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It's a well documented fact that the Little Green Men were obsessed with claws. This particular anti-gravity vehicle was used for moving pieces of scrapped spaceships around a junk yard. It was also used for choosing who would go and who would stay, when somebody had to go to buy lunch.
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This little vehicle was totally inspired by a drawing made by Paul Adams for a machine for Jawas. Check out his brilliant artwork on Instagram or on Artstation.
This model was featured on The Lego Car Blog and The Brothers Brick: thank you!
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The first build of 2021 with the new great tractor tires. I really like that part and it motivate me to build this tractor. My personal highlight of the model are the microphones as bolts inside the wheel rim. The cab is is 360 degress turnable.
Most of you probably are familiar with The Lego Car Blog, one of the most important and popular blog for Lego car builders.
In the past few years my MOCs have been often blogged by The Lego Car Blog elves and every time with an ingenious and smart description.
In addition to daily posts about brand new MOCs from all over the world, TLCB launched in 2012 the Master MOCer "Series 1".
The series consists of a number of interviews to the worldwide Lego top car builder.
I've personally read all the interviews and they are really interesting and impressive.
Today is a special day for me because I'm proudly the 1th Master Mocer of "Series 2" that means becoming a member of the very exclusive TLCB Master Mocer family.
You can read the complete interview clicking here and discover my Lego-building story and other interesting news about my Lego "love affair".
Thanks TLCB for this chance and for all the times you’ve blogged my builds.
Keep it on!
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This shot is something I've cooked especially for those talented phrase builders out there, namely Tommy over Bricknerd and the restless elves from The Lego Car Blog, as a thank you for their support.
In 1933, British coachbuilder Park Ward turned Bugatti’s 4th Type 41 rolling chassis into a grand limousine.
The model’s size is about 1:25, following the Packard Prototype and Kellner & Cie. Coupé
Thanks a lot @ The Lego Car Blog for publishing!
Building Instructions available on Rebrickable
Back in 1926, this 1st Type 41 prototype combined Bugatti’s rolling chassis, with its own 14.7 litres in-line 8 cylinder aircraft engine, with a modified Packard series 8 bodywork.
Scale is 1 : 25, following the Type 41 Kellner & Cie. model
Many thanks to The Lego Car Blog and The Brothers Brick for blogging this one : )
One of Csikós's first vehicles, the Bismuth became a style and class leader equipped to outrun the competition. Features period-accurate front wheel camber, and authentic styling and coloration.
©2018 Chris Elliott, All Rights Reserved.
Many thanks to both The Brothers Brick and The Lego Car Blog for their posts and kind words about this build!
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In 1933, British coachbuilder Park Ward turned Bugatti’s 4th Type 41 rolling chassis into a grand limousine.
The model’s size is about 1:25, following the Packard Prototype and Kellner & Cie. Coupé
Thanks a lot @ The Lego Car Blog for publishing!
Building Instructions available on Rebrickable
This classic US truck is the latest addiction to my Model Team collection.
The set No. 5591, also called Mach II Red Bird, is the eighth set of the Model Team series, released by LEGO in 1994.
Bought for few euros in a flea market in 2016 it has been totally restored and brought back at its original beauty.
I joined the The Lego Car Blog REVIEW MY SET COMPETITION with my personal review of this set.
You can read the review clicking here.
Enjoy!
Red 52 was a heavy interceptor, piloted by the Blue Brothers. Powered by a giant Whatt & Pritney ion-drive and armed with four Keckler & Hoch auto-cannons, it was a formidable machine. History fails to record what exactly the brothers were trying to intercept nor if they eventually caught it.
This spaceship was featured on the The Car Blog: thelegocarblog.com/2024/06/01/barrelling-along/
My entry for the Festival of Mundanity, hosted by BrickNerd and The Lego Car Blog!
A Corolla was listed as an example of something mundane, and, since I own one (2007) myself, I thought I'd take a stab at this particular one!
This was a surprisingly difficult build, but I wanted to force myself to give it a shot. I'm used to cars of the 1950s and hot rods, so this one was way out of my comfort zone. I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out, though! I hope you like it.
