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Traffic-light crossing

10 pieces · 7 steps

Build a red, amber and green signal beside a simple crossing for pretend road users.

Traffic-light crossing - finished model
Before you build

Find the pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Use the pictured part and stud dimensions to find the same shape.

Count the studs

Studs are the round bumps on top. Count the lines of studs across and along a piece. When a step leaves a clear row or column, keep that space empty. Match the picture to keep the model facing the same way.

Follow the colour

New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces are lighter so you can see what to add. The finished-model picture shows all the colours together.

Choose how to play

Choose one model and check its pieces first. Take it apart to reuse those pieces for another model. Pack-wide lists are optional planning tools; the exact-colour list follows the pictured palette.

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.

Shape-only checklist

Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.

Build step by step

Step 1. Place the green base plate lengthways for the crossing.

Traffic-light crossing - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Make the crossing with two white small plates turned across the base, leaving two clear rows between the stripes.

Traffic-light crossing - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Fill the gap between the white stripes with a black small plate.

Traffic-light crossing - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Stack two black square bricks on the back left corner for the signal pole.

Traffic-light crossing - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Add the green square on the pole for the bottom signal.

Traffic-light crossing - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Add the yellow square above the green signal.

Traffic-light crossing - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Put the red square at the top, then cover it with the black small plate running from back to front. A row projects at each end.

Traffic-light crossing - step 7, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Call out stop, wait and go while pointing to the matching colour.
  2. Take turns moving a pretend traveller across the crossing.
  3. Draw a road on paper and choose where the crossing belongs.
Sources and credits

Original model and instructions by Little Build Club. Piece geometry from the LDraw Parts Library.

Source and software notices · Image records

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