Building from Blueprints with Lego Bricks: Vehicle Edition

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John P Canepa

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1. Introduction - Building Philosophy - and Building Jargon

1. Introduction and Building Philosophy.mp4

03:21

2. The 3 rules of successful model building - Build-botics.mp4

02:38

3. Building Jargon Discussion Part 1.mp4

04:40

4. Building Jargon Discussion Part 2.mp4

04:42

2. Sourcing, Scaling and Printing the Blueprint

1. Find and Source the Blueprint.mp4

05:08

2. More ways to find and source blueprints.mp4

02:33

3. Find the Exact Dimensions for the Vehicle Using Wikipedia.mp4

05:52

4. Convert the Dimensions in to Minifig Scale or 135 135th Scale.mp4

05:34

5. Resize and Print the Blueprint Image.mp4

07:56

3. Choosing Key Parts for our Vehicle and Sourcing Parts

1. Choosing Key Parts for the Design Part 1.mp4

07:22

2. Choosing Key Parts for the Design Part 2.mp4

06:12

3.1 blueprint wanted list.zip

3. Sourcing Key Parts for the Design.mp4

06:15

4. Course Review and Tiny Tutorials Techniques and Tips

1. Course Review - A Journey of Scale.mp4

05:38

2. Tiny Tutorials Hinge and Part Separating Techniques.mp4

04:58

Description

Sourcing, Scaling and Printing Blueprints as a Template - Taking Your Lego Brick Built Models to the Next Level

What You'll Learn?

Source, scale and print a blueprint to be used as a template when building your Lego models
Learn about Professor Brick Makers building philosophy and the three rules of Build-botics
Discuss popular Lego related building words and phrases - building jargon
Useful techniques and popular parts used to create a Lego built vehicle and how to source Lego parts form multiple sources
Hints and Tips: the hinge trick and how to separate difficult parts

Who is this for?

The Lego model builder who wants to take their designs to the next level

The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale - the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships or any other model type no matter the size

The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion

The Lego fan that wants to grow their knowledge about the Lego community

What You Need to Know?

Beginners are welcome! Builders of every skill level will find the concepts, techniques and suggestions discussed in the class helpful and illuminating

To optimize the courses benefit, it's best for the learner to have some experience building lego kits that include sub model creation

Be familiar with basic Lego brick building techniques and basic parts like bricks, plates and slopes

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Description
In this course, we're plussing (+ing, amping up, enhancing) our Lego brick built vehicle models.Â Designing our creations to precise measurements, to be historically accurate and sized to minifig scale.Â After reviewing a brief introduction to the class we'll cover Professor Brick Maker's building philosophy, the 3 rules of build-botics and all sorts of key words so we're all speaking the same language.Â After we source and resize our blueprint image, we'll use it as a useful building template.Â The course will include a discussion about key building parts and how to source them.Â And after a brief summary, we will include several useful techniques.Â By the end of the course the viewer will have gained perspective, several useful techniques and have a better understanding of how to use a precise blueprint template to aid the brick building process.

Introduction to building models from blueprints with Lego bricks
Professor Brick Makers building philospohy
The 3 rules of successful model building - Build-botics
Words we use to describe techniques, tests, and key parts (some you might know) - Parts 1 and 2
How to find blueprints of real vehicles
How to find dimensions for real vehicles using wikipedia
Scale and convert to minifig scale - 1:35 - 1/35th scale
Printing your minifig scale blueprint
Choosing key parts for our design
Where do I find parts for my design?
Course review and more about scale
Tiny Tutorials: Hinge trick and separating parts technique
Who this course is for:
The Lego model builder who wants to take their designs to the next level
The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale - the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships or any other model type no matter the size
The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion
The Lego fan that wants to grow their knowledge about the Lego community

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I have been building with Lego bricks since I was around 5 years old. My name is John Canepa (a.k.a. Professor Brick Maker - PBM) and I’ve always had a deep love of miniatures and designing and building with Lego bricks. My Lego renaissance happened when I received the original Forest Hideout as a birthday gift. Years later I saw the movie “Toy Story” and again my mind was blown. I had to know how to animate characters like the ones I saw in that incredible movie, so I left my family business and began researching animation schools in Northern California.I studied Character Animation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and got a job with an awesome game studio called Munkyfun. While working as an animator I began a company called Brick Brigade, prototyping and kitting Lego military models to sell online and at conventions. At my very first convention in 2010 called Bricks by the Bay in Fremont, I made great friends, sold a bunch of kits and met Dan from Brickmania.After having great success with Brick Brigade, in 2017 I decided to join forces with Brickmania and went to work with Dan and his awesome crew in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I contributed my abilities to the success of Brickmania and over the years have designed and prototyped lots of building kits for the company. I was known for adding a bit of whimsy to the kits that I designed and some on-screen silliness during the taping of the Brickmania's "at the designers desk" videos. After about two and a half years working for Brickmania at their headquarters in Minnesota, I returned to California and continued to design prototypes for the company. I also attended several Lego fan conventions and other Lego related events as their representative, promoting Brickmania and their stores. While attending Lego events, I was often asked, “How do I get started making Lego Prototypes?”. So I began creating these courses for Lego model building fans. Those that want to take their designs to the next level. While most of prototyping involves one’s individual vision, there is some very useful information and techniques I’ve gathered along my journey that I look forward to sharing with all of you.My hope is by sharing my knowledge, I can help inspire you to build more precise, historically accurate and awesome minifig scale models made from the bricks we love.

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