Cruise Catamaran
25 August 2010
The robot has been working hard recently so he decided to go on holiday. After applying anti-rust coating he is enjoying a relaxing cruise on the new catamaran. He is lounging on a sunbed at the back, and while he won't be getting a tan he can top up his batteries using his solar cells.
Welcome
27 July 2010
Welcome to the new HairyHighlandCow Blog, featuring my passion for building with Lego bricks. There will be a few backdated posts added over the coming weeks, showing some models built over the course of this year. The rest of the site is also having a makeover, so please bear with me if there are a few rough edges for a while.
Alternate Colour Scheme for 4554 Railway Station
17 July 2010
I always loved the design of the 4554 Metro Station when it was released back in 1991, but it was one of those sets I never bought when I was a kid. I recently discovered that Lego also released a red version in 1996, which got me thinking about alternate colour schemes for the building. After some playing around with an image of the station in Photoshop, I decided to try a medium blue and white colour scheme. The platform has been extended to accomodate a three car train. At the back of the station stairs and ramps have been added.
The original model was more of a facade with an open back. In order to make it more substantial, two facades are combined here back to back, and a hinge has been used so the building can open up. Instead of a control room on the first floor there is a cafe, and there are two ticket booths and a waiting area downstairs. The downstairs food service area isn't finished yet.
Harbour layout at the Alresford Festival of Toy Trains
26 June 2010
Some of my harbour layout travelled to the Alresford Festival of Toy Trains in June to be part of the Brickish Association display there. The large ships, jetties and freight loading crane were designed by me. The forklifts, mobile cranes and coast guard craft are classic Lego town sets. The red lorry is from the 2010 Cargo train set. The red building in the background is designed by David Tabner and the black freight waggons by Anthony Tomkins. You can see pictures of the whole display on Flickr.
Cargo Ship
26 May 2010
This is a brick-built Cargo Ship inspired by the style of the ships in the classic 1990s Lego harbour sets. The ship is larger than the one in the 6542 Launch and Load Seaport, in order to fit in with the scale of the ship in the recent 7994 City Harbour set, and of course to carry more cargo. The design of my ship is modular, so each section at the back lifts off easily. The roof of the bridge is hinged.
