r/LegoDisplay

At 44, I finally fulfilled a childhood dream: collecting, piece by piece and month after month, the entire Classic Space catalog I used to admire as a kid.

And today, I’m chasing a second dream: turning this creation into an official LEGO set.

You can check out the result by clicking the link below:

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/b746bd6a-83a6-4d30-8618-42baf6870354?tab=comments

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Thank you ❤️

I’ve been wanting to backlight the Batwing since I bought it. None of the lighting kits I’ve seen did it for me. Just wasn’t the look I was going for. Happened upon a moon lamp fixture on Amazon that’s about 24” across. Just enough to display the Batwing. They make a 30” I believe that would probably be more movie accurate with more light around the edges of the wings but for my display area this was the best compromise.

-Bought a 1” actual thickness (not nominal) board
-cut to size to fit the inside diameter of the back of the lamp.
-used my keyhole router bit to add a mounting point for the moon fixture to hang on
-got board centered and on the approximate axis you’d see the moon in the northern hemisphere. (Where I live as well as where Batman operated)
-screwed the wood tight to the fixture using the existing fixture mounting plate.
-Marked the edges of the light where the wood was so that I could figure out where on the front of the moon there would be a wood backer.
-centered the Batwing on that line and used the backlighting of the moon to draw a dot on the face of the moon where I’d need to drill my hole
- Drilled small pilot hole
-screwed a screw through it and into the wood backer
-realized the screw I had was too long and actually went through the back of the wood and into the metal fixture plate, bending it outwards 🤦🏼‍♂️.
-backed out screw and hammered the metal back plate flush again
-got an appropriate sized screw and reattached to the appropriate depth for the batwing to hang on.
-used a heavy duty drywall anchor to ensure it won’t likely fall in the future.
-Hang, illuminate, and enjoy!

Ideal screw type and size to hang Batwing on: Flat Head Phillips Zinc #10 2-1/2 Wood Screw (bought Everbuilt brand at Home Depot for like $3 per 4 pack).

Link to Moon Lamp in comments!

Got around to getting a custom wall-mounted display case for the cars… took a lot of effort to get to this point. I think it turned out pretty nice😁

Highlights are the stained walnut and 3/16” glass windows + a lot of small details

Now I just have to wait for the 6th car in the lineup to release

I used a 24in x 36in white frame, double sided adhesive tape to secure the cut 3 1/2 classic gray base plate 11024. For the flowers I used Lego FRIC/STUMP WITH CROSS and Lego PLATE 1X2 W/FORK/VERTICAL/END. I used glue for the moss which I added piece by piece after securing the flowers to the base plate with the pieces mentioned above. Labor of love and I am so thrilled that other people enjoy this as much as I do 🥰

Love seeing everyone share their pickups and favorite sets.

Finally finished but I am tempted by a lighting kit next.

I got two random black pieces with the box- does anyone have any idea what they are for?

Please ignore my cats tail he is obsessed with lying on it (hence the need for a box!)

Hi

I posted a photo of my Lego city a while back and was asked to see more so here is some additional images, a long with a YouTube channel I VERY recently started. Go easy on me!

Thanks for looking

http://youtube.com/@AD.Bricks87

I'm planning to add a Death Star wall like as a background, also change the layout a little; to add the Star Wars sign, and room to grow on future releases.

This is my biggest build so far and I’m quite happy with how good they are

Second pic isn’t me it’s my friend, go follow the IG @giggle.bricks

Running out of space in my tiny apartment 😢.