London's Olympic Park, the Royal Wedding and the Tour de
France have been recreated in Lego, along with other famous scenes and
landmarks.
Seventy-two models, including many famous buildings, are on display in a new exhibition in Scotland.
All of the models at the exhibition in Paisley are created by Edinburgh artist, Warren Elsmore.
Mr Elsmore used to work in IT, but is now a full-time Lego artist. The exhibition took him two years to make.
"I started in the same way as
everyone else, when I was three or four, getting Lego sets for Christmas and
building them", he said.
There will be a section of
the exhibition where visitors can build themselves.
Craig Elliot from
Renfrewshire Museums said: "It's not just going to be about looking, there will
be a hands-on section of the exhibition where they can make something of their
own, or contribute to making a local landmark..."
Mr Elsmore said that when the
exhibition closes, the Lego models are packed up very carefully, put into boxes
and will sit in a warehouse... until the next time.
The 72 models on display all
feature in his book Brick City, which demonstrates how he made the structures.
All of the models in the
exhibition are created from ordinary rectangular bricks: the bricks are not
glued together and nothing is custom made.
The curved roof of St Pancras
station is created by the tension of the bricks. If they are placed at the right
angle, they form a curve.
Mr Elsmore had a tour of the
clock tower at St Pancras station, which helped him build the structure.
"I got right inside the clock
tower which gives you a real sense of how the building fits together", he said.
The Models
The Royal Wedding, Buckingham Palace balcony
The Lego Tour De France on its final stage in Paris
The model of London's St Pancras station uses 150,000 pieces of Lego
A scene from Moscow's famous Bolshoi ballet
Mr Elsmore visited the clock tower at St Pancras station.
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