1.2.6: Tiny beds
Nov. 25th, 2021 12:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jae_buildsThis stage had a bunch of little tiny fiddly pieces, which means I didn't get that many pictures. I was building up the cross-section that's going to end up being visible when the ship is split into three parts. As always, here's the mise-en-place.
Honestly, I mostly include this each time because it amuses me to call it a mise-en-place; I think these photos of bricks laid out are probably less interesting than the photos of the actual build, and I'm not as good as I'd like to be at taking knolling photos (or, more precisely, I'm not as patient as I'd need to be to get them the way I want them to look). Do people like them, or should I not bother including them in future stages?
Anyway, then I added a cabin on the left, the bottom of the grand staircase in the middle, and the tile floor around the pool on the right.
And then I just made two cabins on the next floor, and made a different set of rooms on the floor above. I liked this stage; it was fun, and it's neat to see the tiny rooms. But it's not particularly interesting to describe.
I'm not sure what the red-floored rooms are supposed to be. Nicer cabins with larger beds, perhaps? But no doors makes that less likely. I've done a cursory bit of research, and this cutaway doesn't appear to match precisely what I'm seeing in any diagram; I think this is not intended to be a precise match, as much as just be inspired by the actual Titanic layout, but the model designers must have had some idea of what they intended these rooms to be. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Anyway. Here's one final shot, with the last layer added.
Like I said, not many photos. Sorry there's not more this time. I will note this is the first time I've seen an obvious error in Lego build instructions, and it's a repeated error. I didn't get photos, because it wouldn't be clear from the photos what the error is. See the light grey 2x6 brick sticking into the center of the model above? There are two of them stacked on top of each other, with some 2x6 plates sandwiched between them. In the build instructions, each step has a graphical depiction of the parts you'll need for that step, and then a diagram of the model with those pieces added and subtly highlighted so you can tell they're new. For the 2x6 bricks, they were each added to the model one or two steps before the piece was included in the parts list. Not a huge deal, and not hard to figure out, but I know Lego has an extensive QA process, and I'm surprised that got past QA.
Discussion prompt: Tell me about an error you made in a creative project, or an error you encountered in instructions for a creative project. How did it affect your experience of the project?
Honestly, I mostly include this each time because it amuses me to call it a mise-en-place; I think these photos of bricks laid out are probably less interesting than the photos of the actual build, and I'm not as good as I'd like to be at taking knolling photos (or, more precisely, I'm not as patient as I'd need to be to get them the way I want them to look). Do people like them, or should I not bother including them in future stages?
Anyway, then I added a cabin on the left, the bottom of the grand staircase in the middle, and the tile floor around the pool on the right.
And then I just made two cabins on the next floor, and made a different set of rooms on the floor above. I liked this stage; it was fun, and it's neat to see the tiny rooms. But it's not particularly interesting to describe.
I'm not sure what the red-floored rooms are supposed to be. Nicer cabins with larger beds, perhaps? But no doors makes that less likely. I've done a cursory bit of research, and this cutaway doesn't appear to match precisely what I'm seeing in any diagram; I think this is not intended to be a precise match, as much as just be inspired by the actual Titanic layout, but the model designers must have had some idea of what they intended these rooms to be. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Anyway. Here's one final shot, with the last layer added.
Like I said, not many photos. Sorry there's not more this time. I will note this is the first time I've seen an obvious error in Lego build instructions, and it's a repeated error. I didn't get photos, because it wouldn't be clear from the photos what the error is. See the light grey 2x6 brick sticking into the center of the model above? There are two of them stacked on top of each other, with some 2x6 plates sandwiched between them. In the build instructions, each step has a graphical depiction of the parts you'll need for that step, and then a diagram of the model with those pieces added and subtly highlighted so you can tell they're new. For the 2x6 bricks, they were each added to the model one or two steps before the piece was included in the parts list. Not a huge deal, and not hard to figure out, but I know Lego has an extensive QA process, and I'm surprised that got past QA.
Discussion prompt: Tell me about an error you made in a creative project, or an error you encountered in instructions for a creative project. How did it affect your experience of the project?