Description

Like most architecture sets in the series, the LEGO Buckingham Palace instruction booklet is beautiful, 124 pages of high-quality card-stock printing. The first few pages contain information and pictures regarding the history and design of the Palace itself. Features the neoclassical facade of the palace's east wing and includes the Royal Standard flag, forecourt and palace gates, plus a section of the Mall with Victoria Memorial, red double-decker bus and a black taxicab. While these vehicle models are quite small and may seem insignificant, they add a lot to the entire model by adding a sense of scale to Buckingham Palace in the background.

The complete model occupies an almost square base, the footprint of the set is 24 x 26 studs. The elaborate gate to Buckingham palace is represented quite well with these LEGO lattice windows. The sideways plates are pretty ingenious and make for a great visual effect when it’s all completed. The sense of scale thanks to the Memorial and vehicles outside are also very clever, which makes for a very sophisticated and well thought out design.