MOC: Motorized wheelchair

[Marko]

I got back my and my brother old LEGO and found one much abused classic fireman. As his legs are broken and arms as well I decided to make him motorized wheelchair that he can drive with knees. As you can see he is also almost blind.

Thank you.

What happens to your abused and handicapped minifigures?!

Edited April 16, 2009 by Marko

[djo]

it's too big for wheelchair. maybe a gokart for disabled?

[BlueBard]

it's too big for wheelchair. maybe a gokart for disabled?

I agree, it's a bit too big but it could be a nice beginning for a kart

[prateek]

you cant make anything with wheels any smaller so good job

[MetroiD]

Such a waste of a perfectly fine set of slicks... I say, turn this one into a racing F1-type bolid and let those poor handicapped people have some serious FUN!

[dhaas06]

you cant make anything with wheels any smaller so good job

Actually, you can. Both the wheels and the 2x2 axle plates come in narrower versions, which would work much better for wheelchairs.

[Marko]

Now I know why I use Eurobricks. Yes initial version with the slicks was too co-cartish. I added my new version pictures - one bigger and one smaller wheel make it much more realistic. Thats the wheelchair model he will be using.

Thank you all for input.

[Aliencat]

Haha that racing wheelchair is awesome :D

I can see him going down the go-kart track beating everyone on that because he does it all day.

[Brad-The-Brick]

In the first post you asked what happens to my abused minifigs. I lost a leg on one of mine, so I made him an artificial leg out of a 2X1 brick and named him " Legs".

[dhaas06]

Great revision! Now that looks much more like a regular wheelchair. And I agree, that's what I love about this community too! It's great to see people put their ideas together to help each other out and make things the best they can be.

[prateek]

the new one is much better

[Eilif]

What happens to your abused and handicapped minifigures?![/b]

I usually try to repair or reuse old figs.

-Nearly worn off faces get brasoed and I use the plain yellow "heads" for banisters or other architectural elements.

-Arms cracked at the hand attachments (quite common for old used figs), get hands glued into place.

-bitemarked figs are smoothed out when possible with an exacto knife and a file.

-etc, etc.

Obviously, these figs aren't of value to anyone else, but they look just fine in layouts and displays.

Even after all that I still have a mini-ziplock of unsalvagable minifig parts. I just can't bring myself to throw out LEGO.

[djo]

the second version wheelchair is great.

i like the design and the wheels. especially the front wheels.

really nice Motorized wheelchair.