LEGO fun: The Arch of Constantine

I distracted myself from waiting for my newest Sestertii by attempting a scale model of Rome´s largest triumphal arch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Constantine in LEGO .
If you like it, there may be more in the future...

 

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Thats cool

 

That is really amazing - really nice and realistic too!
Amazing what you do with Lego.

I spent lots of time with my children building stuff out of Lego when they were growing up. I think I had more fun than they did!

I wonder if it is possible to build a Coliseum?

 

I'm impressed.

 

haha! only with legos... kool!

 

I'm not sure what I'm seeing here. From my childhood, I recall Legos being mostly rectangular and coming in various sizes. Maybe I'm misremembering.

For something like this, does the manufacturer produce special shapes specifically for the desired construction, packaging them together in a kit specifically for this model, and then you assemble it? Or, do you have to source out suitable Lego shapes to form your own "kit"? I guess these days you could even 3-D print your own custom Lego shapes.

 

Hi TIF,
this model is a unique, self designed and custom built construction .
LEGO does produce an incredible variety of bricks in hundreds of shapes and dozens of colors and does pack them up to build a large number of kits, but there is none that I know of for any ancient roman monument.
Therefore I had to collect several hundred bricks in the rare color "tan" from other sets or online dealers who sell rare or used parts. Also finding out which pieces I could use for the specific shapes and hunting down the needed parts online did take some time. But that is part of the fun...

 

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/45946

 

That looks great! Too bad he did not get enough supporters to do the set. I would have been the first to buy it!

OMG... I just googled and saw that someone has actually done it! The dude on the picture used 200.000 bricks... I give up!

 

If you've never been to Legoland with your kids you should go. It's amazing to see what you can build with Legos... and I guarantee it's not just the kids who'll enjoy the trip

 

Love the arch...nice job.

 

It is frankly amazing that the Coliseum could be built with all of those curved parts! Not to mention the arches.
That looks really nice.

(I remember I had trouble building a model of our home due to some more intricate parts I needed.....)

 

Guess I need to teach my daughter to start thinking "outside the box"



She loves Legos and we both enjoyed checking out your "Arch of Constantine" - LEGOLAND is on the wish list!

Awesome job @Julius Germanicus - would like to see what you come up with in the future.

 

Awesome OP

 

When I was a kid in the 50's, we had plastic models of airplanes put together from parts made for the specific item. Then they came out with Legos which you could assemble into what you wanted and take apart to allow doing another project tomorrow. My daughter loved them and so did I. Then they started making Lego sets that were a hybrid of the two ideas with the faults of both. My grandson had some of those but soon lost interest and was left with hundreds of pieces that were good for nothing other than the original project. He went over to Minecraft which is computer simulated building blocks rather like Cyber-Legos of the early period.

Today we have the 3D printers which merge the idea of special parts for realism and being able to fabricate your own ideas in a realistic manner. It also combines the cyber world with the plastic model. If I had a desire to build a Colosseum, I'd start learning 3D printing now realizing the technology will grow every year so I might have to make a few hundred smaller projects first. The guy with the 200,000 piece Colosseum probably played with Legos for a few years before he went big time, too.

The local library has a 3D printer and classes for people who want to start with that hobby. I was thinking about joining them and seeing if I could make accessories for my coin photography hobby. You'll laugh.

 

Fantastic!! Being that the Colosseum has been done already, how about the broader Roman forum? That would be a sight to see.

 

Cool arch!!!

 

I love it! Ancient coins have opened the door for many of my other interests as well. I periodically try my hand at preparing ancient Roman recipes (cuisine). I haven't tried to prepare ostrich ragoût yet.

 

Roman cuisine sounds like a great idea!
(as long as it isn't GARVM!)

 

I've said it before, but I think Garum might be relatively good. I like fish sauce from Vietnam (nuoc cham) once you get past the smell.