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Lighthouse in a Bottle

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A microscale version of the German lighthouse "Westerheversand" built in a bottle.

About this creation

I definitely left my comfort zone for this one. My Dad is a lighthouse fan and travels a lot to take photos of these unique buildings. For his birthday my mother had the idea to build a LEGO lighthouse in a bottle just like I had done with my Lamborghini Countach.

I picked the lighthouse "Westerheversand" because it is one of the most beautiful and famous German lighthouses and one of my dad's favourites.

Microscale buildings are far away from my comfort zone. Considering that, the design process was a lot a fun. Just like for the Countach I build modules small enough to go through the bottleneck and then mounted them inside. These are the modules:

The most difficult part was to find a bottle in which I could build the model. It had to have an almost square shape in the front view and a big bottleneck for the Technic "belt wheel" I used for two platforms. A Whiskey bottle had the right size for the lighthouse but the opening of the bottleneck was smaller than it looked from the outside.

So I had to cut off a part of the bottleneck to get a bigger opening:

The opening now is just big enough for this wheel:

And this is the result:

Another front view, now with some daylight:

And a rear view:

This is my micro scale LEGO lighthouse "Westerheversand" built in a bottle.
I hope you like it :-))

Oh, I almost forgot this:
A Happy New Year to all of you :-))

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Malte Dorowski

January 28, 2013

ravishingly beautiful!

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Sven Jagdmann

January 12, 2013

Wow Nils, this is absolute awesome! I'm really excited because this is a fantastic idea and the lighthouse is one of my favorites in real life. Love our German lighthouses. Great work my friend :)

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Altezza RS

January 12, 2013

Very cool, great idea!

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Steffen Rau

January 5, 2013

Great idea! I like it very much.

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Nick Barrett

January 4, 2013

I'm pretty sure that hasn't been done before... it's a lovely thing and a very thoughtful present.

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Gabor Horvath

January 3, 2013

Hi Nils! Happy new year to you and your family, too! I think, it's a great present for your father and a great idea from your mother! Nice job! :)

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Chris Melby

January 2, 2013

Super clever, with a great end result!. YOu should throw that on Cuusoo! Z

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Medieval Guy

January 2, 2013

Sweet!

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Elk Guard

January 2, 2013

Great work!

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Aaden Hughes

January 2, 2013

Very cool!

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Nils O.

January 1, 2013

Quoting Topsy Creatori(StoveTop nomore!) Fantastic! But... where's the video of you building?! :)

Video is not really my thing, I like photos a lot more. And it's nerve wrecking enough to build such a tricky thing without a rolling camera. But building was easier than I thought, a lot easier than the Lambo. I used a pair of chopsticks and a 10x10mm U shaped aluminium profile. Once the houses were connected to the baseplates, I only had to position the lighthouse...

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A. Metzger

January 1, 2013

wow nice, i want to see you build it though!

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Topsy Creatori(StoveTop nomore!)

January 1, 2013

Fantastic! But... where's the video of you building?! :)

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MCLegoboy !

January 1, 2013

I like it. Not much else to say. It's a great miniscale lighthouse in a bottle.

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King Andy

January 1, 2013

Excellent model, The LEGO lighthouse is great, and the effect in the bottle is really cool! :)

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Loek Marcus

January 1, 2013

This is so cool, though I can't build LEGO�-stuff in a bottle :) You can do it! Lucky you the wheel fits... just :)

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David Alexander Smith

January 1, 2013

That's a beautiful present. Happy new year.

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Nils O.

January 1, 2013

Quoting Alex B ... I'm sure your Dad will love it! ...

Yes, he did :-)) I didn't have the bottle for his birthday, though. I gave it to him built in a bigger glass and kept on looking for bottles.

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Lego Builders

January 1, 2013

An excellent idea for a thoughtful gift. -LB Senior

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Nils O.

January 1, 2013

Quoting DeTomaso Pantera ... I hope you enjoyed building it as much as you enjoyed drinking the whiskey ;-) ...

The whiskey wasn't bad at all and it was great with Cola ;-)) But I have to say that I prefer an Islay Single Malt instead :-))

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Senator Chinchilla .

January 1, 2013

Very nice! Looks clean and tidy.

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DeTomaso Pantera

January 1, 2013

Amazing build and a very thoughtful present! I'm sure your Dad will love it and it will take a prided place in his house. I hope you enjoyed building it as much as you enjoyed drinking the whiskey ;-) Happy New Year Nils!