[LDD MOC] Gentleman Ghost's Hotrod Hearse

[Eggyslav]

Greetings, and Salutations Fellow Eurobrickers and Eurobrickettes, It is I, Eggyslav, with a brand new LDD MOC. Since The Lego Batman Movie is, or at least was all the craze recently, I decided to take a spin on it's Vehicle set line, and designed a car for my favourite, more obscure Batman Villain (who still had his cameo in TLBM), Jim Craddock, aka, Gentleman Ghost.

Mr. Craddock's theme are black magic, ghosts, and gothic horror, all in good old English Victorian style. We've seen a lowrider for the Joker, an old timey limo for the Penguin, a sports car for the Riddler, and what kind of automobile would fit our foppish phantom? A hearse of course, so without any further ado, here it is, Gentleman Ghost's Hotrod Hearse:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse by Jarek Wrzosek

Classy, isn't she? As you can see there are three minifigs included, The omnipresent Batsy, The Gentleman Ghost himself, and his udead partner in crime, Solomon Grundy. Obviously since LDD doesn't have proper decals for the characters, I had to Improvise a little bit:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse8 by Jarek Wrzosek

Let's take a look at the Hearse itself, shall we? It has a powerful hotrod-like engine and very Victorian kerosene lamps for headlights at the front:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse2 by Jarek Wrzosek

And nice detailed back door with a funeral wreath at the back:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse4 by Jarek Wrzosek

The Driver's cabin lined with dark red upholstery has enough place to accomodate a single minifig:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse6 by Jarek Wrzosek

And the Coffin compartment has an open rooftop for a play feature, yes, there is one, just like with other vehicles in the series, and it's a, what else, a spring-loaded missile launcher, concealed inside a brick built casket, just open the rear door, and slide the casket with your finger to the front, to shoot:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse5 by Jarek Wrzosek

Also included is a normal lego coffin sealed with bomb lock, in which Gentleman Ghost can trap Batman and bury him alive, a trick he tried many times...

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse7 by Jarek Wrzosek

Finaly, here's how the car looks from the birds eye view:

Gentleman Ghost's Hot Rod Hearse3 by Jarek Wrzosek

And that's all folks, Have a nice day, and see you next MOC.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Eggyslav

[Duncan Young]

This is great. I look forward to the prospect of him coming next year

[icm]

This would fit perfectly in the TLBM line, and just as well in a rehash of Monster Fighters.  Thanks for sharing.

[r5-j2]

Epic concept !!!..............nothing more to add from me!