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A Ford Mustang Classic in my version, which I made this to fill my wife's city street collection :)
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Here comes my 6-wide Lego MOC VW T2 Transporter. The Bulli has developed a cult following since its introduction in 1967, like its older sibling T1. Nevertheless it had originally been designed as the most mundane means of transport for craftspeople and farmers. The different versions buyers could chose from, with and without windows, standard or high roof, closed or open bed etc. were advertised with the slogan "Die Zunft der Vernunft," something like "the guild of rationality" or mundanity (?!), alluding to carpenters', roofers' and others' membership in traditional trade guilds. The camper version which today is the icon of #vanlife was just one of a number of options back in the day. Check out this excellent collection of historical ads for more Bulli mundanity: www.vw-t2-bulli.de/de-promotion-vw.html.
My MOC features front doors, a sliding side door, as well as lots of clip, SNOT and bracket work to achieve the proper shaping and proportions. I studied many of the excellent T2 MOCs out there and worked long on refining the shape as close to scale as possible while retaining minifig playbility. Middle roof section adapted from www.flickr.com/photos/brian_williams/14152867703/in/photo...
#FestivalofMundanity, #BrickNerd and #TheLEGOCarBlog
Coupe Utility vehicles—better known as “utes”—merge the practicality of a pickup bed with the comfort of a sedan. Despite the fact that they’re an endangered species even in the land down under, the birthplace of the ute, they remain an integral part of Australian national identity and motoring heritage. Many performance models like this one were built over the years, and they became Australia’s contribution to muscle car culture in the 1970s.
Thank you to The Brothers Brick and the Lego Car Blog for their very kind posts about this build! This project received the "Staff Favorite" award at Brickfair Virginia 2022. More photos available in the build album.
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"The judge, jury and executioner"
It judges you as it rolls up to the strip. It'll be your jury as it leaves you behind in a cloud of smoke. And then I guess it executes you or something for losing the drag race? idk I don't know drag race customs.
A demon possessed me and suddenly I had this rear bumper assembled in my hands. I don't know how either.
Huge thanks to The Lego Car Blog for featuring this build!
One of Csikós's first vehicles, the Bismuth became a style and class leader equipped to outrun the competition. Features period-accurate front wheel camber, and authentic styling and coloration.
©2018 Chris Elliott, All Rights Reserved.
Many thanks to both The Brothers Brick and The Lego Car Blog for their posts and kind words about this build!
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I present to you, my slightly modified '74 Chevy El Camino SS.
Dubbed 'El Laxante', for the uncanny effect of making the faint-hearted drop a deuce at the mere sight of it! ;)
This is my entry into the LUGNuts 100th Build Challenge!!
Participants were asked to pick a number from 1-100.
Each number corresponded to a mystery vehicle.
I picked # 74 and was given the following instructions:
"Any year Chevy El Camino or Ford Ranchero"
Lucky for me, 'stock' or 'custom' wasn't specified, so I had the freedom to give the old rig a few minor mods! ;)
Check out these glowing reviews in some of the Hobby's most respected media outlets:
Model Specifications:
Scale 1:27
Opening/Closing Doors
Opening/Closing Tailgate
External Fuel Cell
Hardwood Lined Truck Bed
Interior with room for one Belville chica
Rolling Chassis
Worked very long on these proportions, which now are really close to scale: overhangs, angles, wheels, windows, etc. Seats two minifigures side-by-side in front. Pop-up roof working with tent insertion. Camper guy in front represents Johannes Büchs of the German television show "Kann es Johannes?" (WDR), in which he drives around in this van. kinder.wdr.de/tv/kann-es-johannes/index.html
Blogged by the Lego Car Blog under "#vanlife" here.
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When I saw this car parked on the street some time ago it was not mundane at all, as it is a rare sight these days, and I did have to look twice. Through some online research I learned that today the International Harvester Scout (here version 2 or II of the 1970s up to 1980) is considered an offroad classic, often tuned up with big wheels, winch, bumper, extra lights, flashy color schemes etc. However, you can also find the original advertisements of the time when this car was new, and you realize that back in the day this was one of the most mundane vehicles around. It was targeted at families and/or people with a dog, like these two minifigs, who wanted to go on weekend trips or just use the rig to haul groceries, the most mundane thing to do on four wheels... I find it curious that International Harvester had once turned from manufacturing farm equipment to practically inventing the SUV and the mundane lifestyle associated with it. The mundane look of my bricked MOC version of the IH Scout results from a lot of SNOT-, hinge-, jumper- and bracket use. It fits two minifigures side-by-side in front, as well as a dog (or groceries) in the back.
