Albrecht Oliver - Build your own city

Joachim Klang Oliver Albrecht Build your
own City HEEL

For Falcon

For Jasmin

Thanks to some pioneers and revolutionaries, some of whom we know in person and admire: 2LegoOrNot2Lego
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Jojo
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McBricker
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Misterzumbi
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Pepa Quin
Pierre E Fieschi
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Sir Nadroj
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Spencer_R
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x_Speed Our special thanks go to Lutz El-Lutzo Uhlmann for his support in preparing the construction instructions and the building of the models. Of course, we also thank the LDraw.org community for the programs with which to create building instructions. HEEL Verlag GmbH
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While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the authors nor the Publisher shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained herein. Authors: Joachim Klang and Oliver Albrecht Layout and Design: F5 Mediengestaltung, Ralf Kolmsee, Bonn
Muser Medien GmbH, Christine Mertens, Knigswinter Cover Design: Heel Verlag GmbH, Axel Mertens, Knigswinter Photos: Thomas Schultze Translation: Safkhet Publishing, Kim Maya Sutton and William Banks Sutton Editor: Karin Michelberger All rights in the work, including any enforceable copyrights, reproduction rights in any format and translation rights for any language, are reserved by the Publisher. This book or any part thereof may not be photocopied, disseminated, downloaded, systematically transmitted or transferred in any form or by any means without the express written permission of the Publisher. All rights reserved ISBN 978-3-86852-658-5 Content Joachim Klang Approximately one third of my life was more or less LEGO-free, until one day long before the official LEGO Star Wars sets someone had the idea to build LEGO vehicles, space ships etc. from the Star Wars movies. I was immediately excited by that idea.

I got the necessary LEGO bricks and built an AT-AT walker, into which the usual LEGO figures were supposed to fit. I posted photos of my AT-AT walker on the internet to share my enthusiasm with others. Brilliant feedback encouraged me to further engage with LEGO and build other models; 1000steine.de even selected my walker as the Model of the Month in 2002. To start, I built a Sandcrawler with the help of El-Lutzo, then later an open air stage of the Village People together with a musician and friend, Freddy Strze. For an exhibition in Berlin (TSL), I built another dream project, the Death Star hangar with over 400 figures, and finally, with support from misterzumbis love for detail, the Empire State Building that covered an area of approximately 3 square meters and was about 3.5 meters tall. We have varied the arrangement of the buildings for every exhibition since then; first, we had them in the 1930s arrangement, and later, in that of the 1970s.

It includes a police car that was meant to become the special model of the TSL in 2007. El-Lutzo took part in this as well and created the construction manual. My passion for small vehicles has not dwindled since. At the moment, I am building the Battle of Minas Tirith, known from the Lord of the Rings, together with Michael von Hovora. After Jrgen Bramigk built the Cologne Cathedral, many members of the Modellbaufans Rheinland Club (mbfr.org) are developing a model of the historic center of Cologne and I am focusing especially on the Museum Ludwig and the Cologne Philharmonic. You can find me on the internet under the nicks derjoe and Unimoc, my real name, and, of course, also at my company address Joerilla.de Oliver Albrecht I became known in the LEGO fan base for my large technical models, with pneumatic and mechanic functions, built to 1:13 to 1:20 scale.

The Gottwald AK 850 crane from the company Schmidbauer KG that I built from LEGO, for example, is one meter long, the gentry two to two-and-a-half meters high. I got the scale drawing for this construction from the internet and converted it based on the tire diameter to LEGO size. I like to build virtually at first, gather the necessary bricks, and then build for real. My building instructions can be found in many internet forums, LEGO communities etc. I have participated at numerous exhibitions with the Modellbaufans Rheinland Club, for example, in the construction of giant house fronts. At the moment, I am also working on the project of the historic center of Cologne, devoting myself to the block of houses between the Bechergasse and the Gasse Unter Taschenmacher on the northern side of the Alter Markt (Old Market).

LEGO, the colorful construction toy, has a permanent place in childrens rooms all over the world since over 50 years. Generation after generation spends parts of their childhood with clicking the colorful plastic bricks together.
Yet LEGO bricks have long since emancipated. The fact that adults engage with the so-called toy is no rarity. Thus, a worldwide network of like-minded individuals has formed; they create their own models, present them on platforms and exchange on numerous topics.
Countless creations of young and old can be found on internet sites such as flickr.com, brickshelf.com, mocpages.com and numerous LEGO fan club forums. It never gets boring to be an amateur designer because of the constantly growing variety of parts and colors. For some, its freestyle puzzling, for others a happy balance to everyday stress.

Spurred by other architects competitive solutions for construction obstacles and tricky connections, LEGO can quickly become a space-consuming, time-consuming, and cost-intensive hobby. Even more so if you can share the excitement and appreciation for your own LEGO creations on the world wide web with other fans. Eventually, you become aware of how much you are influenced by other works. Some ideas for example the connection for white sidewall tyres cannot be improved any further and are included in your repertoire. In this book, we show you how to achieve first results with a box of random LEGO bricks in a few steps and build different vehicles or buildings. In the introduction, we explain some basic building techniques such as the SNOT (studs not on top) technique with which it is possible to change the building direction.

The main part of the book deals with the town. We have decided on a reduced scale (we call it Midi scale) with which you can build first models rather quickly.
The last part of the book is aimed at professionals who have more experience already and are not afraid to buy certain items to add to their collections. These are indeed available in many outlets out there (e.g. Shop@home, ebay, bricklink, LEGO land, brand stores, flea markets etc.). Here, we present some complex models in rare colors with many realistic details.