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Re: LEGO Gortons' Fisherman, coming to a supermarket near you
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Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:03:31 GMT
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   These are great models. I suspect these were tougher to build than they might look due to the angle and slant of the fisherman.

Thanks, Spencer! Yes, the angle did make it a bit more challenging... I’m not happy with how some parts came out (his extended arm is a little stiff looking) but overall I think everything mostly works. There’s almost nothing symmetrical in this model (other than some parts of his head) which makes it take longer to design, but I think it gives the final model a more “human” feel.

   I’m curious how you replicated them. Did you build a prototype and then dismantle it brick-by-brick while copying each part as you went along?

Yes, I did build a full-sized prototype first. But then, leaving it assembled, I set it aside and duplicated it by visual inspection. (Usually involving lots of counting and crosseyed-headaches.) :) After I had one glued model, I was able to rotate & lift it easier, so I used that one as the “final” template for the remaining 7 models. For those, I built them “assembly line” style, first building 4 at once in parallel, and then 3 at once in parallel. (I probably would have done all 7 in parallel, but I didn’t have enough space on my workbench.)

Sean

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Sean Kenney
LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com



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  Re: LEGO Gortons' Fisherman, coming to a supermarket near you
 
(...) Holy cow Brendan, that's amazing. That's one factoid that never appeared in the About the Author page in the Brick Testament books! To Sean: These are great models. I suspect these were tougher to build than they might look due to the angle (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)

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