Chapter 5. Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
In Chapter 3, I talked at length about scale and how it relates to building LEGO models. The discussion lead you through the steps to create a small-scale train station to add to a small-scale LEGO town. In this chapter, you’re going to go the other way. You’re going to build a model that is larger, not smaller, than the real life object it represents.
One great way to demonstrate this idea is by taking advantage of an interesting characteristic of LEGO bricks; you can use them to make other LEGO bricks. No, I’m not suggesting that you melt down your bricks and remold them. Rather, I’m talking about the technique whereby you use individual bricks to construct a jumbo brick that looks exactly like ...
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