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Tiny LEGO Wonders: Build 40 Surprisingly Realistic Mini-Models!
In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn how to build 40 miniature models of race cars, airplanes, ships, trains, and more. These fun, compact designs will inspire you to get creative with as few as nine LEGO pieces. Imagine what you can build with just a handful of LEGO bricks--almost anything!
In "Tiny LEGO Wonders," you'll create miniscale models of real vehicles
A space shuttle
Jets, planes, and helicopters
France's high-speed TGV train
F1 racecars
Muscle cars
Cargo, cruise, wooden ships, and more!
Let your creativity run wild!
In "Tiny LEGO Wonders," you'll create miniscale models of real vehicles
A space shuttle
Jets, planes, and helicopters
France's high-speed TGV train
F1 racecars
Muscle cars
Cargo, cruise, wooden ships, and more!
Let your creativity run wild!
- GenresNonfiction
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2018
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40 people want to read
About the author
Mattia Zamboni
8 booksMattia Zamboni is a fan of computer graphics, photography, and LEGO. He has been a LEGO Ambassador since 2015. He works as a researcher in the robotics lab at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, and in his free time, he pursues his passion for 3D computer graphics.
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January 12, 2018
CZ/EN
Skvělá knížka nápadů co stavět z LEGA. Výborné modely s fotkami i potřebnými dílky. Jsou tam také návody (i s hodnocením obtížnosti) a ukazují ochotu autorů sdílet nápady jak tvořit z LEGA malé rozkošné stavby všeho druhu. Jen mi přišlo, že některé návody si jsou příliš podobné a ten prostor by šlo spíše použít pro další fotografie jiných modelů pro inspiraci (jako např. u policejního auta jsou uvedeny další varianty).
EN
Great collection of ideas for small LEGO models with components and wonderful pictures. If you are looking for inspiration or for LEGO puzzle ideas, this is the book. It contains even step-by-step guides that are rated based on the models difficulty. Some of the guides seem a little supperfluous as similar models were already presented and I would prefer to see more pictures of new ideas even if without a building guide.
Skvělá knížka nápadů co stavět z LEGA. Výborné modely s fotkami i potřebnými dílky. Jsou tam také návody (i s hodnocením obtížnosti) a ukazují ochotu autorů sdílet nápady jak tvořit z LEGA malé rozkošné stavby všeho druhu. Jen mi přišlo, že některé návody si jsou příliš podobné a ten prostor by šlo spíše použít pro další fotografie jiných modelů pro inspiraci (jako např. u policejního auta jsou uvedeny další varianty).
EN
Great collection of ideas for small LEGO models with components and wonderful pictures. If you are looking for inspiration or for LEGO puzzle ideas, this is the book. It contains even step-by-step guides that are rated based on the models difficulty. Some of the guides seem a little supperfluous as similar models were already presented and I would prefer to see more pictures of new ideas even if without a building guide.
May 24, 2021
For the most part, this book was very user-friendly, with a complete list of needed parts provided for each project and a 'difficulty level' assigned to every model. Also, the building instructions made even the more difficult projects look straight-forward. However, the instructions didn't specify which parts were utilized in each step of the build. Readers had to determine this information on their own by comparing the illustration for each step to the image from the previous step, and I found this method of 'spot the difference' difficult for some of the models.
My only other complaint is that the title is generalized in a way that does not reflect the book's content quite accurately. While the title simply uses the term 'mini-models' to refer to the projects in this book, the book itself is dedicated solely to vehicle builds. I personally felt the book could've used more of a variety of builds. Hopefully, this 'mini-models' idea will be expanded upon in future books to include projects other than trains and cars, etc. However, judging by the other books listed on the author's Goodreads profile page, this writer seems to specialize in Lego brick built vehicles.
Did I like it? Mostly.
Would I reread it? Only if I planned on building one of the featured models.
Would I recommend it? That would depend on the reader.
My only other complaint is that the title is generalized in a way that does not reflect the book's content quite accurately. While the title simply uses the term 'mini-models' to refer to the projects in this book, the book itself is dedicated solely to vehicle builds. I personally felt the book could've used more of a variety of builds. Hopefully, this 'mini-models' idea will be expanded upon in future books to include projects other than trains and cars, etc. However, judging by the other books listed on the author's Goodreads profile page, this writer seems to specialize in Lego brick built vehicles.
Did I like it? Mostly.
Would I reread it? Only if I planned on building one of the featured models.
Would I recommend it? That would depend on the reader.
November 27, 2016
I LOVE microscale LEGO creations and I don't really know why. This book is full of tiny things that you can build yourself. All of the models are vehicles of some sort, like trains and cars, which aren't normally something get excited about. They are all pretty cool but my favorites are the Spitfire and wooden boats. I could see using a bunch of the boats to set up a battle between fleets in an RPG. The only thing I would add would be specific ID numbers or something for the pieces used. It has the regular LEGO instruction style pictures of the pieces. IDs would make it easier to find what you needed if you had to order parts.
July 13, 2016
My son is swooning over this gem! Full of incredible ideas and pictures. Thankful to have received this ARC in exchange for an honest review so he can let his imagination run wild!
August 30, 2016
After reading the book my fingers are itching to start building.
I wrote a full review for the HispaBrick Magazine blog here: http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en/...
I wrote a full review for the HispaBrick Magazine blog here: http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en/...
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