How To Build Brick Airplanes: Detailed LEGO Designs for Jets, Bombers, and Warbirds Kindle Edition

Why the one star? The book content and designs are outstanding. The unforgivable book failure is the parts list and colors. Additionally, the author does not make a BrickLink prepared parts available.For example with P-38 aircraft design, the 553c dome is used in this and other designs. So, the author specifies the part number and color as 553c-24. If you plug the complete number into BrickLink, the result comes up as not found. This now smells like an old LEGO color that is may be rare or discontinued. Sure enough, the author lists color ID 24 as Old Yellow, which BrickLink no longer lists. The current LEGO palette for color ID 24 is Bright Yellow. I could go on for numerous other specified P-38 parts and odd colors. So, the builder is left to convert the author’s odd color IDs to the current LEGO color pallet. This is time consuming and the thought of giving up does come to mind. This terrible color ID flaw mars an outstanding design book.If you do not plan to build any of the designs, then the book deserves 5 stars.

This book was exactly what I needed to fulfill my summer dream of building warplanes with my own legos. I spent the most time on the legendary P-38 Lightning. It was such an advanced model that if I hadn’t known better, I would’ve thought that it was designed by a LEGO designer. I would advise getting your pieces from LEGO.com, because although BrickLink is cheaper, you have to get your pieces from dozens of separate stores, and shipping will get to be 2 or 3 times the cost of the bricks themselves. Use LEGO and you will only have to pay ~$5 in shipping. My one complaint is that the instructions are a bit unclear for the P-38 where you are supposed to have more than one of the modules you are building and where they are supposed to go. I have been building LEGOs for at least 10 years, building some of the most advanced sets, and this gave me a bit of trouble with spotting exactly what was changing from picture to picture. If you are an amateur, I recommend sticking to the less advanced models for more fun.But overall, kudos to Peter Blackert and the amazing designs you will find in this awesome book. Similar books from brick mania can go for $50 to $60. Great value for the money. Highly recommended. I love the individual parts lists and the part appendix, as well as the color code page. The Supermarine Spitfire is a highlight as well as the Blackbird and the P-38.

This is a great book with excellent instructions. There are also charts for all the pieces needed for each plane. This is a great book for all ages.

This had smaller simpler planes and more complex larger ones. My grandson loves it as well as my former USAF hubby.

I bought this as a gift and it was a success!

Only for a very experienced Lego builder

My grandson loves the book

Gift for 8 year old.

Excellent, found the instructions easy to follow and the bricks easy to identify

Ein tolles Buch für LEGO Fans die sich für Flugzeuge interessieren und die bereit sind sich die nötigen Teile zu besorgen. Das Buch eignet sich nicht für Kinder die glauben mit ihren Steinen diese Modelle bauen zu können, für Kinder sind andere Bücher besser geeignet. Leider findet man nur Anleitungen für Militärmaschinen, das eine oder andere zivile Flugzeug hätte ich begrüßt. Das Buch beginnt mit kleinen, vergleichsweise einfachen Modellen die mit vergleichsweise wenig Teilen gebaut werden können und steigert sich von Modell zu Modell. Selbst ein gut sortierter Fan wird nicht umhin kommen sich das eine oder andere Teil zu besorgen weil er die Teile in der Farbe oder Menge nicht hat. Den Bauanleitungen ist nicht immer einfach zu folgen, gerade bei den komplexeren Modellen kommt man an mancher Stelle leicht ins grübeln. Wenn man aber die Teile und Baugruppen vor sich hat sollte das kein Problem sein.

Sehr einfache Anleitung um aus seinen legosteinen neue tolle Flugzeuge zu schaffen. Teilweise könnte die einzelnen Bauanleitungen noch etwas detaillierter sein, aber im Großen und Ganzen ist alles schön beschrieben und man bekommt es gut hin. Leider erst ab einem gewissen Alter (ich würde sagen ab 16) da man schon etwas mitdenken muss. Macht aber sehr viel Spaß

un libro per soli appassionati, la lista alla fine del libro permette di ordinare i pezzi per costruire i modelli ma in ogni caso è un libro utile per apprendere tecniche di costruzione

Le istruzioni non sono sempre chiarissime e l’elenco dei pezzi contiene errori