Building the Forth Bridge - and how Lego inspired the Falkirk Wheel

This video from the BBC looks at an amazing model of the Forth Bridge, built by British AFOL Warren Elsmore. You may also know Elsmore as being the creator of the fantastic St Panras station MOC shown at STEAM last year. 

There's also a short interview with the designer of the Falkirk Wheel. In it he talks about how Lego inspired the design of the wheel and also helped to solve engineering problems... so please check out the video here!

Here's a snippet from the BBC journalist's interview with AFOL Elsmore, about the Forth Bridge MOC:

"The parts they had problems building on the real bridge were a problem for me too," said Mr Elsmore. In particular, he said, the point where the pylons and bridge supports meet on the base were very tricky to render in Lego.

Just as in the real bridge, some parts of the Lego model are in compression and some in tension. The structure even flexes when under load. The bridge is regularly shown off at Lego shows and some bits of it have to be replaced when Lego trains have been running across it for a few days.