Our Biggest Lego Build So Far

As seen a previous post, Jacob got a Lego Star Wars Ship kit for Christmas.  The kit contained 1,170 pieces and two instruction booklets.  Here is the finished product:

Here is the inside of the cockpit (it is on hinges to open up):

Here is the back, the gray circular thing comes out (I guess it is some sort of droid or something??):

The second picture above show the droid thing over to the left, and the 3rd picture shows the little draw bridge type thingy closed up to conceal the droid thing (these are not the technical names, haha).
These next ones show different things that come out.  The first one is the place where a fighter pilot sits, and is actually concealed above the draw bridge thingy:

These next ones are the compartment that holds all the missiles and such.  The one underneath shows it pushed back up inside the ship:

These show another place for a fighter pilot, it slides from side to side so that either side can be defended:

Again, that last one shows what it looks like when the fighter pilot is pushed back in and hidden.
Finally, we have our time sheet:

Yes, that does in fact say 11 hours and 51 minutes over the course of 6 days. It was a fantastic collaboration between Jon, Jacob, and me. I actually thoroughly enjoyed helping with it. I would say Jacob did about 30% or so completely by himself.  The rest was done with either Jon or me helping him.  I know adults who are addicted to these huge Lego kits, and I have to confess, I always thought they were a little weird. But now I understand! It is a lot of fun, especially to do together with your child! You know, quality time and all that jazz!