I'm building a new Defender

[DiscoMick]

Yes, I am - in Lego.

Got given the new Lego Defender kit for my birthday, so obviously I set out to build it - and got a shock at how large and complex it is, with thousands of pieces.

The build manual is 500 pages! [emoji15]

The build is divided into four sections.
Section 1 is the front suspension and transmission. It includes a working high-low range and a suspension with twin working shocks on each side.
It took about three hours and 81 pages of instructions to complete. That included having to backtrack to fix a problem caused by fitting a wrong sized cog, and then reassemble.

Only 419 pages to go!

Now started on stage 2, which is everything you see in the second pic below. I'm paranoid about losing a piece, so keeping them in packets for as long as possible.

At this rate I'm not sure I'll have this done before Christmas.

Here's a couple of pics.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/c9ac40b5fb4af053e72e244960b34721.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/deb3a66fab7b2f35270022ec39255081.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/1529df8cbc568e41fcb9186678cdefa7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/8ea988bdbf27606e44c1754ac1b59936.jpg

[loanrangie]

Blows me how they can still call it Lego when the pieces are molded to a specific shape, its not like its made up of random sized blocks like i used to play with and build stuff from. When my dad first went overseas in 1976 he brought me back a technical Lego helicopter, that was made of of standard shaped blocks.

[Saulman1010]

That 1st generation technical helicopter, complete and in a box is worth a pretty penny these days. Very collectable.

MJS

Blows me how they can still call it Lego when the pieces are molded to a specific shape, its not like its made up of random sized blocks like i used to play with and build stuff from. When my dad first went overseas in 1976 he brought me back a technical Lego helicopter, that was made of of standard shaped blocks.

[Saulman1010]

Ohh and when you have finished...

Land Rover Defender #42110 LEGO(R) Light Kit | Light My Bricks - Light My Bricks AU (https://www.lightmybricks.com.au/products/lego-land-rover-defender-42110-light-kit)

Will finish it off.

MJShttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/e09f774ad6ea152c176a68557ecab726.jpg

[Gav 110]

It’s not a defender without a snorkel [emoji12]

[DiscoMick]

Ohh and when you have finished...

Land Rover Defender #42110 LEGO(R) Light Kit | Light My Bricks - Light My Bricks AU (https://www.lightmybricks.com.au/products/lego-land-rover-defender-42110-light-kit)

Will finish it off.

MJShttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/e09f774ad6ea152c176a68557ecab726.jpgOh yes, I'll definitely need the light kit. Thanks.