A few months back I was sorting through bins of LEGO and came across an item that has bugged me since I first bought set 7994, LEGO City Harbor.
The cargo ship hull in that set is just a little too big for any container I own, so it’s been sort of bouncing around my LEGO shelves on its own ever since I took that set apart and sorted the parts into my collection.
So as I was holding this darn hull in my hands yet again trying to figure out where to store it, I was inspired to instead try to build something out of it. As a cargo ship, it’s really way too small for minifig scale. But since it’s about 72 studs long it’s just about perfect for a motor yacht!
I did a quick Google search on 72 foot motor yachts and found the Adagio 72 as a PDF file, complete with floorplans. The hull shape wasn’t quite right, and I couldn’t do anything with the forepeak (the triangular area inside the bow) but I figured I could do a pretty good approximation of the floorplan based on the available space in the LEGO hull and set to work…. the result is my Luxury Motor Yacht (slideshow). Hope you enjoy it.
If you want to see it in person, I plan to bring it to BrickFest in Portland later this month, and will also be showing it at Maker Faire at the end of May as a part of BayLUG‘s exhibit there. Stop by and say hi!
I have one of those boat hulls, and I have the same problem! I keep moving it around from place to place, and box to box. You did the right thing and mad it in to a very nice MOC. I kept throwing my Keys and loose change in to it. :)
Well, now you know what to do with yours… how about a large fishing trawler?
That’s amazing! I couldn’t have put in all those features in that small a space. I did make a trawler out of it though..:) It’s pretty cool.
Thank you! I’d love to see pictures of your trawler.
I subscribe to the Emeril Lagasse school of LEGO modeling … Bam! Another notch! Seriously, whenever you think you’re done, look back and ask how you can add one more thing, one more detail… I can’t tell you how many times I tear something like this apart and rebuild bits of it as I go.