MOC: 8'2" LEGO Cruise Ship

[Azrael]

What a great site! I can’t believe I hadn’t found this earlier! I just completed a mammoth undertaking loosely based on the MV Horizon and MV Zenith two sister ships that used to be with Celebrity Cruises. She’s about 8’2” Long, 1’Wide and Just under 2’ High.

Currently complimented with 100 minifigures, Staff, Officers and Passengers.

There is an open Facebook Gallery Here if you want to see more pictures, I don't want to spam your bulletin board.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1151...mp;l=01a3496e95

Love this site! I am sure I’ll be spending many hours here!

Thanks in Advance

~Aaron

Edited July 15, 2009 by Hinckley
Title refinement. ;)

[Luke McAwesome]

Welcome to Eurobricks, please go introduce yourself here and tell us about yourself!

That ship is amazing; did it take you long to build it?

Edited July 15, 2009 by Striker™

[Hinckley]

This is absolutely amazing! It so realistic and detailed and looks so much like the actual ships.

I have more to say, but for now I just wanted to let you know, welcome to the site! but I'm going to fix your topic title and description so people know what to expect when they see it in the topic list. I think you'll get more views that way.

Also, please take a minute to check out the "Hello! My name is..." forum under the Community heading and maybe introduce yourself there.

Thanks! I'm so happy to have you here!

[5150 Lego]

Very cool! Exellent attention to detail. I love scale accurate mini fig creations. Well done!

[Azrael]

Welcome to Eurobricks, please go introduce yourself here and tell us about yourself!

That ship is amazing; did it take you long to build it?

Hi there, thank you for the compliment, and the welcome!

It took around nine months off and on building, I guestimated around 10 hours a week to be conservative, so around 360hours. There was a Crazy month in there, where we bought a new house and got married and such… LOL

With most large scale projects it’s a shame, most of the time and detail went on the inside where no one can see. *laugh*

As I mentioned before I am a an actual cruise ship designer, so I built her as I would out of steel, she has the same number of watertight bulkheads and firezones inside as the Actual Horizon and Zenith, she even has an elaborate crash bulkhead in her bow (Which I hope she never has to use ;-)

Thank you again for the welcome and the compliment!

Talk soon!

~A

This is absolutely amazing! It so realistic and detailed and looks so much like the actual ships.

I have more to say, but for now I just wanted to let you know, welcome to the site! but I'm going to fix your topic title and description so people know what to expect when they see it in the topic list. I think you'll get more views that way.

Also, please take a minute to check out the "Hello! My name is..." forum under the Community heading and maybe introduce yourself there.

Thanks! I'm so happy to have you here!

Hi there, thank you for the compliment, and the correction in my title, I appreciate that.

Ask anything you wish, I can’t believe it took me this long to find your site! Gawd knows I love talking about the boat! LOL

Talk soon!

~A

Very cool! Exellent attention to detail. I love scale accurate mini fig creations. Well done!

Thank you 5150! I appreciate that!

Im sure we'll talk more soon!

~A

[ACCURATEin]

WOAH!!!

Super impressive MOC here.

I'm sure it feels great to be finished and to sit and admire the final product.

Congratulations and job well done. Welcome to Eurobricks!

Nice..i just seen all of the pictures in the facebook album.

Does she have a scheduled Maiden Voyage in the future?! I see her sitting beside the pool. It looks tempting to lower her into the water.

I might also suggest a railing for the upper deck, and perhaps the use of some tiles in certain locations. I like how the minifigures are scattered about the ship.

[Azrael]

WOAH!!!

Super impressive MOC here.

I'm sure it feels great to be finished and to sit and admire the final product.

Congratulations and job well done. Welcome to Eurobricks!

Nice..i just seen all of the pictures in the facebook album.

Does she have a scheduled Maiden Voyage in the future?! I see her sitting beside the pool. It looks tempting to lower her into the water.

I might also suggest a railing for the upper deck, and perhaps the use of some tiles in certain locations. I like how the minifigures are scattered about the ship.

Thank you for the compliment, Yeah I did have railings on the upper decks, Strange optical illusion, it made her look very choppy… I might have just chosen the wrong railings, not sure.

As far as the maiden voyage… LOL she could possibly float, but what you see there at the board is the actual waterline of the ship, I would need to make another lower three decks solid and use the weight blocks LEGO has to keep her from tipping (Whole Iceberg theory) As heavy as she is, her lower decks would have to be 2/3rd heavier than her upper decks.

She does have enough surface area to displace her own weight to make her float, possibility for the future I guess ;-)

Well thanks again!

