Little Wonders

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Ford A 500w

In contrast to Doc Brown’s Technic Ford Tudor, which we featured yesterday, comes 1saac W.’s tiny Model A hot rod, also from 1932. You can see more of Issac’s cars, including his Dodge Polara Police car which we featured recently, on his Flickr photostream.

In the meantime some of the Elves have been looking a bit malnourished recently. The doctors suggested more oranges in their diet, so here’s the result. This mini monster truck is the work of LEGOLIZE IT MAN, on Flickr, who’s better known for his stylish spacecraft, with accompanying concept artwork. As well as a colour scheme and graphics similar to some of his spaceships, this little car features multiple stud angles and a pair of lightsabers as axles, attached to a chunky propshaft. See more at the link.

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The Tudors

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Lego Ford Tudor Hot RodBesides being a CBC television programme containing quite a lot of sex (and also quite a lot of historical inaccuracy), ‘Tudors’ can also refer to buildings of a certain style and, perhaps more strangely, Hot Rods.

We have no idea how a car can be a ‘Tudor’ (can anyone help?), but looking at Doc Brown‘s ’32 Ford Tudor we do quite like the results. As is commonplace in recent Technic creations Doc’s Ford is remote controlled via LEGO’s Power Functions system and he’s produced a video to show it in action that’s nearly as slick as the model itself. Check it out below, and see the Ford’s full gallery on Flickr via the link above, or on Eurobricks here.

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Bright Star

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Lego Star TruckNewcomer Re-Zortker‘s chunky remote control Polish Star 266 truck hides a suite of Power Functions components underneath its bright yellow bodywork and black canvas flatbed. See it an action on Flickr at the link.

De Tomaso Pantera GTphwoar!

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The elf who brought this in was so excited it took us ages to calm him (it?) down. Poor guy was panting… We can see why though; this simply stunning build is full of the kind of detail and function that the very best builders like to put in their cars. Senator Chinchilla is that builder, and MOCpages is your guide. Go now, and amaze yourself.

Escort Service

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Lego Ford EscortThe humble Mark II Ford Escort has become something of a legend amongst car fans. Built to take your mum to the shops it was thrust into the hands of rally drivers who turned it into one of the most famous racing cars ever made.

Of the thousands of Escorts manufactured not many are left today, most having turned to rust due to the era’s non existent rust-proofing. However the few that do remain tend to look like this one, being snapped up by racers and modified into rally weapons. MOCpages’ Greg Thompson, a newcomer to TLCB, pays homage to the motorsport legend. See more via the link.

Dub Club

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Lego Volkswagen Beetle and CamperThere’s not much cooler than a pair of air-cooled Volkswagens in summer. Legopard builds both Volkswagen’s iconic Beetle and Camper on MOCpages and Flickr. Like, dude.

Seriously Huge Investment in Parts

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Lego Ship GabonWe’re coming to the end of a ridiculously busy week here at TLCB. Originally when we started this humble website we envisaged an average of a post a day, but the last week has seen so many brilliant models uploaded that we’ve been publishing around three times this. Some of the more successful Elves are even starting to look a bit portly…

So, before we slow it down a bit next week we thought we’d wrap up our busiest week so far with something a bit special; VFracingteams‘ astonishing Technic ship, the SL Gabon.

‘SHIP’ is slang in the LEGO Community for a ‘Seriously Huge Investment in Parts’, and it’s safe to say the SL Gabon fulfils this, being one of the largest models we’ve ever publicised.

VFracingteam also very kindly agreed to an interview by TLCB, and he becomes the third builder to feature in our ‘Master MOCer’ series. You can read all about his Lego journey and the amazing SL Gabon ship in his interview here, or by hovering over the ‘Interviews’ tab of the main menu.

Unspeakably Good

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Lego Technic Pagani HuayraThis jaw-dropping Pagani Huayra was discovered on Brickshelf. Featuring a seven speed gearbox, remote control and a name we can’t pronounce it’s a true Lego Technic Supercar in every sense. Jorgeopesi is the builder and you can see the full gallery here.

