1.2.7: 40 more identical pieces
Nov. 25th, 2021 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jae_buildsAnother repetitive stage this time, creating two identical copies of everything for the two sides of the boat. Some more interesting bits than the last stage, I think.
I've been told by at least one reader that the mise-en-place photos are in fact appreciated, so they shall continue.
First I built this end piece.
Then this side panel, which attaches to the build via two clips. I like when Lego builds include chunks like this that clip into place, and aren't attached to any studs.
Then I duplicated all of that work on the other side, which I didn't photograph, though you can see it in the background of the next photo. Finally I made these panels for the top of the sides of the hull.
And with a black tile for the strip on the right side, and a red curved piece on the bottom (and those same two pieces mirrored on the other side, not pictured), this stage is complete.
I'm not sure why that gap on the bottom isn't filled in yet. I looked ahead in the instructions, and it's going to stay open for a few more stages before it gets covered, even as the things around it do get covered. Not that it's a problem, just a thing I noticed. I'm curious how Lego designers decide when components get added. Obviously there's some order that is dictated by practicality; I couldn't have attached these side panels until there was something to attach them to, and until I was finished accessing the internals of the build on this section. But this gap, as far as I can tell, doesn't still need to be here; it's just going to stay open for three or four more stages. And as mentioned in a previous post, there are steps that have one or two bricks right next to steps with dozens of bricks, so it's not a matter of keeping the piece count even across the build, or something like that. I'm sure it's somewhat arbitrary and I'm overthinking this, but it's fascinating to me nonetheless.
Discussion prompt: Have you ever been fascinated by an utterly unimportant detail?
I've been told by at least one reader that the mise-en-place photos are in fact appreciated, so they shall continue.
First I built this end piece.
Then this side panel, which attaches to the build via two clips. I like when Lego builds include chunks like this that clip into place, and aren't attached to any studs.
Then I duplicated all of that work on the other side, which I didn't photograph, though you can see it in the background of the next photo. Finally I made these panels for the top of the sides of the hull.
And with a black tile for the strip on the right side, and a red curved piece on the bottom (and those same two pieces mirrored on the other side, not pictured), this stage is complete.
I'm not sure why that gap on the bottom isn't filled in yet. I looked ahead in the instructions, and it's going to stay open for a few more stages before it gets covered, even as the things around it do get covered. Not that it's a problem, just a thing I noticed. I'm curious how Lego designers decide when components get added. Obviously there's some order that is dictated by practicality; I couldn't have attached these side panels until there was something to attach them to, and until I was finished accessing the internals of the build on this section. But this gap, as far as I can tell, doesn't still need to be here; it's just going to stay open for three or four more stages. And as mentioned in a previous post, there are steps that have one or two bricks right next to steps with dozens of bricks, so it's not a matter of keeping the piece count even across the build, or something like that. I'm sure it's somewhat arbitrary and I'm overthinking this, but it's fascinating to me nonetheless.
Discussion prompt: Have you ever been fascinated by an utterly unimportant detail?