I had wanted to realize this classic in Lego bricks ever since I had seen the one on the street but I had never been sure of its modest looks which make it so inconspicuous as a MOC. Now, exactly these characteristics of the IH Scout 2 stock version in an advertisement style setting make it apt as an entry to the Festival of Mundanity, I hope.
#FestivalofMundanity, #BrickNerd and #TheLEGOCarBlog
Apple Cart, Apple Cart, Guns of Eight.
How many Strahl have met their Fate?
Happy Maktober 2013 everybody!!
This is the Independent Mercenary Army's A-793 Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun; Better known as the 'Apple Cart'.
This weapon system was developed a year after the introduction of the Y-615 'Dollhouse'.
It is based on a heavily modified T-62E chassis and is armed with (8) devastating 23 mm A7 Autocannons.
As the 'Dollhouse' was known for being massively underpowered, this machine is anything but! It features a robust powerplant consisting of (4) supercharged V8 'Hammer Stroke' engines boasting a massive 1232 hp!!
I wanted to return to my 'Tracked Vehicle Roots' this year after the surprisingly popular 'Skinhead' A.F.S. and silly little KV-E MonstrosEddie I built last year. I've had this 'Apple Cart' idea rolling around in my head for a looong time, and I'm glad to finally see it come to fruition!! ;)
Model Features:
Scale 1:27
Rolling Chassis
360' Multi-Axial Turret
Driver Compartment w/Hatch
Don't forget to Check out the Blueprint!!
You don't want to miss the intimidating Propaganda Poster either!! ;)
Detail decals by my main man, Jeff (aka Cooper Works 70.) Military decals by Tamiya, Revell, and Bison.
Enjoy Responsibly!!!
See the video HERE.
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I made this for VehiJuly building challenge.
I always have a thing with a classic cars, really love it but I know I don’t have the patience and care for the maintenance, so a bow to all of you who have an old and classic car. Having said that, the VW Camper is one of my fave classic car due to it’s revolutionary weird (but beautiful) at that time.
Since I've bought the VW Camper exclusive Lego set, I always wanted to build the minifig size to fill my city layout. Well It’s been a year, and even I’ve sold my exclusive Camper, and with a VehiJuly building challenge, I think it’s the best time to built it. So here it is my take on a minifig size VW Camper.
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My friend Ben (MOCs & Stuff) have made an awesome LDD (Lego Digital Designer) file based on this. If you like to download it, please visit here (on the 8th post from above).
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▪ The front face of the car is inspired by: nuno2500.
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A modernization of the small blue truck driven by Alexia Sinister in the classic Adventurers: Dino Island set 5975 “T-Rex Transport”. The original vehicle from the set was somewhat of a blank slate, lacking any particularly defining features besides its backward-sloped grille and blue color. I preserved those aspects and fleshed out a period-accurate body style, with details such as a spare tire, flared fenders, cambered front wheels, and a proper truck bed.
More photos available in the build album. Thank you to The Lego Car Blog for their post about this build!
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A passenger minibus converted to a traveling greengrocer designed to help isolated citizens access fresh, healthy food. This is the second entry in my converted buses series.
Exterior details include LED head and tail lights, hinge-less sliding door, front wiper blade, and sakura livery. Removing the pop-out wall to display the interior reveals a store stocked with an array of vegetables, breads, cheeses, and refrigerated products, as well as a self-checkout, LED-lit entry step, and detailed cockpit.
The sliding door is fully hinge-less, locks when pushed closed, and slides out and along the track in the side of the bus when pulled open.
More photos available in the build album. Thanks to The Lego Car Blog for their post covering this build, it's always an honor!
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I finally reworked my Ford Explorer! I completely redesigned the front, sides, back, windows, and frame. I think it looks 100% better now and I hope y'all enjoy building it as much as I did!
In 1933, British coachbuilder Park Ward turned Bugatti’s 4th Type 41 rolling chassis into a grand limousine.
The model’s size is about 1:25, following the Packard Prototype and Kellner & Cie. Coupé
Thanks a lot @ The Lego Car Blog for publishing!
Building Instructions available on Rebrickable
This forward-looking “everyman” car from the postwar UK was designed with a uniquely British flair. Featuring chrome fenders and character elements, a distinctive grille shaped like an upside-down “T,” and a raked rear windscreen, it helped workers keep their daily commutes punctual and stylish.
