…it’s the way that you do it. After some of the comments about 4-wide cars here at The Lego Car Blog, we thought that we’d better blog one! A great example of doing something creative on a small scale is Grantmasters’ “Size Matters” hot-rod. Click the link in the text to spot the nice parts usage in the model or click this link to see where today’s title came from. Ah, Bananarama…
…a Mercedes Benz. In this case it’s a 180 Ponton, built by nameless_member. It’s been published on Flickr and the wonderfully named German website Imperium der Steine. The car is massive, scaled to Lego’s biggest wheels. Many Pontons were used as taxis in their native Germany and we can fit the entire TLCB research team inside this Lego version, after the recent lawnmower incident.
TLCB regular and pro Lemur Tamer, Ralph Savelsberg, has built this rather neat Porsche 911. The car features multiple stud angles and off-sets, flush door hinges, quarter lights on the doors and a nicely shaped rear*
*Just like your Mom. We must stop using that line.
It’s been a lean time for Lego cars on the internet over last few days. Fortunately one of our workers brought this Jaguar E-Type into the luxury editorial suite at TLCB towers today. Red Smarties all round!* Lennart C has worked hard to capture the curves of this classic machine in just 11 studs width or 1/18th scale. We think that he’s done a great job. Click the link in the text to see more views.
*Well, one for the lucky Elf who found the car.
The leaves are falling here at TLCB Towers and – if the tabloid press are to be believed – it’s going to be the coldest winter, like, ever. But they do seem to say this every year.
Anyway, there is a compelling argument for buying an old 4×4 for the winter months, or even better a cheap and tiny front wheel drive hatchback that will boing through the snow happily passing flashy RWD executive cars stuck up to their axles.
Ralph Savelsberg‘s choice for a winter ski trip is a bit of an odd one then. Sure it is old, but BMW’s original 635CSi is now a certified classic, making it quite an expensive proposition. It’s also powerful and RWD, meaning it absolutely will get stuck. But it’s also really, really cool.
There’s more to see of Ralph’s superb ski-carrying olive green BMW 635 on Flickr – click the link above to hit the slopes.
A tow truck built from a hot rodded ’32 Ford is a gloriously impractical thing, but it’s also – when built by previous bloggee Andrea Lattanzio aka Norton74 – totally, utterly and completely gorgeous. There’s more to see of Andrea’s stunning creation on Flickr – click the link above to join us there.
TLCB Elves only like two types of movies; those with robots, explosions and car chases, and those with Megan Fox in. Handily the Transformers franchise provides them with all of this, but Mad Max is a fairly close second, despite the Megan Fox shaped hole in it.
We haven’t let them watch the newest addition to the saga yet (the Elves are banned from our local cinema due a series of unfortunate incidents), but the late ’70s original and its ’80s sequel are regular fodder for the old TV/VHS combo situated in their cage room. But only once they’ve brought a Mad Max creation back for us to blog of course.
Today one Elf has been fed and lots more are happily cheering and whooping at the TV downstairs, because this most excellent Mad Max creation was brought into the office.
Hailing from the early original movies, Paave’s V8 Interceptor ‘Pursuit Special’ features Buggy Motor propulsion, a servo for steering, an on-board Li-Po battery, working suspension, and a whirling supercharger pulley.
There’s more to see of his brilliant creation on both MOCpages and Eurobricks – click the links to make the jump.
There’s a neat packaging theme going on today, and our second post takes this towards Alec Issigonis levels of cleverness. TLCB Master MOCer Sheepo has unveiled his latest model, and it’s probably the most technically brilliant creation you’ll see this year.
Underneath the gorgeous (and complicated) 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing body sits a chassis of mind-bending genius. There’s the usual Power Functions remote control drive and steering of course, plus a remotely operated 4-speed sequential gearbox, all-wheel suspension, all-wheel remotely operated drum brakes and working door locks. All that is squeezed into a model of just 1:11 scale, versus Sheepo’s usual 1:8, and it includes an on-board Li-Po battery, IR receivers and four Power Functions motors.
If you like quality engineering as much as we do then we highly recommend visiting the Eurobricks discussion forum where we found this creation, Sheepo’s own excellent website here, and viewing the delightful video below.
P.S. If you’re reading this Sheepo, surely this is the perfect creation for the LEGO Ideas platform? There’s even a partnership with Mercedes-Benz already in place…
YouTube Video:
The painted ladies of the Avalon play in the sun,
Take to the road, to the North there lies the chills of cold,
To the South there lies the tales untold.
But in between there lies the place to close your eyes.
And I will stay, I’ll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.
