USS Intrepid.....In LEGO Bricks!

[Pong]

A lot of us build models with prebuilt plastic parts, but this is simply amazing. You will cry when you see it.

Here is a link on more of his photos on the Intrepid.

USS Intrepid Complete - Flickr

I remember several of his works with another builder on a LEGO Magazine I bought (It featured finely detailed Lockheed aircraft: F-117, SR-71 and U-2) and it is basically stunning.

-Arlo

 

[JohnAnthony]

That's incredible but at that level it's no longer a hobby. It's some sort of bizarre mental illness.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I think they call it being eccentric. That is just soooo coool!

 

[Njaco]

I don't care, I don't care .......I WANT THAT JOB!!!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Holy cripes, if my son sees that we'll be building stuff like that forever!

 

[Wayne Little]

Brilliant!

 

[Airframes]

Wow! That's some Lego set! fantastic job !

 

[Capt. Vick]

This got me searching...

Lego Battleship Yamato Is Biggest Lego Ship Ever

 

[Airframes]

Very impressive! I have mixed feelings though - as impressive as it is, for all that time and effort, why not use 'standard' materials, and make a true scale model? Bl**dy good though !

 

[JohnAnthony]

Very impressive! I have mixed feelings though - as impressive as it is, for all that time and effort, why not use 'standard' materials, and make a true scale model? Bl**dy good though !

Exactly my thought. I've got nothing against Legos but they seem thoroughally unsuited to a project of such epic proportions - sort of like building the Taj Mahal out of match sticks. And yet people do that as well...

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Holy cripes, if my son sees that we'll be building stuff like that forever!

It's called quality time man, let me have his E-mail address and I'll make sure he knows about it.

 

[KevinK.]

Imagine making a mistake and then you notice that the superstructure wont fit due to a single brick? Taking apart several thousand pieces just to fix it.

hmm... After I've seen some of the impressive model building here... I can't imagine any of the master model builders mocking the work required to do that.

Just think the Master Lego Builders do this kind of work and get paid for it!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Just imagine all the cuts and calouses on these guys hands. I remember as a kid playing with LEGO's for hours and ending up with two sore mitts!

 

[Pong]

I'm quite curious about how he built the model. If you're building a LEGO model on a scale like this, where do you start?

 

[Airframes]

Asking for a Bank loan to buy the bricks !!

 

[Gnomey]

That's awesome!

 

[JohnAnthony]

Asking for a Bank loan to buy the bricks !!

Precisely.

 

[Messy1]

Cool as hell!!

 

[Messy1]

Cool as hell!!

 

[Pong]

Asking for a Bank loan to buy the bricks !!

And who says LEGOs are only for kids?

Holey cow.