About this creation
George G. vs David Wang in the 2012 MOCOlympics category:
"Famous historical figures: Abe Lincoln? William Wallace? Sir Edmund Percival Hillary? Who is your favorite historical figure? Give us a moc showing us your choice doing what they’re famous for."
As soon as I read my category, I knew exactly which Famous Historical Figure I wanted to do... Isambard Kingdom Brunel!
Brunel is my favourite historical figure as he was the father of the Industrial Revolution of Britain and was born ever so close to where I live :)
He was a genius inventor/engineer, whose projects never always successful but the ones that were changed the country! He constructed the Great Western Railway, built many bridges, dug loads of tunnels (including the first under-river one!)and invented lots of revolutionary steam ships.
In my model, I wanted to represent most of his feats in one scene, and I did so by creating a ship building dockyard, featuring a railway bridge. Look on and enjoy!
Brunel himself riding on his personal micro steam-paddler.
In the ship building hall 2 new steam-paddler boilers are being lowered in ready to be installed into a brand new ship.
The paddling wheels of the ship are also constructed at the yard.
Someone really should have got the chimney sweep out of the funnel before they lit the blast furnace up :P
"I" for Isambard ;) I tried to spell out "IKB" but the letter "K" was not playing along...
In the blast furnace room they're smelting some iron to form the inner sections of the paddle-steamer wheels.
The steam engine is based of Brunel's 2-2-2, "The North Star". Please take notice of the tyres used for the chimney, the C-3PO head used as a dial, the helmet used for the safety valve and the red heads and hair used for the front buffers.
"Paddle-steamer away!"
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The final word:
I found it quite funny how I just finished a LEGO model depicting the life's work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, creator of the Great Western Railway, and tomorrow is the UK's largest LEGO event - The Great Western LEGO show - held in STEAM, the museum of the Great Western Railway which holds lots of Brunel's items including The North Star......
...... and I can't attend!
Good luck David!
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November 3, 2012 |
Fantastic scene! I like all the industrial details and steam-punky machinery. Gotta love the Industrial Revolution. Great representation of the time. |
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October 14, 2012 |
Awesome creation! Can't wait to see what you'll do next... GL in R3! |
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October 13, 2012 |
This is quite a lot of stuff built ! Amazing ! It looks better than those huge lego play-sets, and lot's of details everywhere. Great job with the steam-punk theme too.:D |
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P.S. Lol at the 'Steampunk' comment below. No dear Commenter - this is history. Britain actually looked like this. |
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October 10, 2012 |
ravishingly beautiful! |
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October 9, 2012 |
Sweet steampunk action. I like the paddle boat and some of the assorted details, like the chimney sweep on fire. Those touches of humor make for great additions! |
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October 8, 2012 |
A very well thought out, and expertly executed design! Congratulations on making it into Round 3...it's well deserved! |
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October 8, 2012 |
Just as clean as your opponent's build, and much bigger and more detailed. You've got my vote. |
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October 7, 2012 |
All-in-one! |
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October 7, 2012 |
Awesome work and details! Poor chimney sweep. Now he's got toasty buns :P |
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October 7, 2012 |
u simply outbuilt your opponent, and brilliantly - my vote goes to you! cheers chris |
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October 7, 2012 |
Quoting DeTomaso Pantera
Amazing George, I love your choice, Brunel is exactly who I would have chosen had I been in the MOC O's and got this category lol Being from Bristol Brunel played a huge part in my cities heritige. It is my dream to build the Clifton Suspension bridge one day! An amazing entry my friend and I hope to see you progress, I love your creations!
