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Holger "HoMa" Matthes wrote:
> Dear LEGO fans,
>
> [Dominik Gerlach], a 26-year-old AFOL from Germany did it. He has build the
> United States Capitol with LEGO bricks. I was happy to be able to interview the
> masterbuilder recently:
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> Gallery at YouBrick.com: <http://www.youbrick.com/v/Town/capitol/>
Wow! That bring back memories of working on a similar project a couple of
years ago. A friend and I, along with other helpers occasionally, did a
model of the Alberta provincial Legislature for the local train show in
the 100th anniversary year of our province. The two buildings have very
similar architecture. Different solutions were done by the Lego modelers,
however. For example, our structure looks to be considerably solider than
Dominik's, in terms of interior supports. The methods of doing the domes
were quite different as well (I was helped by a computer program that a
friend wrote, to compute where pieces go to make domes).
We haven't made boxes to move ours - so far we just put the sections on
pieces of plywood, and that has been enough. It splits into 4 large
sections and 4 smaller sections. It has taken some time, but it is
currently planned that our model will be getting a permanent home in one
of the underground corridors that is an entrance to the real building.
Any chance of Dominik's fine model getting a permanent home somewhere?
Pictures of our model of the Alberta Legislature can be seen here:
http://www.nalug.org/TrainShow2005/Legislature
The pictures there were taken before the model was completely finished.
If you look carefully, you can see some incomplete stuff on the rear
section. However, that was all fixed up after that train show. The
model has been displayed in the Royal Alberta Museum here in Edmonton
and in the Telus World of Science Center.
-Chris Gray (co-builder with John Koob of the model)
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Hi Chris,
wow, I didn’t knew about your Alberta Legislative building! Either my eyes are
getting worse or my screen: Is your model build in tan or white? If it is tan,
how did you do the main columns of the main entrance:
Are these Technic hubs or half cylinder elements? White or tan?
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... For example, our structure looks to be considerably solider than
Dominik’s, in terms of interior supports.
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As far as I understand, Dominik started building a more massive building with
more interior supports. But this seems to be to heavy and so he rebuilt
everything to a lighter solution. Only the side walls are connected with each
other.
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We haven’t made boxes to move ours - so far we just put the sections on
pieces of plywood, and that has been enough. It splits into 4 large
sections and 4 smaller sections.
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This picture shows some of the wooden boxes the Capitol is stored in for
transportation.
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It has taken some time, but it is currently planned that our model will be
getting a permanent home in one of the underground corridors that is an
entrance to the real building. Any chance of Dominik’s fine model getting a
permanent home somewhere?
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Nothing is planned right now. The officials form the real Capitol didn’t ring up
- as far as I know :-)
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Pictures of our model of the Alberta Legislature can be seen here:
http://www.nalug.org/TrainShow2005/Legislature
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Thanks for sharing. This building is really great. Huge and full of details!
Holger
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