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I think you've done a cracking job with this! I prefer four- or six-wide instead of seven (I think it just gets too big), but that's a matter of personal taste, and regardless of this it's a very accomplished design. I can see why you're not happy with the lacking door mirrors and the small doors, but the mudguards I actually think work well. For my taste, the rear design of the car is also a bit over the top and messy, but that's much better in the spider version. I agree that the exhaust pipes are nice - but a bit extreme. Regarding the windscreen, I agree that it could look better. But I can't think of any solution for that problem. I strongly disagree that making it brick-built would be better - in my opinion, a standard windscreen is hands-down better than a brick-built solution in every instance. So I'd go with the original design (it's not that bad). Now, what I think is the best part of your car sadly doesn't show very well in the pictures you've shown. This one, though, shows it nicely: The front design really is wonderful. The headlights are nice, and I love the alternation between curved slopes and headlight slots/air intake. That's something that you wouldn't have been able to pull off with six-wide, so it's very nice that you've exploited the possibilities. And I also very much like that the six-wide windscreen is narrower than the 'shoulders' of the car, just like it would be in reality. All in all, a very good effort. You should be proud of this one.

Thank you very much! Thanks! Regarding the colour and pipes on the Rat Rod, I can't take credit for that - it's the work of Polish Guy. The Steinwinter concept is fascinating - and strange - and it was quite easy to transform the design into Lego. And the Supercar was never meant to be Veyron-like, so that is entirely coincidental, and I didn't recognise the similarities until after I'd built it. But I definitely see your point! My pleasure! The first time I saw it I was gobsmacked by it as well. Thanks for your kind words! I didn't think of that obvious colour glitch... I hope I haven't mortally offended anybody :) Several airport vehicles are very similar to the Steinwinter, so I can see how you ended up in that direction. I've never seen any that's quite as streamlined, though :) Thank you! I very much like that people look at these models and find themselves different favourites. It's one of the things that makes it so much fun to build MOCs. Wouldn't it be nice if Lego updated that design? I think it's a good idea! Thanks for the comments, guys, they're very inspiring!

The bridge bodes well for your enormous layout. I'm really looking forward to more pictures as it keeps growing!

