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Hello! This is eye candy. There's so much to discover! The crowded place with so many figures placed in motion let this place come to life. The boy breaking through the fence with his little car is very funny. That's the type of details which lets a creation stand out. The competitors at the bow and arrow stand are presumably the best of the aces. Because if they miss the target they could hit the people behind on the merry-go-around. Maybe change the sides of target and shooter. But speaking of that lovely roundabout, those little creatures you designed where the children ride on are adorable! The machinery below the funfair is very original and built with the same love for details in mind. Thanks for this feast for the eyes! ~ Christopher

Hello! Using that Fabuland roof piece is an ingenious way to create an old-style looking rounded delivery vehicle! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello dear community! It's week-end, and time for some more mini madness. Today let's talk a bit about the Separatist Fleet. The Separatists consist of several fractions, all of which use different ships. Below is a content image of the ships presented in this post, and we'll shed some light on the question which fraction uses what ship types. -------------------- But let's stay a moment with the Trade Federation. They have several types of well-known capital ships in the fleet. First of all there's the Core Ship which you have seen above in the image. These are spherical and thus difficult to design. On the search for a solution, I ended up with a rock underside. Then there's an octagonal modified plate attached followed by a 3x3 dish. In this assembly the entire construct is perfectly spherical, but with the advantage of being functionalized for the addition of clips via the bars of the modified plate. Those Core Ships serve as central unit of much larger ships, the so-called Trade Federation Battleships. These are in fact converted Lucrehulk-class transport ships. The Droid Control Ship is another modification but very similar to the Battleships. This model has been completely redesigned and uploaded just recently. To get a massive thick ring, almost the entire craft is built SNOT. In the middle would be the Core Ship, but I didn't use my actual Core Ship Mini because the scale for the Battleship would have been too large for a mini model. Another popular ship of the fleet served under the name "Invisible Hand" as flagship of the infamous General Grievous during the Battle of Coruscant in the opening scene of "Revenge of the Sith". It's often referred to as Trade Federation Cruiser, but more correct is Providence-class Destroyer. It features all details including hangar shields and a disconnection possibility where the ship breaks apart in the movie. -------------------- Another fraction of the Separatists is the Commerce Guild. They provide two starships to the fleet, among them the Recusant-class Light Destroyer also known as Commerce Guild Destroyer. This ship took we quite a while to realize the angled cockpit, the engines and the greebly guns on the underside. But in the end it turned out nicely. It's a quite lengthy ship, and that's why the mini model is also quite long, but I didn't want to make it more narrow than four studs. Another ship of the Commerce Guild serves the fleet, but this is actually very rarely seen and quite unknown. It only appears for a few seconds during the Geonosis battle scenes in "Attack of the Clones". It's the half rounded Diamond-class Cruiser. This was actually quite tricky although it looks very simple. It has studs on both upper and under side and required some tricks to turn out symmetrically. -------------------- Another ship, quite oftenly seen, especially in the new Clone Wars TV series, but also during the Battle of Coruscant in "Revenge of the Sith" is from the Banking Clan; the so-called Banking Clan Frigate or more correctly Munificent-class Star Frigate. The frigate has the typical bridge tower layout, but also a very tricky underside featuring much SNOT and the chin-mounted heavy turbolaser cannons. The most difficult part was to get two of them very close to each other without making the construction too thick. -------------------- But there's also the Techno Union. Their vehicle of choice is the Hardcell-class Interstellar Transport. The ship was also used by the Banking Clan. It's one fo these ships getting blasted when Anakin Skywalker orders the gunship captain to fire on the fuel cells during the Battle of Geonosis. This is the third version of this ship I have built. The fuel cells are arranged in a trigonal fashion which is always difficult. My newest version is seen below. Those double TECHNIC Pins with axle hole combined with the triangular TECHNIC hub were the perfect pieces. -------------------- Whew, that was a long story. I hope you enjoyed it. All images are links to their gallery and instructions as usual. Thank you for your time and interest! ~ Yours Christopher

Hello! Those wheels for the front of the engines are a good choice! I think the most convenient method for making the engine connection glowing with some transparent pieces would be the TECHNIC

Hello! You added a lot of concealed details in your engine, giving it a lot to discover. Let's hope there won't be a tunnel on the way which could mean the end to that wonderfully designed mecha warrior. That tiny little orange tipper waggon is my most favourite detail here. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! There's not much to say about this. It's simply super funny! A really great real-life adaption for the Star Wars universe! Although I am not from the U.S. we'll probably all recognize the pun, as it's been in newspapers around the world. Great job! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Having the new underwater theme in mind, it's great to see a growing collection in underwater details like your giant creature. The TECHNIC® beams as claws are very original and work very well here. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! The ship features a big amount of playability. The detail I like most is the cockpit of the helicopter. Using that curved trans-black glass piece for bottom and top gives a nicely shaped cockpit ball. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Very inventive use of parts! How do the helmets stick to those boxes? I also like the steam realized by the ice cream piece. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! It's a great scene. It's one thing to have a very detailed corner in a huge creation, but to continue this throughout the entire creation is a big effort. You did very well in placing the correct details everywhere. One thing that makes me like this in particular is the colour scheme. Red buildings are more rarely seen, and I think combined with that sand green gives a great contrast and combination. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! A very inventive idea! I think I have not yet seen any brick-built kite. I think that asian kites are buitl a bit different from common kites I know, with many air filling pockets that give a final shape. So I guess they look more voluminous when filled with air in the sky. Clever idea! Cheers, ~ Christopher