Death Race

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Lego Death Race CarThe Elves were very excited when they found this creation today. They like cars, they like racing and they like explosions, so it ticked all their boxes. Porsche-building genius Malte Dorowski returns, with one of the stars from the movie Death Race; ’14K’s Porsche 911, or what remains of one post-modification.

Normally at this point we’d give a synopsis of the movie plot, but as there isn’t one we’ll skip straight to the links! – See more of Malte’s brilliant model on either Flickr or MOCpages. Just watch out for Jason Statham’s Mustang.

Banana Skin

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Lego LowriderFound on MOCpages, Starscream Soundwave’s ‘American Cruiser‘ is yellow, low and seriously smooth.

Tow Truck Thursday

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After the success of Tuesday’s titles, we couldn’t think of a better name for this post featuring Gabor Horvath’s “Tow Truck from Johnny English”. As well as being a good representation of a Metropolitan Police Vehicle Removal Unit lorry, this build has a high degree of “workingness”. Everything is remote controlled, including the speed, steering and outrigger legs. Once you’re in position, you can rotate and extend the crane’s arm to hook up that illegally parked car. You can see more photos and technical design details on Gabor’s MOCpages page or his Flickr photostream. Gabor shows off his truck’s functions in this nicely humourous video, complete with some custom built figures.

Pile Driver

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Lego Scania TruckThe ‘Pile Driver’ is something we’re all too familiar here with here at TLCB Towers. The Elves seem to have a good working knowledge of wrestling moves and it’s one we see attempted fairly regularly before a blast of the air horn breaks them up. The ‘Pile Driver’ is also a large piece of construction equipment used for, er, driving piles, and msbbanl‘s done a superb job recreating one in Lego form including a lovely Town-scale Scania truck to haul it. See more of the rig on Flickr via the link above.

Two Fat Ladies

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Lego Harley Davidson '88'A far more professional Lego site beat us to publishing this spectacular 1:10 Harley Davidson ’88’ by TLCB favourite Brickonwheels, however our witty titles guy is back (points if you get this one!) and it’s just too cool not to post here too. Featuring a chromed 88 cubic inch engine and a brilliant rear wheel choice – using two 2903 wheels with a wide tyre stretched around both – you can find full galleries of this incredible motorcycle on both MOCpages and Flickr.

TLCB also interviewed Bricksonwheels recently and you can read the transcript in our Master MOCers series here, where he shares his building techniques, how he got into LEGO model-making, and his favourite bricks and builders.

Super Kart

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Lego Racers SuperheroesFeaturing, on the best starting grid of all time; Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Spiderman, Cat Women, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman, Superman and many more! See the full line up at the Okay Yaramanoglu racetrack!

Virtually Real – Digital Special

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Dodoge Polara 1961

We don’t often feature virtual Lego creations at The Lego Car Blog. The Elves can be a picky bunch and usually prefer something more solid; something that they can really get their teeth into. We’ve tried to train them not to bite but you have been warned!

The 5th July 2013 saw the first birthday of LDD to POV-Ray Convertor. This software created a user friendly method to convert well-built and interesting virtual MOCs into images which look good too. These images can then be processed in Photoshop or GIMP, just like photographs of real bricks. Over the last twelve months builders have refined their choices of settings, achieving increasingly realistic results, and in this Special we’ll showcase some of the best digital creations and builders around today.

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Peter Blackert (lego911) has been extremely busy this month, publishing over 100 images on his Flickr photostream. His stylishly curved and chromed 1961 Dodge Polara, complete with a stylishly curved driver, features at the top of this post. Being made in LDD allows this car to be built in a colour which would be hard (or impossible?) to use in real bricks. Amongst the Cadillacs, Fords, Mercedes and combine harvesters that he has recently posted, is an Alfa Romeo Giulia in full Carabineri livery. These were the standard Italian police car of the 1960’s and feature in the “Italian Job” chases. Peter mentions this being part of his motivation to build this car. Continue reading →