Tenuous link to a slightly odd British classic rock band complete, we can now get on with the car. This lovely Model Team recreation of the classic Cadillac Eldorado comes from previous bloggee Aliencat, it features opening everything, and there’s more to see on MOCpages, Brickshelf and Flickr.
After a decade making rubbish France’s three manufacturers of mass-produced cars have finally re-discovered their joy de vivre. Perhaps none more so than Citroen, who after years of automotive drivel now have a cracking range of cars on the way following the recently released and thoroughly excellent C4 Cactus.
Today’s find takes us back to the last time France made interesting cars, being a glorious 1970s CX. Built by serial bloggee Ralph Savelsberg it captures the CX’s streamlined shape beautifully and features opening hood, doors and trunk. See more of Ralph’s classic Citroen at his photostream via the link above. Vive La France!
BMW’s M3 super-saloon is still one of the best driver’s cars in the world. Over the years the M3 has got bigger, heavier, much more powerful, and much, much faster. But it has also become more electronic, less natural, and – although the YouTube statistician commenters will disagree – less fun.
This, the 1980s E30 M3, comes from a time when lightness, simplicity, modest power, and mechanical rather than electronic engineering created probably the best M-Car that BMW ever made, and this superb Technic recreation by damjan9PL/daminple mirrors its subject by going the same route.
There’s not a Power Functions motor anywhere, as instead the model focusses on Technic mechanics, with a working four-cylinder engine, independent suspension, working steering, adjustable seats and opening doors, hood and trunk.
You can see the E30’s full gallery on Brickshelf here, and you can join the discussion at the Eurobricks forum here.
This stripy porker comes from TLCB favourite Greg998, who has added another gorgeous classic racing car to his already impressive stable.
His latest model is a recreation of one of the most successful (and dangerous) endurance racers of the 1970s; the incredible Porsche 917. This example was driven by Herrmann and Atwood for Porsche Salzburg in 1970, giving Porsche their first ever overall Le Mans victory.
Beautifully built and decaled, you can see more of Greg’s stunning Porsche on Flickr – click here to make the jump to his epic photostream.
Volkswagen’s Karmann-Ghia (named after the design studios that created it) may have simply been a Beetle in a pretty dress, but what a dress! The Karmann-Ghia is easily one of the most beautiful cars of the 1960s – itself one of the most beautiful eras of car design – and this gorgeous Model Team recreation of the classic coupe captures the Ghia’s curves superbly. Built by Vibor Cavor and suggested by a reader you can see more at both MOCpages and Flickr.
Is this the nicest Town-scale Lego hot rod ever built? TLCB regular _Tiler is the builder behind it, and you can see more of his absolutely beautiful 1930 Ford Coupe on Flickr at the link above.
With working steering, bouncy independent suspension, a mid-mounted V8 engine, a two-speed transmission and all-wheel-drive, this replica of the 1967 off road racer ‘Baja Boot’ (once owned by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen) looks as fun as the real thing.
Built by newcomer Erix there’s lots more to see on both Eurobricks and Brickshelf – click the links to take a look.
There’s a movie out in cinemas at the moment that all the proper Lego Blogs are talking about, so here’s a post-apoc classic Buick from ‘Mad Max – Fury Road’. Yup, we like to stay on top of current events here at TLCB…
It’s (probably) our final MOC of 2015, so it’s somewhat fitting that Tim Inman’s Buick from the latest Mad Max instalment is one of the last vehicles left on earth. There’s more to see of this top-quality build at Tim’s photostream – click here to make the jump and get mad.
Classic American cars subscribed to the ‘more is more’ approach to design, and the case of this – Ford’s Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner – to naming too. This gorgeous Lego version of the classic Ford has been built by TLCB regular Ralph Savelsberg, and there’s more to see here.
Alcohol can make anyone look pretty, which is – as many a college student will tell you – a very dangerous thing.
Regular bloggee Norton74‘s superb replica of Tom Daniel’s ’67 ‘Beer Wagon’ show rod is so clean it’s like we’re already wearing a thick set of beer goggles, and we’re not even drunk (yet). You can chat up Norton74 at the bar via the link above.
There have been three Mad Max movies to date, and with the latest re-ignition of the franchise promising a few more films to come our Elven workforce, whose second love after Megan Fox in Transformers is post-apocalyptic violence, are very excited. The Elf that discovered this photo is something of a hero amongst its colleagues today then, and it has also earned itself three meal tokens. We have seen a couple of these builds from Flickr’s Tim Inman aka rabidnovaracer before, but they look damn cool together don’t they? You can see more of his three Mad Max – Fury Road vehicles at his photostream via the link above.
