Nightfall Posted June 28, 2014 Brilliant roadster! The curved slopes fit perfectly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmynick Posted June 29, 2014 I agree - the fenders with the new slope looks lovely. It's so clean to look at, and the old-time tires are great, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted June 30, 2014 Wow, what a great cars ...the Sedan is epic! Very well done! Brilliant roadster! The curved slopes fit perfectly. I agree - the fenders with the new slope looks lovely. It's so clean to look at, and the old-time tires are great, too. Thanks a lot guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted September 21, 2015 #14: Vintage Sedan 3.0 The Sedan was revamped for a second time, I've called it "3.0". Inter alia, it has running boards now. More pics on Flickr. #15: Rolls-Royce Phantom III Parker Sedanca de Ville (1937) - James Bond 007 Goldfinger edition Based on the usual vintage car platform (like the Sedan), but with some improvements. Shaping was the main aspect here - at the cost of playability: wheels don't spin, back doors don't open, you even can't place your Goldfinger inside. But well, even the little guys like the looks of it ... More pics in the Flickr album. Thanks for looking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snaillad Posted September 21, 2015 Excellent RR. I've tried many times to get realistic shaping but never been as successful as this. Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peedeejay Posted September 21, 2015 That RR is marvelous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted September 26, 2015 Excellent RR. I've tried many times to get realistic shaping but never been as successful as this. Well done! That RR is marvelous. Thank you very much! I'd like to add a pic of a version with a black hood. There are quite a few models with black hoods, though the movie car clearly has a yellow hood. Looks nice anyway: Thanks for watching! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antp Posted September 26, 2015 Impressive! These look great... As often with your MOCs it seems :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Only Sinner Posted September 26, 2015 Love the sedan, the roadster and especially the RR. Do you get to keep all these together, or do you have to dismantle them all for parts? I also wish somebody could help make instructions for these, as I don't have LDD either. Thaes cars are really so nice, I would build them all, then maybe come up with my own designs, too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted September 29, 2015 Impressive! These look great... As often with your MOCs it seems :) Thanks a lot! Love the sedan, the roadster and especially the RR. Do you get to keep all these together, or do you have to dismantle them all for parts? I also wish somebody could help make instructions for these, as I don't have LDD either. Thaes cars are really so nice, I would build them all, then maybe come up with my own designs, too! Thank you. Sorry, there are no instructions, I don't even work with LDD. Regarding your question I keep most of the models together, older MOCs are rather overworked than dismantled. The last pic shows a combination of the RR with the other two main cars from the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" (it's better not to dismantle older models ): Thanks all for commenting and viewing. More oldtimer cars to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cagast Posted November 16, 2015 Wow. Some of the best Lego cars I've ever seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doge Posted November 17, 2015 Your work is absolutely a piece of art, its rare beauty to widness! As an old-car lover I got some suggestions you will hopefully consider the following modells: The Talbot Lago T23 Deardrop Horch 1939 (the trunk looks also epic) Other that can be beautifully lego-lized are: the Duesenberg II Speedster, 1934 Duesenberg and the 1937 Foose custom Studebaker convertible Please let me know what you think, and brick on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted November 17, 2015 Wow. Some of the best Lego cars I've ever seen. Thank you! Glad you like them that much. Your work is absolutely a piece of art, its rare beauty to widness! Thanks a lot! As an old-car lover I got some suggestions you will hopefully consider the following modells: The Talbot Lago T23 Deardrop Horch 1939 (the trunk looks also epic) Other that can be beautifully lego-lized are: the Duesenberg II Speedster, 1934 Duesenberg and the 1937 Foose custom Studebaker convertible Please let me know what you think, and brick on! Thanks for the tips, those are some nice oldtimer cars for sure, a Duesenberg is on my list already. However it's rather a challenge to get a distinctive look with those vehicles when built out of Lego (even more in minifig scale). That's why you need an idea how to build the most typical elements of the car first - otherwise there's no need to get started. Long story short: There's absolutely no lack of ideas of what to build - it's a lack of ideas how to build it. And sometimes, sorry to mention it, a lack of proper parts ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) #16 "Bugatti" (design ideas) "Bugatti" #2 (design ideas) by ER0L, on Flickr Lots of other projects in the meantime, however, the discussion about the actual Technic "Bugatti" (which in fact - apart from the name - has nothing to do with the