Espen Andersen, a pilot boat driver for DanPilot, the unbiased public enterprise owned by the Danish state, takes his love of maritime and LEGOs to new heights, making a LEGO mannequin of the pilot boat he sails for Svendborg, Denmark-based firm.
Andersen has registered the pilot boat for LEGO Ideas, a discussion board the place followers can submit recommendations for upcoming LEGO units. If the thought is to grow to be a actuality and be thought of for a brand new manufacturing at LEGO, the pilot boat must obtain 10,000 votes.
“At DanPilot, many passionate seafarers work on dedicated hobby projects. We want to support our colleagues’ commitment and pride in the maritime profession, and obviously we hope that Espen’s model of the pilot boat will receive support to get produced as a LEGO set,” stated Erik Merkes Nielsen, CEO at DanPilot.
Andersen calls the challenge “A tribute build to a work life at sea”.
“My model is inspired by a Danish pilot boat, but it could just as easily be a pilot boat from any other country. It’s a tribute to a working life at sea for many people around the world,” says Espen Andersen.
The LEGO mannequin is not simply any pilot boat both. It is a mannequin of DanPilot India, the pilot boat that Espen Andersen himself makes use of every day to move pilots safely to and from ships. He subsequently is aware of each element of the boat and has been capable of make the mannequin as sensible as attainable.
Espen Andersen’s LEGO mannequin is a 1:25 scale mannequin of the true pilot boat. DanPilot India is one in every of DanPilot’s small pilot boats, measuring 15 meters and weighing greater than 20 tons. By comparability, the LEGO mannequin of the pilot boat weighs 2.5 kg and is 61.5 cm lengthy. It will take greater than 2,500 LEGO bricks to construct the pilot boat.
Pilot boat driver, Espen Andersen’s LEGO mannequin of the boat he sails for DanPilot. Image courtesy DanPilot
