Hoexbroe

Hi all, Today I set out to make a suitable buddy-icon, avatar, sig-fig, -or whatever you call it... After some thinking and playing around, I came up with this; I call it "LEGO²" becuause it is Lego made in... Lego! The wooden duck was actually one of the first toys made by the Lego company, around the year 1930. The construction is a little rough, but I thik it looks good in 100x100 pixels...

How is this project coming along? I found this post, while serching for Lluis Gibert, whose presence I miss very much in HispaLUG, but going to www.eurolug.eu just yields an event-calender and very little else. Anybody has the heads up on this project? (of course, with 3 events a year I could never apply for this LUG, but I´m just interessted in information... :-)

Thanks, and thank you also for your suggestions! The James Mathis solutions dont work for me; Looks too small; may be well suited for 6-wide trains though. Yours is better; I think the solution must be with minifig hands and hoses. Unfortunatly I have none to spare. Will get! Thanks. I certainly share your opinion; I would never do a 6-wide train. I will also go for 1:45, but I think 7-wide will be a better comprimise overall. With parts sticking out, my MOC is actually 10-wide, but I dont think that is the right way to meassure it...

Thanks a lot! -And thanks for the frontpage. :blush: I am very surprised about that, as this was really just a test-bench. (being my first train et al) There are no "Hobby Train" parts in teh MOC, but Santa DID drop a couple of Toy Story 3 Trains into the chimney! -So those are the only dedicated train-parts I have (many more already on order, though! ;-) This test showed me that -although comfortable to build in, 8-wide is rather unpractical for running Lego-trains. Also I got a feeling for what new special parts will be needed in my vault. So, I will be BACKKKKK! BTW: The colour-scheme is totally authentic! -NOT SO for the swiss crocodile from the Hobby Tran set, which should be either green or brown. Okay, thanks. Good thing that the forum automatically resizes them. I didnt notice that until after struggling with the size...

Okay, thank you. Yes, I´ve read that message. Unfortunatly there are no instructions for the MOC (or any of my MOCs for that sake). I dont use LDRAW (or any other computer-aided design for that matter).

You are absolutly right! The wheels are a tad small. I would love to have a collection of BBB whells, and I suppose some day I will order some. But this is my first Lego train, and I have discovered several other shortcomings in my vault. ;-) I live in europe, and I suppose ordering the BBB wheels will be quite expensive. Yeah, I did want to do that design, but only own two 44´s. Anyway that would not make de design finer, which is what I want. I found the perfect panto on Flickr, made by Spacepirate; nice panto. -But I dont have any of the pieces he uses...

A qorgeous build! Fantastic! Very good engineering of the pivoting parts and mechanical funcion in general. Thanks for the thorough presentation with detailed photos, which has given me lots of things to think about.

Thanks for the comments, all of you! Well, I´m sorry to say that I have not seen the message you refer to. Could you give me a link or something? Thank you in advance!

Hello, This is my first MOC in 2011, and also my first Lego train MOC. (Thanks to Santa for the train-stuff!) Oversized Image 1 This is an 8-wide (=exact 1:45 scale) reproduction of the heavy austrian electric freight locomotive. It is exact minifig scale, although MUCH BIGGER than the typical skinny standard 6-wide Lego trains. Oversized Image 2 View of roof details; Oversized Image 3 View of pantograph details; Oversized Image 4 This is the part I am least satisfied with. Can somebody link to a better construction? Some details; Oversized Image 5 Notice the snot for the cabin and the red light just under the roof... The loco is articulated in order to navigate the tight standard Lego track curves; Oversized Image 6 Oversized Image 7 Notice how the gap between the articualted parts remains more or less "filled", for mroe aestethic running. This took quite some effort, and articulation in several degrees og the underparts. (i.e. it is NOT just a hingeplate in each end...) BTW; Here is a short video showing the curve-running; Video on FLickr Oversized Image 8 The driver says "Gruess Gott"... PS: I´m very sorry about the big pictures. Havent found out how to control the visualization size from Brickshelf to posts in this forum. Tags like "width" and "height" doesnt seem to work¿?

Thanks to all of you for the nice comments! Try looking here; http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hoexbroe/Ebeltoft/dsc04320r.jpg and here; http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hoexbroe/Ebeltoft/dsc04326.jpg The tree was a test. Basically trying to use the method for the texturing of the lower walls of the building. It turned out to be quite piece-intensive and I dont have much brown or green stuff... Notice also the brick-build owl overseeing the area... ;-)

I love the mark of the oil-spill. I have one exactly like it in the basement grarage...

