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MOC: The Hoonicorn.
For the complete backstory, click the picture below - trust me, it'll explain a lot :)
And no, this is probably not for the purists. Move on, nothing to see here...!
This is my take on The Hoonicorn, Ken Block's rather heavily modified 1965 Ford Mustang used in his Gymkhana Seven driving video. Which has 41 million views on YouTube.
If you clicked the top link in this text, you'll see that the car is now painted in different colours than the ones I've chosen to build it in - I chose black because that was the original colour... and because it's much easier to make the LEGO version look right in that colour :)
This is not a perfect copy, I'll be the first to admit - but that's partly because I didn't want it to be. Mainly, the proportions are off - it's slightly too long compared to its width (which is particularly obvious when viewed straight from the side), and too tall compared to a minifigure. But I wanted to make it roughly the same scale as the LEGO Speed Champions sets currently on offer, and it looks quite nice next to those.
Neat details include the rear diffuser, gearshift and upright parking brake lever (I'll reluctantly go with the US terms as this is clearly a very American car) - and, of course, the fact that it seats Minifig Ken, which was important to me.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store - but some I just couldn't get in the right size, so the '43' stickers on both sides of the car are hand-cut from clean white LEGO sticker residue. And because I needed the wheels in this specific colour, I asked Auri of Chrome Block City to make me some. Being the great guy he is, he agreed. The exhaust pipe surrounds, headrests/rollcage, and rear badge are from the same store, in custom metallic silver.
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MOC: The Hoonicorn.
For the complete backstory, click the picture below - trust me, it'll explain a lot :)
And no, this is probably not for the purists. Move on, nothing to see here...!
This is my take on The Hoonicorn, Ken Block's rather heavily modified 1965 Ford Mustang used in his Gymkhana Seven driving video. Which has 41 million views on YouTube.
If you clicked the top link in this text, you'll see that the car is now painted in different colours than the ones I've chosen to build it in - I chose black because that was the original colour... and because it's much easier to make the LEGO version look right in that colour :)
This is not a perfect copy, I'll be the first to admit - but that's partly because I didn't want it to be. Mainly, the proportions are off - it's slightly too long compared to its width (which is particularly obvious when viewed straight from the side), and too tall compared to a minifigure. But I wanted to make it roughly the same scale as the LEGO Speed Champions sets currently on offer, and it looks quite nice next to those.
Neat details include the rear diffuser, gearshift and upright parking brake lever (I'll reluctantly go with the US terms as this is clearly a very American car) - and, of course, the fact that it seats Minifig Ken, which was important to me.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store - but some I just couldn't get in the right size, so the '43' stickers on both sides of the car are hand-cut from clean white LEGO sticker residue. And because I needed the wheels in this specific colour, I asked Auri of Chrome Block City to make me some. Being the great guy he is, he agreed. The exhaust pipe surrounds, headrests/rollcage, and rear badge are from the same store, in custom metallic silver.
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MOC: The Hoonicorn.
For info on the model of the car itself, please click the picture below.
I ended up being pretty happy with how The Hoonicorn turned out, but I wanted to present it in a proper setting, not least because I needed to incorporate the signed 1x6x5 panel. This seemed a logical solution for that, not least because if you do a Google Image search for the car, quite a few of the pictures are from the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas, where it was on display in a booth with white walls and a floor with a pattern of what looked like two shades of gray and two shades of yellow.
So that's where I started, and then I added a couple of speakers and a microphone stand, a drinks table, some lights, an information poster, a trophy, a wall-mounted helmet (with a splash of appropriate lime green colour)... and a couple of minifigs, one being a fictitious manager and the other being Minifig Ken himself.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store - but some I just couldn't get in the right size, so the '43' stickers on both sides of the car are hand-cut from clean white LEGO sticker residue. And because I needed the wheels in this specific colour, I asked Auri of Chrome Block City to make me some. Being the great guy he is, he agreed. The exhaust pipe surrounds, headrests/rollcage, and rear badge are from the same store, in custom metallic silver.
I'm planning to add Brickstuff lights to this vignette at some point, which should make it look even better, particularly in a badly lit room.
MOC: The Hoonicorn.
For the complete backstory, click the picture below - trust me, it'll explain a lot :)
And no, this is probably not for the purists. Move on, nothing to see here...!
This is my take on The Hoonicorn, Ken Block's rather heavily modified 1965 Ford Mustang used in his Gymkhana Seven driving video. Which has 41 million views on YouTube.
If you clicked the top link in this text, you'll see that the car is now painted in different colours than the ones I've chosen to build it in - I chose black because that was the original colour... and because it's much easier to make the LEGO version look right in that colour :)
This is not a perfect copy, I'll be the first to admit - but that's partly because I didn't want it to be. Mainly, the proportions are off - it's slightly too long compared to its width (which is particularly obvious when viewed straight from the side), and too tall compared to a minifigure. But I wanted to make it roughly the same scale as the LEGO Speed Champions sets currently on offer, and it looks quite nice next to those.
Neat details include the rear diffuser, gearshift and upright parking brake lever (I'll reluctantly go with the US terms as this is clearly a very American car) - and, of course, the fact that it seats Minifig Ken, which was important to me.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store - but some I just couldn't get in the right size, so the '43' stickers on both sides of the car are hand-cut from clean white LEGO sticker residue. And because I needed the wheels in this specific colour, I asked Auri of Chrome Block City to make me some. Being the great guy he is, he agreed. The exhaust pipe surrounds, headrests/rollcage, and rear badge are from the same store, in custom metallic silver.
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Travis Pastrana jumps over Ken Block for a racer X Magazine cover shoot. Salt Lake City, Utah
MOC: The Hoonicorn (showroom).
For info on the model of the car itself, please click the picture below.
I ended up being pretty happy with how The Hoonicorn turned out, but I wanted to present it in a proper setting, not least because I needed to incorporate the signed 1x6x5 panel. This seemed a logical solution for that, not least because if you do a Google Image search for the car, quite a few of the pictures are from the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas, where it was on display in a booth with white walls and a floor with a pattern of what looked like two shades of gray and two shades of yellow.
So that's where I started, and then I added a couple of speakers and a microphone stand, a drinks table, some lights, an information poster, a trophy, a wall-mounted helmet (with a splash of appropriate lime green colour)... and a couple of minifigs, one being a fictitious manager and the other being Minifig Ken himself.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store.
I'm planning to add Brickstuff lights to this vignette at some point, which should make it look even better, particularly in a badly lit room.
Salem, Missouri –February 27, 2010 – Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino in pursuit of a fifth consecutive victory at 100 Acre Woods Rally. The team will contest the 2010 Rally America Championship in the newly formed Monster World Rally Team in the 2010 Ford Fiesta.
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MOC: The Hoonicorn (showroom).
For info on the model of the car itself, please click the picture below.
I ended up being pretty happy with how The Hoonicorn turned out, but I wanted to present it in a proper setting, not least because I needed to incorporate the signed 1x6x5 panel. This seemed a logical solution for that, not least because if you do a Google Image search for the car, quite a few of the pictures are from the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas, where it was on display in a booth with white walls and a floor with a pattern of what looked like two shades of gray and two shades of yellow.
And this is what it looks like from the back - nothing special, but there were some large surfaces that the non-purist in me felt looked better with stickers on them... and it also gave me a chance to use the sticker above the door, to bring some attention to the Chrome Block City BrickLink store, which it deserves. Just because Auri, who runs it, is such a great guy - always service-minded, and ready to make parts in special colours if he doesn't have them. Thanks, Auri!
Favourite sticker: On the door.
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