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Solar system model: a 193-part brick model designed with BricksChat

Solar system model

Build a desktop model of the solar system: a yellow sun in the middle and the eight planets on arms around it, each in its real colours and with Saturn's ring, on a round base.
193 parts
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No parts colliding
Nothing floating
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Set 21029 · Buckingham Palace
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Instructions · 99 steps · 104 pages
Parts list · 193 pieces · 65 kinds
Gather your own pieces or use the CSV’s part names, colours, quantities and Pick a Brick searches. IDs are LDraw part IDs, not LEGO element IDs. Check the colour and variant before ordering; some pieces may be unavailable or need a substitute. The CSV is a shopping list, not a cart import.
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