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The final version is somewhat done! The biggest change I've done since last is to reduce the heigh of the hull by one brick. It might not sound like much but personally I'd say it transformed the overall aesthetics of the ship. It appear much sleeker now. I also updated the stairs leading up to the poop-deck. The previous ones didn't work well in the classic pirate style. Lastly a person on Flickr made me aware of the fact I had the balcony wrong. It doesn't slope upwards in the middle, it actually curves outwards! Don't say sorry. I'm just happy someone is interested in my build! The Governors cabin is furnished, not the most extravagant tho but its there. The lower deck have a floor in it and cannons. However due to the design of the tumblehome they cant quite stand up straight. However I have added a loading bay in the middle (like the one on the black seas barracuda) where one can position minifigures. Piece count is 1603 pieces! I have tried to not make it all too expensive to built, the hull and masts however will be quite expensive if one have to buy them from Bricklink. Thanks! I will be using Brickstickershop's replica sails from to the Caribbean Clipper: https://www.brickstickershop.com/Replica-Sailset-for-6274-Caribbean-Clipper They are great quality and matches up well with the original sails.

Next model to recieve an overhaul is the Large Mobile Laser Cutter. A really cool vehicle that was sadly never released as a set but was playable in the game. I have made complete instructions for this model so if anyone is interested just send me a PM and I'll email them to you.

Thanks. I'm rather pleased with my design as it stands right now but the proportions has bugged me since it was completed.

The first edition had bricks in colors that were never offered, so i had to make some sacrifices... I hear I hear, I shall make the men work faster! It would be fun to make an alternative design of the existing model but with two decks, and more accurate.

Very nice build! The proportions look great. I recently built a B01 but used only genuine Lego train wheels. Which I have now concluded are just to small. What size are the ones you used? XL or XXL?

Parts list will be available once I'm finished. Instructions I'm not sure of as it would take quite some time. A lot of progress have happened. The model is now much more complete. Colors have also been corrected to whats actually available. So this is close to what it will eventually look like in real bricks.

The Classic Pirates theme always lacked a larger vessel for the blue/redcoats. At least in terms of sets. In the comics on the other hand Governor Broadside had his flagship named "Ironram". A three-masted 32 gun flagship. It was however never depicted in great detail so the source-material is quite scarce meaning that a few design liberties will be taken on my part. My plan with this project is to build two models; one colored and built accordingly to the comics and one built with colors and technics that matches the sets from that era (exempli gratia Black Seas Barracuda & Caribbean Clipper). In the end the plan is to also build the latter in real bricks. Your thoughts, comments and ideas are very welcome. Following pictures are from the current state of the project.

Wonderful build, plenty of small wonderful details all around!

Thank you! I intend to make some adjustments to the IO model before letting it out there. As there are currently a slight misplacement in the tender leaving 2 brackets under stress. Its solved in the physical model you see here but I still haven't updated the digital one. I also discovered that the tolerances were to tight for it to go around standard Lego curves so I'm also working a solution for that.

Thank you very much! Not as of right now. There are a few tweaks I need to do on the digital model before I feel it’s ready.

This is absolutely delightful! The colors works very well together and the original charm is most definitely still there. Bravo!

Thank you for the kind words!

The Loaderer Dozer have entered the world of real bricks.

Thank you for the kind words! Haha yes indeed. I realize I never posted the picture from the side on the interior. There you can see they have all of 1 + 1/4 studs worth wiggle room.

The time has come. The passenger car is complete!

Thanks. Keeping the industrial feel is one of the essential design aspects. Next up is the Rapid Rider. Most definitely a very fun build given how small the set is and what my end goal was. It have gone from its initial 35 parts to a mighty (😉) 190 parts.

To me Rock Raiders is the greatest theme Lego has ever produced. The whole story they built up around it, the wide variety of bigger and smaller sets with the best color-palette to date makes for perfection. Given my love for this theme I got curious of what a "UCS" or V2.0 version would look like of these sets. So in this thread I will post my takes on what this could look like. First out is my UCS Loader Dozer. I have restricted myself to only use Dark gray and Light gray to stay within the themes palette. While the designation "UCS" might be a bit of a stretch in this instance I want to point out that the set originally came with 85 parts, while this version comes in at 400 parts. So quite a lot more pieces than the original set at least. I would love to hear what you think!

The model I modeled it after have 8 windows originally, however it would be ridiculously long if I would have fitted that many so I made a slight compromise. I haven’t had a look at the emerald night coach in some time but that might use ladders on the bogies as well. :)

Just finished a passenger car to go with the loco. The idea is to build a display like the one the passenger car and loco stands on in the renders. Once built there will be only one car as thats all the space I will have. Modelled after this: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/roco-44554-ho-1st-class-deutsche-bahn-507662894

Hmm how peculiar. I've tried both Safari and Chrome neither seem to do the trick. At least I now know it's still there so I can keep trying. Thank you.

Have anyone else not been able to access Big Ben Bricks for the past week or so? I was thinking about ordering a set of XL-drivers for a upcoming model.

Thanks! We'll see what the future holds. Maybe this one day has BBB wheels and custom connecting rods.

Thank you. It really adds another layer of complication. It does give a proper sense of accomplishment when done tho!

Finished it today. Batterybox is situated in the tender with the large powered up! motor in the boiler. There is also space for the powered up! lights up front. Im definitely quite satisfied with it despite the slightly to small wheels. Thoughts are as always welcome!

Very well done! It’s quite wonderful to see it in action as.