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LEGO Fire Helicopter Instructions

The Lego company originated in Denmark in the mid-1930s as a producer of wood furniture and toys. In 1949, the company sold the first plastic building toys; it developed the modern version of the Lego brick in 1958. Since then, Lego has released many block sets that include helicopters. One set, from the Lego City line, includes instructions to create a fire helicopter.

Things You'll Need

2-by-2 reverse wedge
4-by-4 baseplate
1-by-6 baseplate
2-by-4 brick
2 2-by-2 nose baseplates
2-by-1 bar
2 1-by-1 blocks with holes
2 cones
1-by-1 instrument panel baseplate
2 safe boxes with lids
2-by-2 reverse wedge with a top surface of 2-by-3
2 4-by-1 blocks with hinges
2-by-1 brick with a clip
3 1-by-1-by-3 wedges
2 12-by-1 blocks
2-by-3 wedge
2 2-by-2 baseplates
Left-hand wing
Peg
2-by-3 tail fin
Rotor blade
1-by-1 jeweled pieces
2 2-by-1 hinged blocks
2-by-1 block
2-by-2 block with peg in the center
Large helicopter rotor

Instructions

- 1
  Attach a 2-by-2 reverse wedge to a 4-by-4 baseplate. Attach a second 2-by-2 reverse wedge to the baseplate; the two wedges should sit back to back. Fit a 1-by-6 baseplate to the left and right edges of the reverse wedges.
- 2
  Snap a 2-by-4 brick into the center of the helicopter. Fit two 2-by-2 nose baseplates on top of both nose pieces. Snap a 2-by-1 bar on the third peg from the front of the cockpit.
- 3
  Fit two 1-by-1 blocks with holes on the pegs closest to the back of the piece. Snap a cone on both horizontal holes. Snap a 1-by-1 instrument panel baseplate on the nose, closest to the front of the cockpit.
- 4
  Attach two safe boxes with lids across the rear; the front edge should sit on the first two pegs of the block in the cockpit from Step 3.
- 5
  Place a 2-by-2 reverse wedge with a top surface of 2-by-3 immediately behind the safes. Snap a 4-by-1 block with hinges on both ends immediately in front of the safes.
  
  Place a 2-by-1 brick with a clip and 1-by-1-by-3 wedge on both sides, wedge in front. Stick a 4-by-1 block on top of the same sized hinge piece in front of the safes.
- 6
  Fit another 1-by-1-by-3 wedge on both sides. Attach another 4-by-1 block between the corner pegs. Attach two more 1-by-1-by-3 wedges side by side behind the 4-by-1 block, wedge to the back.
- 7
  Sit two 12-by-1 blocks next to each other. Place a 2-by-3 wedge on the front. Snap a 2-by-2 baseplate two pegs from the other end.
- 8
  Fit the bottom two holes of a left-hand wing onto the right-hand rear side of the blocks. Snap a 2-by-2 baseplate with hole onto the right-hand rear side.
- 9
  Fit a peg into the hole at the tail of the piece. Snap a 2-by-3 tail fin on top. Snap a rotor blade onto the peg. Fit 1-by-1 jeweled pieces on the end to simulate tail lights.
- 10
  Fit a peg into the hole at the tail of the piece. Snap a 2-by-3 tail fin on top. Snap a rotor blade onto the peg; fit 1-by-1 jeweled pieces on the end to simulate tail lights.
- 11
  Fit the tail piece on top of the first piece, in-between the two reversed wedges. Fit 2-by-1 hinged blocks on either side of this tail piece. Fit a 2-by-1 block in the remaining pegs.
- 12
  Stick a 2-by-2 block with peg in the center on the center joint of the helicopter. Snap a large helicopter rotor onto this top peg.

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