A 簡潔な／要約する history of... Lego: Computer programmer makes Stephen 強硬派ing and other famous 直面するs from building 封鎖するs

By Hugo Gye
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As one of the world's most famous scientists, Stephen 強硬派ing might not feel that he needs any more accolades.

But even someone as celebrated as him must surely be flattered by this unusual 尊敬の印 - a statue made of Lego.

Professor 強硬派ing joins 星／主役にするs such as Freddie 水銀柱，温度計, Jay Leno and Sarah Palin in Iain ヒース／荒れ地's unique gallery of model celebrities.

Genius: Physicist Stephen Hawking rendered in Lego by imaginative father Iain Heath

Genius: Physicist Stephen 強硬派ing （判決などを）下すd in Lego by imaginative father Iain ヒース／荒れ地

Star: Queen's Freddie Mercury is another highlight of this plastic version of Madame Tussaud's

星／主役にする: Queen's Freddie 水銀柱，温度計 is another 最高潮の場面 of this plastic 見解／翻訳／版 of Madame Tussaud's

The computer programmer, 44, played with the bricks as a child and rediscovered them when he had his own kids 13 years ago.

Now he can't stop building - and 定期的に makes 12-インチ-high models of celebrities and television characters.

It takes around 30 hours to build each mod el, and Iain 辞退するs to use glue - depending instead on arranging the bricks in a way that gives them 最大限 strength.

He orders his bricks 'in 本体，大部分／ばら積みの' online and owns around 50,000 pieces of Lego.

Mastermind: Computer programmer Iain has been working with Lego for over a decade

操る: Computer programmer Iain has been working with Lego for over a １０年間

Lego Leno: TV host Jay has never looked better than in his new geometric incarnation

Lego Leno: TV host Jay has never looked better than in his new geometric incarnation

Saucy: Sarah Palin may not be heading for the White House, but she can console herself with this amazing portrait

Saucy: Sarah Palin may not be 長，率いるing for the White House, but she can console herself with this amazing portrait

Iain prints pictures of the celebrities from the internet and pins them to the 塀で囲む of his workshop for 言及／関連 during the building 過程.

He said: 'Building these models is as much an 工学 challenge as it is an artistic challenge.

'It is important people can recognise who I have built but they also have to be strong, so they don't 落ちる apart with the slightest touch.

'Everyone is familiar with Lego, even if they 港／避難所't touched the stuff in years.'

Cartoony: The characters from the film Kick-Ass produce a colourful scene

Cartoony: The characters from the film K ick-Ass produce a colourful scene

Futuristic: Quorra, from the hit film Tron: Legacy, is a high-tech character rendered in low-tech Lego

Futuristic: Quorra, from the 攻撃する，衝突する film Tron: 遺産／遺物, is a high-tech character （判決などを）下すd in low-tech Lego

Iain, who moved from Luton to Seattle, Washington, 15 years ago, 追加するd: 'いつかs you have to 再構築する the same section over and over and over as you 精製する it.

'For most models I have enough bricks in the 権利 colours in my collection to get started.

'But for larger models or unusual colours, I'll try to 見積（る） what I'll need to 完全にする the thing and order them online.

'My inspiration nearly always comes from something that is happening "権利 now" and in the public consciousness.

'I don't build models 完全に for my own satisfaction; I'm 肉親，親類d of doing it so that others will get a kick out of it too.'

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