supertechnicman

Thank you! It’s pretty difficult to move, so no plans to display it right now. I’ll probably have to find an extra large display case at some point. The piece count is around 25,000.

Unfortunately, no single set of instructions exist. I had to make a bunch of general guideline files in Lego Brick Builder, and then things changed as I completed the build to keep everything structurally sound. Just realized I never posted the completed lifeboats. https://flic.kr/p/2nTAzrc https://flic.kr/p/2nTBuuC

Almost done! I just finished the funnel and attached it to the ship. Now the only parts remaining are the lifeboats. Hopefully I can find the pieces I need. The lifeboats are not easy to build out of Lego pieces at 1:200 scale. https://flic.kr/p/2nMiasn https://flic.kr/p/2nMjj9A

Another update. Here's the inside of the engine room at the top of the ship. It contains two LM2500+ GE Gas Turbines driving two more generators to power the ship. The exhaust stacks from the four diesel engines in the bottom of the ship are in front of those turbines.

I'm finally working on the uppermost decks of the ship. The bridge is done. There's a few Lego trophy figures inside as crewmembers, but they're hard to see through the transparent block windows. I've also finished most of the balconies. You can see the main engine exhaust pipes sticking up through the top of the structure at midship.

I took a short break from building Lego QM2 to build Lego Titanic. Lego made the Titanic in 1:200 scale too, so it's cool to be able to put them side by side to see what they would have looked like together in real life. The QM2 is a huge ship!

I'm almost finished with the forward section of the decks. Here you can see the inside of the bridge. I need to get more transparent blocks to finish the windows before I can finish the top of the ship. I even included a gym on forward the promenade deck

This set will go perfectly with my 1:200 scale QM2. I’m really excited they made interior details & designed it in 1:200 scale.

Deck 7 is almost complete! I just need to finish the section near the bow. The build should progress faster now, because the decks above deck 7 have a much smaller footprint. You can see Lego Statue of Liberty (21042) in the background for scale. I'm using Lego minifigure statuettes/trophy figures to represent passengers/crew. They are approximately the correct scale. My kids also made some scale Lego dinosaurs because they love dinosaurs. You can see them near the bow.

Thanks for the kind words.

I hope to sail on Queen Mary II someday. It would be a great experience to travel on what will probably be the last ocean liner ever made.

Small update to model. I've started building up Deck 7 of the ship (promenade deck). You can see the lifeboat cranes, stairs, elevator shafts, and main engine exhaust sticking up through deck 7 in this picture. This picture shows the main kitchen exhaust stacks on the left and the inflatable lifeboats and their cranes in the front center.

Edwin Korstanje, what should we look closer at? I hope you're not trying to accuse me of using clone brands again. That is getting old and makes me a little angry.

Another update. I finished decks 5-7 of the Queen Mary II model. I have 6 decks left to build. Here is a close-up of the auxiliary generators on deck 5 of the rear ship. Their exhausts exit at the rear of deck 6. and here is a close up of the Grand Lobby, looking in from the top of the 7th deck. You can see the grey exhaust stacks from the main engines beyond the opening.

Still working on this project. I finished the bow up to Deck 7. I need to work on the stern next.

I added a few more sections to the bow. It is now completed up to the forward mooring deck. Here's a closeup of the anchors with Lego trophy figurines for scale. They are a little bit big for a 1:200 model, but they're close. The real anchors weigh 23 tonnes each and each chain is 385 meters long and weighs 119 tonnes.

They’re orange in the picture on this page, but you can see the reason for the yellow pin-with-hole pieces here. https://engineerfeed.com/liebherr-9800-mining-excavator/ The pieces of this machine weigh hundreds of tons, and the orange/yellow hooks are for lifting each piece into place with cranes.

I wish I had a LEGO crane that was the same scale. I think 42100 is going to be around 1:38 scale.

It looks like the orange pins are used to easily disconnect the boom and 4 LAs while leaving the 2 boom lift LAs attached to the machine in the same way the real machine is assembled. At least I hope that’s the reason for the color... I think I see some 3L orange pins holding the swivel mechanism together too.

I hope LEGO makes 42100 a modular build like I did with this RH400 I made in 2011. I like the way they’ve been making the instructions mirror the building process of the real machines lately.

This may help...

More work completed on hull of Queen Mary 2. I completed the section of levels 3 and 4 containing the Britannia Restaurant and Grand Lobby. These are the most awe-inspiring public rooms on the ship. Parts of the elevator shafts and stairwells are sticking up out of Level 4. You can also see the grey capped-off exhaust ports from the diesel engines in the belly of the ship. Over the next few months I'm going to work on the bow and stern up to Level 4. When I'm completely done, the ship will easily come apart into many sections so you can see the inner rooms.

Just added some of the crew rooms and AC ducting on Deck A. I also added the four water level access doors. This is going to be a long project...

Here's the latest update pics. It's a slow process. One of the propellers is finished. Most of the bottom of the hull is done. Complete with four stabilizing fins that can be folded in and out. I added some trophy figure Lego people for scale. They're not exactly 1:200, but they're fairly close. Towards the bow you can see the "Illuminations" planetarium, and the "Royal Court Theatre" is just behind that. There is a tiny drum set in the theatre instrument pit. I'm a drummer, so I thought that was appropriate. The blue and grey equipment in the double bottom behind the theatre are the chillers for the ship's air conditioning system. Only the very bottom of the hull is built at the stern right now. I'll be adding the four propulsion pods with propellers soon. They aft two propulsion pods will be able to rotate 360 degrees just like on the real ship. You can see one of the cargo elevators sticking up and a couple of green boilers sticking out of the engine room ahead of that.

I actually have most of the first couple levels of the ship built. I’ll take some pictures tonight and try to get them posted. I’ve had some issues finding rare Lego pieces but I’m still on track to finish within five years.