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Hello! What I like quite much is the "eye" for which you used one of the newer technic bricks with the rotation joint socket. Good use of parts here. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello, and thank you for the nice comments once again! Neither am I but I felt that the Aerial Hunter Killer, which I built first, needed some company. So he got the tank for ground cover. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! I also admit having missed it when you originally posted it. The more happy I am that you give us an improved second chance to view it. It's a great diorama, and a proof of what great things fans like you can create besides the official sets. Now if you could give us these nice photos with the loveley green background from the original post, instead of the chair (although it looks comfortable ) that would be superb! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello again! Thank you very much for the many nice words! I am glad you like the details for the towers and trees, and the church From time to time I build also miniaturized buildings to answer a question from above. I have one more Indiana miniatur location in mind, being Petra City from the ending scene of "The Last Crusade". I am gathering more tan pieces at the moment. See you soon! ~ Christopher

Hello! What I also like besides the starfighters is the entrance to the hangar/base for which you used those large rounded corners slopes. The make a great gate. On a quick side-note, if it's allowed, the name "T-Wing" is not officially taken yet, but it's also a popular ship from the Expanded Universe. It's a quick interceptor which was intended to be the successor of the A-Wing. It appears in several computer games like "TIE Fighter" and "X-Wing Alliance". However, your T-Wing looks more like a "T" than the ship from the Expanded Universe does. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Indeed very futuristic looking. The idea with the ball is very original, and the trigonal mudguard cover is very cleverly built. It could be "Ball, Hard Plastic, 51mm (approx. 6 studs diameter)" which appeared in the Indiana Jones set "Temple Escpape" for example. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Dark blue is always nice to see! As the colour is between blue and black, I'd call it Nightfall-class tank. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello, and thank you Jay. Maybe you're right about the tank. I was happy, however, that it worked out with the treads at all. The proportions are the closest match I could get. Sometimes these are a little off due to parts restrictions. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello again, and thank you. I am glad the ideas are of some use. Here's another thing that just came to my mind. It's a funny study about grip. I am not sure what this effect is called in english, but I am sure you can remember some movie where someone walks down stairs and suddenly the stairs disappear to give a slippy slope... First: Stairs with tiles: Ouch! Second: Stairs without tiles, but studs instead: Studs prevent slippery. Have a great sunday! ~ Yours Chris

Hello! A great topic with lots of potential. Let's all help together to make the list growing. There are some more magazines worth noting: The Hispabrick Magazine The Railbricks Magazine -> Okay, I just saw this is under BLOGs already as well. There's also BrickIssue of the UK club Brickish.org, but the server is currently offline, so I wil provide the link later. For the BLOGs section, I can recommend MicroBricks, a BLOG for mini scaled creations. I am shure this will be a quickly growing topic, so expect more suggestions later. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Thank you both of you for your feedback! I guess our hero is just chasing with the motorbike and his dad through the woods on their way to Berlin. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello everybody! Today I have a huge model, regarding my relations. When you've seen the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" you might remember Kazim's words: "Your father is being held in the castle of Brunwald on the Austrian-German border." That's exactly what I want to present to you today: Castle Brunwald. Maybe a few words about the castle are allowed before we start with the images. The filming location of Castle Brunwald is in Germany but at a completely different place as shown in the movie. The castle was modeled after Schloss Bürresheim in "Rheinland-Pfalz" near the city "Mayen". For the use in the Indiana Jones movie, it was horizontally flipped, and an additional wing of the building was added alongside the forefront. This wing is a copy of the wall with the two towers on the right side, just a little bit lower. So it's clearly an at least semi-fictional castlewhich is unique in this movie. Figuring out what the did and how they did it was not easy, and also the angles and corners of the castle are very tricky. I hope you can see some similarities to my bricked version. We'll start with a summary image with all views followed by some detailed angles. I will provide the link to the full gallery as soon as it's been moderated. The castle creation uses my only 32x32 green baseplate I own. It's quite old. Unlike many advanced micro castle builders I was not able to provide one of those lovely marbeled SNOT grounds, and rock formations. My parts stock is simply not sufficient for such things. I went with a simple wood and river (where they fool the guards by a faked escape in boats) in classic studs building style. That's it. You've seen my interpretation of Castle Brunwald for which reference material is rather rare. Thanks for stepping by and have a great week-end! ~ Christopher

Hello! The big nose is definitely unique and nicely shaped out. The Technic treads are again in original use here. However, I get more a "Space" than Star Wars feeling when I look at it. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! No doubt, this car looks nice. However, I would appreciate a reference image of the original and/or some words on what you did modify. It's always hard to determine the changes when you're not familiar with the set or have the set number handy. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello Ralph! Like the others I am again completely impressed by this wonderful creation. The level of detail you manage to keep up through the entire creation is again very admirable! My favourite section of the helicopter is the transparent-green roof. A pleasure to look at, and I am not finished yet. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Of the many creations I posted in the space forums, I think all of them show studs, although being mini models. But let me go a step further. A very popular shape for space and also efficient for a re-entry in an atmosphere is a spehrical or round body. I gathered all headlight and modified 1x1 bricks I had left over to create the following design study for you. Now you can decide for yourself which of the circles looks more round. That's what I meant in my earlier post. The stud contributes to the shape. It's the stud that makes the right circle more rounded. -------------------- Here are two more example where we need the stud in space. The Aries IB Lunar Lander from 2001 - A Space Odyssey needs the stud on the outside to make it spherical. The Rebel Assault Frigate from the Thrawn Trilogy needs the stud in the inside of the ship to realize the open shell structure with the greebly interior. -------------------- Using the studs does not only make us smile. The stud smiles back to us. tiles only tiles & studs See you around! ~ Yours Chris.

Hello! A lovely setup! The little one is so cute! But big daddy has to work more on rocks and stones instead of playing with mom. But another little bulldozer would also be sweet. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! It looks like you got really busy with those new TECHNIC treads. And they work out well in all the details you have used them for. A versatile piece one should remember Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Regarding the many grilled tiles, I'd call him Mr. Grill. And he also will grill you with his cannons. Grill well, ~ Christopher

Hello, and welcome to these fine forums! The modifications look pretty nice and are some real improvement over the original model I can't see the landing gear details clearly, however. This might be due to the fact that they're black on you're using a black background. I'd try a white or light grey background. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello, and thanks again for your interest! I am glad to serve. That's exactly the point. Often it takes weeks to finish a model. Getting a certain shape at small scale is often more difficult because even the small 1x1 plate is too rough sometimes. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! It's quite well equipped with accessories your gas station! The glas roof is particularly nice as is the mosaicked floor in the shop with the tiles. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! What a lovely scene. Regarding my stressy daily schedule, your vignette radiates the feeling of quiet and how simple but happy life could be. And probably should be. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Yes, it looks very similar to a Viper model. Maybe as a successor of current models. I like the choice of colours, and also the dark gray stripe in the wings. Very nicely embedded! Not to mention that I like the trans medium green pieces. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! The use of many different clip plates for the feet is really nice. But I am also not so sure about the legs. It looks like the walker is toeing-in a bit, especially as the middle "hinge" is fixed by a 90 degress tap piece. Maybe you can use some robot or droid arms for a more flexible solution. Cheers, ~ Christopher