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I'm just gonna jump right in for this post; no intro I could write would do justice to how clever and interesting this entire stage was.

Here's the mise-en-place.
A small set of pieces, the vast majority of which are white, including one very long thin rod.

A small set of pieces, the vast majority of which are white, including one very long thin rod.

I'm not going to comment much for this stage; I think it speaks for itself and I want you to have the experience I did of slowly figuring out what this was. I started by putting two hinged pieces on a 2x3 plate (plus two small tiles to cover the end), and then continued slowly expanding that as seen below.
The initial 2x3 with the hinged pieces.

Additional layers have been added to the 3x3, including a t-shaped piece that adds a vertical surface that can be attached to Lego studs.

A tile and two clips have been added on top of the 2x3, and the hinged arms have been extended with more hinged pieces.

Another set of hinged pieces have been added to the end, and the top layer of hinged pieces have 1x2 bricks with holes in them placed on top.

The arms have been extended even further, with more bricks added to the ends, but leaving a gap between the earlier bricks and the new ones where the hinged plates are not topped with anything.

The gap has been filled in, and clips and tiles have been added on top of the blocks along the whole assembly.

Two identical sub-assemblies, each a 1x9 strip with blocks, plates, clips, and tiles on top.

The two sub-assemblies have been added to the ends of the hinged arms.

A small clip has been added into the gap created by the sub-assemblies from the previous photo.

The clip has been topped with a plate, bringing it up to the level of the surrounding blocks, but not the plates and clips on top of those blocks.

Two more identical sub-assemblies, each of which is a 1x3 plate with clips and tiles added to fit on top of the surface from the previous photo.

The new sub-assemblies have been added as described.

Have you figured out what I built?
The assembly held in place next to the main build, with the vertical attachment surface aligned with a matching surface on the build.

The assembly held in place next to the main build, with the vertical attachment surface aligned with a matching surface on the build.

Once it was fastened into place at that attachment point, the arms were still swinging loose, obviously, but the little clips I added lined up with these corresponding clips on each side of the main build.
A detail of the main build. The deck plates extend slightly past the blocks they rest on, and under them, slightly set back, a clip is visible.

A detail of the main build. The deck plates extend slightly past the blocks they rest on, and under them, slightly set back, a clip is visible.

The arms of the assembly from this stage have been clipped into place, creating the curved wall around the edge of the stern.

I then added that long thin rod, as the rail on top of that wall I'd just built.
The rod has been added as described, clipping into place in the clips along the top of the wall.

The rod has been added as described, clipping into place in the clips along the top of the wall.

And I added the missing railings to the inner edge of this section of deck, and the British flag at the stern.
The listed pieces have been added.

Next I built and placed six cranes.
Six crane sub-assemblies. The top three are fully assembled, the middle two are partially assembled, and the bottom one is fully laid out but not assembled so you can see all the individual pieces.

Six crane sub-assemblies. The top three are fully assembled, the middle two are partially assembled, and the bottom one is fully laid out but not assembled so you can see all the individual pieces.

The cranes have been added along the deck.

And then I closed out this antepenultimate stage by joining sections five and six.
Sections five and six, linked together. There are still bare spots at the seam that need to be covered with tiles.

Sections five and six, linked together. There are still bare spots at the seam that need to be covered with tiles.

That's it for this stage! We're very close to the end now. Thanks as always for reading!

Discussion prompt: How else could the designers have achieved this effect, given the limitations of Lego? Can you think of a better way? (I can't!)

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