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For years my brother has been bugging me to build a scale model of Ohio Stadium.
Today he forwarded me an email with several images attached. Apparently someone
has already beat me to the punch!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103801
This wonderful model was build by Faye Bodyke and the accompanying email reads
as follows:
“Here it is after 2+ years of work. It is a 1:275 (approximate) scale model
of Ohio Stadium, built entirely with Legos. A few pictures are attached to
this e-mail, I hope everyone will be able to open them.
The project commenced in July 2002 and was finally completed in October
2004. I have no idea on how many thousands of pieces are in the model (it
would be nearly impossible to count without dismantling), but can say that
it weighs around 38 pounds, not including the plywood base. The footprint
is 36 1/2” x 46 1/2” and stands 10” tall. I devoted around 2000 hours of
my time, which includes activities needed to research, locate and purchase
the pieces, planning, layout, assembly, disassembly, and much trial and
error. The stadium was constructed in sections to facilitate moving in the
future.
At the beginning, I set “rules” to help guide the project: no modifying
pieces, no glue, and no paint. This model is held together entirely by the
interlocking features of the Lego bricks and gravity, but is still fragile.
The largest obstacle was the scale - the size of the pieces limited the
amount of detail I was able to obtain (note the absence of yard lines,
among others). I had two choices - live with it, or increase the scale. I
decided to live with it for space and financial reasons. Despite these
compromises, I did my best to work around the brick limitations and managed
to keep the features approximately proportionate to one another. Obtaining
a horseshoe shape with square Lego pieces made this project challenging.
Up close, the appearance seems rough, but blends together well when viewed
at a distance. The work required a great deal of patience, but proved to
be therapeutic at times.
For reference, I had to rely on pictures and dimensional information from
the internet. Visits to the stadium were infrequent, as I live over 200
miles from the stadium (yes in Michigan). I would be remiss if I didn’t
mention that there are no blue or yellow pieces anywhere on this model.
Not even the north rotunda (besides the pieces are too large to obtain
sufficient amount of detail).
Overall, the project was past due and over budget, but am happy with the
results. I hope everyone appreciates my “art”. The fun for me was
attained in building it and helped stimulate some creativity. It was like
putting together a customized 3-D puzzle with no instructions and an
endless supply of pieces. This model is definitely a one of a kind.”
Feel free to forward this document to friends, family, work associates,
etc.
Faye Bodyke
J. Spencer Rezkalla
The Ohio State University
‘95 B.S. Aeronautical Engineering
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) It rocks! I see lot of nice details and great ways to replicate the original design. It kinda saddens me to see that it's not Minifig scale, but I understand that it would be a bit difficult to make one that size :-) Great work. Truly (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
| | | Re: Incredible Ohio Stadium Model!
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| (...) Sorry folks. I am the person who built this stadium! It saddens me to see people claiming work that is not theirs. I have the stadium & I have other pictures to prove it--including pictures that I took throughout the entire construction. I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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