Building Tanks with Lego Bricks

Building Tanks with Lego Bricks, available at $89.99, has an average rating of 5, with 29 lectures, based on 1 reviews, and has 6 subscribers.

You will learn about Building strategies for how to design the hull, the glacis and armored skirts, how to determine the layout of the wheels and how to apply tracks to your build. How to design and attach the turret including the main gun, mantlet, side armor, rear assembly and hatches etc. How to use technic gears and axles to add external controls to rotate the turret and elevate and depress the barrel/main gun. How to determine the layout of the wheels, add the correct track size track, add a bouncy suspension to your tank and source parts. Learn about key parts of the tank – The difference between Tanks and SPG’s – The effective use & importance of easy to remove sub-models and angled armor. This course is ideal for individuals who are Custom Model Beginners are welcome! Builders of every skill level will find the concepts, techniques and suggestions discussed in the class helpful and illuminating. or The Lego model builder who likes to build their own custom models and wants to take their designs to the next level. or The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale – the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships, buildings or any other model type no matter the size. or The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion. It is particularly useful for Custom Model Beginners are welcome! Builders of every skill level will find the concepts, techniques and suggestions discussed in the class helpful and illuminating. or The Lego model builder who likes to build their own custom models and wants to take their designs to the next level. or The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale – the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships, buildings or any other model type no matter the size. or The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion.

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Title: Building Tanks with Lego Bricks

Price: $89.99

Average Rating: 5

Number of Lectures: 29

Number of Published Lectures: 29

Number of Curriculum Items: 29

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 29

Original Price: $89.99

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What You Will Learn

Building strategies for how to design the hull, the glacis and armored skirts, how to determine the layout of the wheels and how to apply tracks to your build.

How to design and attach the turret including the main gun, mantlet, side armor, rear assembly and hatches etc.

How to use technic gears and axles to add external controls to rotate the turret and elevate and depress the barrel/main gun.

How to determine the layout of the wheels, add the correct track size track, add a bouncy suspension to your tank and source parts.

Learn about key parts of the tank – The difference between Tanks and SPG’s – The effective use & importance of easy to remove sub-models and angled armor.

Who Should Attend

Custom Model Beginners are welcome! Builders of every skill level will find the concepts, techniques and suggestions discussed in the class helpful and illuminating.

The Lego model builder who likes to build their own custom models and wants to take their designs to the next level.

The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale – the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships, buildings or any other model type no matter the size.

The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion.

Target Audiences

Custom Model Beginners are welcome! Builders of every skill level will find the concepts, techniques and suggestions discussed in the class helpful and illuminating.

The Lego model builder who likes to build their own custom models and wants to take their designs to the next level.

The Lego modeler that wants to precisely build historically accurate real vehicles in minifig scale or 1:35, 1/35th scale – the information contained in this class can be used to model vehicles, planes, ships, buildings or any other model type no matter the size.

The MOC or display builder that wants to build models all in the same proportion.

In this course, we’re plussing (+ing, amping up, enhancing) our Lego brick built tank models.  Designing our creations to precise measurements, to be historically accurate and sized to minifig scale.  After a brief introduction and review of what we learned in the course “Building from Blueprints with Lego Bricks:  Vehicle Edition” (we will again be using our printed blueprint as a template during the building process) we’ll discuss the anatomy of the tank.  Defining all the most important parts of a tank, for example:  the Main Gun, the Turret, Glacis, Hull, Armored Skirts, etc.  We will then discuss design and building strategies for each important part of the tank (each part becomes a sub-model of the entire build).   After we source and resize our blueprint image, we’ll use it as a useful building template.  The course will also include a discussion about key building parts and how to source them including Bricklink wanted lists.  And after a brief summary, we will include a how to build and attach a custom oil drum tutorial and a complete set of step-by-step instructions and parts list for the WW2 British Comet A34 Medium Tank (including more Bricklink wanted lists).  By the end of the course the viewer will have gained perspective, enhanced building and parts knowledge (specifically for the building of tanks), many useful techniques and have a better understanding of how to design and build the important parts of a military tank tracked vehicle.  And by including a full set of instructions along with a discussion of how to build the Comet tank, the viewer will gain understanding of how the key parts of a tank integrate together (form of a tank!).

