skcheung Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 Welcome to the Colosseum in Italy. I fully understand that some AFOLS have already built it and they did a fantastic job. I also love the Colosseum. I would like to build my own but rather I try not to follow the footsteps of my predecessors. Therefore, I try to build it small. To the best of my knowledge, perhaps this is quite original. Only several pieces of basic bricks are used. Instead, the major parts I used are technic bricks, hose, jumpers and binoculars. The building process requires exceptional patience. I have to look for a good curve which finally turns to be imperfect, but I am afraid that is the best I can do. This MOC won't be a LEGO IDEA project. I think TLG won't allow it to become an official set simply because the set is not sturdy. Yes, pieces won't fall out when I move it from one place to another, but it will change shape. I need to readjust the positions of binoculars... Quote
rollermonkey Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 That is a LOT of binos! Looks good, though. :) Quote
Hobbythom Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 Having visited the Colloseum twice in recent years I can attest this is spot on! The binoculars are a great solution for creating at this scale! Quote
MECHALEX Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 That's a great way of achieving an accurate look at microscale! Can I suggest when you take the photos, you go up to the highest f-stop and take longer exposures? That way, you'll get all of your model in focus - it means using a tripod or gorillapod though. Quote
MAB Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 Nice MOC, best I've seen at this scale. It's great the way detail is added by turning one row of binoculars around. It's not very lego set like though, and I imagine finding the right curvature is difficult. It's good to see what can be done at this scale that would never be done by lego. Quote
DanSto Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 NIce MOC : I like the usage of the binoculars for suggesting a large number of columns . Quote
rodiziorobs Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 I would never have thought to use that piece for a colonnade...that's fantastic! Quote
skcheung Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 That's a great way of achieving an accurate look at microscale! Can I suggest when you take the photos, you go up to the highest f-stop and take longer exposures? That way, you'll get all of your model in focus - it means using a tripod or gorillapod though. Thanks for your advice. I am no professional photographer but I will try hard to take pictures by following your advice. Quote
skcheung Posted November 13, 2015 Author Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Here is the building instruction: Edited November 13, 2015 by skcheung Quote
ArchitectureFan Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Great idea to use those binoculars. Quote
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