I just completed building the 5th floor of the Planet following my own instructions, and it went perfectly. There’s a few shots from different angles including one of Lois smoking on the roof while Superman looks on disapprovingly, along with a render of the floor from Stud.io for comparison.

It’s especially nice to have it done today because tomorrow would have been my dad’s 85th birthday, and I know he’d have loved it. Miss you dad.

Now that I’ve cleaned up and reworked the clock for the top of the planet I also finished (mostly) reworking the fifth floor which now includes a door that opens behind the clock to allow access to the hub that controls the motor that rotates the globe on the top.

I’ve also added an air conditioning unit communications antenna array. I’m planning to create two large custom art billboards for each side of the clock tower, and a custom warning tile on the face of the bottom of the antenna. There’s more photos below.

It’s been a while since I posted a Planet update, and that’s been because I’ve been super busy (going to Bricks By The Bay) and getting set up to take on a collaborative build for that show in 2024 the theme of Once Upon a Time. For that build my part of the will be the Wizard of Oz, and I’ll be working with my resident expert, 8-year-old Henry.

But enough about that – I’ve also been revising the instructions for building the 5th floor of my Daily Planet MOC which is the roof where Lois smokes which includes a clock. In order to accomodate the Powered Up! motor and hub I wanted to add a hinged back wall that can be used to access the hub for recharging the battery. Once I had the design done I went ahead and ordered the parts to build the clock in real bricks and here’s the results, including another look at the entire facade with the clock at the top:

Overall, I’m absolutely thrilled with how it’s coming out, and I’m planning to order the parts to build the rest of the 5th floor this week or next, before moving on to building the globe on the top and starting to build the lower floors.