Mr Misty

Wow! That's amazing. That 10 year old model is great. I bet you can make it look better with some of the newer parts that have been released over the last decade. In all my years of building I could never get the hang of making my own transforming robots. I'm more of a static builder. I'll be waiting to see if you release the instructions or put these up on Lego Ideas. I'll have to remember my login info to vote for them.

As someone who has loved both the Titanic and Transformers since he was 2 let me just say that this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen done with Lego. I've often thought of how cool it would be if a big ship like an ocean liner or aircraft carrier was a Transformer. I don't suppose you have instructions available do you? I would love to have one of these. Or 2 so it could be displayed in both modes

Not sure if it's noteworthy but I built a small ship years ago using the grey and black time cruisers hull. I named her Diablo http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/MrMisty/Diablo/snapshot_2011-05-26_09-27-04.jpg

This is so cool :D I was thinking of doing something similar but with the USS Flagg or the Defiant, they wouldn't be minifig scale though. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Space the final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise Hi everyone. I've been into Star Trek since I was a kid. When I was around 8 I tried to build my favorite version of the Enterprise, the Refit Constitution Class that appeared in the original movies, there was just something about the design that caught me, she was so graceful and beautiful. The problem I had at that point was a lack of proper parts. 20 or so years later with Bricklink and a good dose of inspiration provided by the amazing USS Reliant posted a while ago by Myko I set off to finally build my Starship and here is the result. She measures in at just over 4 feet long and a little over 2 feet wide. I'm not sure how many bricks I used because I never count Sorry if the quality of my pictures isn't that great. My camera is old and I don't have a lot of room to shoot the pics in. One of the features that doesn't show well is the lights. In the Saucer section the windows along the edges, Red and Green Port and Starboard lights, Observation Lounge behind the Bridge as well as the Dome and Impulse Engines and lower dome on the underside of the saucer all light up and in the Secondary Hull the Main Deflector, Cargo Bays and Shuttlebay are lit as well as 2 accent lights that illuminate the nacelle pylons. The Saucer Section, measuring at just over 26 inches wide The Main Deflector Dish and Secondary Hull A slightly different angle A front shot Close up of the Nacelle Pylon. If you look closely you can see one of the accent lights The Photon Torpedo Launchers Under the Saucer again. The plastic tube isn't really needed for support but I wasn't taking any chances View from the stern. The Transparent red area lights up as well The Shuttlebay doors are removable and inside is a fully detailed bay with lights and 2 shuttlecraft Close up of one of the shuttles out of the bay, the white area on the forward piece is thin strips of white electrical tape From the tip of the Nacelle you can kinda see the light in the Observation Lounge window The side of the ship. Note how the plastic tube made a cool effect with the camera flash The ships "Neck" between the Saucer and secondary hull. A view of the side of the ship that shows off the nacelles and shuttlebay A Bow on shot of the ship, I had to use fishing line to keep the Nacelles where they need to be Hope you all like my creation as much as I do. Live Long and Prosper

[pid][/pid] 153C [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] Hi everyone A few months ago I finished my most recent set of MOCs, I finally got around to taking pics of them so here is the USS Constitution I got a deal a while back on some hulls from the Black Pearl so I decided to build my favorite Navy ship, I've been to visit her 3 or 4 times since she's only a few miles from my home, I ended up with a bit of a hodgepodge of different eras of the ship, some parts are taken from my old photos and others are from more recent pics I found on the internet, I haven't gotten back since her most recent overhaul. Here's her bow, I used cut strips of electrical tape to mimic her pin striping. The stern. The Eagle and stars are decals I made from pictures I took on one of my visits to the ship The stern deck from above, I used the 1812 version of the American Flag for the 200th anniversary. The helm is fully functional and turns the rudder very well, though the addition of this feature kept me from adding a full interior. Midship with the stovepipe and a modern life preserver. Lastly another overall shot of the ship. Hope you all enjoy seeing her as much as I did building her. I know she's far from perfect but she still looks good on the shelf in my room.

