David's Aircraft Carrier

This is another of David's creations. As you may have guessed, he's rather fond of military aircraft and paraphernalia. David included space inside for storing airplanes. Jeremiah used this space as a cargo hold.
This pic shows the panel that lifts to help the planes take off.

Below, the ship is loaded up with as many aircraft as we could find. According to Jeremiah, the aircraft carrier goes "voo-up, voo-up."

F-14

David built this. It has all kinds of features that I don't even know much about, like a nose cone to deflect radar (I think), and a flap in back to help slow down the plane. I hope David will write some notes in the comments section to share with everyone.

David says...

Well, the cockpit features two seats, one for the pilot and one for the RIO (radar intercept operator) or the guy who fires the missiles. There is an arrestor hook for aircraft carrier landings and a speed brake between the vertical tails just like the real Tomcat. Unfortunately though, due to my lack of creativity/parts useage this F-14 tomcat does not feature the swing wing function that the real thing has.

Happy Fourth of July

I chose to make the Great Star Flag of 1818 with 20 stars (okay, dots) and 13 stripes, a little piece of history that's fun to look at.

Auto transport car

So, I've never actually seen a train car meant to ship cars, but it is in Richard Scarry's Cars Trucks and Things That Go. At top, the upper platform is being loaded up with cars. Once the upper platform is full it clicks into its upright position (left). After all the cargo is on board, the ramp keeps the cars from falling out.

Chicken Walker

Originally, I tried to build an AT-AT from some old instructions of my brother's, but that proved incredibly tedious. After two days worth of sifting through tons of legos searching for (and not finding) specific pieces, I decided to build the smaller, even more precarious, two legged battle vehicle used by the evil empire. I tried to build this so that it moves just like the ones in the movie. The head can turn side to side and nod up and down. All the leg joints bend, and the guns can aim, too.

There's a storm trooper at the controls.







For some reason, I like this photo. It betrays the unstable nature of this design. No wonder the rebels beat the Empire! So in case having a lego blog was not enough to prove that I'm a total geek, now you know.

Some more of Jeremiah's creations

Jeremiah made this tractor
This one is an airport fire truck. Over the weekend a small jet failed to lift off at our local airport. It wasn't one fire and nobody was injured -thank goodness-, but we saw a firetruck on the site.
This is a space ship.

Concrete Mixing Truck

So this is my latest creation. The cement drum spins and the trough folds and unfolds.