LEGO Aircraft carrier

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-03-03 04:38pm

Complete with its own airwing

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-03-03 04:40pm

That is pretty awesome. Now: how much would such a set cost, and how much time would it take to build it?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-03-03 04:42pm

Damn

They even did the whole interior...that's just insane.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-03-03 04:45pm

You make that, Phong?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-03-03 04:56pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:You make that, Phong?

No. My LEGO-fu skills are 2 on a scale of 1-10, and this clearly goes to 11.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-03-03 05:00pm

What gets me is the scale of the thing. Look at the floor tiles. You've got to figure those are at least six to eight inches, so that's an immense lego project. It's obviously a kit, but aside from the mad cred the guy must have put down buying it, it must have taken a good amount of time to assemble. That thing is swanky.

LeftWingExtremist · Post by **LeftWingExtremist** » 2006-03-03 05:48pm

christ this is possibly better than the lego venerator, I wish i had enough bricks for something like that. I mean how does somone go about aquiring the bricksfor such a project.

A-Wing_Slash · Post by **A-Wing_Slash** » 2006-03-03 06:05pm

That is simply incredible. Now all we need is another one, and we can have a massive Lego air battle.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2006-03-03 06:11pm

Even the friggin' planes are realistic. A-6 Intruders, F-14 Tomcats...

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-03-03 06:51pm

Lord Zentei wrote:That is pretty awesome. Now: how much would such a set cost, and how much time would it take to build it?

If LEGO were to sell such a massive set, I could easily see it costing at least two thousand dollars.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-03-04 12:24am

Christ. This is on the order of that six to eight foot long Venator LEGO model.

LEGO is truly the most awesome thing to ever be invented. Even the Transformers.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2006-03-04 02:38am

I make the minifig in http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1651099 to be about 40 pixels tall. The island's roof is approximately 800 pixels off the ground. A minifig is about 4cm tall, so that makes the island 80cm tall.

He doesn't have any shots of a completed carrier, but I'd guesstimate at least 3 meters long. I'm pretty sure that's bigger than the Venator, and it probably uses more pieces, too.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-04 02:50am

Gil Hamilton wrote:It's obviously a kit, but aside from the mad cred the guy must have put down buying it, it must have taken a good amount of time to assemble.

What do you mean by a "kit," exactly?

Tiger Ace · Post by **Tiger Ace** » 2006-03-04 03:21am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Gil Hamilton wrote:It's obviously a kit, but aside from the mad cred the guy must have put down buying it, it must have taken a good amount of time to assemble.
What do you mean by a "kit," exactly?

I think Kit refers to the fact someone brought it with all the parts included, with instructions.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2006-03-04 03:28am

Gigantic projects like this are never a 'kit'. The largest kits Lego has ever released are the Star Destroyer and Death Star II. Everything larger is custom-built either by Lego Master Builders, insane fans, or people with lots of money to hire such a fan.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-04 03:33am

That's what I assumed: that it was a custom project like most of these kind of thngs are.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2006-03-04 12:08pm

... I'm lost for words. That is just unbearably cool.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2006-03-04 03:59pm

Lord Zentei wrote:That is pretty awesome. Now: how much would such a set cost, and how much time would it take to build it?

It took around a year, according to this:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1641238

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2006-03-04 04:53pm

Nice. I think a second cousin of mine built a battleship that was of the same scale; I wish I could have seen that.

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2006-03-04 09:06pm

All I can say is outstanding work.

Simmon · Post by **Simmon** » 2006-03-05 10:01am

Nice...
Can the planes fit pilots?
I wish this sort of thing could be my full time job...

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-03-05 10:05am

Simmon wrote: Nice...
Can the planes fit pilots?

Yes they can

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2006-03-05 12:34pm

Hey, its my ship.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-03-05 12:58pm

Is that thing to scale??

It almost looks like it could be..

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2006-03-05 02:45pm

Using this calculator Lego scale convertor 900 lego studs equals 1028 minifig feet, and almost 24 human feet. Rough eyeball measurement of the ship is about six feet with the bow.