_TLG_

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    Hello Lotus, James Bond and Speed Champions fans,

    The Lotus Esprit S1 is a sports car built by Lotus Cars from 1976 to 1978 at their Hethel, England factory. It has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and it was featured in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, where a car famously converted into a submarine after a road chase. The car used in the underwater scenes is nick-named "Wet Nellie". Building instructions are available on the following link:

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-178962/_TLG_/lotus-esprit-s1-007-james-bond-submarine-conversion

    It is a studless build in the new, 8 studs wide Speed Champions style. I wanted to create a clean model which is as accurate as possible in this small scale. I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, and therefore only two vehicle registration plate stickers are used.


    My intent was to keep the width-length-height ratio of the real car and this size makes it possible. The model contains lots of details: for example the black stripes on the sides, door handles, detailed tail lights etc.. Maybe the most challenging one was the front and the front bumper with brick built headlights. I tried to fill every unnecessary gaps and therefore some tricky build techniques are used.


    The car can be converted to submarine.


    The model has space for two minifigures with helmets or small hairs.

    Thanks for visiting,
    _TLG_

    53630502762_afe3f2380d_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 01 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631731679_bfea55b25e_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 02 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631394916_0471a77d58_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 03 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53630501972_ccdede144b_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 04 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631604033_1d2fb817a0_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 05 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631838915_625e2aeb82_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 06 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631839015_5cfb4735fd_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 07 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53630502322_5d80200930_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 08 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53630502427_0fd8fbdb6f_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 09 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631395636_668d67c0e1_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 10 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53631395736_46554b048b_z.jpgLotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 11 by László Torma, on Flickr

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  20. Posted · Edited by _TLG_

    Hello Corvette and Speed Champions fans,

    The Chevrolet Corvette (C3) is the third generation of the Corvette sports car that was produced from 1967 until 1982 by Chevrolet for the 1968 to 1982 model years. Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and interior were new. It set new sales records with 53,807 produced for the 1979 model year. Building instructions are available on the following link:

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-176144/_TLG_/corvette-c3-stingray

    It is a studless build in the new, 8 studs wide Speed Champions style. I wanted to create a clean model which is as accurate as possible in this small scale. I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, and therefore only two vehicle registration plate stickers are used.


    My intent was to keep the width-length-height ratio of the real car and this size makes it possible. The model contains lots of details: for example the front bumper, the emblematic side grills, the side view mirrors, the embedded tail lights, the fuel cap etc... I tried to fill every unnecessary gaps and therefore some tricky build techniques are used.

    The instructions includes some modification ideas, for example front blinker and alternate side grill, see picture 6, and luggage rack, see picture 5.


    The model has space for two minifigures with helmets or small hairs.


    Thanks for visiting,
    _TLG_

    53573176101_136126a950_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 01 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573617755_251ec26eb3_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 02 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573176006_3889d9cfd9_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 03 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573381243_bb5837f54b_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 04 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53572313872_3744c4fc2b_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 05 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573381143_9bae68590e_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 06 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53572313787_a95399768e_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 07 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573499284_2e6813b60d_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 08 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573617265_42c48323e6_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 09 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573175491_dcebb04896_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 10 by László Torma, on Flickr

    53573498989_798b71b93f_z.jpgCorvette C3 - instructions 11 by László Torma, on Flickr