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Hello! A very interesting question! I guess that in more historic times superstition and witchcraft played an important role in peoples' minds. Hence I think that mythical creatures add to the world view of ancient days, and are a nice touch to round up a set. Much better than adding unreasonable catapults and cannons everywhere. Furthermore, some of those creatures are quite inventive and offer either useful new pieces or reveal some building techniques. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello again! Thank you for the nice comments! I know I don't update the Star Trek section as often as the Star Wars section but it's also growing steadily, just more slowly. Well, yeah, I expected this to come up. I love that scene! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! I like those triangular legs. Building something triangular is always tricky, and this is another nice possibility. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello there! This scene is living! You can really feel the movement everywhere when regarding the images. A perfect snapshot of city life. The creation itself is most impressive. Multi-layered layouts are difficult to realize and need vast amounts of bricks. I can only guess how many bricks those are. I furthermore think that those uncountable little details add as much to piece count as well as to the perfection of the scene. The fence at the descent for example, using cones and bars with clip as pillar, immediately caught my eye. And there are many many more things yet to discover. A pleasure to look at! ~ Christopher

Hello Jon! An interesting question! I love airplanes and when I was younger I always cruised through the house with them. You're right the newer ones are 8-wide, having many otherwise unuseful large prefabricated pieces. The older ones were 4-wide not having that amount of large pieces and were more brick-built. I have two suggestions now. First, there exists a 6-wide plane. Okay, it's not the most beautiful one, but maybe some of the pieces can be useful or be good for inspiration. I guess it ha s a similar amount of prefabricated shapes like the new planes. Second, I could imagine building a plane with the following pieces: Passenger tube bottom: Passenger tube top: or Cockpit bottom: or or Cockpit screen: Cockpit roof: Passenger tube ending and leading to tail: same as cockpit bottom Passenger tube roof end towards tail: You'll find some nice wede brick solution for that, leving a gap for attaching the tail. Hope this helps! Have a good week-end and enjoy building! ~ Christopher

Hello! A pumpkin train! Great idea! It took me a second until I spottet the pumpkin face at the front. The grappling hooks are a nice touch. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello there! What fascinates me most about this nice car is that it's 7-wide. It's not easy to build it that way. Maybe you should change the position of the two girls. The one behind the driver looks as she's sick, and should better sit in the front. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello dear community! I hope you had a great week and will enjoy your week-end! I want to start into the week-end by sharing the latest addition to the growing collection of Star Trek miniatures with you. The ship is mentioned in the movie Star Trek II (Wrath of Khan) and the TOS episode "Space Seed". It's the DY-100-class transport vessel out of which the "Botany Bay" is probably the most well-known of its class. It's a nuclear-powered ship of pre-Federation times. After having drifted in space for 200 years, the Botany Bay was finally found by Kirk and the Enterprise. To keep a long story short, the passengers of the Botany Bay, Khan Noonien Singh and his genetically manipulated crew were finally exiled on the planet Ceti Alpha V. The rest of the story can be seen in the movie (topic title is a quote by Pavel Chekov). I thought it would also be nice to have some more non-saucer ships in the collection, so I gave it a try. It's actually pretty simple but turned out nicely. The more complex Star Trek vessels are usually those of the major aliens, such as Klingons, Cardassians, etc. Botany Bay Miniature and instructions on BrickShelf The front section is SNOT induced by a neck bracket. The resulting half plate height is compensated by two jumper plates which also serve as part of the bridge layout. -------------------- The Botany Bay is the 30th Star Trek mini model, and as I haven't shown any of them here yet, I'd like to give a short summary if allowed. I chose the 6x6 dish as standrad sacuer size, and that's why the models are quite small. Let's start with the aliens this time as they are more colourful. There are Klingons, Romulans, Cardassiansa and Ferengi. Then there are the large Federation cruiser like Akira, Constellation, Excelsior, Galaxy, Miranda and Nebbula (and many more in the gallery). Then there are the Federation small craft, like the Danube-class Runabout (which is quite detailed and tricky for its size), and the typical shuttles of type 15 and 7 for example. -------------------- With that I'm done for now. Thanks for stepping by, and I wish you a great week-end! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Another nice Fabuland creation! Very well done! I like the exhausts for the fact that they provide that "Fabuland-Touch". If I see that correctly you used the mummy sarcophagus bottom as car cockpit. That's quite original use of parts! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! I thank you for the nice comments! It's my pleasure contributing to this fine community. Yes, maybe I should have waited a bit longer before opening a new mini set, but once my one week holiday is over, my RL job will keep me busy, I guess, so that I can do only posting but no building and photographing. Cheers, Christopher

Hello! It's great to see how you built in classic Fabuland style with normal bricks! That glass-less windscreen immediately identified this as a Fabuland vessel. You also found nice Fabuland compatible equipment like those brown boxes which had always been too large for normal minifigures. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! I like this creation for its consistence. The entire engine is snake-themed. There's not only the head, there a little snake panels on the sides and a tail at the back. Very original idea! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello there! Although I am not really into trains, I appreciate original building techniques. Those not properly connected tiles on the left side as loose planks are excellent, and give it a very authentic look! Cheers, ~ Christopher