SpiderSpaceman Posted July 31, 2010 Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) Hey folks, so I'm usually a sci-fi builder but I've been getting more and more into town. Especially for moc'ing things that haven't got an official LEGO city interpretation. This little project took shape about when I saw the new star wars landspeeder set. I'd wanted to build this for a while but that really gave it the perfect parts in the perfect color. I had just the side panel and taco done in real bricks. they sat around as a WIP collecting dust until last night, when I finished up the design in LDD SO without further blabbering: The king of the street vendors, The taco truck! Li'l Ernesto's Mexico on the Go ¡Home of the $100 taco! The giant fiberglass taco is geared to the knob on the side for flashy spinny-ness. I constructed it one stud wider than real life, due to difficulties in meshing the parts. fidgeting with the rotations is more difficult when you're moving one part at a time in ldd. Panel flipped up and ready for customers! Li'l Ernesto works in the kitchen, behind a subway-esque taco assembly station with shells, ground beef, and lettuce (stove, coke machine and paper cups in corner): Hark! Is this happy customer getting that loaded "$100 taco"? oh i think he is. edit: oops. topic name got the apostrophe in the wrong place Edited July 31, 2010 by SpiderSpaceman Quote
Tycho McKorley Posted July 31, 2010 Posted July 31, 2010 I like it. If I saw some taco trucks running around my town that looked like that I would probably buy from them. Quote
prateek Posted July 31, 2010 Posted July 31, 2010 Very cool! The taco on the top is cool, and the taco shells inside are nicely done too Quote
SpiderSpaceman Posted July 31, 2010 Author Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) I like it. If I saw some taco trucks running around my town that looked like that I would probably buy from them. hahaha, thanks. and yes indeed. My design is definitely based more on the concept of a taco truck than any real-life taco truck that it could remotely resemble. I've never seen a real taco truck quite so festive Very cool! The taco on the top is cool, and the taco shells inside are nicely done too thanks! yeah again, for the top taco: it looks better in real bricks, more compacted, looks neater, more.. continuous I guess. glad you like it and glad you noticed the shells! the headlight bricks make for the perfect fit as they're two plates deep, make the perfect 5 plates = 2X length match Edited July 31, 2010 by SpiderSpaceman Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 NICE, really nice indeed. I love that huge taco display at the top - very well done. Hope to see that one in brickform soon. Quote
SpiderSpaceman Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 NICE, really nice indeed. I love that huge taco display at the top - very well done. Hope to see that one in brickform soon. I'm sure I have all the parts.. the only real hassle is having to borrow a camera from my relatives Buying a camera would mean less lego cash Quote
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