Post by Jean B. on May 29, 2023 6:01:44 GMT -5
Brilliant!
I guess I was lucky, I had lots of Lego as a kid. My parents approved of Lego as a way to learn construction and 3D thinking and to stimulate your creativity. I guess my playing with Lego enabled me to design furniture easily, because it taught me to think about structural rigidity and practical solutions. I had some Fischer Technik too, it helped me get into technology but I preferred Lego. My niece still has my old Lego from the '60s and '70s.
Great! Yes indeed, "Lego-thinking" is mutually the best way for learning practical solutions! I never had any Fischer Technik, but it would had been much "too grey" for me
In my completely unprofessional opinion; Jean, you are beyond help. I say this not to be judgmental. I say this because I too am beyond help. When it comes to addictions (little cars; vintage stereo equipment; watches...you name it) I've probably got it. It will surely be the death of us. But what a great way to go!
Have fun and do the stuff that makes you smile. When something goes awry while I'm "working" on a project, be it a model car or the restoration of an old amplifier, I curse and complain, but deep down I'm glad that the project will be a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. It's the journey that we're addicted to.
You made my day I had the first night with relaxing sleep after having read your understanding words! And as I've learnt meanwhile, there are the AFOLBS, the Adult Fans of Lego Bricks, so I'm not alone. At least Lego bricks are not much more expensive than alcohol or cocaine, and as you can only inhale the small 1x1 bricks, the consumption level is rather low
Let's go ahead:
After all those distractions, I finally returned to my original intention, making a small & handy photo setting for a single or two cars I'm working with at a moment. A standard 28x56 baseplate is covered with 2x2 tiles in warm/pearl gold and got a 3sided rearwall made of transparent bricks. This can be used alone, but of course it's attractive to fix panels behind the rearwall which can be easily printed on paper or foil.
And this is a spontaneous result.
The golden floor tiles go perfectly with all cars painted in warm colours.
And now compare this photo with the previous one: I've now put a LED beamer behind the rear panel.
This beamer can be tuned from "cold" to "warm" white and from "low" to "bright", so I can create different looks.
Here's with a lower mode.
Coincidentally the Bentley is painted in almost exactly the some colour as the floor tiles have...
And no, this isn't all I've made the past weeks:
With a simple clip system the printings can be changed...
...
...and with a simple handle the rearwall can be taken off the basplate...
...and snapped onto an alternative basplate, tiled with flat silver tiles.
This time I try a black/white print on paper...
...combined with a T57.
Not bad, is it?
Pedestals can be added to play with different heights and colour combinations.
Still another variation is to create colour schemes on my own and printing them on OH-foils. Here used in "clear" condition...
...and here with a white paper background.
Unlimited possibilities!
Even my old Lego bricks can still be used for simple modular architecture...
...and this element is designed in a way that the rear panels can easily be switched off...
...and combined with templates...
...which can be filled with any design available...
...I've now got yet another possibility to create some attractive photo settings!
So the future of the company of Lego is surely saved, and I can now slowly get "back to business" with my Horch's