1.2.9: In which I make and fix some mistakes

[jae_builds]

This was such a cool build! As the title says, I did mess up a twice, but they were both pretty easy to fix. I think I won't point them out explicitly; you can see both of them in the photos below, if you look closely; they're not necessarily obvious mistakes at first, but you can see when a thing moves or changes position later on. Let me know if you notice either of them; one of them is I think pretty obvious, and the other one is subtler.

Mise-en-place:


First I built and put on these rails, and a few other small components:


The I built the base on which the bridge will sit. I forgot to get a photo of it in place, but here you can see the front and bottom of it, and it's going to sit on those four 1x2 yellow strips.


Then I started on the bridge itself. This was a really cool complex sub-assembly; I tried to take many pictures, but I think the only way to truly see what's going on is to look at the build instructions; if people want to see them, this sub-assembly starts on page 184 of book 1.

I started by building this base.


Then I build the bridge room itself.



I put it in place on the base, and added roof tiles.


Then I added legs, and put it in place.


It felt really unstable, as it's just attached in the back; those legs aren't actually fastened to anything in the well they're sitting it. But as I added more components around it, they held it in place more securely. But first, time for a trivia break.


Next I added more rails, which are at a non-standard angle for Lego pieces, and are held in place with technic pins sitting in those holes you see in the white pieces on either side of the bridge.



Some supports and deck plates, including more red/green bits that will be fully hidden in the final build. (I guess it's an actual nautical standard that red is port and green is starboard, which makes these hidden differences even neater in my opinion.)


Port and starboard lanterns, visible in the final build, with the color difference.


Some grey base pieces behind the bridge, along with the final bridge deck pieces and a last bit of railing, which is some tile pieces stuck sideways between two rows of studs.


And that's it. Here's the completed picture of this stage, and a detail shot of the side of the bridge which I'm including because I love the fact that is has an entryway on either side



Next up is the funnel, which I'm very excited about. Thanks as always for reading! Did you spot my mistakes?

Discussion prompt: Like the red/green port/starboard thing, what's a standard practice you use regularly (for work, for a hobby, etc.) that everyone who does the thing knows about, but is not widely known outside of that context? I've used a few standards at work, but the one I'll mention here is the OECD Privacy Principles, which are the foundational principles that inform privacy and data protection laws in multiple jurisdictions around the world.

Comments

[mehinton99]

TD initials on a volumetric measuring device that uses gravity or positive pressure to dispense a precise volume, vs TC initials on devices designed to contain a precise volume. Some glass volumetric pipettes have two marks, and you have to remember to use the correct one depending on the method you are using to dispense liquid.