ER0L
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#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.
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Thank you! I'll install some more on my (still quite small) layout, but you must have a good plan first, it's not that easy to reposition them later. Thank you! Since there are quite a few superheroes in my town but only one or two supervillains they are passing their time between their rare missions by working as traffic observers or aerial security. Thank you!
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Thank you!
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It's true, there aren't that many interesting Lego gas stations as one could think - I'm trying to collect some of them in a Flickr group. Now this is without a doubt one of the very best Lego stations I've ever seen - which isn't very surprising since it was built by you. It's rather a sculpture than a building - I escpecially love the amount of SNOT work but also the colour scheme. Car is great, too. Ah well, there were times when people were able to see great architectural design by just filling their tanks. Those were the days ...
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Update of the PF streetlight: I didn't like the older version too much any more - I rather wanted to have something that lights up the road like the real thing does. That's why I omitted one of the LEDs (which is still there underneath the surface, of course) and turned the whole thing for 90 degrees. Another advantage of this setting is that the wire is hardly recognizable now since it runs over the front of the post. The whole thing should be taller but there isn't enough wire for that purpose. For the same reason you can't build two streetlights with the same LED set.
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Thanks a lot Henrik, glad you still like her! Many thanks, again!. I see. Glad you like her! Great shot, there's a certain similarity without a doubt. Thanks a lot! Okay, let me just add another pic (probably the last one) - another night shot (time exposure), now with water, too.
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Thank you, glad you like it! I'm sorry, but there is no LDD of the build, I don't even work with it. Since the thread is up again, I may add a new picture of the yacht afloat:
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Thank you! The design of the grille resembles the '71 model (which has double headlights). Proved to be the best-looking solution. Don't think that black plates would look good here, whereas cheese slopes or grille tiles do the job, too. Claw sounds interesting, will keep that in mind, maybe for another model. Thanks for the hint!
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Another famous Muscle Car: #9 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda More pics of the Cuda on my Flickr. Thanks for looking!
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Thanks guys. Even if the subject doesn't seem to be of great interest here I'll try to keep the scale problem in mind with further MOCs. There have been some questions regarding the Canadair water bomber. More on that subject here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=95522
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Thanks a lot LT! Thank you! Glad you like them. Well, the Lego train curves as such aren't that space consuming due to their very small radius which on the other hand causes considerable overhangs, especially on larger locos or train cars. Those overhangs need lots of room indeed ... I agree regarding the very small scale for Lego trains - nobody would be willing to pay the price of such a giant loco. Anyhow I've tested the loco on curves and also on switches, it is able to pull some cars, even without moving pilots. But since I don't have enough room for a full train layout (especially not at this scale) it will only be able to move short distances.
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Nice idea, those are rather rare in Lego. 8w is a suitable width for a large truck like this. However the wheels you have chosen are clearly too small for such a giant vehicle, you may want to try these instead: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=58090
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Two more pics showing different types of vehicles together within the above mentioned range: Although I don't use them for my own purposes, the usual road plates go well with all the vehicles, as you can see. Loco, crash tender, aircraft, monorail train, car. Though the scales range from 1/35 (sports car) to 1/45 (aircraft) you may combine the vehicles - especially regarding the fact that you wouldn't place them that close to each other on a layout.
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Thank you! Dukes of Hazzard are a great idea, however, since I don't use nonlego stickers it's quite difficult to get the correct design. Speed Champions are very nice as such, unfortunately they aren't minifig scale - but we may use the great new parts coming with them to build smaller sports cars fitting in a Town surrounding, see http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=108630
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There are quite a few of those BMW E10/114/02 in 5-wide. There's no need to cut the grille if you hide the lower part behind the bumper, see e. g. https://www.flickr.c...02/14090841145/
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Well spotted!
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Of course, guess I may add it here: This range (about 1/45) is much more consistent scalewise, but you end up with 5-wide passenger cars which are very difficult to design - unless you are as proficient as Mad Physicist.
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I'd like to add a photo that shows how to combine the two main minifig-based scale worlds ("City" and "Train") within the above mentioned range of widths: The American diesel-electric loco I'm actually building (still a WIP) is 9w+ (9w plus railings) which seems to be quite large at the first moment. But if you take into account that the gauge of Lego tracks has about a 1/39 scale and that the scale of minifigs is about 1/40 to 1/45 (various definitions) you may recognize that a 1/43 loco has just about the right size. The 40 foot container (35x7 studs measure, about 1/43) fits well in here, too, also the 7w+ truck. Of course, even the 6w+ passenger cars (about 1/35) are too large within this range, they should rather be 5w+, but we'd lose many design possibilities with that plus it would be difficult to fit the figs in - maybe one day that will be possible, too. But as a compromise this range of scales seems acceptable to me - a passenger car is considerably smaller than a truck which is considerably smaller than a loco. To be continued ...
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Thanks a lot LT! Glad you like her!
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@Gallardo: Thanks for the hint, I guess this is what you're referring to: @King Andy: You might want to take a look at Search Function's work, also an EB member. He actually builds very nice and quite small urban cars fitting minifigs: http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/96166
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Thanks a lot LT! Glad you like them! Thanks a lot! If you like Mustangs maybe this is another one for you: #8 Mustang Shelby GT 500 "Eleanor"
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Update of the Mustang: It was just a test how the new Speed Champions hubcaps in combination with the newer Town tires (like on the 308) would look here, but since quite a few people on Flickr seem to like it I thought I should share it with you, too. Anyhow I guess it shows the effect a tiny detail like a hubcap can have on the realism of a small Lego car - I'm very thankful for the nice parts car builders are getting from TLG recently.
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Thank you! I agree, but the idea here was to imagine how Speed Champions in a minifig scale could look like which are easy to build and stable nonetheless. Today we have all those nice parts - the 1x2 curved slopes which per se were a revolution in minifig car building, much better Town tires, now those excellent windscreens and hubcaps. For the first time everybody is able to build good-looking small and low sports cars for their Lego cities. I can tell that you're not the first one saying so! At least here's an improved version of the Gallardo cop car:
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I'd like to add another "City Champions" wheel with an even sportier look: This is what it looks like on the GT2: And here the whole range of cars until now, built within a few days: It was fun to build them and quite interesting to see what can be done with the new Speed Champions parts for City purposes. We can't use the SC cars as such in Town surroundings but the new parts allow us to build quite good-looking, very low (lower than a fig) sports cars - this wasn't possible before, at least not without a huge amount of advanced techniques. The "City Champions" builds you see here are quite simple and easy to reproduce with only a few "special techniques". Thanks all for looking and commenting, there is a new Speed Champions Alternates group on Flickr (see https://www.flickr.c...speedchampions/) - I'm pretty sure we'll see lots of SC-influenced City vehicles in the coming weeks.
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Is this your first vehicle? I'm impressed. Even if this is clearly no minifig scale (indicated by the sheer size of the wheels which are mostly used on large 8w trucks) you've done a great job in capturing the typical look of such a vehicle. That rubberband solution is interesting (I'm always experimenting with those, too) - do they stay in place like this? One suggestion would be to change the rims, though - they have a typical City look which doesn't meet the style of your truck in my opinion. Have you tried 2x2 round plates as rims yet? They'd fit quite well here, I guess. Plus you'd have a nice choice of colours.