Talk soon!

~A

[Captain Zuloo]

Fantastic ship there! Often cruise ships are seen, but never any this big and detailed. All the smaller ones kinda suck too.

But fantastic effort with yours, I like the coulours and the proportions.

Welcome to Eurobricks.

[Azrael]

Fantastic ship there! Often cruise ships are seen, but never any this big and detailed. All the smaller ones kinda suck too.

But fantastic effort with yours, I like the coulours and the proportions.

Welcome to Eurobricks.

Thank you so much for the welcome and compliment! I am pleased with her scale and proportions, Not sure if its “LEGO Cheating” or not, but I built her from scaled to LEGO actual blue prints of the ship. Not to mention a long long time ago, I used to live and work aboard the Horizon and Zenith for four years or so… so they are very much “my homes” LOL

Thanks again!

Talk soon!

[Perterz]

Very impressive MOC, I enjoy looking at a beautiful large ship from time to time. My mother has this thing with sailers while I'm deeply impressed by massive ships. My grandfather used to work in the docks.

Anyway your ship looks very good, well constructed, especially the frontbow. Also the colorsheme and execution is spot-on and I'm really in with this somehow:

Only bug for me is that I personally prefer a tiled finish, does it have interior? Would love to see it!

Welcome to the forum aswell, it seems to catch a lot off people

[Azrael]

Very impressive MOC, I enjoy looking at a beautiful large ship from time to time. My mother has this thing with sailers while I'm deeply impressed by massive ships. My grandfather used to work in the docks.

Anyway your ship looks very good, well constructed, especially the frontbow. Also the colorsheme and execution is spot-on and I'm really in with this somehow:

Only bug for me is that I personally prefer a tiled finish, does it have interior? Would love to see it!

Welcome to the forum aswell, it seems to catch a lot off people

Hi there, thank you for the compliment! I was thinking of a tiled finish, but was wondering if it would take away from the “Lego-ness” LOL Who knows, The above mentioned railing suggestion was good, and a tiled finish would without a doubt look good…But just when do I stop spending money on her LOL

The Bow was tricky, that’s the third bow I made for her,

Her first two were ‘ok’ but a bit too blocky and pointy. That bow is all solid, with an intricate crash bulkhead that no one will ever get to see LOL

There is no interior, except for the little lido grill, and mast bar, but she does contain the exact same amount of fire zones and watertight zones as the actual Horizon and Zenith.

Thanks for your note! If I tile her, Ill post more pictures and give you credit!

~A

[Milan]

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[Col. Brik]

Very well done and the attention to detail is excellent. I see you mentioned you are a ship builder/designer as a career. Any pictures of the build threw its stages? I am curious to the structure underneath since you mentioned you built it as a ship is built.

Again, well done. And welcome to EB, you will enjoy your stay.

[Jipay]

Woaw, that ship is huge ! Amazingly detailed it seems, as it looks like a model kit from a far perspective. Is it possible to have bigger pictures of the 2 you posted on EB in order to zoom and see more details ?

[Buckshot]

Wow--you certainly know how to make an entrance!

8' ship--a wonderful MOC. Thanks for sharing!

Lego OCD, eh? You'll fit right in on Eurobricks

[Azrael]

Very well done and the attention to detail is excellent. I see you mentioned you are a ship builder/designer as a career. Any pictures of the build threw its stages? I am curious to the structure underneath since you mentioned you built it as a ship is built.

Again, well done. And welcome to EB, you will enjoy your stay.

Hi there and thank you for the compliment! I will see what I can find, through the nine month build process, I had two camera melt downs LOL I will dig up the pictures from the first months for you!

~A

Woaw, that ship is huge ! Amazingly detailed it seems, as it looks like a model kit from a far perspective. Is it possible to have bigger pictures of the 2 you posted on EB in order to zoom and see more details ?

Absolutely! There is an open gallery here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1151...mp;l=01a3496e95

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1151...mp;l=01a3496e95

As far as the larg high rez pictures, I do have them, I just need to find a photohosting site that will allow the high rez versions.

Thank you so much for the cudos!

~A

Wow--you certainly know how to make an entrance!

8' ship--a wonderful MOC. Thanks for sharing!

Lego OCD, eh? You'll fit right in on Eurobricks

LOL Thank you, its been an amzingly warm welcome here!

Now I just need to think of my next large ship. I think I will take the above mentioned sugestions, and make a new ship with a tiled finish with a complete displacement hull and make her float!

Will post as I start that new project!

~A

Edited July 27, 2009 by Azrael