More photos available in the build album. Thank you to The Lego Car Blog and The Brothers Brick for their humorous posts about this build and the peculiarities of 1950s British cars!
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Since its maiden flight in 1955, the Cessna 172 Skyhawk has become the world’s most produced airplane with more than 44,000 units made. The single-engine, 4-seat, high-wing aircraft is still in production today.
Well here is my latest build, the SPA TL.37
Will do a few more photo's later and go into the build it self at that point, as I'm not in the mood today/nor have the time. Still I have been saying that about more builds recently, oh well will catch up at some point I hope :p
Got featured on The Lego Car Blog!
This forward-looking “everyman” car from the postwar UK was designed with a uniquely British flair. Featuring chrome fenders and character elements, a distinctive grille shaped like an upside-down “T,” and a raked rear windscreen, it helped workers keep their daily commutes punctual and stylish.
More photos available in the build album. Thank you to The Lego Car Blog and The Brothers Brick for their humorous posts about this build and the peculiarities of 1950s British cars!
©2022 Chris Elliott, All Rights Reserved.
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This is my entry for #thefestivalofmundanity hosted by #bricknerd and #thelegocarblog
Happy Monday! Here is that much needed cup of coffee!
Had a lot of fun with this build, making a realistic coffee mug was surprisingly challenging. But once I figured out the approach it came together pretty quickly. The angled paper napkin was a fun little excercise in LEGO geometry
This is 100% buildable, using available parts and colors on Bricklink.
As always let me know what you think!
The Range Rover was introduced to the public back in 1970.
Combining the comfort of a Rover Saloon Car with a Land Rover’s tenacity, the early Mid Size SUV came with spacious accommodation for driver and passengers.
The powertrain with a modified Buick 215 V8 engine, Rover’s groundbreaking gearbox and permanent four-wheel drive system on long-travel coil springs made the Range Rover well capable on an off road.
Musée du Louvre exhibited an early model as an „exemplary work of industrial design“. Early models had very basic interiors, Rover’s Saloon Car features like power-steering, carpeted floors, air conditioning, cloth seats and wooden interior trim were fitted in later during production.
Like the real car, the model features a Technic ladder frame chassis on coil spring suspension and rigid axles.
The build is Creator Expert sized, length 39 studs, 14 width, height about 17 studs.
Thanks a lot to The Lego Car Blog : )
Group shot of my Lego WH40K Imperial Guard Collection
{Vision mists with tears of pride}
Top: Valkyrie Assault Carrier
Left to Right: Leman Russ Tank, Sentinel, Hydra Flak Tank, Chimera APC, Baneblade Super Heavy Tank
See Blogs on this:
The Brick Brothers: www.brothers-brick.com/2013/05/12/imperial-guard-family-p...
The Lego Car Blog: thelegocarblog.com/2013/05/12/warhammer-40k/
See full set of Lego WH40K photos here:
www.flickr.com/photos/legoadmiral2012/sets/72157632796394...
Here is the TUTORIAL VIDEO.
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The first time I saw a custom MOC bike Lego from _Tiler (Calin), I instantly falling in love, since I think all the pre-build bike from Lego are not details enough and don’t look like a real bike. He was kind enough to give me some tips on how to make the bike back then, thanks Calin :)
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A tough, all-terrain, 4x4 vehicle, with Power Functions remote control and an unusual steering mechanism.
After its birth in the 20th century and flowering in the 21st century, Lego building became the only hobby done by anybody in the whole of the galaxy. As interstellar travel boomed, modellers built more and more spaceships, based on their journeys. This phenomenon created an insatiable demand for greebles to cover the hulls of these MOCs. This was further accentuated when compulsory participation in SHIPtember, NoVVember and Febrovery was brought into law, 857 years ago.
The most prized of all of greebles were minifig hands. Fortunately, in an infinitely large universe, these occurred naturally, just like mattresses and ratchet screwdrivers. Limb trees on Braichiau VII enabled this planet to become one of the richest in the galaxy. The exports were heavily taxed and this led to a flourishing trade in illegal arms.
Before they could be taken off the planet, in ships such as the LL372 Phoenix, the minifig hands first had to be brought to the spaceport. Special 4x4 Greeble transporters were built to quickly traverse the planet's rough terrain, carrying refrigerated tanks of minifig hands. Ironically most of this packaging was unnecessary and was itself just a big greeble, that the designers thought would look good.
