Another Curved Cliff - Post 6

 

I have spent a lot of time trying to get the angles correct on this section.  As I explained in this post, it took a while to understand which wedge plates were going to generate the same angle.  the Following pictures show how this was done.

This shows the angle going back to the platform first floor from the cliff.

On the other side, the same thing.

Just a different view.

You have to check the angle constantly when using wedge plates, especially if they are different sizes.  

These are the three wedge plates that I used.  But there is a very specific pattern where these will line up correctly.  Which can make it difficult to get the angle continuous.  

This picture illustrates the problem.  The left side arrangement is fairly straight forward.  But the right side arrangement shows that one row of studs must be skipped for to maintain a continuous angle.

More Bulk Bricks

 Part of the last few weeks has been stopping at various used brick locations and rummaging through their collections.  But because of the work on the display for Brick Days, I never got to sorting and storing this collection.  I would occasionally pick parts out that I needed, but that was the extent to which I attacked this problem.  The picture above is only part of the total amount I collected, since I also got several bags at Brick Days as these photos show me rummaging through the brick piles.

Here I have reduced the pile to different containers.  A large portion of the bulk bricks was Technic bricks, which I have already put away. 

We are basically down to the end here.  Lots of single pieces that I have to remember where they go.  Dont want multiple pieces of the same piece in multiple locations.

At Brick Days I answered this basic question multiple times and I have said it before, but it bears repeating.  Of my Lego time, I spend at least 20% of it sorting and storing bricks.  This is either from bulk purchases and from the occasional cleanup I do while building.  My basic philosophy is this, if I have the brick and can't find it, then I really don't have the brick.

 

 

 

 

Brick Days 2024 - Light Show

 

 Here are the pictures from the Saturday Night Light show.

Van Halen Playing on Saturday night

Here is the Space Outpost

Front Side Video

 

Back Side Video

 and humbled by the award for best lights.

Brick Days 2024 - The Event

This is the reason that things have been quiet here.  I was deeply engaged in getting ready for this event.  I have not been keeping up with the Blog while I spent time building out the display and checking out the connections.  So here are some of the pictures from Brick Days.

 

It was well attended and we always enjoy going here. LOLUG is just a great sponsor and they know how to put on a great show.

The Ice Castle.  All transparent bricks with lighting.

A working clock.

Micro architecture.  I am becoming fascinate with this technique and how it might be incorporated into the display.  I am thinking about some sort of alien life form that needs protection.

DC watch tower.

Original M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer from the 1990's.  At over $350 each, there is some money here.

I found these 3-D mosaics to be more interesting than the typical mosaic.

More micro architecture.

Very detailed Bonsai type model.

The office.

A Star Wars beach scene.

This is a castle with a creek running along the side of it.  I was mostly interested in the creek and how this was modeled.  This is the type of terraforming that needs to happen on the plateau.  Except there is no water.

Someone else with a wounded warrior on a stretcher.  I also am interested in a smaller transport than the Starfleet Voyager I am using right now.

No glue, just amazing that he can move it.

USS South Dakota from WWII, done in a unique building technique.