge size of the whole layout. The little town is beautiful and the castle is amazing. I love the greenery, great trees you've build there! The vehicles and the train are also great and well detailed. I like the fact that you took the concept of World War II and pushed it a bit further, over-the-top with the super soldier and the spy.

Again, amazing job! :sweet:

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All in all, how many pieces would you say are involved?

Don't know, still counting ; o)

I know you said it took two years but could you give us some more details?

is it modular? number of bricks (approx.) what is the base, size? Hell I would interview you for an hour if I could!

Yes, it's modular - here You can see how they are divided: modules

Dimensions are:

232 studs long x 224 studs wide (185,6 cm x 179,2 cm)

I really don't have idea how many bricks there are. I never count them when I build.

Here are some WIP photos with approx. dates: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Piglet/Ferkelstein/99.jpg

so You can have idea how the build precess looked.

If You are in Krakow ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w ) You can see this diorama live in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej ( http://www.mimk.com.pl/czytaj/informacje-praktyczne/14.html , http://goo.gl/maps/dvol )

There is Lugpol display until September 15th.

Video from the opening weekend:

Thanks for all comments! : o)

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Don't know, still counting ; o)

Yes, it's modular - here You can see how they are divided: modules

Dimensions are:

232 studs long x 224 studs wide (185,6 cm x 179,2 cm)

I really don't have idea how many bricks there are. I never count them when I build.

Here are some WIP photos with approx. dates: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Piglet/Ferkelstein/99.jpg

so You can have idea how the build precess looked.

If You are in Krakow ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w ) You can see this diorama live in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej ( http://www.mimk.com.pl/czytaj/informacje-praktyczne/14.html , http://goo.gl/maps/dvol )

There is Lugpol display until September 15th.

Video from the opening weekend:

Thanks for all comments! : o)

thanks for replying. I saw the photo with the modular section after I put up my comments

and I wished I lived closer (Charleston, South Carolina on the Southern East coast of the USA) so it a bit of a trip but If I was anywhere close I would likely be the one with my mouth open, staring endlessly at all the details.

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Wow! Simply stunning.

There's a number of reasons I think why this MOC stands out as something really special. Obviously the scale and construction is top notch, also great details abound, but the main thing for me is who else would have thought of mixing Castle, train, Third Reich, River scene, Bavarian village and cablecars all in one scene. Add in the Indiana Jones touch of humour with the excavations, and the mad scientist elements and it's all just a bit crazy. In a good way.

Bravo for pulling it off so successfully.

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"Where Eagles Dare" is one of my all-time favorite WWII themed movies and I'm also a big fan of the Wolfenstein franchise...Thanks for sharing your awesome MOC!!! Love it!

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