Llwyngwril Systems chose an unusual chassis for their machine, mainly because they couldn't find any other examples of it on the "internet" (The "internet" was a forerunner of the now ubiquitous sub-ether network). The Greeble Transporter was conventionally powered by an XL motor but was steered by two, large linear actuators. These were powered by an M motor. Many prototypes had to be built before a suitable solution, which combined good structural rigidity and steering geometry, was found.
In order to prevent dirt from flying up onto the truck's clean bodywork, the designers decided to add devices that would confine it below and clog the vehicle's fragile work parts. The experimental Mud Attenuation Temporary Tabs were built by Rowntree's of York. This company had become incredibly successful due to the need to feed the now infinite hordes of Lego Car Blog Elves with Smarties. It demerged from Nestle and diversified into automotive parts manufacture. Rowntree's MATTs proved to be a great success and were fitted to many subsequent machines.
The inter galactic trade in greebles suddenly died out 242 years ago, with the invention of the brick separator. Suddenly builders could take their creations apart and reuse the pieces, rather than just buying more and more and more and more components from the billionaire greeble magnates of Bricklink. The price of minifig hands plummeted and most of the 4x4 Greeble Transporters were put up for sale. Many were bought by the HALO Master Chef to replace the aging Warthogs used in his meals-on-wheels service.
Here we are, at the end of another year. 2018 saw me building a grand total of 15 new LEGO models, which is two less than last year. A few years ago I used to build more than 20, so I am slowing down a bit.
Nonetheless, I'm pretty happy. I think it's a nice mix, with some really challenging models (the A-3B Skywarrior and the E-1 Tracer) and, for the first time in many years, some minifig scale models. Some of the new models, such as the Pave Low, are comprehensively rebuilt versions of models I already had, with me starting practically from scratch. It's fun to see how new parts and new tricks can improve things. Most models, however, are completely new.
I attended a few events: Bricktastic in Manchester, BrickFair Virginia and the Great Western Brick Show in Swindon. For BrickFair I built a collaborative model with Aleksander Stein, which isn't in this overview and is another thing I hadn't done in ages. It won "Best Military Diorama" at the event. My Tomcat won best aircraft, which was very nice.
Several of my models appeared on The Lego Car Blog and this year saw me return to The Brothers Brick, after a hiatus, now in the role of one of their 'resident builders'.
My plans for next year are somewhat fluid, as always, but I am already working on comprehensively rebuilding two of my existing models and I am planning to build a few new emergency vehicles; this time from Japan.
Coupe Utility vehicles—better known as “utes”—merge the practicality of a pickup bed with the comfort of a sedan. Despite the fact that they’re an endangered species even in the land down under, the birthplace of the ute, they remain an integral part of Australian national identity and motoring heritage. Many performance models like this one were built over the years, and they became Australia’s contribution to muscle car culture in the 1970s.
Thank you to The Brothers Brick and the Lego Car Blog for their very kind posts about this build! This project received the "Staff Favorite" award at Brickfair Virginia 2022. More photos available in the build album.
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Another image montage of my latest LEGO WWI classic planes, The British Airco DH2 and the German Fokker Eindecker EIII in a dogfight.
This was blogged by The Lego Car Blog thelegocarblog.com/2017/11/12/remembrance-sunday/
This is it... your uncle's old car. It smells kind of funny and makes loud noises when it starts up, but it still runs!
My entry for the Festival of Mundanity, hosted by BrickNerd and The Lego Car Blog!
Fiat Multipla is probably one of the most atrocious cars ever made, It is ugly and mundane at the same time.
I made it in 7wide'ish and actually had fun building it.
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An ice cream and LEGO when we were kids would be such a match and for sure makes your day, I missed how simple things to make me happy back then :)
This is my first mid-term project, what I meant mid-terms is weeks to months project since all my past build are short-term projects (1-3 days max).
It's about 3 months since I started this, looking and waiting for the right parts, the right color, buying sticker paper print, designing the menu poster and the ice cream graphic. The experience and satisfaction a bit different since I can think and add more to the details and so on, and learn to be patience when waiting for the parts I bought *sigh...lol…but it turns out I do love this mid-term project method and will do more in the future :)
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