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Cadillac is one of the most glorified and recognizable car brands in the world, while being the second-oldest American automaker.
Before WW2, cars looked very different. They were tall, with loose mudguards and an almost vertical rear end.
After WW2 "Pontoon bodywork" was frequently used which gave the cars a very different look. The bodywork was surrounded by flat side panels and the mudguards were fully integrated into the bodywork.
The bodywork was extended, allowing the engine to be positioned more forward, thus increasing the interior space.
The space created around the rear wheels made it possible to create a trunk space.
The distinctive series 62 Coup deVille was one of the most dramatic silhouettes on the American highway.
The ingenious design combined with the comfort and safety of a closed coupe with the panache and savoir-faire of a convertible.
A car that stood out from the others....the proverbial taste of honey that summes up Coup deVille.
The cast-iron engine block contained a V 8 cylinder and had a capacity of 5.425 cc and an output from 202 HP. Top speed was 169 km/h.
Propulsion was via the rear wheels and was equipped with an automatic 4 speed GM Hydra-matic tranmission.
The top speed was 169 km/h and the acceleration was from 0-100 km/h in 14 seconds.
It is true delight to listen to the whispering 8 V engine, which is barely audible. In short, this extremely comfortable piece of engineering is a treat for the eyes.......
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I always wanted to have a dog who likes to go into the water, now i have one.
But Oli also loves to jump into every mudguard.
Very similar to the recently-published RTW in the same livery, this is the standard-width RTL. OK had ten RTLs, including two acquired with the business of Anderson (Blue Belle) of Eventwood. JXN 314 was new in 1948 as London Transport RTL 2. OK acquired it in 1958 and ran it until 1970 - one of the last three operated. Like most of the others, it was broken-up in Morley's scrapyard at Shildon. The livery was officially described as carnation red, post office red and maize. Model collectors should note the carnation red mudguards, which model manufacturers EFE and Corgi both got wrong (06-Jul-16).
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Looks are all well and good in a climate like California - but no mudguards in the UK!!!!
Ride this in the rain and you will be getting soaked back and front - and all the muck and oil you find on the road. (The back of the guys jacket bore testament to how ineffective that rear "hugger" is).
Down here in the "West Country" like a lot of Britain the roads and lanes are covered in mud, "animal slurry" and bits of damaged trees from the recent storms.
If you are going to ride all year you either need something more practical or two bikes.
I wouldn't want to own it but I would love a couple of hours on a sunny day.
Wellington, Somerset, UK.
During 1966/67 stocks of the CB450-K0 ("Black Bomber") were building up in US showrooms. To assist sales of the now fairly dull looking black only design Honda produced a special kit of parts for dealers to convert new bikes to this special "D"-model, the "D" stands for "Desert Scrambler". Consisting of tank, seat, mudguards, upswept exhausts and other parts to what later become a "CL"-scrambler style. This was the strongest 2-cylinder bike at that time with 444 ccm and 43 HP, DOHC, aircooled 4-stroke engine, 187 kg and 180 km/h. I imported the bike from Italy and only exchanged wear parts and the exhaust (rare genuine part), it has the original painting and chrome. About 30 to 40 exemplars exist worldwide. I cannot believe, that this bike is already 55 years old ;-)
Sleek, Low and Mean for it's day, this is a 1931 Invicta S Type Low Chassis Tourer with the 4 1/2 liter Meadows OHV 6 engine (strong and reliable) and very fast for it's day. The image is actually at dawn......
“Invicta Cars” was founded and run by the wealthy businessman, Noel Macklin. He was born in 1886, educated at Eton and then served as a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery in the Great War. He was wounded and invalided out in 1915. He set up the Invicta company at his country estate in Cobham, Surrey in 1925 with financial backing from his friend Oliver Lyle of Tate and Lyle sugar refining dynasty. He produced a range of cars that were modestly successful and ultimately launched the 4½ Litre S Type at the London Motor Show in 1930.
His goal was to make a car with the quality and reliability of a Rolls-Royce and performance that would better a Bentley. Accordingly the car was made of the finest materials, an immensely strong nickel steel chassis lugged together with huge bronze castings and fitted with a cast aluminium bulkhead. The car cut a low profile and at the back the chassis legs passed below the rear axle. The car was powered by the reliable 4½ Litre Meadows engine. In Macklin’s own words “the essential characteristic of the Invicta was luxurious speed” and he was so confident of his product that he offered a Rolls-Royce style three year guarantee.
