A GIANT model of the Forth Bridge made from more than 11,000 Lego bricks is to go on display in Fife for the first time since it was completed just weeks ago.

At six metres long, the 1/200 scale model is so big its creator, Warren Elsmore, does not have room to put it up in his Edinburgh home.

So Warren and some friends from Brickish, the UK Adult Lego Club, plan to unveil his masterpiece in the village of Aberdour, just a few miles away from the landmark crossing.

The stunning model will be on show at the Aberdour Institute in Shore Road from 1pm to 4pm.

He and fellow Lego enthusiast David Graham, who lives in Aberdour, also plan to host a Lego modelling competition for kids.

Warren (30) told The Courier yesterday he had been a fan of the popular Danish children’s toy since he was a young boy.

“I started when I was about five years old and carried on until I hit what Lego modellers call the ‘dark ages’ when you discover girls and music and stuff like that,” he said.

“I took it up again when I was about 20 or 21.”

He has been slowly building up a collection of models built out of Lego and says he just loves its versatility.

“I have built up a collection of models over the years, including the Maid of the Forth and a six-carriage GNER train, which will be on display as well.

“I think it’s the flexibility. You can build almost anything from them so it’s completely down to you as to what you can come up with in terms of your imagination.”

Building the GNER train proved to be the catalyst for his latest model, the idea for which came from his wife, Teresa.

“I can blame her for that one,” the IT consultant said. “She suggested I should build the Forth Bridge for the train to run over. I don’t think she expected me to take her seriously.”

The massive project took six weeks to plan, 18 months to complete and has left Warren with an abiding sense of admiration for what the designers, engineers and men who built the real bridge achieved.

“It was much harder than I thought and was quite involved,” he added.

“It’s an amazingly complex structure and I discovered some of the parts I found hard they’d found hard, too, which was quite nice to know. I’m supremely impressed with what they achieved, it must have been a hell of a job.”

“It doesn’t come with scaffolding, but mine does have two painters,” he said.

In spite of spending a couple of hours each week on building the bridge for the past year and a half, Warren has no intention of calling time on his hobby. He’s considering rounding off the bridge project by creating the harbour and some of the houses at the North Queensferry end of the crossing.