{"id":668,"date":"2014-12-27T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=668"},"modified":"2014-12-27T03:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T03:31:00","slug":"the-lego-maersk-tripple-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"The Lego Maersk Tripple E"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIt has been at least 20 years since I last found Lego under the Christmas tree. I am pleased to report that the giddy excitement that happens when you are handed a wrapped box with that tell tale rattle of plastic bricks is still present.<\/div>\n

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\nThis Lego kit is consistently sold out. at 1518 Pieces, there is at least 6 hours of build time no including sticking all the containers. (Above)Ship Built Minus Container stacks. (Below) Finished per kit instructions. I used a more random stack pattern on the containers, and did not fully load the vessel.<\/div>\n
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\nHaving finished building the kit, I decided to see what i could create. By moving the superstructre back just forward of the funnels, i was able to turn the ship into a Post-Panamax Configuration.<\/div>\n
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\nThe superstructure contains bulkheads within the hull. I left those where they were, and was able to fill one of the below deck hods with containers. this allowed for dispaly with an empty Cell.<\/p>\n

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\nThe other experiment i tried was replacing some of the Maersk coloured bricks with regular lego bricks.  this worked, though i wasn’t pleased with the look fully. I note that someone is selling aftermarket non Maersk brand Container markings on ebay – http:\/\/m.ebay.com\/itm\/LEGO-Custom-Stickers-for-10241-Maersk-Triple-E-Container-Ship-Intermodal-\/281273366709<\/a> By Extension, if a normal container is a 8 bump brick, 20′ containers could be done with 4 bump bricks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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