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It should be fun to build a ship called "Boaty McBoatface"

You never cease to amaze me Nico71.

This was beautiful, but with the added color&stickers, it became much more. I really like the looks.

I wonder if its possible to add a heated middle section so it can continuously deliver pop-corn during movie time

This is one of the sets that I always want, but never gets its turn. There's always something with higher priority that drains my money :) so I'll be watching your build and enjoying it :) Cheers, and may the pieces be ever in your favor!

I wouldn't classify 9395 as "small" I really liked 42032. The way they built the functions into the boom is really simple and impressive.

I had completed the instructions for around a month now, but work has been hectic and I didn't have the time to share it. Here's the dropbox link to download it, I'll also post it on rebrickable soon. This is my first time creating&publishing full instructions, so the quality might not be top-notch. It could be improved with sub-models, but I'm too busy (read: lazy) to go back and change them. About the model: I really like this little thing. It's been sitting on my desk, built in dark bluish gray, and it's both great to look at and play with. RM8 did a bang-up job modeling this legend at this size.

I remember my jaw dropping when I first saw the real one. I'm genuinely thrilled to see it recreated so beautifully, great job!

http://www.thisiscol...h-2000-marbles/ An interesting musical machine, can you spot the lego technic? Edit by Hinckley: added video

Great job Thirdwigg, it was rather nice seeing your progress! P.S: That 8880 shift plate is seriously in need of whitening. I recently did a lot of it with h2o2 and I strongly recommend it.

They are meant to do that, their feature is to be adjustable in length

Really love the clarity and vibrance of your photos

I really like the tracks around tumbler wheels idea. Gives a close approximate of the sherp's wheel shape. They might be a bit wider than they should be, but I don't think other wheels at that size would look better. I have mixed feelings about the boat hull though. It might give good buoyancy, but I feel like it's a bit of a cheat because of the shape . But hey, if it works, it works!

I might actually prefer an Atari 2600 over a PS4. I'm pretty sure I'd have incredible fun replaying those games with my brother.

Looks so clean, tidy and beautiful, kudos efferman!

Last night I had little time, so I just gave it a try. I opened my model (already built in MLCad) and experimented with some flex axles, and I have to say, it's infinitely much better than LSynth for me. I'm going to try this one for the hot rod (b-model of telehandler) simply because I already have the dissasembly photos. But I don't think this suits me all that much, because I don't want to dissasemble the model in the process, for future models. Thank you all for suggestions, they're much appreciated!

Thanks Jim, what are these products normally used for? I'm trying to find a similar product here, but "PVC foil" in turkish gives products for coating raw wooden kitchen cabinets or things like that

On a related note, where do people get their backgrounds from? And what material? I also want to try grey, but I can't find thick paper larger than 70x100 in any other color but white. I also tried curtain fabric from IKEA, bit it gets wrinkly and I have to iron it before shooting photos, because I don't have any room left for a fixed photo setup.

Really good model Fanylover, I really like your builds. especially how you manage to recreate the body to very high fidelity in such a clean way. That bothered me too at first, but then I found out that it's like that on the new R8.

What I currently do is as follows: - Recreate the whole model, with sub-models as components (i.e. for my telehandler, I have chassis, cabin, bodywork, outriggers, outer boom, inner boom, attachment) - Move everything 1000 units in one direction - Select pieces starting from the inner parts - Move them 1000 units back so they are at their original positions - Check that adding those pieces make sense in real life - Change the order of those parts - Add STEP - Repeat What I'm looking for is ways to improve any part of this, since my method of moving pieces is a real pain and sometimes fails in case of weirdly rotated pieces. Ideally, completely integrating the reordering into the initial modeling would be best, but I think it's kind of a far reach. Wow, that makes so much sense. I'll definitely try this method for the telehandler. I know it will always take time, but one can dream . Yes, I'd rather have a full digital model, that's why I finish the digital model before even attempting instructions. I'll give LDCad a try, see if I like it. I have to say, the snap feature seems useful. I also use LPub3D, but I kinda couldn't see the point. The 3D render did not use the same view angle, so it was a bit confusing. Maybe I did something wrong, I'm not sure. I currently have 2 models in the pipeline: - Manitou Telehandler: This ~750 piece model (and its b-model hot rod) recently got the 3rd place in TC9, so I'd really like to create instructions for it. The digital model is already built in MLCad (apart from pneumatic tubes) - Unrevealed truck: I haven't unveiled this model yet, it still needs photos&video, which I plan to do soon. The digital version does not exist yet, and I'm not sure about instructions. But after the photos, I'll build it digitally and dismantle it because I desperately need the motors for other builds :) Both of them are currently waiting, since I kinda got cold feet about digital building, so I'm looking for ways to improve myself on that front.

When I'm working on something, I like to build with real bricks. But I also like to keep a digital copy of them for future reference. I usually have no problem with digital building in MLCad (except LSynth), but creating instructions is always a problem. The ordering of pieces requires huge amounts of time & care. What I'm asking is, what is the best way to build a digital copy of a real model, with the aim of making creating instructions easier? I'm asking about MLCad&LPub, but tips for other tools are also welcome. Also I almost exclusively do technic builds, so concerns might be different for regular bricks vs studless technic builds.

Very nice! Did you drill the center axles of pulleys?

I think this thread can be summarized with a quote from Assassin's Creed game: "Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

Since the other two winners gave their speeches, I guess it's my turn now I can't tell how happy and honored you guys made me feel. I had a lot of fun building my entries, and knowing that my creations are appreciated gives so much satisfaction! First of all, I want to thank all of the contenders, there were so many good creations, and seeing the quality of the other entries pushed me to try to better my builds. It was an enjoyable and fierce competition. And I want to thank everyone who supported and encouraged me during the WIP phase, and of course the voters for their support. And a big (and by big I mean humongous) shoutout to Jim, not only for organizing this contest, but also putting up with our endless questions . Also, I want to thank Vengit for sponsoring this community and this contest, shows how great people they are. Out of the context of this competition. I really feel happy to be a part of this community. Thank you everyone.

Looking rather good, I like how the headlights instantly give it the 911 look . Which 911 are you going for? Judging by the width of the rear axle I'm guessing it'll be a Porsche 930. Agreed, OCTAN Colors!