Clock face – Work in progress

Clock face (from flickr)

This is the first attempt at the clock face for my Lego clock. The V and X numbers are made using “cheeses” (1×1 with slope). I only had 4 in black, so most of them are “black-transparent” or “blue transparent”. I ran out of white, hence a few in tan. I also ran out of white 1×2 plates.

There is some debate regarding the correct representation of 4. Apparently IV is a Victorian addition, and old clocks used IIII instead.

Spaceships and techniques

This is Arthur. He found this neat little round blue-and-grey thing in the box of bits this evening. He copied it and made a Millenium Falcon.

The trick to this round technique is the 1×1 with studs on all 4 sides (the four white bricks), and the 1×1 with Technic hole (the four grey bricks – 2 are on their sides and 2 are upright hidden under the angle brackety thing. Plus of course the magic blue Cheese slopes.