A history: LCP02

The Lego Church Project for 2001/2002 stands out in my mind as one of my personal favorites of the projects that I have built. I undertook this project with a simple notion at the time that I wanted to see how big I could build one of my projects. This also marks one of two times, I have ever gone wider than the usual 26 inches that I try to follow now.

I have vivid memories of spending close to around 80$ at the time on some new doors and some new windows. I had to replace a set of double doors I lost a year or two back. So this project was the perfect chance for that. The project itself was first for several things, inculding the first time I used pictures on the wall. A theme that is repeated for well over several years. LCP09 (the current one) has pictures, but this is the first time they are not made from Lego bricks). This one also had a sound room, and a cry room. LCP02 is also notable for the one thing that it is missing. A bell tower. Back in the early days of my projects, most of the bigger projects had bell towers. Sometimes they even had some kind of plastic rocket stage as a bell inside. However my logic at the time was, because of how big I'm building the project, I didn't have enough room and or have enough parts to put one together. (another reoccouring theme in my work).

Now the overall size did present a problem. Mainly that because of how wide it was, there was a bit of a challenge to get the project to fit though the doors. You had to tilt it a bit to get it though any normal sized door. It was even crazier because at the time of LCP02-LCP05, they were all built in the basement of my parents home. So they also had to go up several steps.

I had a lot of fun working on this project. Because at the time I wanted to see what I could truly do with my own work. I mean you have to figure, I was an adult who didn't fully understand the scope of my own disablites. Mainly because I had (and at times still do) have a hard time grasping the nature of what my issues are. To see me put something together like this was impressive even to my own family. Now the display that I did with this project, is another small story.

Most of the pictures that you see where taken at my fathers work. LCP02 has the honor of lasting from about mid Nov when I finished all the way up to just a week before we started the events of World Youth Day (Toronto), of which I was taking part in. (I will post a story about that some time). Anyway, part of the reason why it lasted for so long, was that it was on display at my fathers work for almost two months. It was a big it over there as there were a lot of children who use to come back and see it.

In the end, LCP02 still is one of my personal favroites because of all that I wanted to do with it. It also set the tone for some of the other projects down the line.

I hope you have enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. I know that I have. Till Then.

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