31006 Alternative
The LEGO set 31006 is a nice on its own, but it also contains some useful parts. Many builders have used these to create another car/vehicle/thing, and this one impressed us the most.
This 31006-based Low-Rider by Peteris Sprogis is a mix of creative part usage and classic studs-up building. To see more of this dream car, click on the link above.
The best 4x4xFar
There’s more to our title for this post than it may appear. You see, with the arrival of smooth Technic beams and smooth LEGO curves, which admittedly are far better suited to modern cars than the old square elements, something in Technic building has been lost.
Remko Kleinveld on MOCpages reclaims the old-school chunky studs-up building style with his beautifully constructed Land Rover Defender. And what better vehicle to build in an obsolete no-nonsense style than a Defender? Soon to be replaced by something sleeker, more efficient, but probably not as cool, it’s the perfect metaphor.
Starfighter Breakdown
Nathan DeCastro recently posted a breakdown of his fantastically smooth looking Duolos Starfighter. If you want to make your own version, or would simply like to expand your LEGO-building techniques, take a look at Nathan’s page via the link above.
Allied Sopwith Camel
A very excited Elf returned to TLCB Towers today. Excited because it was carrying two creations, and two creations means two meal tokens. So now we have a deservedly swollen Elf waddling round the building, and can bring you this pair of wonderful Great War airplanes designed and built by mrutek on Flickr. Handily for the unbiased nature of this post, each represents a side of the First World War; the Allies with an RAF Sopwith Camel and the Axis Powers with a Bomber Biplane, from the days when bombing involved dropping the explosive by hand out of the side of the plane. To see more of these fantastic creations click the link above.
Axis Bomber
New TLCB writers join us from this week! Picture courtesy of Arvo.
Following our outreach for aspiring bloggers we will be adding to TLCB Team over the coming months. Thanks to those who have got in touch, and also to all of our readers who have suggested creations via the Feedback and Submission Suggestions page.
Please do keep your suggestions coming, and if you think you might be interested in writing for us, you can still drop us a comment via the aforementioned page and we’ll be in touch.
The first of our new writers has joined the Team and started blogging today! You can see the fruits of their work below.
TLCB Team
Fiat 642 Maserati Transporter. Well, 98% of one.
If you follow the vehicle rules in the MOCpages group Classic Race Teams the results will always be good. Proof is here again…
This awesome Italian truck for Classic Race Teams, built by Lego Builder Jr., features the original Maserati colour scheme and some nice details and functions. It’s worth checking out on Flickr and MOCpages, and maybe you can help provide the pieces needed to finish it.
Small. And utterly brilliant.
We don’t often blog two creations by the same builder in one week, but when they look like this we felt we couldn’t ignore them. oLaF-LM is the genius behind this minute refuse truck, which follows on from his spectacular articulated truck blogged earlier in the week. See more here.
Insert Keiichi Tsuchiya for twice the awesome
This innocuous Japanese hatchback is actually one of the most legendary drift cars ever made. Toyota’s AE86 shot to super-stardom at the hands of Keiichi Tsuchiya, and then many others, in the Initial D Drift Championship. Light, rear wheel drive, and endlessly tuneable, the AE86 was Japan’s Ford Escort and helped launch both Toyota and drifting into the consciousness of motor racing fans worldwide. AadenH recreates the legend on Flickr and at his MOCpage.
Insert wheelie bar and aero package for twice the awesome
The Lego Car Blog Elves continue their unending search for the best LEGO creations on the world wide web, and today one returned from a romp through Brickshelf with these. MOCer tango-zero has recreated some glorious drag bikes, the latest two of which you can see here. Above is a wonderful Harley Davidson Street Racer, whilst below is the baddest type of bike you can get; an insane Top Fuel Drag Racer. To see these and tango-zero’s other bikes, click his hyperlinked name above.
A wheelie bar and aero package like this in fact
Full of Quarians. Probably.
Jason Corlett on MOCpages recently uploaded an incredible spaceship. 4ft 2″ of incredible spaceship. Based on the Envoy Ships in Mass Effect 3, his version uses around 4,000 pieces and took 100 hours to construct. See the full gallery at his MOCpage here.
Two studs wide, with the detail of six
We don’t get many micro-scale MOCs coming into the office. Mostly this is because the Elves have tiny child-like brains and tend to find models with big wheels and racing stripes and suchlike. But one did return with this today; a magnificent articulated lorry in miniature. oLaF-LM has squeezed a remarkable amount of detail into his two-wide creation, right down to the legs for the trailer. See more on Flickr.
Strategically placed rocks for twice the awesome
Oshkosh, whilst sounding like a foreign narcotic from the ’70s, is in fact a manufacturer of some of the world’s most awesome off-road vehicles. From fire trucks to military transports, Oshkosh’s are used the world over in the harshest conditions. Legohaulic recreates their M-ATV in desert camouflage , complete with working suspension, opening doors, rotating turret and space for four mini-figures. See more on Flickr.
Not a Unimog. Just as cool.
It’s Technic time; and what a vehicle to build from LEGO’s little beams and axles. This is a Mercedes G-Wagon, and alongside the Unimog it’s probably the toughest vehicle on the planet. Well, unless you drop the suspension and put 22 inch rims on it, but no-one reading this is that sort of person are they? Efferman has kept his G-Wagon the way it should be; ready for some serious off-roading. And although this version is made from little bits of plastic, it’s more than capable in the rough stuff. To see how, make a visit Efferman’s Flickr page.
THE poster car of the late ’70s.
This epic early Lamborgini Countach comes from Model Team masters the Bing-Bong Brothers on Flickr and MOCpages. Before the excess of the eighties diluted the shape with wings and body-kits, the Countach was almost an elegent-looking supercar. And one that paved the way for some explosive successors. See more here, and here.
Volvo Concept Articulated Bus (CAB)
This stupendous machine is a Volvo Bus Concept from Vibor Cavor on Flickr and MOCpages. Constructed using huge restaurant wall pieces as well as standard blue and white bricks it has a somewhat aquatic flavour. Inside sit a variety of LEGO Technic figures, and their mini-figure children, whilst underneath them LEGO Technic Power Functions motors propel the bus towards its next stop. To see more of Vibor’s wonderful creation check out his Flickr gallery or MOCpage at the links above.
Transportation of the future looks good. Weird, but good.