I don't recall how much string I used, I needed 2 pacs though. It was sold off a peg hook at the craft store in a braid about 6 inches long. I had to undo the braid and rewrap it into a ball before I could start, this took quite some time since it loved to tangle itself up into very difficult knots as I undid it. The shrouds were all done on the ship. I started by tying the string in a knot on the hull, then strung it through the modified plates I used on the crows nests. I repeated this on the upper shrouds then used superglue to attach the cross ropes. I also used superglue on each knot to keep them from coming undone. The rigging that goes between the masts is all hand tied. I was able to wrap it around the masts and yards to get the look right in several places. I used glue at the knots again to hold everything in place, there is no glue on any of the lego, not that I'll ever take her apart. As for the dust. I'm starting to see some when I look closely, I dust pretty much everything with pressurized air in a can that's normally used for electronics.

I tried to get in close but most of the shots came out horrible, here's what I managed to get where things are identifiable. I started with some of these http://www.bricklink...m.asp?P=6168c01 They go deep into the ship and rest on the support I built that runs down the entire keel of the ship at the centerline, I also built up bricks around them until I reached the gundeck. It's not visible in any of the pics but the gundeck is also fully tiled and the cannons sit in brick built cradles. Here's a pic of the fore mast sticking out of the spar deck. Here's the first landing on the foremast. On the thicker parts of the mast I used robot bodies http://www.bricklink...em.asp?P=30361c to attach the first yard, It also left me with a great little gap at the base to wrap the string for the rigging through. When I transitioned to the slimmer part of the mast I used technic plates and shorter axles for strength. A shot from the front of the mast, you can see the yard connected here.

That is what I did. Though I must say that they were still pretty weak until I added the rigging.

Those are 2 x 3 window frames with glass, I used the electrical tape again to give the appearance of smaller panes of glass in them. I tilted them by using hinged bricks and plates.

[pid][/pid] 153B So in my USS Constitution post I mentioned I had a couple of new MOCs. When I was working on the Constitution I decided to let the ship MOC index inspire me and while I was looking through it I noticed a topic that didn't have any ships listed, Monitors. I thought it over and decided to look through the net for some USS Monitor pics and my mind instantly came up with a few interesting ideas and construction methods. I started construction while I was still in the middle of building the Constitution and finished right around the same time. Here's the USS Monitor I used 4x6 modified tiles with studs to mimic the iron plates that make up the Monitor, here's her bow with the Navy Jack. The stern where you can see the twin uptakes that made up the smoke stack A shot from above, she was really simplistic in design for such a revolutionary ship. I found several versions of the ship online with railings, smoke stacks, lifeboats and a circular awning above the turret, I went with the simple version as she would have looked in her famous battle with the CSS Virginia AKA the Merrimack. A bow on shot Another for the stern Lastly the underside of her stern, the rudder and prop are slightly visible here. The rudder is non working but I added power functions to the prop and turret so I can play with her when I feel like it Hope you all like her, she's another source of pride for me.

Wow, this looks alot like my house except for the garage and enclosed back porch. I'm not sure about Cape Cod itself but my house's facade is brick. Great job, the brickwork is exceptional.

I didn't take any shots of the inside of the turret, I will the next time I take it down to dust or play with it though, it's full of structure to keep it in place. The turret is connected to the pf motor via a long axle that runs up to the roof and connects it to the rest of the ship, the motor itself is mounted in the hull so it points straight up. I wish I was better with technic stuff so I could make the guns pop in and out of the turret, as she sits now she's slightly inacurate in that the real Minitor only ever exposed 1 gun at a time, while it was being fired the other would be enclosed behind an armored shutter so it could be reloaded safely. Doing all that might make the turret to heavy or force me to modify the way it's connected to the motor which might weaken it and would leave me with the problem of how to connect the roof. The prop has a seperate pf motor so I can use both controls on the remote. The prop spins at a good speed but the turret looks crazy when I turn it all the way up. The battery box is mounted in the bow under the deck with the pilot house which is removable to access it. I tried mounting the rf receiver in the pilot house but the reception didn't work so good. I solved the problem by making it stick out of the deck, you can probably make it out best in the shot of the ship from above, just forward of the turret.

