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Left: Rockefeller Center in microscale.Above: Spencer’s skyline of New York skyscrapers.Spencer Rezkalla has been an AFOL for almost a decade andhas displayed in various displays. In the past couple of years,he has presented microscale skyscrapers of amazing detail.Spencer displayed at Brickworld this year, and BrickJournalwas able to talk briefly to him about his models.BrickJournal: What you do (exactly) in real life?Spencer Rezkalla: I am a product development engineer in theautomotive industry. I help design and engineer automotivechassis systems. Surprisingly I have never bothered to build aworking LEGO suspension model.How did you get into the hobby?I grew up in the LEGO “classic space” era of the late 70’s andearly 80’s. I had a keen interest in spaceflight and I built manyLEGO versions of the space shuttle. However, I never hadenough pieces or the right colors to build it at minifig scale.I later went through a 14 year “dark” period until late 2000.That fall, I found a few bulk tubs on sale at a local store andI decided for fun that I would try to complete my childhoodorbiter dream. At the time I didn’t have strong intentionson pursuing LEGO as a hobby, I merely wanted to createsomething I had been unable to do as a child.Why you moved from the space shuttle and planes tomicroscale buildings?I’ve never felt that I have moved away from my interest inbuilding aerospace vehicles - I just find that other genres suchas trains or minifig scale cars are always in competition for mybuilding free time.The first microscale skyscraper I constructed was the WorldTrade Center. Having been born and raised near New YorkCity in the early 70’s, I’ve always held a special fascinationwith the towers. In their physical absence, building a LEGOmodel seemed to be a proper way to preserve the memory ofwhat once was.Upon completing the WTC model, I discovered I hadaccidentally settled on a natural scale that would allow me tomodel other famous buildings at roughly that same scale.The primary focus of my skyscraper collection is about the sizerelationships between these huge landmarks.11