Category Archives: Lego

Going Dutch

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The Dutch get erroneously associated with quite a lot in our home nation. English slang includes ‘going dutch’ (everyone pays), ‘double dutch’ (unintelligible gibberish), dutch oven (farting under the bedcovers before sealing your partner inside), and ‘dutch rudder’ (which we can’t write here)).

Whilst we can’t take responsibility for decades of English verbal tomfoolery, we can ensure the Dutch are adequately represented here at The Lego Car Blog, which we’re doing today via the medium of SFH_Bricks‘ excellent Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance in funky Dutch emergency services livery.

With a complete interior accessed via the twin rear and side sliding doors, SFH’s Sprinter is as detailed inside as out, and you can go Dutch via the link to Flickr above.

Trolley Dash

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Trollies are much like go-karts. Anyone can drive one, mostly terribly, and the handling can vary wildly depending upon the one you pick. Cue Domininque Boeynaems‘ marvellous fully laden shopping trolley from a well-known discount supermarket. The un-pictured pusher of the aforementioned food transportation device has loaded it sensibly too, with the heavy bottles at the back to counter understeer. Join the race for the shortest queue at the checkouts on Flickr via the link above!

What Bike?

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Sometimes the transporter is cooler than thing it transports. Cue RGB900‘s wildly modified Ford Econoline pick-up, designed to transport a racing motorbike. But we’re not looking at the bike when the truck is so deeply cool. Take a closer look at RGB’s photostream, whilst we trawl Bring-a-Trailer for old Ford Econolines…

Whatta Man

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“How many wheels would you like your truck to have sir?” “…All of them.”

Flickr’s Ralph Savelsberg has taken a similar approach to your Mom at the all-you-can-eat buffet with his wheel quantity, with over two-dozen present on his Allelys heavy haulage MAN TGX.

There’s more to see at his Flickr album (along with the MAN’s counterpart Mercedes-Benz Arocs that appeared here a few months ago), where a ginormous load is surely soon to appear too. And if you made another ‘Your Mom’ joke there, that one’s on you.

Mr. T

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Bicycle wheels, a Fabuland middle, and a flag for a scarf. It’s the little pieces that make the whole, and there’s more to see of _Tiler‘s wonderfully presented Ford Model-T here.

Space to Move

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Need to move your out-of-atmosphere ship across the planetary surface? Then Thomas of Tortuga has the vehicle for you! Capable of carrying ships like this Border Integrity Corvette, the Morvin Spaceport Tug can transport a variety of craft on its back, thanks to eight-wheel-drive and some of the largest wheels this side of the galactic disc. Head to the spaceport via the link above to discuss your ship transportation needs!

The Other Donald

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The news is currently filled with the economic shenanigans of a certain orange President, including the sudden announcement that – from next week – the cost of all cars not made in the U.S (as well as lots that are) will rise significantly. Because said elderly Twitter addict doesn’t understand that it’s not the seller that pays a tariff, but the buyer…

Thus in today’s post we’re featuring a Donald that’s the antithesis of his POTUS namesake, being witty, wry, warm and charming. And probably more economically competent. Feathered cartoon humanoid Donald Duck is at the wheel of his 313 Belchfire Runabaout, wonderfully recreated in 6-wide Fabuland form by previous bloggee Sven J.

A removable roof and flip-out rumble seat both feature, and best of all Sven has released free building instructions for the design. So in contrast to Trump’s latest executive order, here’s a car you don’t have to pay extra for.

There’s more to see at both Flickr and the Eurobricks forum, and you can get quacking via the links above.

Trailer Park

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This TLCB Writer is from age of the VHS tape, when you had to hold down the fast-forward button to skip half-an-hour of trailers before you could watch the Disney movie your grandparents had actually bought you.

But there’ll be no trailer-skipping today, because we have two of them, each loaded with items which are – of course – the reason the trucks pulling them exist in the first place.

Cue regular bloggee Arian Janssens, and this excellent (and very orange) classic DAF FT2800 and Asser Oplegger trailer (we think… our Dutch isn’t up to much), loaded with… um, things. It’s a beautifully detailed creation and if the trailer’s enticed you in you can take a closer look on Flickr via the link above.

Rather smaller, but no less excellent, is Keko007‘s Mercedes-Benz Actros and Faymonville Max510 trailer, hauling his previously-blogged Claas Jaguar self-propelled forage harvester. Some very clever techniques indeed ensure Keko’s model is mightily accurate despite its small size, and there’s more to see of truck and trailer on Flickr via the link above.

