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Sunset sailboat

16 pieces 9 steps · Print instructions

A little before you begin

The brick sails and mast are fixed. This is a tabletop model; floating has not been checked.

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A LITTLE PREPARATION

Gather your pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures; keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body.

16pieces in total

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01

STEP 1 OF 9

Set the blue wide plate lengthways for the boat’s waterline.

Set the blue wide plate lengthways for the boat’s waterline. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
02

STEP 2 OF 9

Make the red hull with two long bricks side by side at the back and two curves at the front. Point the rounded bow ends forward, one row beyond the blue plate.

Make the red hull with two long bricks side by side at the back and two curves at the front. Point the rounded bow ends forward, one row beyond the blue plate. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
03

STEP 3 OF 9

Cover the hull with the cream wide plate, lined up with the blue waterline plate.

Cover the hull with the cream wide plate, lined up with the blue waterline plate. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
04

STEP 4 OF 9

Stand the brown wall brick near the middle of the deck, one stud column in from the left side. Its two-stud depth runs from back to front.

Stand the brown wall brick near the middle of the deck, one stud column in from the left side. Its two-stud depth runs from back to front. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
05

STEP 5 OF 9

Start the larger cream sail beside the right of the mast. Turn a cream long brick across the deck so half of it projects beyond the boat’s right side.

Start the larger cream sail beside the right of the mast. Turn a cream long brick across the deck so half of it projects beyond the boat’s right side. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
06

STEP 6 OF 9

Taper that sail with a cream medium brick across the layer below, then a cream square. Keep both layers against the mast.

Taper that sail with a cream medium brick across the layer below, then a cream square. Keep both layers against the mast. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
07

STEP 7 OF 9

Extend the mast with two more brown wall bricks, one above the other. Finish the tall sail with a cream wall brick beside the mast, above the cream square.

Extend the mast with two more brown wall bricks, one above the other. Finish the tall sail with a cream wall brick beside the mast, above the cream square. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
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STEP 8 OF 9

Make a smaller sunset sail on the left: an orange square on the deck, projecting one column over the side, then a yellow wall brick along the edge nearest the mast.

Make a smaller sunset sail on the left: an orange square on the deck, projecting one column over the side, then a yellow wall brick along the edge nearest the mast. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.
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STEP 9 OF 9

Turn the yellow small plate across the very top of the mast as a pennant. One stud column rests on the mast’s top; the rest points to the right.

Turn the yellow small plate across the very top of the mast as a pennant. One stud column rests on the mast’s top; the rest points to the right. New additions are shown in their original colours; earlier pieces are lighter.

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