MOC: Long distance coach Volvo 9700

[Stefaneris]

Hello

Building a coach was something I wanted to do for a long time, but now after several digital attempts I managed to build one with real bricks. The prototype was a Volvo 9700 from Norway. I chose this bus because I traveled two and a half years ago with such a bus on this route. The line is called Lofotenekspressen, Lofoten is a group of Islands in the North of Norway, Ekspressen means express in Norwegian.

I tried to replicate the typical shape of the Volvo with the sloped windows and the curves on the front. There are also openable doors on the bus.

Lofotenekspressen 1 by StefanEris, auf Flickr

Lofotenekspressen 2 by StefanEris, auf Flickr

Lofotenekspressen 3 by StefanEris, auf Flickr

The doors are quite fragile so they are just for show and not made for playing with.

Lofotenekspressen 4 by StefanEris, auf Flickr

Just as cars in the north, also busses have additional headlights, here they are on the roof.

Feel free to comment

Stefan

[L@go]

Very well done! There are several express bus routes in Norway and they all use similar (and mostly white) buses, so for a Norwegian like me this is instantly recognisable even though I don't live in the North. I like it a lot. The only thing I'm not too keen on is the solution for the mirrors - they look a bit too bulky for me, maybe you could come up with a slightly more elegant solution for that. Apart from that it's lovely :)

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wow what a great work!

I like the livery on the sides and the luggages space.

[Stefaneris]

Thanks for your comments.

I tried a better solution for the mirrors with the LDD, I guess it's something I could work with:

Lofotenekspressen with new mirrors by StefanEris, auf Flickr

And yes, this bus wasn't the final design so just imagine that the bus gets more narrow to the top

[L@go]

That's a nice improvement! I do think those look better.

[doink]

Very nice work :-)

[lightningtiger]

Excellent designing there 'Stefaneris', Brick On !