V-LV-43F to V-LV-44D, V-LV-44F, V-LC-14E & V-LC-14F Hello again! After having presented various MOCs and MODs in this (four), this (eight) and this post (five vehicles), I have kept on building, and suddenly one of my cars hit a special note with the community. It's funny how I can't tell which design will be the most popular one, but in this case it was my supercar. Along with that car, which incidentally is my s(t)igfig's new ride, I'll present seven other designs - most of them my own, but also a couple of modified ones - that I've uploaded to Flickr as I've edited the photos. The cars were designed with MLCad before I ordered the necessary bricks. I hope you enjoy the show :) 1) The Australian Sedan. This is the least modified MOD I've done this time. I liked the original, by Eurobricks member AllanSmith, so much that I wanted to have my own. The original (which this doesn't differ much from) can be found here. I've based mine on his white and blue Mustang version, with minor changes. The minifig is my stereotypical image of an Australian - no offence :) 2) The American Sedan. This is my own design - it goes well with the Australian sedan, but I've chosen a more menacing colour for it. The long overhangs are inspired by the big American sedans and coupés, but I also feel that there's a hint of the 1976-89 Aston Martin Lagonda to it. I was just snapping a couple of pics of it, and the owner didn't seem to mind... ...but suddenly he had clearly had enough, and the situation became a bit tense, so I decided to leg it. 3) The Rat Rod. This is heavily based on Polish Guy's "Voodoo Psychosis", which you can have a closer look at here. While he based his design on a real car, I didn't - and so I had more opportunity to change details, like the slanted grille - and the real reason I wanted to do my own version in the first place, was that I wanted to try to fit a minifig inside it. Apparently, the original has since been resprayed - which is a shame, as this really looks very good in sand green! As I was taking the pictures I discovered that the car looks just as good without its roof on. The owner is obviously a hippie. I really like this minifig combo! 4) The Buggy. This started out as an attempt to build something in dark bluish grey, and then I realised it could be a nice opportunity to use the printed rivet tiles I bought from Citizen Brick a while ago. It evolved into this design, which I'm quite happy with - especially the rear end with the exposed engine with chromed parts from ChromeBricks. I'd already used bricks from two different customisers, so why not top it off with a hairpiece from Arealight? The owner seems happy with his hairdo, as he admires the reflection in the chrome air cleaner... 5) The MPV Van. This minivan ended up being slightly Renault Espace-ish, the first, edgy version. I wanted to build a car in dark green, and it somehow turned into an MPV. The rear end is hinged for easy access to the luggage compartment. The owner is an avid supporter of a football team called Wolfpacks... 6) The Modern 6624. The original idea was to update a classic Town design to fit in with the more modern ones, and 6624 Delivery Van seemed like a nice choice. It's ridiculously stubby in its original version, being four studs wide and eight studs long, so the logical evolution would be six wide and twelve long. And this is the result: I knew the grille would have to have vertical slots, like the original. I managed to find original, unused stickers on BrickLink at a reasonable price - which is quite astonishing as the set is 28 years old - to add the finishing touch. The rear door hinges upwards, like the original, and the colour combination for the driver is the same as in 6624 - but as this was supposed to be more modern, I decided to give the car a female driver :) 7) The Supercar. Of all the things I've built after my dark ages, this is undoubtedly the one that has received the most attention, not least because it was blogged by TBB. The result was 12,000 hits in one week on my Flickr account (up until then, I had about 30,000 hits in total over my first nine months on Flickr)... and all that for what started simply as an attempt to build a nice car for my s(t)igfig. This one is built on the same 4x10 vehicle base as most of my other cars, but it's six studs wide to easier achieve the aggressive shape. I knew that it had to be mid-engined with a big rear spoiler, and the end result is pretty much in sync with what I aimed for. I'm very happy with the wing, which has a design I haven't seen before; the air intake and the front design. There is room for improvement on the general chunkiness - the car's 'shoulders' are a little bit too high - and I've also realised, after some feedback on Flickr, that I could actually have made the roof one plate lower. I'll fix that next time! I added some stickers to give it the look of a race car for the road. Some say he's terrified of corn flakes, and that there's a recharging socket in his left nostril. All we know is... The final vehicle I'll present today is very different - but after the nice reception my flatbed rescue truck got, you might just like this, too: 8) The Steinwinter. Ever since I saw this in an old deck of Top Trump cards, I've been fascinated by Steinwinter's wacky and different approach to truck design. The idea is, as far as I can tell, that as long as the truck fits under the front of the trailer, the length of the trailer can be increased without affecting the overall length of the vehicle. Here's a picture of the original: A Lego recreation obviously had to be six-wide, with larger wheels than the ones normally used by Lego in the City sets, and the choice of front windscreen was easy. As you will see if you check out this web page on the original, I've taken some liberties with the wheel assembly on the trailer, and the proportions on the truck aren't perfect, either - oh, and I totally chickened out when it came to the diagonal stripes... but apart from that, I think I've succeeded quite nicely. The truck itself is quite slick, even though the design is similar to a (streamlined) aircraft tug... A nice bi-effect of the colour combination was that I could use the magic wand from the Collectible Minifigures magician as mounting bars for the rear-view mirrors - without the white edges looking strange. I know the hitch is ridiculously simple, I was more concerned with the overall look of the model. The lights on the roof of the trailer are trans-clear lens pieces by BrickForge. And although the truck is streamlined, I can't help thinking it's somewhat wasted when there's a huge wind-stopping wall right above it... still, it's a fascinating concept. Well, that's it! And although I don't have huge plans for future vehicles, there will probably be more after a while. I hope you enjoyed my new vehicles, and I also hope that you'll leave a comment - after all, without input the output isn't likely to get better :) More pictures can be found in the Vehicles set in my Flickr.

Oh, no upsetting involved! It's just a matter of personal taste and preferences. I don't see anybody else complaining :)

You didn't answer the question, though. What are you smoking? :D

At first I thought 'hey, that's a really nice modular - with an impressive amount of detail on the facade, and a very interesting colour choice, one that would light up any town' - and then I saw the pics of the real thing. You've done an outstanding job in replicating it in bricks. Superb! I agree that dark bluish gray would probably be the better solution - it's obvious in that first reference pic. I see your point about the slopes, but I think it would look so much better with the proper colour that you should consider trying other ways to build the roof - after all, there are a ton of different bricks available in DkBG...

