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brick projects – in progress – lego himeji castle (#21060)

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mom really wanted to do a castle and this was the first one i found for sale that was an actual castle shape and not just a building facade. although, lego does have a new one for sale coming out soon in august that i might pick up that’s more of the medieval castle style she wanted to build — lego neuschwanstein castle #21063 — but we haven’t really made much progress on this one lately

Himeji Castle … or at least that’s what the frame says. There’s a neat Japanese nameplate you can use here as well

more today after mom’s physical therapy

More front wall and garden today
Itty bitty little steps

update: saturday, july 26th: a few wall details in. we’re done with bag 5 of 17

Exterior wall part one
Exterior wall part two
I think it’s a little guard house. It looks like a little guard house.

more stuff done this week

Some mini roof details
Side entrance
More front walls?
Main castle flooring
Looks like a little bit of plumbing here
Finished up for the day with a couple interior walls

more progress, still have bags 11-17 left to do after these:

Another tiny little guard house?
Arch support
Smaller detail and front walling
Porthole windows? (It wasn’t, it was a connector) but the other spaces are intentional windowing detail I thought was neat
More of the windowing detail
Curious what these interior wall details are (long slits)
Third level of building — fourth overall if you include the platform I guess
Here’s where we finished for the day after bag #10

mom had real physical therapy today (august 12th, 2025) so she wanted to read/rest a little after, but an hour later we got in two bags — more than normal lately — so i’ve got some new pictures to show off

Tiling to give the castle that iconic Japanese look
Another floor of structures (and what will be windows)
Close-up (ish) of additional construction
Adding neat little roofing details
Mustachioed building #1
Mustachioed buildings #2 and #3 also have mustaches on the other side. So I suppose they’re Double Mustachioed ™

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