The Invicta reputation as a sporting marque was greatly enhanced by the exploits of Miss Violette Cordery, Macklin’s sister in law and a celebrated woman racing driver and adventurer in her own right. She successfully undertook and number of record breaking feats including a number of world record breaking endurance drives on race tracks; 1926 at Montlhery 5,000 miles at an average speed of 70.70 mph and 1928 at Brooklands 30,000 miles at 61.57mph which took 21 days to complete. Then in 1928 a round the world drive that saw her and her companions, a nurse, a mechanic and an RAC observer cover 10,266 miles in five months.
The S Type Invicta gained the soubriquet “100 mph”, a big deal in those days, and the model was as famous for its performance as it was for its build quality. The S Type was launched in June 1931, a date best remembered in motoring history for the bankruptcy of Bentley Motors. In the wake of the Great Depression other marques were to suffer the same fate, including Lagonda in 1935. Very expensive luxury sports cars were hard to sell but Invictas remained in production until 1934 when the company was wound up. Macklin’s refusal to cut costs, build quality and workmanship contributed to the company’s demise.
Only 77 Invicta S Type chassis were produced and 56 are thought to survive. The standard coachwork offered was a Sports Tourer with coachwork by Carbodies. Strong and lightweight this very low, angular and rakishly attractive style has naturally become the most desirable for collectors today. The generous mudguards with their deep valances give the car an impregnable look whilst the long bonnet with the chrome exhaust protruding leave no doubt that this is a car with serious racing potential!, and with great style.
I wish to, once again, thank Richard Taylor for providing me use of this wonderful background scene (Italian courtyard).
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About the car
The Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 was always destined for greatness, being designed for the fearsome Italian Mille Miglia and the formidable 24 Hours of Le Mans, and being engineered by the legendary Vittorio Jano. It sported the 2.9 litre version of Alfa’s established 8C engine, said to boast 225bhp, aided and abetted by two superchargers and double updraught Weber carburettors. Bodywork for the model was largely provided by period coachwork maestro Carrozzeria Touring, who crafted the 2900’s stunning teardrop-shaped mudguards to the tapered rear. Over the course of five years of production, five examples, all made in 1938, stood out alone, from the 40 or so 2900s made.
This fine 1:8 scale model is based on one of only five cars built especially for the Mille Miglia, chassis 412031. The No. 143 car, driven by Clemente Biondetti, emerged victorious in the 1938 edition of the legendary Italian race, two minutes ahead of another 8c 2900 driven by Carlo Pintacuda. Pintacuda was on course to win the fabled race after setting incredible average speeds in the early stages, leading from the Italian town of Piacenza to Terni but, unfortunately for him, locked his brakes and lost position to Biondetti whilst undertaking repairs. After a gruelling twelve hours at the wheel, Biondetti was a worthy winner. The Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia remains one of the most sought-after pre-war cars of all time.
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Credit: (for picture of scale model car and above narrative): Amalgam collection
If you visit the Amalgam collection web site you will discover this scale model is not cheap. You want highly detailed quality - you’ll pay highly for highly detailed quality folks…………
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…………. so yes, basically I did nothing except put in several hours of my time trying to create a reasonably realistic scene. Perhaps I should have titled this project; “Shadows and Highlights” because 90% of my time was spent playing with various lighting effects within Photoshop, while simultaneously creating lighting and shadows where I felt that lighting and shadow was appropriate. Required quite a number of Layer masks (painting in, painting out, and on and on and on)
Spero che vi piaccia amici miei ………………
One model that's been on my list for some time is a VW-Bus (or Folksvagen Van)
Last year (?) Jon Elliott had a nice T3 on his stream, and I saved the pictur for later. You can buy instructions for 9€, or sit on your arse and do it yourself. The main challenge with this build was not how, but where: "Where did I put those bricks?!"
Colours are dictated from what I had available - black mudguards, orange 2x6 tiles. Changed the door to earth blue just for the fun.
Car Freitag No.36
Toy Project Day 2787
Bailey's General Store
Sanibel Island, Florida
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"A Ford Model AA."
-- Curt J (below)
"Attractive looking vehicle, I like the handy two in one sun visor and rain hood over possibly manual wiper or wiper-less windscreen."
