The Transparent 48x48 Baseplate
When I first heard that these existed I was intrigued. Partly because I have a something of a penchant for transparent parts and also I have a use for such a baseplate in a possible space model. Therefore one day I looked around BrickLink and found one of these for sale...for about $50.00. Kind of pricey...nevertheless I popped for it and now I am the proud owner of one of these rare baseplates. I'm happy to say a prime example of one as well. It is in mint condition, no scuffs, scratches, or playware, and absolutely clear.
The ultimate application of this piece will either be in a space MOC like I mentioned with some kind of underside lighting effect, or it could be used as water. Here are a few pictures:
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About Paladin
Well...here's the brief rundown...
Like many people who end up with the AFOL disorder...I began my addiction to Lego ABS at a young age. At first it was a casual pastime among other things like matchbox cars, construx, drawing, and pretending sticks were magical weapons against imaginary evils.
By the time I was 10, around 1990, my parents made the decision to build their "dream house" and we moved. After the move I made new friends with some of the guys in the new neighborhood. Three of which were really into military history, science fiction, and Lego. This was a recipie for many weekends building models and having fake wars (in which you destroy models, scream at eachother, and then build better ones again later). Primarily I was building Pirate/Castle blended theme models when we got on historic military role play kicks. Other times we did Space/Sci-Fi models when we got on Sci-Fi role play kicks. Therefore most of my teen years until the dark ages of high school (Freshman Year - 1995) when I built models they were of these type of themes.
We moved once again in 2000 as I began college. Many of my oldest models survived the "dark ages". Upon moving I found myself fixing the old ones up or perhaps building a little this or that now and then, nothing serious.
Up to about 2005 I had no idea that the AFOL community even existed. I stumbled on BrickLink but never made any connection. I still thought "Building with lego past age 20? Silly!". I figured I would keep the toy for when I were to have children. However I took some pictures of my old models and posted them on my web site, just for the hell of it
Then I was contacted. One day I got a message in my inbox. It was from a guy named Jeramy, who found my BrickLink account and my photo gallery of old models. His message informed me that there was a club of adult Lego model builders and that I was invited to come to their next club meeting.
The rest as they say is...history.
Currently I am a fairly eclectic builder. I still like the Castle/Pirate themes probably the best. I also enjoy Space/Sci-Fi themes as well. However, many of the club members are into the 9v model railroading portion of the hobby pretty serious. Since that aspect of the hobby tends to bring alot of AFOLs together and the them is a fun one to get into I've been gravitating ever more towards that side of the hobby as well.