Nice! Although adding that Maersk truck pic for reference made me yearn to see it in Maersk blue... :)

Personally, I'm not a big fan of your numerous updates, so I generally avoid your posts as your creations go along (don't take that the wrong way - it's nothing personal!). Seeing it finished, though, like this, is great - you're really good at creating small-scale shops. I really like the differences between the various buildings, and you've really gone all-out on the interiors. Plus, you're getting more and more skilled with the decals - that adds a personal touch that's uniquely 'you'. Well done, lightningtiger - and good luck on your next project :)

That's a lovely boat you've got there! The technique used for the hull is quite simple, but works wonderfully well. Great job!

I like the chopper. I LOVE the ship. You really are the master of sea-going creations. Really looking forward to the brick-built version of this.

*giggling at hilarious typo*

A real good-looking ship, and I like the way you've done the sea - especially from a distance it looks nice. On a side note: This is the first time I've seen those new life vests up close and worn by minifigs, and I'm quite simply shocked at how badly designed this piece is. It most certainly doesn't look like something I'd expect Lego to come up with. A huge letdown.

I think it's a misunderstanding - in your fourth pic from the top the predecessor to this building is crammed into the corner. I think Pagan's under the impression that your new building is somehow the same as that corner building.

This is really nice - especially in that colour combo. Looking forward to seeing the rest!

You know, I'm torn between the love for four-wide cars/six-wide trucks and the obvious advantage of increasing the width for more detail. My own personal taste leans towards four/six instead of six/eight - but seeing that fantastic red/white car that I'd call a minivan, but in your scale probably is more a compact family car, I have no problems admitting that this scale can give some very good results. And the caravan is just about perfect, regarding both the shape and the excellent interior. Your bigger sedan designs don't strike the same chords with me, but I'll certainly keep an eye on what you come up with next!

Thanks for the positive comments! It seems my idea wasn't that far fetched (and this appears to be Australian, LT):

I really think this is one of the best trains I've ever seen - the train itself looks amazing, and it's so much like the real thing. The shapes are spot-on, and those colour schemes are wonderful. A lovely recreation, and very good (but still subtle) use of decals. The carriages, too, are just fantastic. Very inspiring!

Hi there! I hope this can stay in the Town section rather than being moved to Licensed - after all, the modification I've done is to make it fit among other Town vehicles. When I saw the first pictures of 8486 Mack's Team Truck, I thought 'that looks like it could be roughly minifig scale'. So I bought one with the intention of modifying it to accommodate a minifig. My idea was to turn it into a truck that could be used in a Town setting, with the purpose of promoting the Cars movies to the Town inhabitants. Here's the original set, which you're probably all familiar with: After fiddling around a bit with the design in MLCad, the solution I decided to go for was to move the windscreen one stud forward to make room for the driver in the cabin. Then I added doors and cut the stickers to fit around the door handles. I also added lights to the truck and the trailer, but apart from the original rear "lights" on the trailer, I kept all the stickers, to add to the impression that it's really a full-scale version of Mack from the movies. I also tried to make a Rust·eze sticker to fit the driver's baseball cap - but that turned out to be a real pain because it was so small. Doesn't look too bad, though. I'm a bit surprised that I haven't seen anybody else try this thus far. But anyway - this is the result of my experiment: The driver's letting Lightning McQueen out from his hiding place: Naturally, some kids gather round to have a look at the full-scale replica of their movie hero... ...but these kids aren't as harmless as they look, as the driver brutally found out. I thought this was a proper way to celebrate my knighthood! Yay, 500 posts! Hope you like it :) Higher resolution pictures can be found in my Flickr, feel free to have a look around!

Oooh. That's how it all begins. Prepare for a lot of fun and some big dents in your wallet... :)

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This is wonderful! The colour combination is lovely, I really like what you've done around the entrance, that garden is lush and lovely, the bay window is very well done - and the tiling in opposite directions leading to the door is a neat touch. I agree, though, that the red parts of the bushes look out of place. Really looking forward to pictures of your bigger house!

I agree - this is a very nice modification, and from what I can see (the angle is a bit awkward) the ground floor interior looks very good. I do think the exterior would look even better, though, if you had mirrored one of the buildings. That way they'd fit better together.

Some very nice work here - in particular your café stands out to me. And the tram is very well made. Good job!

Great work - again! Like the others have said, the colour combinations work very well and the roof on that tower is perfect. I also like the balcony out back on the top floor, and it's an excellent idea to have a bit of glass and steel to break up the classic architecture of the other facades. Well done. Too small for stairs? Come on! Try my solution! :)