Thanks. I had trouble with the sides, I had to make them tall enough for the deck guns to poke through and to match up with the 1'x 4 tiles I used to mimic the beautifully carved wood at the entrances to the spar deck. I also realized when she was nearly finished that I should have made her a little longer but by that point I was exhausted from building, I actually left her un rigged for nearly a month because of how tired I was. I was thinking about adding her sails the way they appeared durring Sail 200 (I actually still have the local newscast from that day on tape) but I didn't want them to obstruct the view on the shelf I had planned to put her on, my winter village ended up there instead though. The deciding factor for me was that everytime I visited her in Charlestown she didn't have her sails, I understand that they keep them in storage for the rare occasions when she sails under her own power.

Thanks for the compliments. Like I said when the modified tile idea hit me it was like a bomb went off in my head, at that point I knew I would be building her. Lego digital designer came in handy when I started exparamenting with the construction method and it helped because I didn't have to wait for parts I didn't own yet. I actually had run across the USS Cairo when I was looking up pictures of the Monitor, part of the reason for her remarkable state of preservation was that she was burried in silt by the river currents after sinking, I've heard it said that when anything sinks to the bottom of the sea, a lake or a river that it will last forever if it gets burried but if it sits on the sea bed in the open it will deteriorate over time. She was in a sad state for a while. After they salvaged her she was placed out in the elements with no protection, she was even vandalized a few times before they were able to raise enough money to protect her properly. She's a little more reminisent of the CSS Virginia as she's wooden hulled ship that was modified to be an ironclad but she's still an amazing piece of history and we're lucky she survives.

Just re-uploaded them, hope that fixes it.

I just deleted and re-uploaded all the pics to the brickshelf gallery. I had this thread open in another window at the same time and watched as they went away and came back. Hopefully they work for everyone now. Just out of curiosity has anyone had the same issue over in my USS Monitor post? http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86096

I had some hesitation about using so much tape but like you said it makes it look much better than if I had left it off. I began to think of it in the same way I think of the stickers that lego provides with some sets, my police and fire boats for example are really cool but they'd look a little less cool without their decals. I used the dark green plates on the inside of the spar deck for a couple of reasons, it allowed me to attatch things like the life preservers and the railing which is made up of brown tiles to them. Also the pictures I took on my visit show that part of the ship is studded with bolts, I figured it was to help hold the different layers of wood together, so I thought the studs on the plates would help mimic that as well.

It's Scotch brand tape, I've been using it since last year when I built my Starship Enterprise model. The tape on that moc has held in place for over a year now with no problem and since I don't take my mocs apart I'm not to worried about residue. I will say though that Goo Gone works really well on removing old adhesive from surfaces. I've been using it on old GI Joe stickers that I've been replacing. It takes a little elbow grease but the results are fantastic. As for the pictures not showing up, I can still see them on my computer and tablet and they're visible in their brickshelf galleries as well.

I forget what gave me the idea to use the 4 x 6 tiles for rivited plates but it was a real eureka moment when it hit me. I'm hoping to use the same technique if I ever build a Lego Titanic.

That's another little trick of mine involving different colored electrical tape. I wrapped the hulls of some brown lego boats with the stuff, it's very flexible and hugs the curves of the boats enough that you can actually see the lines that lego molds into them to give the appearance of planking. I also used the same trick on the keel of the ship to make it red instead of black.

Yeah, the only kre-o set that I ever had any intrest in was the USS Missouri from the movie Battleship, until I saw the set, what a disappointment the high price tag didn't help either. I cringed when I saw the kre-o Enterprise, though not as bad as I did when I saw the movie in 2009. It actually made me sick to my stomach, though on the bright side the re-boot was so horrible that it reawakened my love of all other things Trek. i just hope J.J. doesn't screw up Star Wars like he did with Star Trek. Then again I've seen some Star Wars fans get pretty violent, it would make me smile if some angry fans went all dark side on the scruffy looking nerf herder.

I really like the idea of using the floating boat hulls to make sailing ships. It always bugged me that my pirate and imperial ships couldn't be used as bath toys when I was a kid unless I was playing shipwreck. I may have to try my had at one someday now.

Amazing ship. There's just so much to take in. I think my favorite part is the hammocks.

Good eye. That part of the ship caused me quite a bit of trouble, I tried several different wedge plates on the outboard side of the pylon to try to match the look but none of them seemed right. So I decided to leave it as you see it.