{"id":177,"date":"2025-07-27T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/?p=177"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:23:36","slug":"i-made-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/i-made-a-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Look at the stand on that"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stand-above.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So sturdy. So tiltable \ud83d\ude0d The in-between bit just slides out so you have something to clench while engaged in a bit of nervous swooshing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stand-alone.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original dream was to have it floating and bobbing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brothers-brick.com\/2020\/05\/05\/the-art-and-science-of-lego-tensegrity-builds\/\">Tensegrity<\/a> looked perfect, with service cables and guy ropes instead of the chains in the video below. Hard points and magnets, oh yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"540\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 540;\" width=\"960\" controls src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smal.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The prototype was already sagging under its own weight. What was I thinking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or maybe an optical illusion of a coil of &#8220;refuelling&#8221; tube that&#8217;s a sort of spring but looks flimsy. Luckily I realised in time that the torque was crazy and I was being waaay over-ambitous. The ship weighs over a kilo (!) after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, holiday Lego that year was the 3 in 1 Hamster Wheel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/product\/hamster-wheel-31155\">31155<\/a>. No MoCs came from it but oh my, well well well, those rings are perfect here. A absolute pleasure to knock out something functional in Technic and find a proper use for a linear actuator, all in full authentic 90s colour \ud83e\uddbe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stand-below.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real star here is the ship itself of course. It&#8217;s by the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/galacticplastics.com\/resonance\">Nick Trotta<\/a> (with instructions by <a href=\"https:\/\/rebrickable.com\/users\/Chricki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian Wei\u00df<\/a>) drawing on the work of concept artist <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/creating-tigron-ship-from-wipeout\">Shaun Mooney<\/a>. The story of building that will get a <a href=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/thinking-of-building-someone-elses-moc\/\">post of its own<\/a> but for now I invite you just to marvel at the engineering elegance that is that base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So sturdy. 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