Posted September 25, 2001 07:06 | Category: Germany (2001) | #
On Sunday, I went back up to the Düsseldorf area, to the city of Mönchengladbach, to meet up with some fellow LEGOŽ fans. Holger, Jan, and Jojo are LEGO train enthusiasts who discovered at a recent meeting of their LEGO train club that there were not nearly enough buildings and other accessories to go along with their trains. So when we met, we built some LEGO train buildings and other similar items. I built a pedestrian overpass, so the LEGO minifigs can get from one platform to the other without being run over by the trains. It was the first time I've worked in collaboration with other LEGO builders, and I think it was very successful.
This is Holger posing with his LEGO crane. [more]
This is Holger's LEGO collection - or rather, the portion of it that we were using that day.
We took a break for pizza in the early part of the evening... [more]
After we finished for the night, we took pictures of the results. [more]
A closer view of the same scene. [more]
This view shows the back of the pedestrian bridge, as well as the large door in Holger's building.
The sides of the pedestrian bridge are built using SNOT techniques (remember the T-shirts?) to construct a truss design. [more]
Closer still, you can see more details on the pedestrian bridge. [more]
If you look carefully you can see that the handrails are constructed using hinges and tiles (LEGO pieces with no studs on them).
Close-up of the truss design supporting the bridge.
Close-up showing the hinges used to attach the handrails.
Inside Jojo's freight depot you can see barrels of merchandise waiting to be shipped.
Here, Jojo shows how the train engine can pass through the doorway in Holger's building.
Jojo contemplates the TV.
The SNOT Team (L-R: Holger, Jan, and Jojo) posing behind our little scene.
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