Almost 90 years after the HMS Hood was built (1920) and sunk by the German Kriegsmarine Battleship Bismarck in 1941, it makes it’s return in all it’s majesty and splendor in lego. The lego version of this battlecruiser is impressive, coming in at over 20 feet in length and built to minfig scale.
Ed Diment, the builder of this warship has spared no detail. The warship includes a working derrick on the main mast which draws power from a 9 volt system. In life, a ship of this size always needed a number of support vessels to keep it operational and again, Diment did not forget this detail and has built a full complement of boats to go along with the HMS Hood.
Be sure to checkout Diment’s 184 picture set to realize the full scope of this project.
[Brothers Brick via Gizmodo]
October 26th, 2008 at 12:41 am
[...] art made from nothing more then ordinary Lego blocks. Designs that readily come to mind are the HMS Hood, Yankee Stadium and the Beijing Olympics. All of these creations have to be admired for their [...]