7991 Alternate model: minivan

[SheepEater]

Hey there.

This is a minivan built entirely with bricks from set 7991 Recycle truck.

7991minivan by SheepEater, on Flickr

I had tons of fun re-creating it in LDD. Here is the lxf file.

Edited October 18, 2014 by SheepEater

[Sir Brickalot]

No offence, and I know you're limited with parts when doing an alternate model, but this doesn't look very good. The whole vehicle seems too blocky and the lack of wheel arches is quite distracting.

[SheepEater]

None taken, I just wanted to use as few non-orange bricks as possible.

[lightningtiger]

It's not bad, but yeah....too blocky for my liking, Brick On LDD On 'SheepEater' !

[KeepLeft]

The problem I find today is the vast amount of specialised pieces when compared to the Lego I had as a child. One of my first sets was the police headquarters 370 with the police car being one of my all time favourite vehicles, I still have a built-up one on my bookshelf. I like your minivan version and takes me back to the models I built as a child with limited pieces.

[ER0L]

While I do like the frontend of your van which has some character to it, I agree with the others concerning the rest of the vehicle. Like in the alternate model contest here on EB some weeks ago ("building models a 7-10 year old could build") I don't see a point in modifying vehicles that are already restricted to the use of children instead of rather improving them in order to be used by AFOLs. Of course this requires quite a few additional parts, but who cares? At least we aren't restricted by cost aspects - in my opinion it's always better to have a few good-looking vehicles in your town than lots of not-so-good-looking ones.

Anyhow, if you're interested in vehicle building I'd recommend to take a look at the car groups on Flickr and MOCpages where you can find lots of great vans, passenger cars, and trucks. Even if it might be discouraging at first view you will learn a lot from advanced builders.