Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13606 posts, RR: 25 Posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 32767 times:
Singapore Airlines has unveiled its latest aircraft addition – an A380 aircraft model built entirely of LEGO® bricks – in LEGOLAND® in Billund, Denmark.
Using over 75,000 LEGO bricks in eight colours, the world’s largest Singapore Airlines LEGO aircraft model took the entire team of professional LEGO model builders at LEGOLAND more than 600 hours to construct. It is currently on display at “MiniWorld” in the main LEGOLAND Park.
The model retains the dimension, scale and design of an actual Singapore Airlines A380 aircraft. Measuring 2.9 metres in length, it has a wingspan of 3.2 metres and stands at 1 metre. The total weight of the model is 125 kg, including 100 kg of LEGO bricks.
Jorge1812 From Germany, joined Apr 2004, 3091 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 32767 times:
Cool, have been there once or twice and was fascinated over teh mini-airport they have there with the Concorde. Also Legoland Billund is a direct neighbour to to BLL airport - planes fly almost over it on short finals. Sad that the Mobilium Museum was closed a few years back, so many nice memories I have.
Thorben From Germany, joined Sep 2005, 3282 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting MauriceB (Reply 2): Wow it looks great. But i wonder, how do they manage to keep the wings away from braking? it seems very fragile...
Think of the other 25 kg.
Quoting Singapore_Air (Thread starter): The total weight of the model is 125 kg, including 100 kg of LEGO bricks.
This is really a great model. I've seen that airport once and it was very fascinating. I remember building lego airplanes myself, but they where really small. One white one with red and black stripes, sort of like a DC-9 and one red one with four engines, like a DC-8. Did anybody else have these?
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5434 posts, RR: 53 Reply 5, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Big deal, the first A380 (in Airbus House Colors) landed at Legoland Germany in Günzburg (close to Munich) on April 8th, coinciding with their opening of MUC's Terminal 2 .
Vr-hkg From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 135 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting PADSpot (Reply 6): And what are the remaining 25kg made of? Thinking of my at least 10 year long Lego career, models were usually made of 100% Lego bricks ...
Probably two things. Something to strengthen the wings and prevent them sagging, along with something to weight the nose and stop the thing toppling onto its tail.
SEAdomer787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 108 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
American 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 2518 posts, RR: 17 Reply 15, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Waow!!!
Great model! I'd love to see it close. About 3 meters in length means the model is roughly at 1/24th scale, six times bigger than the Revell 1/144th scale model.
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GAIsweetGAI From France, joined Jul 2006, 727 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (3 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting Solnabo (Reply 13): That�s one ugly Lego Dreamliner
Agreed.
To all those who wonder what the Lego models over there are made of, the outside is Lego bricks, the inside is essentially empty of Lego bricks, there's just a structure to prevent the models from caving in, sometimes electronics are inside, and all the bricks are fastened together with some glue. The models are then covered with some other stuff that prevents deterioration from weather.
Is that beast going to be rolling around in that airport?
Nope, but I have (or had) a 4-engine plane with the space shuttle, the Sopwith Camel, the Fokker Dr.1 (Red Baron), the Wright Flyer. And I've built a DC-8 type A/C myself, without instructions. A huge thing, with a few motors in there. I've thought of making a video, but I wouldn't be able to import it to my PC, so I can't share...
Hope they add a few extra liveries.
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Legoguy From Ireland, joined Jun 2006, 3168 posts, RR: 51 Reply 19, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting GAIsweetGAI (Reply 16): And I've built a DC-8 type A/C myself, without instructions. A huge thing, with a few motors in there. I've thought of making a video, but I wouldn't be able to import it to my PC, so I can't share...
Any pictures? Infact does anyone ant to share their lego aircraft creations!?!?! Build the lego models with instructions just isn't fun and the models are not that realistic.
Can you say 'Beer Can' without sounding like a Jamaican saying 'Bacon'?
I think I'll start a thread about personal creations (any type, unless someone wants to make it exclusively Lego) as soon as I can get pictures on my computer. How do you post pictures?
And that's unless someone else starts that thread before me...
"There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Legoguy From Ireland, joined Jun 2006, 3168 posts, RR: 51 Reply 21, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting GAIsweetGAI (Reply 20): I think I'll start a thread about personal creations (any type, unless someone wants to make it exclusively Lego) as soon as I can get pictures on my computer. How do you post pictures?
And that's unless someone else starts that thread before me...
I'll let you start the the. Ive started too many lego threads which people have got sick of.lol. To post pictures you most upload the pics on to the internet (most people use photobucket.com) and then paste the url inside of the folling
Thanks. Oh and your B1 and A340 look cool (just did a search).
I also found that you mentioned bricklink.com- very useful, and I won't be running out of parts anymore.
[Edited 2006-09-08 00:35:09]
"There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
LOL yea that site had been a saviour. Did you search in the non aviation forum? Several more threads there. But hey I don't mind posting more lego pics.lol
Can you say 'Beer Can' without sounding like a Jamaican saying 'Bacon'?
Malaysia From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 2911 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
they have to be built much larger to make the lego bricks look smoother
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25 GAIsweetGAI: Instead of posting pictures of my A/C I think I'll make a movie. Anyone know a program capable of editing .MOV files, and that can be downloaded for f
26 N231YE: The kit already had "mini-engines," and using either 2 of those 1x2 blocks with 2 holes in them (mount the engines to those holes), or 4 of the 1x1 b
27 GAIsweetGAI: I think I see what you mean. But wouldn't the engines look a little disproportionately big?
28 N231YE: Your right, come to think of it, it looked more of like a Boeing 717! I think that cockpit windows through off the proportion a bit.
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