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Pillar post box

14 pieces · 7 steps

Make a red post box with a slot for tiny paper letters and a top that lifts off for collection.

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Pillar post box - 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.

2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
Red / 98223b
3 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Red / 3011
2 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs)
Black / 40666
1 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs)
Red / 40666
2 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
Red / 14721
4 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Red / 4066b

Shape-only checklist

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

2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
3 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
3 × Small plate (2 × 4 studs)
2 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
4 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)

Build step by step

Step 1. Put two black small plates side by side for a square foot. Join them with the red square plate.

Pillar post box - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Put two red long bricks side by side across the square foot for the lower post box.

Pillar post box - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Build the back edge with two red wall bricks turned across it. Put another red wall brick along each side, one row forward.

Pillar post box - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Put a red long brick across the front edge, with one row projecting forward. It is shorter than the walls, leaving a letter slot above it.

Pillar post box - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Cover the walls with a red square plate. Keep the slot under its front edge open.

Pillar post box - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Add two red double-curved bricks side by side on the roof, rounded ends towards the front and back.

Pillar post box - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Join the curved roof halves with a red small plate across their middle rows. Lift the complete four-piece roof straight up to collect the pretend mail.

Pillar post box - step 7, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

Write or draw a tiny paper letter and post it.
Lift the top to collect the mail.
Take turns choosing an address and delivering a letter.

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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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