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Bushy-tailed fox

16 pieces · 11 steps

Build a sitting fox with pointed ears and a long, white-tipped tail resting on the ground.

Bushy-tailed fox - 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 two orange long bricks end to end for a low tail and body support. Add a white curve at the back with its rounded tip pointing away from you.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Join the white tip and orange tail with an orange small plate, centred over their join.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Join the two orange support bricks with another orange small plate, centred over their join.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Put two orange square feet on the table, one on each side of the front of the body.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Join the feet to the body with a white medium plate across the front. It sits on the feet, below the projecting body.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Put an orange long brick over the front support, starting one row behind the feet. Its rear half rests on the joining plate.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Stack another orange long brick directly on the first for a sitting body.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 7, new pieces in colour

Step 8. Place a white long brick across the top of the body as the cheeks, centred left to right.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 8, new pieces in colour

Step 9. Add an orange long brick across the cheeks for the head.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 9, new pieces in colour

Step 10. Add an orange slope at each side of the head for two ears. Their high studded edges face outward, leaving a dip between the ears.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 10, new pieces in colour

Step 11. Place a white curve on the exposed front row of the cheeks, pointing forward as the muzzle. Add a black square on its flat rows for the nose.

Bushy-tailed fox - step 11, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Draw a winding trail for your fox to follow.
  2. Make a den from a folded sheet of paper.
  3. Take turns telling what the fox finds on its woodland walk.
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Sources and credits

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

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