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This is Part 1 of the video series for building a Cliff Module. This video is Part 1 of a Lego Cliff Module Build for the Space Outpost SL ONE. This video will show how the base is built, then modified to run wiring and finally the first floor wall structure.. This video will show how the base is built, then modified to run wiring and finally the first floor wall structure.
First I am adding a set of videos of how this was built. In general it shows the base, the infrastructure and then the cliff build. This was the second build of this module, where I added the first horizontal sediment layer. This was all dark tan. The video will show the third build, which is dark tan and medium nougat as shown in these two below.
In the picture directly above, there are two things to point out. One is the use of filler brick, different colored 2 x bricks. I have been picking these up along the way. As long as guarantee they will not be exposed, they are great and inexpensive solution. Second is the wiring. The wiring enters/exits the first floor area near the ceiling through a 1 x 2 technic brick. Then enters near the ceiling of the second floor through the same technic brick.
This is an expanded view of the wiring and the technic bricks.
This shows the method for containing the wire. First is a 1 x 2 brick with channel, part number 4216. Then is use 1 x 1 round bricks. As I have shown many times, there is a gap formed by two round bricks, that is sufficiently large for the wire.
This picture highlights that I am alternating the round bricks and the 1 x 2 brick. This is strictly for stability. Unfortunate you cannot use any other type of brick or the channel that is created will be blocked. It would be nice to tie this column into the rest of the build, but given the parts available, this is not an option
Some different views of the rock formation build.
And what it looks like finished.
One thing I added was this electrical conduit and panel control center. There is still more work to do here.
The one above is the complete fly Around.
This one is just the top. This was the first showing of the top detail once the plateau was finished.
Finally this is a detailed view of the front only.
One thing that did not stop in the last few months was acquiring more bricks. The above was the largest acquisition, but there were a few more along the way.
I found this in a brick pile. Not sure what it was, but some of the construction techniques are interesting.
I had never seen these parts before. Interesting 12 x 12 plates from the early 2000's.
Another update that happened was version 3 of the cliff structure. The all tan color did not look right. So I did some layering. With dark tan and medium nougat slopes, I added the sedimentary type layer. There will be more blog posts later in the month.
The final Brick Fest Live for the year for us. Five shows since July 13 to Sep 13. I also made some changes and updated sections. Will now take a break, since the next show is Brick Palooza in Santa Rosa CA on Nov 23, 2024.
Sacramento's finest showed for a look and some very interesting questions.
Along with a friend.
This is the first Brick Fest Live we have attended that had the Duplo Brick Pile. As you can see in the last two pictures it led to some very long trains be constructed.
For whatever reason, the spontaneous builds were all about who go the highest.
And these guys are always entertaining.
Setup at the San Diego convention Center.
San Diego is different. The local LUG attends this event, so there are lots of other displays there.
Here we have two ore carriers leaving the vicinity of where the ore processing will be. Right now it is all done by hand.
The beginning of a possible conflict. One of the native inhabitants has climbed on to the space port as is fighting with the Blacktron Empire guards. The alien was done by my middle grandson. We will be adding another one soon that looks like it is crawling out of the abyss and on to the space port.
In Nov of 2021 was the very first Brick Fest Live that we attended and it was in San Diego, though that year it was a Del Mar. Here is the display from back then. There was no back, only the front.
Finally a videos from the event.
Brick Fest Live San Diego 2024
