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Tower Bridge
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:38:54 GMT
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Hello, I've been a lurker for a while but this is my first post.

Freshly emerged from my dark age I have put together what is my first
Lego creation in a number of years as well as my first major castle creation.
Being the start of a series of structures I thought I would throw it out to the
public so I might get tips for the next project.

I was going to build a castle and thumbed thru architecture books for ideas.
However, the images of fortified bridges caught my eye.

The bridge consist of two arch spans and two defensive towers.  The structure
uses mostly light gray bricks from the early castle sets though the landscape
uses newer pieces.  The towers are identical and each include a portculus,
living space, and a lookout post.  The bridge was built to monitor river and
road traffic.  Either tower can block unwanted traffic from passing and
likewise the bridge can be used to block unwanted ships from passing.  Guarding
the bridge are my favorite Lego figs, the Black Falcons.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5407

Thanks for looking!

David Kohrman
#1117



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  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) Welcome! Happy posting! (...) Um, "keep building like that?" :) (...) it'd be an excellent 1,000th contribution! :) I'm a sucker for mechanical "regularizing" of the landscape--yeah, yeah, "pave the planet" and all of that--and your bridge (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
Very Impressive. I look forward to seeing more (Youv'e set yourself a tough standard to continue :) ) James "David Kohrman" <david.kohrman@wmich.edu> wrote in message news:GGpJsu.5Fs@lugnet.com... (...) creation. (...) to the (...) ideas. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) the (...) Guarding (...) Wow, that's great David. Very realistic, almost like you took a pictures, and modeled from that. Keep up the great work. Is there a gate that comes down, locking the bridge from one side or another? -Jason (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) David! What a GREAT looking brdige. The two guard towers are EXCELLENTLY proportioned, and well detailed. (Though, as Lindsay did, I beg to see what is inside??) And the central support column for the bridge is equally well done. The spans are (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)  
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) Wow, that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on here! I like how you were able to do it without using an obscene amount of lego (it looks like you may have used up most of your bricks, because of the multi-colored river banks). Your (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) Please continue to post more as you build more! eric (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) David, That's great - what a way to introduce yourself. Very cool! As others have asked -- do you have interior pictures you can share? If so, please do! :) More more! Joel J (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) WOW... I lurve it..... You've given me some great ideas now... thanx... I love the actual bridge....and how all the little things that brong it to life... keep it up.... : ) Kev...: ) Welcome to the Kingdom of Andrastavia (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
Hi David! How are ya! Nice to meet you. I'm glad people are coming out with new creations! Finally! I've been complaining that we were back to tlaking too much and not building enough, and then you and Lenny come and prove me wrong. ;-) Your bridge (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Tower Bridge
 
(...) nice =) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)

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