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Parcel sorting depot

23 pieces · 11 steps

Build three colourful sorting bays with matching parcels ready for a delivery round.

Parcel sorting depot - 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. Put three green base plates side by side for the depot floor.

Parcel sorting depot - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Join the floor plates across the back with two white long bricks. Each crosses a floor join.

Parcel sorting depot - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Fill each end of the back wall with a white square. Stack a white long brick across each pair of lower wall joins.

Parcel sorting depot - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Add four white wall bricks running towards the front for bay dividers. Leave two clear columns in the left bay and three in each other bay.

Parcel sorting depot - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Cap the back wall with three small plates: red at the left, yellow in the middle and blue at the right.

Parcel sorting depot - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Start the red parcel with a white small plate running towards the front, inside its matching bay.

Parcel sorting depot - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Put the red square brick on the back half of its white base. Leave the front two rows clear to lift the parcel.

Parcel sorting depot - step 7, new pieces in colour

Step 8. Start the yellow parcel with a white small plate running towards the front, inside its matching bay.

Parcel sorting depot - step 8, new pieces in colour

Step 9. Put the yellow square brick on the back half of its white base. Leave the front two rows clear to lift the parcel.

Parcel sorting depot - step 9, new pieces in colour

Step 10. Start the blue parcel with a white small plate running towards the front, inside its matching bay.

Parcel sorting depot - step 10, new pieces in colour

Step 11. Put the blue square brick on the back half of its white base. Leave the front two rows clear to lift the parcel.

Parcel sorting depot - step 11, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Match each parcel to its bay colour.
  2. Lift a whole parcel by its white base, then put it back.
  3. Invent an address for each colour and take turns sorting the mail.
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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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