Lego

I have not used Lego blocks in modeling but I did see somewhere a fellow using Lego blocks to make casting molds.  I thought that was interesting.

Casting molds

I've seen that too. But I've also seen one guy building cast resin cars using Legos to maintain the proper alignment (i.e. 90 degree between sides, tops and bottoms) and another guy using them to keep buildings in alignment.

I plan to use some to keep a wall up and for other interesting things. I'll post some photos when get it done.

Irv

Lego Alignment

Sounds interesting Irv.  Do share your experiences when you can.

LEGO's are Expensive!

I read the same article that is being mentioned and the only thought I have is that as expensive as LEGO's are , why would you cut them up or glue them to the inside of cars.  I wouldn't want to raid the kids LEGO box to hear them complain when they are missing those crucial pieces to finish a LEGO project.  On the other hand the photos in the mentioned article for interior detailing was very creative.  

Greg

Cost of Lego

Lucky for me I still have my Lego from when I was a kid and really my kids could care less about Lego, they have K'nex. :o)

Legos are CHEAP!!!

IIIFFFF you know where to go!!

And you go to Bricklink...bricklink.com...

When my kids were little...

When my kids were little they all Played with Legos. The oldest is now 35 and the youngest is 24 and they're all married. One has kids of his own and he can afford to buy them for his kids. so have lots of them around and they weren't that expensive years ago. So instead of tossing the out with the trash, I Think I have found another use for them. And the price is certainly right.

Irv

I was just thinking of this

I was just thinking of this the other day. I was thinking it'd be nice to glue a block to the interior of a building and a block to the layout, to make an easily detachable building. I don't know what kind of glue will join lego blocks to building plastic, maybe Plastruct.

Legos are made to have a nice tight friction fit.

Legos

I have used Legos for building mold frames for making RTV molds.

Detachable Buildings

Russ,

that is simply a brilliant, inspired idea.

Actually the idea was Gregamer's not mine.

I just quoted him, but when I quote on this site with Firefox, it doesn't put things in quotes or otherwise differentiate between the quote and my post.  My son in law save his Legos that he had as a boy and my two grandsons are using them now.  I was observing that I've noticed that once Legos connect they are hard to separate.  Not a problem when you are building something with Legos, but a carefully built, relatively delicate structure using Lego bricks to hold it to the bench work might be damaged while trying to remove it.  On the other hand, if a Lego wall was built with a slightly smaller foot print that would just fit inside the walls of a removable structure, and was glued to the bench work, then the structure might be located by the Lego bricks which would keep it from moving around, or perhaps gluing Lego bricks into the bench work where the corners of the building would be located will do the job.

Size does matter

With my vast experience in building with LEGO, I would say that it would be all about the size/type and number of LEGO blocks used to "click" a model in place.

Someone needs to try it and see.  I could see it working for some types of structures but maybe not everything?

Interesting idea.