[MOC] 1948 Chevrolet Pickup Truck

[firefabric]

I finished another project which was actually mostly completed already last year, but came back to it now and put some finishing touches and created the instructions. Making the instructions takes some extra time but I find it a good way to make a build more "complete", when you need to go through everything with a critical eye and try to remove most questionable structures from the build (hacks, poor choices and "it'll do" type of things).

This one is the classic Chevrolet 3100 Pickup Truck, from 1948. I like the design of cars and trucks from that time period the most, and the Chevy pickup is one of my favorites. The build is done mostly with basic system parts like my other cars (no SC baseplate etc) and built with real bricks. It can be done in different colors as well, but I chose the color to match the one seen in Back to the Future (1955 skateboard chase scene), because of course. I'm not completely sure which subtheme to post this is in, but I think the licenced subforum is ok as this would fall under Chevrolet and with some imagination, Back to the Future. 

More pictures and information on rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-121506/firefabric/1948-chevrolet-3100-pickup-truck/

 

[deraven]

That's quite nice, and good choice of color as well.  The front grill and rounding out the back of the cab really take the whole thing up a notch. 

[firefabric]

5 hours ago, deraven said:

That's quite nice, and good choice of color as well.  The front grill and rounding out the back of the cab really take the whole thing up a notch. 

Thanks! There is a surprisingly good selection of parts in Sand Green, and it has that vintage color feel. Of course it was also the closest color to the one seen in BTTF... 

I tried to create some round shapes to get the look and feel of a vintage car, but of course with Lego it's always a choice which way things are rounded, as the parts are more or less curved in only one direction. But on the other hand, that also keeps it looking distinctly "Lego".