L@go Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Hi there! I hope this can stay in the Town section rather than being moved to Licensed - after all, the modification I've done is to make it fit among other Town vehicles. When I saw the first pictures of 8486 Mack's Team Truck, I thought 'that looks like it could be roughly minifig scale'. So I bought one with the intention of modifying it to accommodate a minifig. My idea was to turn it into a truck that could be used in a Town setting, with the purpose of promoting the Cars movies to the Town inhabitants. Here's the original set, which you're probably all familiar with: After fiddling around a bit with the design in MLCad, the solution I decided to go for was to move the windscreen one stud forward to make room for the driver in the cabin. Then I added doors and cut the stickers to fit around the door handles. I also added lights to the truck and the trailer, but apart from the original rear "lights" on the trailer, I kept all the stickers, to add to the impression that it's really a full-scale version of Mack from the movies. I also tried to make a Rust·eze sticker to fit the driver's baseball cap - but that turned out to be a real pain because it was so small. Doesn't look too bad, though. I'm a bit surprised that I haven't seen anybody else try this thus far. But anyway - this is the result of my experiment: The driver's letting Lightning McQueen out from his hiding place: Naturally, some kids gather round to have a look at the full-scale replica of their movie hero... ...but these kids aren't as harmless as they look, as the driver brutally found out. I thought this was a proper way to celebrate my knighthood! Yay, 500 posts! Hope you like it :) Higher resolution pictures can be found in my Flickr, feel free to have a look around! Edited November 5, 2011 by L@go Quote
Vindicare Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 Really cool, I like the hat! That's one small decal. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 Very nice MOD L@go ...and congratulations for your first 500 posts! Quote
lightningtiger Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) AWESOME creation - what modifications 'L@go' you have made ! Simple changes with common parts....pity the cars themselves weren't larger eh ? Brick On Race On 'L@go'...you Knight you ! Edited November 5, 2011 by lightningtiger Quote
bootz Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 Very nice mod. At Walt Disney World a few years back, they had a life size Lightning McQueen and Mater driving around one of the parks. This reminds me of that. Good job. Quote
L@go Posted November 5, 2011 Author Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks for the positive comments! It seems my idea wasn't that far fetched (and this appears to be Australian, LT): Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks for the positive comments! It seems my idea wasn't that far fetched (and this appears to be Australian, LT): Wow! I can't believe it Quote
martyboy70 Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Those pesky kids eh! Great work on this. There is a full size LMQ made from Lego which looks amazing: Edited November 6, 2011 by martyboy70 Quote
chuckie8646 Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Very very cool I really like this. Very nice work! Charlie Quote
prateek Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Haha, the story adds a new dimension to this simple modification. Now that's a superfan! As for the truck, I think the mouth looks weird without eyes, but if this is a superfan's truck, that would be acceptable. Maybe you can print some clear eye decals for the windshield! Quote
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