Lego Taj Mahal
Liesl’s dad gave Miranda a Lego Taj Mahal kit for Christmas. And it was a lot of work! (Liesl, Miranda, and I did it together: I think we probably spent 15-20 hours on it, so 50 or more person-hours.) But also lots of fun. Here are some pictures.
First, we assembled the base of the building. We had to make six parts (front, back, plus four corner/side assemblies), which we then stuck together.
Miranda working on the base
The front of the base. (I thought the stairs were a nice touch.)
An unfinished corner of the base
The fully assembled base
Next, we put towers on the corners.
A closeup of one of the towers
The base with the towers in place
The kit had us assemble the large onion dome next, though we didn’t actually put it on until the very end. I’ve never seen that sort of curved layering done in Lego before.
A side view of the halfway done onion dome
A top view of the halfway done onion dome
A side view of the completed onion dome
A top view of the completed onion dome
Next, we created another building, to go on top of the base. Lots of fancy archways here.
A decorated archway
A corner of the top building
The fully assembled (except for its roof) top building
Finally, we put the base and top together, and added a roof and a few more onion domes.
A front view of the completed building
An angled view of the completed building
A top view of the completed building
Lots of fun.
I’m impressed that you three could build so impressive and attractive a model in only 50 person-hours or so.
Now to build a replica of that in Minecraft!
Seriously though, awesome effort. The finished product looks great and would serve as a wonderful mantlepiece or something similar.
Thanks!