REVIEW: Advent calendar 23 December 2022

We've reached the second last day today! Yesterday's model was great - will today be just as good? Read on to see what we got...

Next stop: Hogsmeade station…

Earlier in the year I built a MOC of King's Cross station. When displaying it, I thought it would be good to have Hogsmeade station as well. I had recently bought a great MOC of that from my friend Russell, and it then became the centrepiece of my latest display piece. Read on to hear the story behind, and see how the display ended up looking...

Accidentally revealed: Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition

We finally have the official photos of this year's exclusive LEGO Harry Potter set. Long rumoured, it was no surprise that it was a model of the iconic Hogwarts Express. It looks absolutely stunning along with the small section of Platform 9¾. But if you want a train to run around your Hogwarts Castle, this is not the set you're looking for. Read on to see what you'll get...

Building King’s Cross station – Part 3

This is the third and last post covering my King's Cross MOC (my own creation). In the previous posts, we've looked at the facade, the roof design and some of the interior details from when it was under construction. Now it is time to have a look at the completed model...

Building King’s Cross station – Part 2

There are only two weeks left till the first public display of my model of King's Cross station, so I better press on. Last update focused on the facade itself. This time, I'll show how the inside has progressed - and not least the roof covering it...

Building King’s Cross station – Part 1

Generally, I build something and after having built and then rebuilt it several times over a few months to improve the outcome, I'll write it all up in a very long post. This time, I am building King's Cross station and have decided to break it up into smaller bits as the build progresses. Here is part 1 - enjoy...

REVIEW: Advent calendar 17 December 2021

We are getting closer and closer to Christmas, but we haven't seen much green and red. With this speed, will it ever be Christmas as Hogwarts? Maybe today will give us some Christmas colours...

Hogwarts Express bookends

released to date. While it does look great, these bookends designed by Ryk Field gives you an alternative way of displaying the train to make it stand out even more. Interested? Luckily, Ryk has made the instructions available...

Motorising the Hogwarts Express – Choo choo, and off we go…

The 2018 Hogwarts Express train (set 75955) was a step change up in quality over the previous iterations. And for those who collects sets to display static on shelves, it is pretty much perfect, but for those building larger displays, who want to have the train running around on a train track, you will need to source some train tracks and in particular, add a motor to the set. This post discusses how this can be done...

Wingardium Leviosa – Tensegrity in action…

One of the most remembered sentences from the movies must be Hermione's "It is Levi-O-sa, not Levio-sar" in Flitwicks Charms class. Ron didn't appreciate it, but at least he didn't blow up the feather like Seamus Finnigan. With the recent trend of building floating LEGO structures based on the Tensegrity concept, let's have a quick look at the levitation spell and some Harry Potter related Tensegrity stuctures.