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 todayItty bitty little steps
update: saturday, july 26th: a few wall details in. we’re done with bag 5 of 17
Exterior wall part oneExterior wall part twoI think it’s a little guard house. It looks like a little guard house.
more stuff done this week
Some mini roof detailsSide entranceMore front walls?Main castle flooringLooks like a little bit of plumbing hereFinished 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 supportSmaller detail and front wallingPorthole windows? (It wasn’t, it was a connector) but the other spaces are intentional windowing detail I thought was neatMore of the windowing detailCurious what these interior wall details are (long slits)Third level of building — fourth overall if you include the platform I guessHere’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 lookAnother floor of structures (and what will be windows)Close-up (ish) of additional constructionAdding neat little roofing detailsMustachioed building #1Mustachioed buildings #2 and #3 also have mustaches on the other side. So I suppose they’re Double Mustachioed ™
more photos, more work – probably finish up tomorrow (sunday, august 17th 2025)
Starting work on the Main KeepMustaches (boomerang) = awningsAccording to the book, each floor of the Main Keep was made to resemble the floor plan from the actual castleReally coming together nowFourth floor detailFourth floor finished (more mustaches)
we finished up today (thursday, august 21st 2025) and gonna put it into the display cabinet this weekend with the rest of our lego projects, pretty stoked about the next one (pyramid of giza) and the one after that too. maybe by the time we’re done with the next two there will be some more new sets out and we just kinda keep chaining them. gotta have something to do in retirement, right?
Interior detail with page notes50+ tons of roof tile weight saved feels like a lotMain keep finished!Add some trees and we’re all done!The finished product, glamour angle
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