This spectacular creation was unearthed by The Brother Brick this week, and it might be the biggest thing to appear here this year.

Built by  Stephen (Chao) it is of course a scale replica of the SHIELD Helicarrier from the Avengers franchise, and it’s massive. At over 4 foot long and constructed from over 15,000 pieces it has a mass five times that of the official LEGO Helicarrier set.

A suitably high gallery of images is available to view on Flickr, including work-in-progress shots detailing the helicarrier’s construction step-by-step. Click the link above to visit the album at Stephen’s Flickr photostream.