-- Steve (below)
"That's a neat Ford stake bed. It's a 1929 Model AA. And, most of which had a single manual wiper for the driver's side windshield. It's probably up, since the windshield is popped out some for ventilation.
" It's a very nicely done, authentic restoration. These trucks, when new were only capable of speeds up to 35-40 mph. And, seeing there's no 'tags' on it, it's probably a piece they roll onto a flatbed and haul where they want to display it."
-- Rob ("worldsfair39" below)
Under the boughs of a great ironwood tree lies the southern entrance to the Dwarven stronghold of Khaz-Dukhan. These days, the great doors are usually left ajar to welcome travelers and traders and allow a cool breeze of fresh mountain air into the stronghold's depths.
Built as a late entry to NCLUG's June MOC challenge (theme: castle). I was inspired by some old mudguards, which I used to create the "zigzag" pattern in the pillars. Also wanted to play with some interesting color choices I haven't tried before, like the pearl dark grey in the tree and a combo of olive, lime, and spring-yellowish green for the ground.
Leeu 1A5 of the 82 Mechanized Brigade on exercise north of Kariba
The Leeu 1 was conceived in 1976 as a counter to the increasingly capable tanks being produced by Die Wêreldryk during the first half of the decade. It would go on to serve with distinction during the jungle war of 1980, its 110mm gun proving capable of punching through even the toughest imperial armor. It would serve again in the Great Demon War, proving itself yet again.
By 1992 the Leeu 1 has been superseded by its descendant, the Leeu 2. However, this tank still makes up the bulk of South Yafrani armored units, the Leeu 2's cost inhibiting its intended widespread adoption.
Yes, I did steal those new mudguards, how could you tell?
Has taken literally 6 days to get this vehicle to this point. When I decided I would reattempt the vehicle I obviously didn't know what I was getting into. Quite the variety of detail and angled pieces and small plates/tiles. But I present to you V3 with the understanding it needs to move on to V4, so C&C is absolutely welcome.
Obviously, the front mudguards are not supposed to be brown, I just ran out of DBG tiles, sadly.
In comparison to the previous model, two studs shorter in height, one stud less in width, and the same length. Also, I thought the 50 cal barrel was a pretty crafty addition.
Figured I ought to show you guys I am still here and building. One of my vehicles, of many, being converted to DBG. I'll have pictures of the rear up tomorrow.
Previous model: www.flickr.com/photos/53447785@N04/10718450005/in/photost...
What would have been really difficult in German, as we have not a single word that starts with Y, apart from some loanwords, this is really easy in English.
I had intended to use excavator shovels for mudguards, but could only find two, so I used half barrels in the front.
Oh, and the background is plain grey, only be 'normalising' the program decided that it's violet, and I didn't mind the contrast.
Alphabet Letter Y
Febrover-in-a-row no.223
Toy Project Day 3498
Finally have the chassis and mudguards painted, original type 5th wheel mounted - just need to paint 5th wheel mounting cradle.
Indicator lights, side mirror and a stick mounted on the mudguard to tell the driver where the mudguard ended.
On display at the Queensland Museum, this was an actual car owned by local legend George Kiprios who regularly drove around the streets of Brisbane with radio blaring with rock-and-roll music. The 1952 FX Holden was the first truly Australian car manufactured in Australia for Australian conditions. Over time it was the most famous Holden in Brisbane, loved for its steady presence and George's idiosyncratic customisation.
Call me crazy or daft, but I actually bought the 60257 garage for no other reason than the dark blue mudguards. Don't need to tell you that the roof of the 2nd house of the Bookshop looks a bit sad (and black) now.
I've taken this picture in January as we had a bit of snow, but that was during rovertime.
The model itself is the Mustang Shelby Eleanor by hachiroku24, unfortunately not on his stream anymore.
Toy Project Day 2045
I would assume Mr. Craig Callum's (@cforcraig) "Old Red" Ford Model A Coupe hardly needs any introduction by now, even if you don't know the real car, you may have seen it amongst Hot Wheels' new releases this summer.
Speaking of knowing, while searching for a suitable facial expression for the minifig, I eventually settled on this one and to my eternal shame, I have to confess I did not know it ACTUALLY IS the Lego representation of Mr. Craig 😮.
