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I couldn’t finish packing up the set that included the Class B RV without rearranging bricks to see if I could replicate my conversion van. I didn’t have enough bricks to build all of it but…

…I was able to do a good enough version of my interior. Behind the driver’s seat is my desk then my sofabed. Overlapping the space of the open door is my sink, counter, and cooking area. My side door was a slider rather than hinged but I loved having the sink accessible from outside. I had to turn the bathroom sideways to fit it into this shorter frame so I lost my Scoot parking space and a bunch of cabinets. But the windows are placed properly which I am please about. All in all, not bad for a kit with so few pieces that actually worked for me.

TTYL,

Linda

RV stands for recreational vehicle and usually means some type of vehicle used for vacation camping. Some of us expand beyond vacationing into living full time in an RV.

Lego has made kits for the most popular types of hard-sided RVs. The first kit I bought when I returned to this new-old hobby was a Class A motorhome.

Class A:

These are the big motorhomes you see going down the highway usually pulling a car behind them. This one is pulling a boat so it must belong to Jim and Sandie. We lived in a Class A for about a year and a half.

Class B:

A Class B motorhome is built inside a van; these are also known as conversion vans. This was the type we first owned back in the 1980s and it’s the type my last one was.

  

Class C:

A Class C motorhome is built on a cut-away truck or van chassis. You can recognize it by the bed being located over the cab. We lived in one of these for another year and a half.

5th Wheel:

This type of trailer gets its name from way back when automobiles had a spare tire mounted on the trunk. The hitch of this trailer was designed to attach to that 5th wheel. Nowadays that hitch mount is in the back of a truck–sometimes a really BIG truck.

Travel Trailer:

This type is also known as a bumper pull although nowadays cars don’t have the type of bumpers that can handle a trailer hitch. But you can get a frame mounted hitch to pull one of these.

Tent Trailer:

Many campers, including us, start out with a tent trailer. I don’t have a picture of one of those but they look like a tent mounted on top of a box trailer. I suppose I could have faked a picture by placing the tent that came with the Class C kit on a box I could have built on the boat trailer. But then it would not have truly been a Lego RV kit like these others are. And I don’t want to be accused of false advertising.

TTYL,

Linda

I actually built this kit awhile back. But, since several of you have expressed interest in these I decided I would post this one too.

Phase 1 includes all the flooring and some of the walls right through the teller’s station:

In the back corner you can see the door to the partially built vault. If you click on the photo then click again you can see the stacks of money inside the vault.

Here’s the second floor floor with it’s offices:

That big gray space in the middle is a chimney. There’s a robber you can lower through the chimney then through a trap door into the vault.

Here’s the finished kit:

On the far right side of the building you can see the laundromat–for laundering money.

No this picture is not upside down. That’s a chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

Dave was kind enough to hold this up for me so I could get this picture.

If I had known earlier I was going to post the construction of this kit, I would have taken more pictures. But these, I think, are enough to give you the sense of this kit. I hope you are enjoying this series.

TTYL,

Linda

 

 

Part three is the third floor and roofs of the buildings.

Let start with the dance studio that is reached through the music store.

Next is a studio-sized apartment. With a model railroad!

Plus the apartment is connected to a rooftop outdoor kitchen.

And the completed set looks like this:

And here’s a closeup of the fountain for Tammy:

This is the third time I’ve built a version of this set. In between those times I managed to loose a bunch of pieces. I was careful with my photo angles in hopes you won’t be able to tell where they were supposed to be. Now I need to get busy ordering replacement pieces so I can sell this set along with a bunch of others to fund new sets. If you know anyone in the market in the Minneapolis area, tell them to keep an eye on Craigslist once the weather warms up here.

TTYL,

Linda

The second floor of the Assembly Square kit contains a dentist’s office, photo studio, and a musical instrument store.

Dentist’s office:

Look at the dentist’s big smile. You don’t suppose that’s because he’s looking forward to the next patient’s pain, do you?

Photo Studio:

I can’t get over the idea of building a seamless backdrop out of Lego bricks.

Musical Instrument Store:

Just enough stock to supply one band.

Exterior including 2nd floor:

Love the tower room even if it doesn’t have anything inside it at this level.

Now on to the third floor.

OK. I’ll admit, I’ve already finished the interior of the first unit of the third floor. Because I had to wait for daylight to take pictures but not to continue building. 🙂

TTYL,

Linda