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Sunset sailboat
16 pieces · 9 steps
A red hull carries a stepped cream sail and a small yellow pennant. Build a boat for a pretend voyage across a paper sea.
Before you build
Match the shapes
Compare each part with its picture and count its rows of studs. A square brick has two rows of two studs; a long brick has two rows of four. Use the full parts list for the exact shapes and quantities.
Follow the colours
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep contrasting colours where they help you recognise the model.
Count the studs
The bumps on top are called studs. Count them when a step asks for a gap or an overhang. Put the build on a flat surface and keep its front facing the same way as in the pictures.
Add a little at a time
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces look lighter so you can see what has changed. Each list tells you exactly what to add.
Build together
An adult can read the steps while a child finds the pieces. The counts are for this one model. For two models to stay built, add their parts lists together.
The brick sails and mast are fixed. This is a tabletop model; floating has not been checked.
Gather pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Choose your own colours for the same parts; changing a part’s shape is a different substitution.
A wheeled base counts as one complete part, including its attached wheels.
2 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs)
Red
Part 2302b
1 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 3011
2 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Red
Part 3011
1 × Medium brick (2 × 3 studs)
Cream
Part 87084
1 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs)
Yellow
Part 40666
1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Cream
Part 3437
1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Orange
Part 3437
3 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Brown
Part 4066b
1 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Cream
Part 4066b
1 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Yellow
Part 4066b
1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Blue
Part 25549
1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Cream
Part 25549
Shape-only checklist
- 2 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs)
- 3 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 1 × Medium brick (2 × 3 studs)
- 1 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 5 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
- 2 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Total: 16 pieces
Build
STEP 1 OF 9
Set the blue wide plate lengthways for the boat’s waterline.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs) (Red)
- 2 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 3 OF 9
Cover the hull with the cream wide plate, lined up with the blue waterline plate.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Brown)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Medium brick (2 × 3 studs) (Cream)
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Brown)
- 1 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Orange)
- 1 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
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.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
READY TO PLAY
Your little story
Name the boat.
Draw an island to visit.
Describe the weather on the journey home.
Sources and credits
Original assembly. Part geometry adapted from the LDraw Parts Library; attribution and source notices retained. Colours are illustrative.
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