Gotham is Burning

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I know… Isn’t it beautiful?

Arthur Fleck, riding in a 1977 Dodge Monaco police car, stares out of the window in wonder at the disorder he has sparked.

Flickr’s _Tiler has captured the moment that down-trodden Arthur became ‘The Joker’, and there’s more to see of the Dodge Monaco in which it occurred via the link above.

The Hornsby Steam Crawler…

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…sounds like an English pub. Or a magical artefact at Hogwarts. Or a Victorian murderer. Or an unspeakable sex act. But is in fact this bizarre contraption from the 1909; a British steam-powered chain-track tractor that worked in the wilds of Canada where gas was scarce but coal was abundant, and the father of all Caterpillars.

Constructed by previous bloggee Nikolaus Lowe (aka Mr_Kleinstein), this marvellous brick-built remotely controlled recreation of the Hornsby Steam Crawler ingeniously replicates its two-speed gearbox and differential subtractor steering (which you can see in action here), with more to see at Nikolaus’ ‘Hornsby Steam Crawler’ album on Flickr. Click these words to murder someone with a magical artefact in an English pub, all whilst…

The Devil’s Lawnmower

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TLCB maintains that farm machinery is the scariest vehicular category there is. Take this Claas Jaguar-900 self-propelled forage harvester, which looks like a cross between the monster from Stranger Things and something the used to garner confessions in Medieval Europe.

Terrifying thought it may be, it’s a class (hah!) build, and comes from Keko007 who has teamed it with his previously blogged MAN TGS / Krampe KS 950. There’s more to see on Flickr, and you can take a look via the link above whilst this writer heads into the cute kei car archive to rebalance himself.

Recovering the Satellites*

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Plymouth is now consigned to history, a relic of automotive past, never again to see a new wheel turned. The wild bewinged NASCARs, early-’00s oddities, sentient killers, and of course ‘Cudas will likely endure, but the unglamorous sedans, minivans, and station wagons are already all-but-erased from American roads.

Previous bloggee _Tiler hasn’t forgotten them though, and has created this stellar early-’70s Plymouth Satellite in starkly-white Police patrol form. Beautiful detailing is matched by the outstanding presentation, and you can jump back to when Plymouths were common across America via the link above, or click here to enter the brick-built Plymouth rabbit-hole.

*Today’s title song.

Kramping Our Style

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This is a MAN TGS Agro truck, and it’s pulling a Krampe KS 950 Off-Road trailer, which can carry (and tip) twenty-five tons of harvested crops. We’re hoping the contents is barley…

It evidently doesn’t take much to prompt TLCB Staff to think about beer, so whilst we track one down (or several), you can see more of this excellent build courtesy of Keko007 on Flickr.

Febrovery Round-Up

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It’s the final day of Febrovery, much to the relief of TLCB Staff who are several lightyears outside of their comfort zone. But no matter, because the creations – as with each year’s event – have been stellar. We round up Febrovery 2025 with three of our favourites…

First up (above) is 1corn‘s ‘Woodtron Forester’, a cosmic tessellation with Toblerone levels of triangularity. Triangulate yourself to 1corn’s photostream via the link to see more.

Next we have Frost‘s ‘Space Van Life’ (above), proving that even billions of miles from Earth, there’ll still be a top-knotted douchebag in a van vlogging about their vegan lifestyle. Like and subscribe via the link above!

And lastly, as at the end of any good event, there’ll be some tidying up to do. Ids de Jong‘s ‘Kisora CT30 – Garbage Truck’ (below) looks just the thing, and you can head to the newly swept streets of an other-worldly cyberpunk city via the link above. Until next time, Febrovery…

Botlek Bricks

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We like bridges here at The Lego Car Blog, because… well, we’re a bit tragic. But tough – we’re the ones writing this nonsense, so now you have to like them too.

This is the Botlek Bridge, a vertical lifting bridge over the Oude Maas in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with two spans each as large as a football field. Which it needs to allow Rotterdam’s enormous cargo ships to pass beneath it.

This brick-built microscale replica of the Botlek Bridge – complete with enormous cargo ship – comes from Flickr’s Bas van Houwelingen, and demonstrates the vertical lift mechanism in action. Previously on display at both LEGOLAND Billund and The LEGO House, you can now check it out at Bas’s photostream. Click the link above to sail underneath it.