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This is possibly the most complex LEGO construction in existence

That with LEGO you can do anything is something we already knew. But there are people who take it to the limit. That is the case of the model that we present to you today, a 5-meter LEGO, in one of the most complex constructions you will probably see. If you want to imitate it, you can already buy a lot of sets and expand the garage, because it is a huge ship from the Shell energy company, based on a gigantic real ship.

There are people who make LEGO their passion and others take it to the territory of obsession. The latter may be the case for The Brickman, the alias of Ryan McNaught and his team.

This Australian based in Melbourne, is one of only 14 professionals officially certified by LEGO (yes, those things exist) and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere, according to him. In addition, he leads an award-winning team of expert LEGO artists and craftsmen who are responsible for some of the most detailed models in the world.

In fact, his skill and recognition is such that even build for LEGO itself and some of his creations can be seen exhibited in company offices.

In addition to that, they do exhibitions all over the world and collaborate with other brands. From one of those collaborations came, some time ago, one of the most complex models they have ever built.

The Shell Prelude, a gigantic natural gas installation ship made with LEGO

with nothing less than 5 meters long, Brickman built a replica of the ship Prelude. This is a natural gas ship-installation that belongs to the Shell energy company and that occupied him so much that it filled the entire space of his old workshop.

Brickman and his team built it in 2014 and it was a project of such dimensions that they had to do it by separate sections, which they then united into one to form the gigantic ship.

According to McNaught, the scope of the project led him to use, practically, each gray LEGO piece that exists to play it. With them, he built both the ship’s machinery and the immense network of pipes that has a ship like thissince it is literally a factory and gas refinery.

Details outside, inside and at the bottom of the sea

Detail of the seabed of the LEGO Prelude model

The level of fidelity is such that Brickman not only made a sculpture of the ship itself, but also of its operation. As you can see in the image above, it reproduced the system of connectors that connect the ship with the wells in the sea floor, from where the fuel is extracted.

For that, the model had to be exposed in an elevated way, on a surface that simulates the waterline and under which he designed the portrait of the extraction process. Take a good look at how the ship itself does not rest on that line, but the construction continues below.

The order was made by the Shell company itself for a business fair and, currently, rests at the oil company headquarters in Perth, Australia. In case you’re a visiting LEGO fan who wants to check it out in person.

As you can see, the patience, dedication and budget that some spend with the theme of LEGO has no limits.

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