Lego Saturn V - Bag 6

On Thursday 12 March 2020 we completed bag 5 of the Lego Saturn V.  Today, almost 1 year and 5 months later, we completed bag 6.  The bag 5 blog entry is here.  Hopefully this means we can begin to get the build done.  I watched 'Hidden Figures', a film about the beginning of the space race, and three incredible women, that started the process towards the building of the Saturn V, it just made me want to get going again.  I have walked into the spare room countless times itching to get the next bag underway, but have remained faithful to the original plan - to complete the build with my Grandson.  Today I had two helpers, as you will see in the pictures.

Here they are with bag 6.  This picture is the second attempt, so the smiles are a bit forced, they just want to get on with it.

Bag 6 adds the engines to the bottom of stage 1 of the rocket.

We started at 18:41.

As usual, the eldest grandson sorted all the pieces out into colours and shapes, and we worked through the pages of the assembly guide. The eldest was way ahead, when there were 4 things to assemble before attachment, he did 2, I did 1 and the eldest then helped the youngest to do his, when he needed help.

As always, there were some fiddly pieces, and some pieces that relied on a little trial and error.  What I wasn't expecting was the prediction.  Before I had turned the page, he had visualized what we were doing and already knew where it would go.  We (as in I) just had to check the book to see that the assembly was correct.

We finished at 19:21.

We are all looking forward to getting this done now we are able to meet up again.