Wow... What can I say... THANKS! Thanks. I´m danish, but living in Spain now. My grandparents had a summerhouse in Ebeltoft for many years. I´ve been there (inside also) in person.

My last MOC of the year 2010; This building was constructed in the year 1789, and is today a museum. The typical tourist photo... Note the 4-plate-wide upper windows... I did not have much information about the back side of the building, so some details might be wrong, but generally this a pretty exact reproduction. The bell tower is actually octagonal in real life, so perfect for Lego representation! Many more photos in Brickshelf http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=456668 Or on Flickr; http://www.flickr.com/photos/hxmiesa/sets/72157625589265127/with/5309362347/ I hope you like it. Comments welcome. and... HAPPY NEW YEAR to everybody!

Really cute!

Thanks for your words and suggestions! Railings with hoses would look out of place on this old sailingship. Actually I quite LIKE the use of flagpoles here. Slopes of 3 and 4 are already used in the red hull part, near the middle. In either way, lots of improvement of the hull-technique is still possible. I have yet to see somebody else use this method. I´m trying to improve it on every new MOC. You must google the net for pictures of Cutty Sark. I can tell you that there are thousands. (After all, it´s one of the most famous ships in the world...) Unfortunatly this MOC does not have an interior.

Fantastic achievement. Congratulations! Many good and clean details.

Thanks! Well, this one is less piece-intensive than the paddle-steamer, but still I think it runs close to 10000 pieces. It´s just an guestimate, -and I´m not very good at it ;-)

I agree. As the majority of the Lego community does NOT speak spanish, EVERY time the Hispabrick Magazine is referred to, it should be accompanied by a note like this; Hispabrick Magazine (in english). -To help remove any doubt.

@all; Thanks for the words! @Zepher + KielDaMan; Cool! Who do I have to kill to achieve that¿? @lightningtiger; If it´s in the wrong category, I hope a moderator will move it. Anyway the ship is not a pirate- or war-ship. The most glorious thing it ever did was haul tea and wool. @carnybaby; Sails cant be unfurled, sorry. It looks wonderfull with full sails and the wind in the back, but that cant really be recreated on a static display. (I dont like the dull hanging sails you see on some models...)

Hi all, Allow me to present my latest MOC; The famous clipper Cutty Sark in minifig-scale prepared specifically for the Hispabrick 2010 LEGO-fan reunion in Terrassa (Barcelona). The MOC is 163cm long and 97cm tall. The scale is 1:50 (minifig-scale). The techniques used here are similar to the ones used to make the ocean-explorer Calypso; Curved hull and bottom made of slopes. Decks mounted sideways. Credit; Idea of using technic pins at ratlines anchorage is from Captain Green Hair. Me, showing off the MOC to fellow FOL´s at Hispabrick 2010 in Barcelona. I hope you like it. Comments welcome!

Hi all, This is my newest MOC; -or maybe better in "Old School" colours; Everything opens; Legendary Big Block engne; Full leather interior (only one previous owner, low milage, etc...); Side-view; Grrrr! Night sight; What everybody else will see; I hope you liked it. Thanks for watching. Comments welcome. (I hope I am in the right sub-forum¿?)

Very interresting project! You´ve done a nice and original job.

Very interessting! Thanks for sharing! I dont think I´ve ever seen a Modulex MOC before. -Although I did play with a friends Modulex when I was a child. (In the 70'ies)

Hi everybody, Allow me to make my first persentation on the EuroBricks forum; The famous "Puente Colgante" (=hanging/suspended bridge) close to Bilbao, on the spanish north coast. Vizcaya Bridge is the oldest hanging transporter bridge in the world. It was built in 1893 and designed by Alberto de Palacio, one of Gustave Eiffel's disciples. I´ve crossed it several times myself, as my wife is from the town where it is located. It also forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage. This model is in scale 1:300 (more or less) The two towers are made with layered bricks, curved in two different directions, in an attempt to capture teh slim look of teh original. After several attemps I decided to try to approach the "clean" style often used in the Lego "Architecture" line. (Although I prefer not to show too many studs...) El transbordador de coches; The suspended cars- and people transporter. Nano-scale! --- I hope you like it. Comments welcome. Have a nice summer!

Thanks a lot! :-))) Well, I AM tempted to do a presentation here, but as this is an older MOC (>1 year) and that it already has a very thorough presentation on MOCpages (inclduing a look into the construction), is long gone presented on Flickr and Brickshelf, -and was featured in the the Hispabrick 006 magazine (english language!) link, -Then I dont think it is new enough for Eurobricks. (I will of course present anything new I might come up with, here on this site ;-) )