And one thing about the build — at one point in 2017, after the Speed Champions #75875 Ford hot rod set was released (yes, Mr. Craig had something to do with that), I've built an alternate of the hot rod using mudguards pieces — not because it needed mudguards, but because I wanted really bad to have that nice curve of the vestigial socket, where the mudguard of the stock car goes. There were no elements available to fit the mudguard under the curve of the trunk exactly where I wanted it and even the way I did it, I still had to cheat with bits of sticker to completely fill the gap. Well, now it's finally possible to do it exactly how I wanted it then, and these new curves I used here for the trunk deliver a very slender result, imo.
I was messing around with a new old razor parts, this. I used the banana part for the rear mudguard, and I think I've seen it somewhere before. But I feel like it turned out really nice. C&C appreciated.
Dan is the owner of Longford Coachworks, seen here finishing off the rolling of a new mudguard for a vintage care restoration - on an English Wheel.
A metal kit (or metal and plastic, honestly) that I've bought in our holidays in Lüneburg.
This is a canadian brand, so the screws aren't metric and I had to use the tools that came with the kit. There is not a single right angle anywhere in the kit, not a single word written in the instructions, telling you what to do, how to bend the plastic bits, where to be careful with alignments.
About halfways through I reached the point of "if it breaks, it breaks!" because I was so fed up with this pile of junk.
Worst part - yes, even a bad model has worse bits - are the wheels. They are fixed with silicone rubber bands on the axles, the front mudguards are way too tight, and the tyres are not even round, at least not as smooth as you're used to it by Le-go kits.
This isn't even in minifig size, so I guess it will gather dust in some drawer.
Toy Project Day 2524
Bike is an Alu City Star Comfort full suspension. I think the bird - a swan? - is a later addition ...
The designers of this speeder bike were so excited about its massive engine that they almost forgot to put a seat on the back for the rider!
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I wanted to build something using the mudguard pieces but without a gap where they join. There's a photo of the model split in half on my Instagram account.
I stumbled upon some display for all eleven official uni coloured spacemen this week - but who needs a static wall display? This calls for a rover.
This silly thingy was more complicated to build than it's worth, because I wanted all coaches to be uni and all the same. Hmm, yeah - my parts didn't want that. The only colour I could come up with 11 seats was yellow - but for the love of... uhm... anthopomorphic guy who created the world... I couldn't find enough mudguards, not even disassembling some of the 4-wide cars I want to keep. Rummaged through all my boxes, trying to find a 10th white seat - no, nothing. So now every second one has black mudguards, which you wouldn't have noticed without me telling you.
Happy Eleventh - still going!
Toy Project Day 2753
100% Lego. Scale is pretty exactly 1:35. The Ventoux might be called the little sporty brother of the Royale (built 2018) which wasn’t realized back in the day.
Quite a tough build, I nearly gave up halfway. On the other hand the odd wheelbase which caused some trouble actually helped make the angled mudguards fit in nicely.
Also, the 5-wide cab seems like it could serve as a blueprint for future vintage or classic cars (at least the closed ones), and probably also for more hot rods..
Thanks for looking!
Bob asked yesterday on the picture of the Citroen 2CV on the street, if that would me my next car, and I thought "why not?"
This has been on my secret to-do-list for quite a while, but I never came around to actually build it. Would have preferred to build Adam's 5-wide approach with 3-wide hood and arch 6005 as mudguards, but my Lego stash failed me at the crucial parts, so I settled for Henrik Hoxbroes model. Changed the front part, and the cabin is on plate higher.
Scalewise it's either 2 studs too short or one plate too high, but I don't mind. Looks good enough for me.
The warm light in the picture is the setting sun on the cemetery.
Toy Project Day 1699
My sixth entry to the Iron Forge 2025! Here, I used two seed parts (mudguard that has only one wheel arch) to create the pockets.
I won't pretend to know a lot about pool, but I know the black ball should go in last, making that yellow ball a tricky shot.. hence the title!
I would have liked to build it out a bit more, but did not have enough of so many of the essential parts...
Alternate title: "I ran out of bright green".
Held this picture back to celebrate my new rig with a 24" monitor with 1920pixel width (replacing the old 1280px) but I'm just seething with anger.
Having a "new" computer (I'm still only a guest on my daughter's old rig) and telling this stupid operating system that I have a brain and want to do things the way I want, not how some morons in Redmont think what's best for their profit, is really wearing me down. I'm four hours into this and still see no end.
Toy Project Day 3027