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I've been chipping away at this on the last few months. The gears are working smoothly now and the presentation is coming together. Hope you like it! Building notes and thoughts on the build below. Gears in the back of the clock are turned using a wooden barrel on the left side (just out of view). When you turn the barrel it rotates both displays on the front of the clock. In trying to compress everything the cuckoo doesn't come all the way inside and it tracks a little to the left and right (check the video in folder set). The bird is connected to a 6 long bar using a headlight brick on one end and an axle and pin connector on the other. As the gear (laid horizontally at the top) turns around it drives the 6L bar in and out of the window. The axle and pin connector at the very top hang to help guide the bar. I had to leave the guide loose so that it doesn't jam like the piston on the Emerald Night set. The alternating tiles on the roof are pretty solid. Each tile is basically clicked in with one stud. In the video below, now the golden windscreens are gone. Every once-in-a-while the studs on the wings would catch the windscreen. To capture a smooth video sequence I pulled the windscreens. Here's a short clip of the bird going in and out: http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/ I put the picture below in for two reasons. First, I used a bunch of half-pins on the horizontal disc/arch that sticks out in front. I also use one with the bat. Great technique for changing the direction of bricks. The second reason I put this up is b/c it captures many of the little things I was playing with in-terms of the story/texture of the model. In thinking about the forest and mountains where many of these clocks are made, I wanted to capture as many human interactions with the forest and mountains that I could. Animals, cutting wood, mountaineering, bread-wine-and-cheese in the alps all felt right. I played with a sceene that told the story of little-red-riding hood but I like this one a bit better in the end. If you build one of these on your own, this was one of the really fun parts of the build - what finishing elements would you choose to convey a story or theme? Hope you're inspired and can't wait to see your cuckoo!! And finally, a crosscut view of the pinecone at the bottom:
