Henchmen4Hire Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) MOOOPAAARRRRRR! Satisfying my muscle car itch. Needs a few little tweaks, nothing a little colored electrical tape won't fix ;) Final Version -Interchangeable engines, see 4th and 7th posts -Doors and trunk can open -Minifig scale (8 wide) -Will attach those floating bits somehow More pics: Alternate Colors: Edited May 2, 2013 by Henchmen4Hire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferrik Posted September 15, 2012 That's a great car design. However, I think that the levers look out of place and you should try and replace them with other pieces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted September 16, 2012 -Made some minor tweaks, check the first post. Thanks Ferrik! The levers don't bother me, and I don't know what else I could use anyway that wouldn't look just as "out of place" haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) So I said to myself, "Self, how can you make this Superbird even more superfly? Give it interchangeable engines of course!" And so I did. I rearranged the hood and pieces behind the nose to create a 3x4 space almost 2 bricks deep to stuff an engine into. It's enough space to fit a modest engine... or a big honking blown one. Guess which one I chose! The cross axle plugs into the cross brick in the car so there aren't any loose pieces. Here's the engine by itself: The cone is just there to make it look pretty, it should be removed to plug into the car of course. Edited September 16, 2012 by DrNightmare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Final Revision: Added interior and changed all the pictures to updated ones, I'll post alt colors sometime. Thinking of building a blue version, just trying to decide on a color scheme. I guess we're the only ones who like Superbirds, Ferrik, lol Edited September 17, 2012 by DrNightmare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soccerkid6 Posted September 17, 2012 Great superbird! The shape looks quite accurate and I like your colorscheme The ability to switch engines easily is neat too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks SK! Here's another engine, it's ambiguous enough to be either the 440 or 426 and fits neatly under the hood. Also added 4 color schemes to the first post yesterday :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted September 21, 2012 Couldn't get all the pieces in that light blue (azure?) color so I had to stick with normal blue for the brick built version. -Raised the roof by a plate by using 2x4 wedge plates, looks much better now. Height is one of those things I can't judge too well in LDD -Obviously lots of temp pieces around, pretty happy that I had about 2/3 of the total pieces needed to build this bird -Refined the insides further, managed to lower the piece count by 6 It's okay if no one else loves 8-wide, 'cuz I do lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henchmen4Hire Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Realized my Superbird is about 98% complete so here's a shot with the Barracuda. It's just missing a few bits to complete the interior and a tile or two so I can finally attach the sweet wing. Added a snazzy orange stripe because orange is snazzy lol Edited May 2, 2013 by Henchmen4Hire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
