Eldorado Fortress Bag 5

Eldorado Fortress Bag 5/10: We add a second story to the gatehouse with twin rifles aimed down at the ramp to protect the gate. Governor Broadside’s office is there (not shown) and a second cannon is mounted above the office. Governor Broadside looks jaunty with his fancy plumed hat and golden epaulets. This completes the gatehouse. Bag 6 will begin a separate structure.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. A second story has been added to the gatehouse. It features a balcony with two rifles pointed down at the ramp leading to the gate, a small office with a cannon mounted above it, and a blue and white flag with crossed cannons. An officer stands on the balcony brandishing a cutlass.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4/10: We add the first floor of the gatehouse at the top of the ramp, some crenelated walls, a rotating cannon emplacement, and a palm tree. I like the dark red bits representing exposed brickwork (once again replicating printed details of the original set using LEGO parts).

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. The first floor of a gatehouse sits at the top of a ramp that leads up from the jetty. There's a palm tree on the right and a rowboat crewed by two pirates on the left.

Today I jumped in the Ägerisee (lake Ägeri) as part of an annual Christmas Swim event organized by the local expat community. Water temperature was 5.8°C while air temperature was maybe 9°C and sunny. We went last year but just watched. This was my first year jumping in. I hadn’t been in the lake since the summer.