Whoooeeooeoeoeah! (Ghost noises)
Halloween approacheth, and in recognition of one of the weirder annual celebrations we bring you this ghostly creation from Marin Stipkovic on MOCpages. Underneath the Flinstone-esque bones is a fully working Truck Trial chassis, powered by the blood from bats and piloted by the undead (probably). Check it out here.
The. Most. Realistic. LEGO. Bike. Ever.
This astonishingly realistic creation is a Honda CBR1000 RR Superbike, courtesy of Oryx Chen on MOCpages. Not only is it the most accurate superbike we’ve ever seen, most of it works too…
[Maks] Russian T-34/85 Tank
[Maks] is back with another tank, this time a Russian WWII era T-34. As with much Russian hardware, this was sold to a variety of regimes and used around the world long after the Russians were done with it. Yay for the arms-trade. Here we see the tank in Vietnam War spec.
Biggie…
A double post today, from both ends of the scale spectrum. Here at The Lego Car Blog we appreciate models of all sizes; our Elves return to the office with a variety of vehicles, from tiny 4-wides up to monster Technic supercars. However, unfortunately for us, this week the Eves got into our secret supply of drumstick lollies and as such everything they’ve found for the past few days has been red or yellow.
We’ll have a think about what we can do about our workforce’s colour fixation (maybe force them to eat blue urinal cakes?), but in the mean time here are two more red and yellow vehicles, from Nick Barrett and Starscream Soundwave respectively.
…smalls
V8, RWD, Pushrod Suspension. Yup, it’s a supercar
Sjoerd Nieuwenhuis wows us with this epic Technic Supercar, full of the usual supercar goodies and taking inspiration from a well known Italian upstart Supercar Company. View it on MOCpages.
Zonda-esque Arse
Senator Chinchilla’s got out his big box of yellow plates again… and joined them together to spectacular effect in the shape of this Datsun 240Z. Notable for its bigness, careful detailing, lovely seats, bigness, many technical niceties, excellent shaping and bigness. See it on MOCpages: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/344722
A very American failure
Proving it wasn’t just the British who could design and build a beautiful car in the ’60s, wow audiences with it, and then quietly go bust a few years later, California’s Apollo Motor Company came up with this, the Apollo GT.
Powered by a 3.5L Buick V8 and with a sleek American-made body it should have been a success. But sadly, as is often the way, the skill of car designing is not always matched by business acumen. Apollo lasted just 3 years, with production totaling 88 units. Tim Inman aka Rabidnovaracer reproduces the coupe in LEGO to make it 89.
Rust-eze sponsorship before Lightning McQueen; a bit… slower.
After ages without a single Lego Car Blog Elf returning to the office, three arrive back in the same day. We were beginning to think there was another dog with a taste for Elf flesh on the loose. Anyhow, the third addition to our bumper-day of posts is this splendid Vintage Truck from old-school master Marcus Paul aka Er0l. It’s complete with Disney Cars-themed decals, chromed exhaust manifold and headlights, and you can view it on MOCpages.
Sydag’s plane ‘Furias’. And a tractor.
This massive engine, with a plane strapped to the back of it, is the work of Sydag over on Flickr. Not only is the aircraft rather wonderful, the tractor pulling it is a lovely build too. View more pictures at Sydag’s Flickr photostream.
MH-53 Pave Low
You can almost hear the thudding of the rotors on this mighty MH-53 helicopter, so brilliant is the photography of Legohaulic’s work. Built as a commission-piece, you can view the full set of photos on Flickr.
Better put your shades on…
Good things come in yellow. LEGO mini-figures for example. The Simpsons. The Sun. And this; Aaden Hughes‘ 1955 Ford Pick-up, which is very, very, yellow. So yellow in fact, it over-stimulated the Elves and we had to throw them outside. Still, they’ve not brought much back in the last few days so it’s probably a good thing. Anyhow, Aadan’s built quite a few cars, this Ford being the most recent, and as such he’s our current ‘Featured TFOL’. You can check out his work on MOCpages.
DeTomaso and Nick Barrett’s Ferrari GTO collaboration
This awesome slice of ’60s Italian exotica is a Ferrari 250 GTO, created by two of our favourite car builders; Nick Barrett and DeTomaso Pantera, who have collaborated for the first time. Check it out at their respective pages.
We’ve also interviewed DeTomaso in our new series ‘Master MOCers’, which you can read here, or by hovering over the ‘Interviews’ icon on the menu.
Every year Creations for Charity invite you to help raise money to provide LEGO toys for children in need around the world. This wonderful annual event gives you the chance to buy custom LEGO MOCs from some of the most talented builders in the LEGO Community. You’ll become the owner of a unique and brilliant creation, and all proceeds are used to bring happiness and joy, in the form of our favourite toy, to children who otherwise would not get anything to play with this Christmas. LEGO is the perfect toy for such children as it can be played with for years without breaking, without needing batteries, and without age limits or gender associations.
You can participate in two ways; by bidding for a unique MOC, or by donating a MOC to Creations for Charity yourself. The Lego Car Blog wish Creations for Charity every success with this year’s fundraiser.
Visit http://www.creationsforcharity.org to find out more
Needs a few dents to be really authentic
A slightly tired looking Mercedes estate is one of our favourite cars here at The Lego Car Blog. Why? Because they are probably the toughest vehicle ever made. After 15 or so years of faithful service in Europe many were shipped to Africa where they pound the awful roads as taxis, reaching galactic milages. Senator Chinchilla is the builder behind this one, and you can check it out on MOCpages.
Felix Baumgartner, probably TLCB’s Man Of The Year, entered the history books this week, becoming the first human being to travel supersonic unpowered.
Suspended 24 miles (39 km) above the Earth in a glorified kids’ party decoration, watching, through his fogging visor, the planet curve away beneath him and space creep downwards from above, Baumgartner stepped into the Unknown.
The Unknown clearly resented being stepped into, and sent Baumgartner into a flat spin, from which he could very easily have passed out. A veteran of over 2,500 jumps, control was regained and he got on with the business of accelerating to a truly astonishing 833.9 mph (1,342 km/h), or Mach 1.24. His incredible freefall lasted over four minutes, after which he deployed his parachute, reaching the New Mexico desert floor around 5 minutes later, and securing a place in history forever.
And as if this story couldn’t get any cooler, a LEGO mini-figure recently undertook his own epic descent…