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Ross Crawford
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 Aug-29-03, 03:38 AM (PDT)
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"Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
 
   Last year I completed a model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO. It took over a year, and used almost 9000 bricks. The arch span is 3.5 metres long and just over 1 metre high, and is supported just like the real bridge with hinges at each end.

Because I have no sandstone outcrops in my yard, I cheated and used LEGO baseplates to stop the abutments from spreading!

I designed the arch by drawing it on paper, then working out the lengths of each beam required to most closely fit. Because LEGO only comes in discreet lengths, it's not exact, but it's about as close as I could get.

Hope you like it!

My next project is the Story Bridge in Brisbane Australia.

ROSCO


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  RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... Pickingsadmin Aug-29-03 1
     RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... bnjneer Sep-25-03 2
         RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... RE geek Aug-29-04 4
  RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... peter lalor Dec-12-04 40
     RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... RoscoHead Oct-01-05 45
  RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... James Apr-17-05 43
  RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... malcolm poole May-22-06 46
     RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO b... Ross Crawford Oct-16-07 47

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Pickingsadmin
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74 posts		 Aug-29-03, 06:13 AM (PDT)
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1. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   That is awesome!


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bnjneer
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 Sep-25-03, 09:27 AM (PDT)
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2. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   That is way cool! Can you provide close up pictures of the details, so I can see how you created some of the connections of the arch?


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RE geek
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 Aug-29-04, 05:37 AM (PDT)
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4. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   >That is way cool! Can
>you provide close up pictures
>of the details, so I
>can see how you created
>some of the connections of
>the arch


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peter lalor
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 Dec-12-04, 07:56 PM (PDT)
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40. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   Ross, cool bridge. I am writing a book about the SHB and would love to speak to you about your project.
Got time to email me?
Peter


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RoscoHead
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45. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   Hi Peter, sorry the email link doesn't seem to work. I'd be happy to talk about it if you're still interested, my email is ross.crawford AT gmail.com


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James
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 Apr-17-05, 07:24 PM (PDT)
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43. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   Do you have any idea where I could buy a mini replica harbour bridge?


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malcolm poole
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 May-22-06, 01:50 PM (PDT)
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46. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   hi there,
do you still have the model of the SHB?


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Ross Crawford
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 Oct-16-07, 02:35 PM (PDT)
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47. "RE: Sydney Harbour Bridge in LEGO bricks"
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   >hi there,
>do you still have the model
>of the SHB?

I'm sorry for letting this thread get stale, but I had a disk crash, and lost all my links. The answer to your question is no I don't, but in January 2007 I rebuilt a copy of it for the Sydney Museum during their exhibition to commemorate the 75th anniversay. You can read about it here: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/mos/lego

That model is now held by LEGO Australia, and will be exhibited at the Ipswich Art Gallery in Queensland from December 15th 2007 to February 2008.

ROSCO



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