Introduction to building tanks with Lego bricks

Blueprint template review and preparing to build different parts of the tank

Sub-models, silhouette and one stud connections

The anatomy of a tank

Designing and building the hull bottom, selecting wheels, wheel spacing, bouncy suspension and attaching the tracks

Basic vs. FWSS (floating wheel support system) and CPSM (chassis parts stacking method)

Choosing the right track link

Designing and building the armored skirts, glacis, upper hull, fender flares

A discussion about how reactive armor works

Why angled armor?

Designing and building the turret and the main gun

Adding an external turret control

The parts of the main gun:  the barrel support, mantlet and barrel

Adding an external barrel control

The bore evacuator/fume extractor

The building process & course review + sourcing parts

Find wanted lists here!

Tiny Tutorials:  Building Tiny Tanks – Building a Custom Oil Drum

Building the Comet – A five (5) part discussion

Uploading and Using Bricklink Wanted Lists Tutorial

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Building Tanks with Lego Bricks

Lecture 1: Intro to the Introduction to Building Tanks w/Lego Bricks + Adding Instructions

Lecture 2: Introduction to Building Tanks with Lego Bricks – Abbreviations – Tanks v. SPGs

Chapter 2: Blueprint Review and Preparing to Build Different Parts of the Tank

Lecture 1: Blueprint Template Review and Why is the Tanks Silhouette Important?

Lecture 2: Creating and using Sub-Models and the Advantage of a Remove-able Top Hull

Lecture 3: The Anatomy of a Tank

Chapter 3: Designing the Hull Bottom, Wheel Spacing, Bouncy Suspension & Attaching Tracks

Lecture 1: Designing the Bottom of the Hull

Lecture 2: Basic Wheel Layout and Key Building Parts for our Tank

Lecture 3: Alternative Wheel Spacing Systems – FWSS – CPSM

Lecture 4: Adding a Bouncy Suspension

Lecture 5: More about Wheel Placement/Choosing and Attaching the Tracks using Track Links

Chapter 4: Armored Skirts – Glacis – The Upper Hull – Fender Flares – Reactive Armor

Lecture 1: The Upper and Lower Glacis (Front Armor)

Lecture 2: Armored Skirts and A Brief Discussion About Reactive Armor

Lecture 3: The Upper Hull – Fender Flares – And Attaching the Lower Glacis & Rear Assembly

Lecture 4: More About Angled Armor

Chapter 5: The Turret and the Main Gun

Lecture 1: Designing the Turret: an Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating a Rotating Turret and Rotating the Turret with an External Control

Lecture 3: Turret Design Review

Lecture 4: Creating the Parts of the Main Gun – Barrel Support – Mantlet – Barrel

Lecture 5: Combine Parts of the Main Gun – External Barrel Control & the Bore Evacuator

Chapter 6: The Building Process & Course Review + Sourcing Parts – Find Wanted List Here!

Lecture 1: The Building Process

Lecture 2: Course Review and Sourcing Parts for the Model

Chapter 7: Building the Comet – A Five (5) Part Discussion

Lecture 1: Building the Comet Part 1 – Hull, Wheels and Tracks

Lecture 2: Building the Comet Part 2 – Fenders, armored Skirts & Attaching the Top Sections

Lecture 3: Building the Comet Part 3 – More about Attaching the Top Sections

Lecture 4: Building the Comet Part 4 – Creating the Turret and the Barrel Control

Lecture 5: Building the Comet Part 5 – Adding Detail and A Review the Comet Build

Chapter 8: Tiny Tutorials: Building Tiny Tanks – Building a Custom Oil Drum

Lecture 1: How to Approach Building Tiny (Micro Scale) Tanks

Lecture 2: Building a Custom Oil Drum

Chapter 9: Uploading and Using Bricklink Wanted List Tutorial

Lecture 1: Uploading and Using Wanted Lists – A Tutorial

Instructors

John P Canepa
Brick Building Professional

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