classic French car manufacturing company, producing high-performance race cars and some of the most elegant luxury cars of all times, unfortunately closed in 1963) made me think about ways to build classic Bugattis with the typical two-tone colour design - which is easier nowadays since we have those great quarter tiles. Another idea was to use 2x2 curved slopes in the same way I did on the Porsche 917K conversion (with the slope pointing inwards) as part of the mudguards. For this purpose I changed one of the older models (easy to guess which one). Maybe this serves as an inspiration to anybody interested in oldtimer car MOCs. Btw. there's already a Bugatti race car, a 35C model, see https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/73182-moc-vintage-cars-1st-batch/&do=findComment&comment=1416045. Thanks for looking! Edited June 16, 2018 by ER0L Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfbat Posted June 16, 2018 Looks great! (you only did one side?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted June 17, 2018 9 hours ago, jfbat said: Looks great! (you only did one side?) Thanks a lot! Yes, it's just a design idea, a proof of concept, if you will. The next steps would be: choosing the exact type you want to build determine the measurements in ~1:35 scale (the scale I'm using on passenger cars - I just checked it, as a basis for a Bugatti 46 the wheelbase - 3.505 mm on the actual car - would already work, scale would be 1:36,5) building a proper grille building a proper 7w offset frontend building a proper transition between hood and doors (too much offset here) placing the fig(s) building a roof with enough headroom for the figs if it's supposed to be closed building a proper windscreen (which would have to be slanted on a Bugatti 46 Coupé) etc. etc. Though it would be fun I don't think I'll do all this in the near future, there are quite a few other builds in the pipeline. However, somebody might find it useful nonetheless. Especially regarding the quarter tiles I guess this is a matter of "something we couldn't build before and which we can build now". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) #17 Mercedes-Benz 540K Spezial-Roadster With this one I've tried to more or less fulfill the above list - the Mercedes 540K even fits two minifigs. I'm not satisfied with every aspect of the model (some elements are rather standard solutions, some areas need additional work), however, building the frontend in full 7-wide with the 2x2 curved slopes turned inwards seems to pay off especially when the grille of the prototype is set back as much as on the 540K Spezial-Roadster which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful roadsters of its era. Mercedes-Benz 540K Spezial-Roadster (V 1.0) On the backend where a certain roundness is absolutely required I used the 2x6 plates with rounded corners we know best from the Speed Champions series, also on the upper layer, since macaroni tiles 2x2 in white don't exist yet. Although I'm no fan of studs on cars at this small scale, for whatever reason they don't bug me too much here: Mercedes-Benz 540K Spezial-Roadster - rear Thanks for looking! Edited October 6, 2018 by ER0L Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfbat Posted October 6, 2018 That is absolutely stunning! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted October 7, 2018 Gray tires? How? What set? Nice work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antp Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) I suppose it is https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=132old&idColor=9#T=C&C=9 Great work indeed (as usual, I'm tempted to say) Edited October 7, 2018 by antp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, jfbat said: That is absolutely stunning! Thank you! 12 hours ago, Modeltrainman said: Gray tires? How? What set? Nice work! Thanks! Regarding the tires, antp is correct (the light gray variation of it). They are real "old-timers" - quite amazing to realize that the time distance between their production years (late Sixties) and a Mercedes 504K is considerably shorter than until today (30 vs. 50 years). 3 hours ago, antp said: I suppose it is https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=132old&idColor=9#T=C&C=9 Great work indeed (as usual, I'm tempted to say) Glad you like it! Thanks for delivering the link, too. Edited October 7, 2018 by ER0L Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man with a hat Posted October 8, 2018 Wow. You never stop amazing us with your great cars! Brilliant techniques, very impressive! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted October 10, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 2:23 PM, Man with a hat said: Wow. You never stop amazing us with your great cars! Brilliant techniques, very impressive! Thanks a lot for your nice comment, I'm glad you like it! And thanks all for commenting and viewing! -- Okay, this was the last entry in quite a long row of vintage cars on Eurobricks, stretching over a couple of years. However, there are still lots of ideas in the pipeline - in case you're interested in further classics from ER0L's Garage, join me on Flickr. Or take a look at lots of great-looking vintage cars from a wide variety of builders on the Lego Vintage Car Group on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/legovintagecars/ Thanks all for your feedback! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
