MOD; Diesel-Electric/Jet Helicopter Hybrid

[Hey Joe]

Inspired by Locomotive Annie's recent 'Steam Electric Locomotive' topic and Electrosteam's 'Bag of Ideas' topic, I threw together this little MOD.

Car #168 is the end result of a secret program started by the CIA in 1964. The previous 167 cars all met a grisly demise on the test track, incurring the loss of numerous personnel. The work was so hazardous that hardened criminals who were offered reduced sentences were about the only people willing to work on it. Haircut (pictured here with his guard) was one of the few to survive.

The engine was designed to air-lift itself behind enemy lines where it could wreck havoc in it's own unique way. Most of the interior of the car contained various weapons including large calibre machine guns and missle launchers under the retractable roof. There was also room to store the rotors when not in use as, obviously, they would cause a bit of a problem with bridge and tunnel clearances.

This prototype - the first to successfully complete trials - was launched from an aircraft carrier when it suddenly developed engine problems and presently it rests at the bottom of the Gulf of Tonkin. The crew was able to paracute to safety however the general in charge of the program was secretly shot for embezzling funds and for being so daft as to think this was a viable project in the first place! Due to lack of funds the program was discontinued soon afterwards.

Oh, what's this? The Atlantis team has stumbled upon the wreck! What are they doing in S.E. Asia? Aren't they supposed to be in the Atlantic or Mediterranean somewhere and what are the Fish-men doing at the wreck?

There are rumors of rolling stock that were being developed as well but no photographs have ever surfaced. There are several researchers digging through the files, who knows what they might find...?

Ok, hope you got a laugh out of it. I don't have much in the way of space, time or bricks...did the best I could. The 'Atlantis' shot probably would've been more successful from a higher angle, live and learn.

Joe

[Electricsteam]

Ha ha ha ha! Absolutleybrilliant. Maybe you should add a machine gun to go with those rocket launchers.

[Andy D]

That's really great! The only things you forgot are solar, wind and steam. Shouldn't the super secret hybrid include all possible forms of energy production, just in case...

All kidding aside, fun build and story.

Andy D

[Werlu Ulcur]

Aha, with missiles! Now we're talking!

Double !

[Hey Joe]

Thanks guys, glad you got a chuckle out of it.

Ha ha ha ha! Absolutleybrilliant. Maybe you should add a machine gun to go with those rocket launchers.

I don't think I have a machine gun but when that Lone Ranger train comes out the gattling gun would look mighty cool on the roof of #168.

That's really great! The only things you forgot are solar, wind and steam. Shouldn't the super secret hybrid include all possible forms of energy production, just in case...

All kidding aside, fun build and story.

Andy D

Well, I didn't have a lot of space, bricks, time or photography skills so I had to make up for it with words!

Was solar even viable in 1964? I wonder what a Jolly Roger sail would look like on the top?

There's a lot of classified stuff under the retractable roof, ha ha.

Anyway, the researchers are still digging through the archives, surely they'll come up with something.

Cheers, Joe

[lightningtiger]

What the what ?

Funnest train I've ever seen.......driven by Bond, James Bond right ?

Pity the train isn't made out of Lego......Hmmm !

Brick On 'bjtpro' !

[Hrw-Amen]

Um, well that is a strange train really. But it is good to see people coming out with all sorts of odd stuff and it reminds us all that LEGO does not always have to be serious, it can be whatever we want to make it.

[Werlu Ulcur]

My kid is going to flip when i show him this...

But come to think of it, I'm not totally sure if it's a good idea to show him this. He has a very fertile imagination.

[Hey Joe]

My kid is going to flip when i show him this...

But come to think of it, I'm not totally sure if it's a good idea to show him this. He has a very fertile imagination.

Hope he likes it! Mine's only three, he's a little too young to understand it (if it's capable of being understood in the first place).

You could always get ideas from yours and use them in the new contest.

Joe