Hey everyone, Jason here.
Today I'm excited to show you my latest alternate model design.
A few months ago I was invited to take part in an alternate model build challenge,
and the set I was given was this one. It's set 60004 and it's obviously a fire station.
Part of the challenge was to build a model in the same theme as the original set,
in this case the LEGO City theme.
And also to keep it targeted towards the same age range as the original set,
which I think in this case was ages 8 to 12.
The biggest challenge for me was just coming up with an idea of what to build. Obviously
I don't build a lot of models in the LEGO City theme.
When Kristal saw the number of windows in this set she suggested I build a window factory,
which got me thinking about construction in general, and led me to build this construction site.
I tried to incorporate a lot of play feature into this, so let's take a look at it.
There are four main components to the model.
The unfinished office building, which is obviously still under construction,
the working tower crane,
this truck and trailer for hauling materials around and the construction office.
The office building is pretty basic, although I did repurpose the garage doors from the
fire station as a skylight,
and I intentionally did not use all of the major building elements so that you could
finish it off as you see fit.
Right now the office building is attached to the tower crane using some of these extra
pieces, but we can easily take those away, and we'll take a look at the tower crane.
This small Technic connector and bar can slide along the long Technic axle which was used
as the fire pole in the original set
to raise and lower the load, and I just have a couple of these slope pieces here that
that Technic piece can sit behind to lock it in place.
I also added the small winch onto this bar, and there's enough friction between it and
the bar that you can use it to
lift the load even further, or lower it.
This Technic piece here can also act as a primitive trolley,
and you can slide it along that axle to bring the load closer in or further out
from the base of the tower crane.
I have designed several baskets for the crane. They each have a single stud at the top which
allows the 'hook' of the crane to attach to them.
Each one is designed for a different material. This one is for the window frames.
The one is designed for the panes of glass.
And this one is for the tall building bricks.
And of course because the attachment is just a stud on the crane hook, you can simply attach
any part that has a stud on it, and carry it around.
Underneath each of the baskets is this simple frame which fits snugly over the tile either
on the back of the truck or on the trailer.
And that way it locks them into place, so as you're moving you materials around they
won't fall off.
They're completely interchangeable.
The trailer is attached to the truck using this simple tow hook.
The roof of the construction office is only attached using a few studs,
so that way it is easily removed.
So you can get in there and play with all the fun little details.
There's a computer, storage container, some coffee cups and tools, and a little stove
for cooking your lunch on.
So, when we put it all together, we can drive our materials in,
go pick them up with the tower crane,
and bring them over to continue working on the building.
Just like for all my alternate model designs I have created
step by step building instructions for this model.
You can find them freely available at my website at jkbrickworks.com
I'll add a direct link at the end of the video and in the description below.
Hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching, keep on building and I will see you next time.