![]() Now, admittedly, when one is planning on recreating a fictional castle using 21st century toy plastic blocks, unassailable realism does not need to be our first concern. Even a 1×3 brick would likely weigh about 500 pounds, so figure a 4-6 man crew working it into place. If a cubic meter of rock weighs on the order of 2500kg, each of those innocuous looking 2×4 bricks would be the equivalent of about 1,500 pounds (more or less). Aberwyvern castle is a fictitious medieval castle built in 13th century Wales, invented by David Macaulay in order to explain the construction and features of. ![]() It would require 49 48×48 baseplates.Įdit (Monday 2/11): could I really use 2×4 bricks? Each of those would represent a near impossibly heavy 2′ wide, by 4′ long, by 1.2′ tall rock. In the real world that would be a bit over 8′ square. ![]() The outer curtain, for example, is 300′ to a side, 8′ thick and 20′ tall. This assumes ~50k bricks for the walls and ~25k for the rest of the buildings. Just for fun I’ve been doing some back of the napkin style estimation on what it would take to build the castle featured in “ Castle“, Aberwyvern, in Lego.Īssuming a 1×1 brick is equivalent to 1 sq foot, and that each brick would then be 1.2 foot tall, I’m guessing ~75k bricks. ![]()
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