Lego makes ridiculously cool MAERSK Lego ship kits but if you really want to impress your friends you'll need to purchase haze grey blocks in bulk and build your own. You'll also need to find an instruction manual. Luckily LEGO master builder John Hagerman has your back with detailed instructions for building a half dozen ships including the Titanic, Britannic and USS … [Read more...]
Meet The New Guinness World Record Breaking (Lego) Ship: M/V Jubilee Seaways
Two weeks & over a million bricks built by 7,000 people in 21 countries all over DFDS culminated in an official Guinness World Record for Largest LEGO Ship (supported by a steel frame) in Copenhagen on 17 August 2016. It’s UK based ferry operator DFDS Seaways' 150th anniversary the company's engineers wanted to build something a bit … [Read more...]
WATCH: Lego Stena IceMAX Build Time-Lapse
Here's a time-lapse showing the building of the Lego-version Stena IceMAX drillship at LSME (that's Lego Shipyard and Marine Engineering). The video is the second from creator Andrew Mcalpine, following his first video showing the construction of the Maersk Triple-E lego kit. According to Andrew: The idea for a time-lapse showing the construction came after I saw a version … [Read more...]
Watch: The Best Triple-E Lego Kit Construction Time-Lapse On the Internet
Check out this awesome time-lapse showing the construction of a Triple-E (lego kit) at the LSME shipyard (that would be Lego Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering). The video was filmed by Andrew McAlpine (aka @MaritimeGeek), who says it took him just 23 hours to complete. The Danish toy brick building group Lego unveiled its plans for a Lego-version of Maersk Line's … [Read more...]
Legos, Science and Underwater Robots
A (semi) secret government operation quietly wrapped up in April to build what some are calling the US Navy's coolest structure, a research facility for the development of autonomous systems including sensor systems, power and energy systems, human-system interaction, networking and communications, and platforms. Called the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) this … [Read more...]