An Interlude, and 2.3.13
Dec. 1st, 2021 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jae_buildsWe'll get to box two in a moment, but I want to pause here to address something that came up in a conversation outside of this blog and that I think is important. I'm enjoying this build, and I hope you're enjoying reading about it. And I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with commemorating the Titanic. But I do think it's important to acknowledge that the only reason the ship is still notable today is that 1,514 people were lost when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. I don't know whether the build instructions will eventually address that; I hope they do, because leaving it unacknowledged felt to me like the difference between commemorating respectfully versus exploiting. I don't need to get into whether some of those deaths may have been preventable, or how the legacy of the tragedy affected maritime communications and safety protocols in the following years; those are interesting topics, and I encourage you to research them if you're curious, but this blog is about the Lego model, not the tragedy. But I also didn't want to leave it entirely unsaid. Thanks for reading this.
Box two starts with section three and stage 13, so I guess unlike the Falcon, the numbers are continuous throughout the build. I think I prefer this, though mostly it's just an interesting change. Section three is called Funnel & Main Cabins, though like with section two, this first stage is all below decks from any of that.
Here's the mise-en-place:
I like these early stages with a bunch of blocks. I do also like using plates and tiles to add detail, but there's something about building up a structure with Lego blocks that is tactilely (and maybe nostalgically) comforting in ways that detail work isn't.
I started by building a base, and then adding some internal supports.
Those grates are going to be the floor of the coal bunkers.
Then I built this sub-assembly. Throughout building it, I had no idea what it was; it was only when I got to the end and recalled that this build is not minifig scale that I realized what I had built; it's a coal bunker. Those clip holders on the left are a ladder up to the scaffolding.
I added more supports, including the beginnings of this half of the locking mechanism, which are the black semicircular plates that will link up with the brown ones from the grand staircase in box 1.
And the another coal bunker.
Finally I added more supports and the floor plates for the next deck up.
I took more intermediary pictures that I didn't include here; if you want more details this week, it's worth checking out the Google Drive. I've also added a link to my profile page, in case you want to keep it handy; there's almost always at least a few photos I don't end up posting. It's also worth checking out the build instructions I linked to in 1.2.9; both boxes so far have started with some introductory trivia and photos that I didn't take pictures of.
Anyway. Thanks as always for reading!
Discussion prompt: Tell me about a time when you were doing something that you didn't understand until you finished doing it.
Box two starts with section three and stage 13, so I guess unlike the Falcon, the numbers are continuous throughout the build. I think I prefer this, though mostly it's just an interesting change. Section three is called Funnel & Main Cabins, though like with section two, this first stage is all below decks from any of that.
Here's the mise-en-place:
I like these early stages with a bunch of blocks. I do also like using plates and tiles to add detail, but there's something about building up a structure with Lego blocks that is tactilely (and maybe nostalgically) comforting in ways that detail work isn't.
I started by building a base, and then adding some internal supports.
Those grates are going to be the floor of the coal bunkers.
Then I built this sub-assembly. Throughout building it, I had no idea what it was; it was only when I got to the end and recalled that this build is not minifig scale that I realized what I had built; it's a coal bunker. Those clip holders on the left are a ladder up to the scaffolding.
I added more supports, including the beginnings of this half of the locking mechanism, which are the black semicircular plates that will link up with the brown ones from the grand staircase in box 1.
And the another coal bunker.
Finally I added more supports and the floor plates for the next deck up.
I took more intermediary pictures that I didn't include here; if you want more details this week, it's worth checking out the Google Drive. I've also added a link to my profile page, in case you want to keep it handy; there's almost always at least a few photos I don't end up posting. It's also worth checking out the build instructions I linked to in 1.2.9; both boxes so far have started with some introductory trivia and photos that I didn't take pictures of.
Anyway. Thanks as always for reading!
Discussion prompt: Tell me about a time when you were doing something that you didn't understand until you finished doing it.