After decades without an official LEGO South African set, here's a custom job.
that used simple bricks to build an approximation of the South African flag. Almost two decades later I decided to break out the bricks and see if I could make a better version of our flag using modern pieces. I wanted to better replicate our flag and also make it as small as possible with LEGO’s current catalogue of parts.
Despite this I was left unable to complete the flag to a reasonable degree, until LEGO released two important pieces:. Released only this year, these small wedge tiles going left and right were exactly what I needed to complete the flag… or so I thought. I actually finished the flag as you seen it below back in June when the pieces first came out, and I was happy to sit on it as a fun little project I could build and use as, for example, a fun DIY badge or something similar.
My LEGO flagpole is based around a tower of 2X2 round LEGO bricks which are reinforced by a Technic axle running through them. It uses the longest axle LEGO makes, but it was needed for a strong enough pole. While my version of the flag was always intended to be small, the fact that it is placed right at the end of the pole still adds a lot of weight as the pole acts as lever. Prototypes with thinner poles saw a lot of bending, so 2X2 bricks were the solution.
As mentioned the flag, pole and base can all be built right now with a free parts list and instructions available on Rebrickable. Several fan-operated websites dedicated to hosting LEGO instructions also didn’t have these available. While I could create custom instructions like I did for my version of the flag, I would like to make the official 1869 more accessible.
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