Brick Fest Live San Diego - Day Two

Day Two was just as crowded as Day One.  Here are some of the MOCs at the San Diego LUG display.  I take all kinds of pictures of cranes, since my is so wimpy and needs lots of help.

Here are some of the other MOCs from people attending Brick Fest Live.

I liked this one mostly because of the flat area on top.  I am looking for ideas for the top of rock plateau.  While what he has will not work for me, I find the texture to be very interesting.

These are generator towers.  They were going to have a smoke generator for the one on the right.  But instead of dry ice, it was an oil based generator, much like what is used in model trains.  While it probably would not set off the sprinklers, they decided to err on the side of caution.

One idea I am thinking of implementing is a "excess material" area.  This is the lower right hand corner of the display.  This makes the entire display more realistic and not so "sterile".

The pictures above are for the Boy Scout camp and the Civil War scene.  They were at Brick Fest Live last Nov 2021 also.  There is just some amazing detail here.

They added a realistic animal park this time.  Again the modeling is just amazing.

This display was at Brick Fest San Jose also.  He has made some improvements to the stadium as it continues to grow.

All good things come to end.  It took 90 minutes to disassemble the display and pack it up.  Plus three trips to the car.  But with extra helpers, I was able to continue to break down and pack while they moved the completed storage bins to the car.

Next is Brick Fest Live Sacramento on September 16 and 17.

Brick Fest Live San Diego - Day One

This was a very large crowd, much larger than San Jose.  It was a great time.  First off a series of pictures of the display as it was finished.

Yesterday I showed some pictures of detailing.  Well some minor changes were made.

We might be getting carried away here.

There were lots of questions, especially from the smaller group.  Some wanted to know how they supervisors were drinking coffee and eating doughnuts without oxygen.  How come the guys on the stretchers did not have helmets.  How did the Nebraska chicken get there.

Here are some of the other attractions at the show.

 

You just knew that this was going to be spread out over every where.

This was the white brick build.  

The display is actually 360 degrees.  That is there is just as much happening on the backside as the front.  Every once in a while we would let people who showed extreme interest into the displayer's area so they could take pictures.

Finally here is a quick video of the entire display.  I really need to get a steady cam.  I can solder 0603 resistors with ease, but hold the camera steady, not a chance.

Brick Fest Live San Diego - Setup

 It is setup day at Brick Fest Live in San Diego.  Setup started at Noon and we had to be done by 5PM.  In the past this has taken about 3.5 hours, however there is a small amount more.

The biggest issue is where the table split will fall.  In San Jose I moved the split to the right of the center in the middle of the module to the right.  We will see how that works out.

 

 

The San Diego Convention hall is much bigger than San Jose.  

 

 

 

There are 19 storage bins to hold the MOC and the support tools.

 

 

I started on the far right with the new floating platform and then moved to the left.

 

At this point I have 4 modules assembled.  I connect all of the power wiring as a module is assembled.  Then test to make sure the lights work.  Assembly the entire display and then testing would be OK if it all worked, but that never happens.

 

Here is the center module.

 

And with all the pieces that make up the entire center.

 

The long view.

 

These pictures were all about positioning the center module in preparation to connect it tot the modules to the left.

 

They needed to go somewhere.

 

After some coercion, the center connects to the modules to the left.  There are 5 Technic pins that have to connect.  Lining them up can be challenging.

 

 

With the center module connected, we can see where the table split is.  Not ideal, but we see how it goes.

 

Done through the center plus one.  Time so far is about one hour and 45 minutes.

 

Once all the modules were connected, then I could connect the floating platform.

 

A view to the left.

 

Some of the detailing that goes on.

 

A view from the back.

 

All done.

 

This time it took just under four hours from the time we checked in to ready to leave.  This includes three trips from the basement garage to the convention hall.  It could go faster and I am always looking for ways to make it go faster.

Tomorrow is day one.