{"id":1541,"date":"2021-03-12T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.colinjones.co.uk\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2021-03-12T17:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:19:13","slug":"lego-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.colinjones.co.uk\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"LEGO\u2122 International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some years ago I submitted this to LEGO\u2122 Ideas but it was rejected. Imagine my surprise when a short while back I saw it released. I had nothing to do with the actual release but I was still happy. I just couldn’t afford\/justify it for ages. Last week I finally decided to treat myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It arrived Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today was my first day off since its arrival. I had the box on the table behind me and when one of our cats (Lilly) knocked it off the table I decided now was the time. Here are photos of progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spares After Stage 1 (Including Brick Splitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stage 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spares After Stage 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stage 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spares After Stage 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stage 4 – Beginning To Take Shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spares After Stage 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stage 5 – It’s Bigger Than I Expected!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spares After Stage 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here I took a short break to change the bedding, as promised. Only one stage to go and here’s the final result!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Complete Build – 864 Pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Total time of build from start to finish, including break: 2 hours 30 minutes. It was very straightforward. The instructions were clear with no ambiguity \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I just have to hope its current location is safe from the cats! ???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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