15 minutes ago, ColletArrow said:

How do you start building these? Do you try to formulate a plan, or just start? (Sorry, you've probably been asked this loads of times )
I hope the new owner appreciates the work that has gone into this beauty.

It's very simple @ColletArrow and for this project i got a budget for build her at the scale around the 1/50 to 1/60 and the size for the trans black windows was definite the scale at the blueprints from the yard.

Because this ship is still under construction and don't got a extra reverence from real pictures and have to work with the renders they give me.

The client gives me so tide deadline and from start to a finished model in 8 weeks and now after 6 weeks i am almost ready and i am glad that i never missed a deadline, but it's was a hell of a job.

For the building the model in Lego there was no time to build first a digital model and than in real brick and started directly in real bricks. 

I have build here over the blueprints in live size printed scale and can see that i am with a marching between a couple of millimeters of the drawings.

The client have seen every step on the build and is so thrill, that he can't wait for the delivery on her. 

 

 

Jaap (Technic) Kroon did it again a makes today for me the most beautyful chromed stickers for the Super Yacht.

Thanks Jaap and can't wait for tomorrow to applied them.

I hope that i can make this weekend good studio photo's at my complete new photo studio.

Also a small teaser from the real ship last week.

Edited February 23, 20178 yr by Edwin Korstanje

Just finished the project whitin 7 weeks and 15000 parts.

 

Edited March 13, 20177 yr by Edwin Korstanje
I am not aloud to make this pictures public jet.

What an astonishing project, this is worthy of being placed in the HOF!!!!!

Awesome work ! I wish I could arrange 15.000 parts within 7 weeks ...

And good to know that Jaap is able to make glossy "silver" now.

1 hour ago, Dafgek81 said:

What an astonishing project, this is worthy of being placed in the HOF!!!!!

Thanks Dafgek for all your kind words.

8 minutes ago, brunojj1 said:

Awesome work ! I wish I could arrange 15.000 parts within 7 weeks ...

And good to know that Jaap is able to make glossy "silver" now.

Hi Brunojj,

I am glad you like her and for myself is the outcome of the model a pleasure to see.

The last 9 weeks if have ordered more the 125K of parts, so 15K for this model was not much of a  problem.  

The stickers that Jaap have made for me, where thick chromed stickers and not glossy silver.

It was a hell of a job to applied them because of the size and i was amazed that his cutting machines can cut stickers to a hairline thick. 

6 hours ago, Edwin Korstanje said:

It was a hell of a job to applied them because of the size and i was amazed that his cutting machines can cut stickers to a hairline thick. 

Those stickers look really great, I'm very impressed with the amount of "resolution" they have. Congratulations on finishing the build, it looks beautiful. 

Another masterpiece, I hope you bring it to bma so I can study it!?

1 hour ago, Captain Green Hair said:

Another masterpiece, I hope you bring it to bma so I can study it!?

Thanks Rick, but i can't bring her to BMA.

I build her in commission and in 2 weeks she is going to her owner.

I would have needed 7 months with luck and inspiration...

She is ready now for transport.

 

 

Edited March 13, 20177 yr by Edwin Korstanje

The Super yacht had here water launch  and is now outfitted and got here sea trials.

Thats strange, your model looks better than the real thing.

maybe a stupid question, but what and where is BMA, it's obviously a convention of some sort.

Brickmania Antwerp.

 

3 hours ago, efferman said:

Thats strange, your model looks better than the real thing.

Thanks Michel.

3 hours ago, Dafgek81 said:

maybe a stupid question, but what and where is BMA, it's obviously a convention of some sort.

Is indeed a Belug convention in Belgium, Antwerp.