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First up, is the DUCK. As said before, this is the vehicle that started this whole shipbang.
The first thing I did was fix the hood:
I found the original hood ugly anyways, so it was a small loss. Basically, I began with flattening the surface. Next thing I did was move the position of the gun. A while later, I added the bulb lights, instead of the earlier version. Here's a shot of the shattered window:
Next I changed the entierer. I despratly wanted to change the horrible seats, but I didn't want to widen the vehicle. So I came up with this simple solution: stick a 2x2 piece under one of the seats. It actually helped me a lot. I also widened the back, which opened up the space. Another change, was the fact that the movie varient had flat sides, instead of the raised ones seen in the set. I gladly took out the stickered pieces.
At last I took to the back- which was quite simple. First I removed the tire and gas can, then I raised the lights, and added the bar piece. One of the main challenges came to me from a friend of mine, when he showed me that there were no tire rims on the real DUCK. After a few days, I finally came up with a satisfactory way to replace the rims.
Next was the Jeep. This was substatially easier: the main change had already been made by me before. This change was the driver's seat. About a month after I had gotten the set, I replace the single seat with the double, and still kept the basic shape. Now, my main challenge was colour. I had to change it from the light-grey German jeep from Raiders, to the darker Russian Jeep from KotCS. It took a whiule, but was done nonetheless.
Another signifant change, was the front. I dispised the tire rims that were in place before, and could not use them for the Russian jeep. I decided on this versian, which keeps the roundness, but also adds the shape I needed.
For the back I added the rims I had taken from the DUCK, and also included a sort of 'tarp' seen in the movie. I also took the stickered pieces, and put them here.
To finish the jeep, was the sides. Originally, I just included 1x4 thin pieces I had taken from the Jungle Cuter. But while watching the movie again, I noticed something I had not noticed before: A spare tire on the side! I frantically added this on surprised that I did not see something so obvious.
Next was the truck. This was only seen in a few sceanes, so changes were sparse. I kept most of the design, but made changes in a few key areas. The main change was- again- the hood. The original truck had a very simple design. But I had to scrap that- in the movie is a very prominent tire, which gets split in half. Also, I added the little screen Indy opens to make way for his bazooka.
A smaller change was the back. I added the gate commen to most trucks- including the movie one- but was starngly not in hthe LEGO set. It wasn't a hard change either, just a few small additions.
The final change made to the truck was the roof. The KotCS version had no roof, so I took it out. It was soon replaced by a bar that Indy grabs at one point in capturing the truck.
Lastly was the Jungle Cutter. It was difficult- of course- because you barely see it in the movie. But there was one major change I made to the vehicle.
The main change was the addition of the second turbine. I'm surprised they didn't include this in the set instead of having a ridiculus cave. The turbine itself was simple, but I had to make this look 'natural' and sloped. The cheese slopes helped a lot with this. The main problem with the slope, is that I wanted to keep the explosian feature. Eventually, with a few tricky maneuvers, I did both. Also, I lengthened the smaller pipe.
Another change was the mysterious back wheel. If you look closly, it's in the movie, but it has little purpose. In fact, I have no clue WHY it's there, but I added it anyways.
Action pics:
Blowing up the Jungle Cutter
Indy attempts to take control a Russian jeep. Meanwhile, Spalko nearly kills Marion with the machine gun.
Sorry for the fuzzyness of the pictures. Comment are welcome. Enjoy!
This post has been edited by The Legonater: 24 February 2010 - 01:22 AM
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