The USS Intrepid at STEAM.

Ed Diment, AKA LEGO Monster has done it again with the simply awe-inspiring 7 metre long Essex Class Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid.

This creation really has to be seen up close to be believed - built from more than 250,000 LEGO bricks, and featuring working RADAR dishes, aircraft elevators, Power Function controlled main guns and a full air wing of Helldivers, Corsairs, Avengers and Hellcats (designed by Ralph Savelsberg, AKA Mad Physicist), the Intrepid set sail on her maiden voyage at the 2010 Great Western LEGO Show, or as we AFOLs in the UK like to call it, STEAM 2010.

These photos are from my own Flickrstream, however you can see Ed's own stream here, in which he shows the Intrepid under construction.

And finally, a video of the show, again by me, there are some detailed images of the Intrepid and her working features toward the end, along with her escorts, the Submarine USS Pampanito (built by Gary Davis, AKA Bricks for Brains) and the Destroyer USS Haggard (from Babalas Shipyards).  All three vessels are depicted as they appeared in the Pacific War in 1945.

Dr.S.