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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 5:07 AM
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LEGO Skylines

I was wondering if anyone has pictures of building models made from legos?
p.s I hope I’m not copying someone else’s thread.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 5:13 AM
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Kevin is THE man when it comes to lego cities. Wait for it...
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 5:44 AM
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You rang?

Here are two shots from last week. I updated the model at the request of a local developer who is planning a 400 foot residential highrise in downtown. He bought the Legos, I did the model, he photographed it, and the photos were on the City of Austin's access channel. The photos were included in the developer's presentation for the building before City Council. The building was approved. They'll break ground in 5 months.

Let me know if these photos work.

Here's an "aerial" view. Me up on a 6 foot step ladder looking over the model.
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Here are two shots from last week. I updated the model at the request of a local developer who is planning a 400 foot residential highrise in downtown. He bought the Legos, I did the model, he photographed it, and the photos were on the City of Austin's access channel. The photos were included in the developer's presentation for the building before City Council. The building was approved. They'll break ground in 5 months.
That's awesome Kevin.

Here's one shot from my childhood Lego days.

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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 6:10 AM
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Thanks Kevin this is exactly what I was wanting.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 6:11 AM
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kevin do you have any more?
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 7:25 AM
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kevin do you have any more?

Yes, I do. What are you needing them for? What are you looking for?

Here are a few more. Let me know what you're looking for and what you need them for.



Frost Bank Tower view.
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Must of had lots of fun. Nice real cool
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 7:50 AM
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Those new towers make Frost Tower look not-as-good.

It should have been built taller in the first place.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 7:45 PM
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kevin i'm hoping to become a developer in abilene and i was hoping if this actually works in gettimg an idea across.
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What Kevin is doing is trying to create an entire downtown in Lego bricks.

I have taken a different approach. By building in what is called "minifig" scale (about 1/48 scale - based on the height of the chubby little Lego people), I can show details such as the individual windows and doors. Unfortunately unless someone pays me and lets me use a space the size of a stadium (for free), I will not be able to build an entire downtown. Dispite this, I am hoping to build many of the significant structures of Detroit.

Since I started building about 3 years ago, I have built one large structure a year (plus several small to medium size buildings).

2005: The 28 story Fisher Building:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/398371952/

2006: The 37 story David Stott Building:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/324881171/

2007: The 47 story Penobscot Building (still under construction):


After I completed the Fisher Building model, I found out about the Michigan Lego Train Club (MichLUG.org) and I joined it. This gives me the opportunity to display my Lego buildings as part of a complete city.

This is a picture from a show MichLTC did on March 3-4, 2007 at the Rock Financial Center in Novi, Michigan (a Detroit suburb):

(the buiding in the right-center foreground is a scaled-down replica of New York's Flatiron building by another club member).

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A 600+ storey supertall that went all the way as high as I could stretch until I just gave out.


We didn't have all the fancy shapes and colors like you guys do now. We had to tough it out. We were the pioneers

Then I tried with Tinker Toys, but couldn't buld those too tall
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2007, 6:49 AM
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2006: The 37 story David Stott Building:

DecoJim, mad props for that David Scott Building model. That is a beauty! Are you ever going to do the Guadian Building? My personal Detroit favorite!
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DecoJim, mad props for that David Scott Building model. That is a beauty! Are you ever going to do the Guadian Building? My personal Detroit favorite!
Thanks Kevin!

The Guardian Building is a natural for a Lego model if the scale is large enough. The stepped arches and the multitude of miniture setbacks near the top all lend themselves to Lego brick construction. The main obsticles are time and money. The David Stott building model took several months to complete and cost over $1,000. I estimate that a Guardian Building model in the same scale would cost at least four times as much. Another problem would be getting enough of the dark orange brick (I do not paint Lego bricks!). I purchased about 2/3 of all of the then available supply of dark orange bricks from Bricklink.com (the quantities have since recovered). In other words it might take years to get the parts (unless I can appeal directly to the Lego company).

If I do build it, I will let you know!
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2005: The 28 story Fisher Building:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/398371952/

2006: The 37 story David Stott Building:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/324881171/

2007: The 47 story Penobscot Building (still under construction):


After I completed the Fisher Building model, I found out about the Michigan Lego Train Club (MichLUG.org) and I joined it. This gives me the opportunity to display my Lego buildings as part of a complete city.

This is a picture from a show MichLTC did on March 3-4, 2007 at the Rock Financial Center in Novi, Michigan (a Detroit suburb):

(the buiding in the right-center foreground is a scaled-down replica of New York's Flatiron building by another club member).
Very Cool!
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2008, 9:24 PM
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Thanks, Surrealplaces!

Spencer (jsr), your Taipei 101 is brilliant!
Is this the first non-USA skyscraper you have built?

By the way, according to www.google.com, today is the 50th anniversary of the Lego brick.

-Jim
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What Kevin is doing is trying to create an entire downtown in Lego bricks.

I have taken a different approach. By building in what is called "minifig" scale (about 1/48 scale - based on the height of the chubby little Lego people), I can show details such as the individual windows and doors. Unfortunately unless someone pays me and lets me use a space the size of a stadium (for free), I will not be able to build an entire downtown. Dispite this, I am hoping to build many of the significant structures of Detroit.

Since I started building about 3 years ago, I have built one large structure a year (plus several small to medium size buildings).

2005: The 28 story Fisher Building:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/398371952/
Hey man that is really cool. Like your work!!
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Hey man that is really cool. Like your work!!
Thanks! Didn't I post that Fisher Building picture about 40 pages ago in this forum?
By next year I should have another large building to post (these things take time!).
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Oh Spencer........... Looking at the top of the gazebo of the new winter holiday set, I think I see just the correct-colored piece you need to better your Burj Al Arab model!

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