Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Building the Robie House, Final Post

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Here is the conclusion of our Robie House LEGO set project ...


This is the subassembly from our fifteenth session, building the base of the second storey.

Session 15 subassembly

Here is the second storey on the house at the end of Session 15.

Session 15 second storey

This is an expansion of the second storey assembly, now with windows, from Session 16.

Session 16 subassembly

This is the second story back on the house at at the end of Session 16.

Session 16 house

Below is the first roof subassembly from our seventeenth session.

Session 17a subassembly 1a

This is what the first roof assembly looks like on the house.

Session 17b subassembly 1b

This is the second roof assembly.

Session 17c subassembly 2b

Here it is atop the house.

Session 17d subassembly 2b

This is the third roof assembly, which has some interesting inside corners.

Session 17e subassembly 3a

It goes on the second storey.  The model is almost complete in this picture.

Session 17f subassembly 3b

Below we've added the end decorations and the label, shot from the standard position.

Session 17g

Here is a frontal view of the completed Robie House model.

Session 17h

And we're done!  Woohoo!  Thanks for following along with us.  We really had fun building this kit.  I highly recommend it for fans of architecture and/or three-dimensional models.  It looks fantastic when finished, and will be going alongside our Fallingwater from a previous year.  The instructions say that the Robie House can be lit by placing an electric tealight inside it.

Next we build the Tower of Orthanc.

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  • 6 comments
wyrmwwd

wyrmwwd

January 30 2014, 04:00:38 UTC 7 years ago

Wow! That is really spectacular!
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

January 30 2014, 04:05:52 UTC 7 years ago

I'm glad you enjoyed this.
peoriapeoria

peoriapeoria

February 12 2014, 02:44:38 UTC 7 years ago

I didn't know there was an inside slope for that angle (I know the 45° better) I know that there are some parts bags that are 'standard' for sets that use certain parts. A particular model might then need a few more of something, so those parts might make one bag.
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 12 2014, 02:56:17 UTC 7 years ago

I don't mind a bag or two of miscellaneous parts, or a bag of all-the-same part used in multiple steps. I mind having two dozen bags, most of them mixed, and having to hunt through half of them to find the parts needed for every step. I understand that this is convenient for the factory, but it is annoying to me as a consumer, and as a reviewer I will dock points for it.

Orthanc loses points hard on the instruction books compared to Robie, but the Orthanc baggie performance is much better than Robie.
peoriapeoria

Re: Well...

peoriapeoria

February 12 2014, 05:37:53 UTC 7 years ago

Orthanc looks to use a much less standard compliment of parts. Since this is a big model using lots of semi-frequent parts, they may have over optimized use of standard packs, and then not figured out best for customer the infill bags.

It's been an adventure figuring out how finely I wanted to sort pieces.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 12 2014, 05:42:58 UTC 7 years ago

Yes, it uses a lot of unique parts.