Synopses & Reviews
From LEGO guns mastermind and 18 year-old YouTube sensation Jack Streat comes LEGO Heavy Weapons, a collection of complete building instructions for four truly impressive, 1:1-scale replicas of the world's most iconic firearms.
LEGO Heavy Weapons will show you how to build brick-based models of:
- A massive Desert Eagle handgun, with working blowback action
- The compact but deadly AKS-74U assault rifle with folding stock
- A bolt-action Lee Enfield sniper rifle (a.k.a. Jungle Carbine)
- A pump action SPAS combat shotgun
Each set of instructions includes a complete parts listing, so you can find (or special order) any hard-to-find bricks. The book's illustrated, step-by-step building instructions will be clear to anyone who's ever played with LEGO bricks, and the biggest models will challenge and delight even the most serious builders.
Synopsis
LEGO Heavy Weapons features complete building instructions for some of the most popular LEGO guns in author Jack Streat's YouTube videos. Readers learn how to build some of Streat's most popular replica guns (no, they don't shoot real bullets). The guns featured in the book are some of the world's most iconic firearms: a Desert Eagle handgun, an AK-74, a Lee Enfield Sniper Rifle, and a SPAS Shotgun. Each set of instructions includes a parts list composed of standard, readily available LEGO bricks and Technic pieces. The book's illustrated, step-by-step building instructions will be familiar to anyone who has ever built a LEGO kit. This book is not authorized by the LEGO Group and is an unofficial guide.
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About the Author
Since posting his first LEGO gun online at age 13, Jack Streat has played an influential role in the LEGO weapons builder community. In his spare time he modifies guitars in a never-ending quest to make them as loud as possible. Streat wrote this, his first book, when he was 18 years old.