Well he was born in Portsmouth, then to Bristol :P I really wanted to build Clifton too, I'm thinking of collaboration for the GWLS for next year B) |
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October 7, 2012 |
Amazing George, I love your choice, Brunel is exactly who I would have chosen had I been in the MOC O's and got this category lol Being from Bristol Brunel played a huge part in my cities heritige. It is my dream to build the Clifton Suspension bridge one day! An amazing entry my friend and I hope to see you progress, I love your creations! |
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October 7, 2012 |
That is one heck of an entry! Very busy and great techniques as well! Good luck! ~ Chris. |
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Space Gypsy . October 6, 2012 |
This is exactly what I imagine when I think of the Industrial Revolution! The scene is brilliant and I definiatly like the layering. |
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October 6, 2012 |
Yess! :D |
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October 6, 2012 |
Oh, what a great choice of person and perfectly executed! Another lovely build, keep 'em coming and you'll go far. Again! |
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October 6, 2012 |
Hot diggidy dog, nice Brunel! Seriously, gorgeous steam engine! |
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October 6, 2012 |
Thanks for the history lesson! |
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October 6, 2012 |
As soon as i saw the thumbnail I suspected Brunel, and i would have used that head too! Brilliant job George, lots packed in but not so busy it looks overdone. Industrious would be the right description ;) Well done, good luck and come on Team GB! |
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October 6, 2012 |
I saw this last night but I think I forgot to comment. This is amazing, has a very steampunk-ish feel to it. |
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October 6, 2012 |
IKB great choice. Great composition fitting all the parts together. |
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October 6, 2012 |
Wow, this is fantastic! |
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October 6, 2012 |
Quoting Flare .
Never heard of him, but this MOC is awesome and I think I just learned a lot about him :P
I was going to let out a frustrated yell of anger but then I remembered that I couldn't name one famous Israeli person so you're off the hook ;)
Thanks everyone! |
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October 6, 2012 |
Never heard of him, but this MOC is awesome and I think I just learned a lot about him :P |
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October 5, 2012 |
Great job! Nice detail all around. Good luck in the games! |
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October 5, 2012 |
You have captured the essence of the time and the man! Very best of luck! :) |
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October 5, 2012 |
Great work! I love his little steam boat :) |
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October 5, 2012 |
Fabulous! So many great details, I think you'll really do well in this round! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Something tells me you'll be *steam*rolling the competition this year! ;-) |
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October 5, 2012 |
Awesome! Great use of pieces! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Ah, Mr. Brunel. He is quite a remarkable man. I love his little paddle boat, and the train has great little details. Brunel himself looks quite great as well. And you even gave him his massive cigar! Great job I say, great job! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Awesome! I love the clean yet full look of this MOC, and the way you did the fiery area is really cool. I also liked the train and boat-building area quite a bit. |
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October 5, 2012 |
Sweet look to everything! I like that little paddle steamer... |
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October 5, 2012 |
Great build with a lot of attention to detail. |
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October 5, 2012 |
wow! wonderfully thought-out scene! you've captured the essence of the area perfectly! brilliant entry! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Truly a great man - pity you haven't got a taller Stovepipe hat for him... very nice entry. You can't get to STEAM ? That is a shame, we'll miss you. Good luck! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Thank you very much everyone! Your comments are much appreciated :) |
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October 5, 2012 |
Looks great George! :)
Best of luck! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Can't say I'm crazy about the industrial revolution, although in the long run, I'm definitely grateful for its advancements. Anyhow, excellent build George (as usual)! Really like how you did the steam-engine in particular. |
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October 5, 2012 |
Wonderful details throughout. So many great and interesting things to look at. I love the compact layout you've designed and how everything is all happening at once in the same little scene. You are a real threat to most of us competing ;) but at the same time I also wish you all the best of luck and can't wait to see what produce in future rounds. |
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October 5, 2012 |
this is aan amazing moc!! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Fantastic work! The details are masterful, and yet again you've demonstrated a new stunning cheese water technique. Good luck in the MocOlympics! |
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October 5, 2012 |
So many details in this build! I especially like your gold element-usage; it definitely gives off an authentic "steam" vibe! Great job! |
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October 5, 2012 |
Fantastic work George! Good luck=) |
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October 5, 2012 |
Amazing detail! |
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