Tag Archives: 4×4

Lego Landie

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Lego Land Rover Series 1The Lego Car Blog Elves continue their never-ending* search for the web’s best Lego vehicles, and today it was Brickshelf‘s turn to yield a model worth publicising.

This marvellous Technic Land Rover Series 1 is the work of Tamas Juhasz aka mbmc137, who has recreated the world-famous 4×4 from a mix of LEGO plates and Technic beams.

Under the lightweight bodywork is a LEGO RC Buggy Motor and a 4-speed gearbox of Tamas’ own design, giving his Land Rover some pretty decent off-road abilities. See the Series 1 in action on YouTube, and check out the full Brickshelf gallery via the link above.

*Unless we get bored of blogging and stop feeding them.

Hump Day Rally Special

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Lego Lancia Delta IntegraleWhat with it being Hump Day (Wednesday is the ‘hump’ of the week) we thought we’d find a tenuous link to vehicles good over humps, and nothing is better than a rally car when things get humpy.

Both today’s rally cars use LEGO’s excellent RC components to give them drive and steering, both are legends in their own right, but they come from very different rallying eras.

First up (above) is a breathtakingly brilliant Lancia Delta Integrale by Tiago C on Brickshelf. The Delta won an astonishing 46 World Rallies, taking Lancia to six consecutive World Championships and a record which remains to this day.

Next we have one of the new stars of the World Rally and Rally-Cross Championships, Ford’s monster Fiesta, in -as it happens- Monster energy drink livery. The work of Piterx, you can see more photos and join the discussion on Eurobricks.

Lego Technic Ford Fiesta WRCAnd finally, the only thing that gets close to a rally car over the rough stuff is a trial truck. They may be slow, but the humps they can clear are truly enormous. So as a Hump Day bonus here’s Jorge Garcia‘s Tatra Kolos 8×8, also featuring remote control, clearing two humps. You can see the full gallery of the 8×8 in action on MOCpages.

Lego Tatra 8x8

4x4x5

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Lego Land RoverCamo Land Rovers are cool. And that’s all we need to post Mortal Swordsman’s 5-wide version here at TLCB. See more on MOCpages.

Operation Herrick

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Lego British ArmyWith the UK recently announcing final plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and phase control to the new Afghan Government today seems appropriate to publish Simon T James‘ superb Lego versions of the British Army Jackal, Foxhound and Mastiff. See more on Flickr.

 

Blog(s) of the Month – Thirdwigg and 1nxtmonster

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Lego Technic Power FunctionsIt’s time for the welcome return of the Group/Blog of the Month segment here at The Lego Car Blog! By ‘Month’ we actually mean ‘However long it until we write another one of these’, but we’re mavericks, and follow no-one’s rules. Not even our own.

This time we’ve decided to publicise a pair of grass-roots blogs created by two of our readers, both of which share designs and expertise in LEGO’s superb Power Functions motor system. On the left is the latest Technic masterpiece by Thirdwigg; a remote control Cat 573C Feller. Thirdwigg’s blog includes an extensive back catalogue of his creations (some of which you may have seen blogged here) as well as help and detail on how the technical elements were achieved. On the right is a rock-crawler by TFOL 1nxtmonster, whose blog includes a variety of designs and videos showing what LEGO Power Functions vehicles can do.

Show your support via the links above.

Digital Dinosaur

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We’re not big fans of LDD here at The Lego Car Blog (Elves are relentlessly analogue…), but when something is this exceptional, we make an exception. The Chevy Suburban might not be the greatest car ever, but this model just might be. Phil Flipson is the creator; it’s there to be appreciated on MOCpages.

School Run

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Lego APCVeeborg Automotive Industries brings you a revolution in urban SUVs, with the new Veeborg APC. Parking is a doddle; the APC will fit in any space, even if there’s a vehicle already occupying it. We know that nothing is more important to you than your child’s safety, and as such we’ve built the APC to offer outstanding occupant protection, with armour plating all round and a roof mounted machine gun for additional safety. The APC features attractive two-tone paintwork and a spacious and comfortable interior, large enough for your little ones, shopping and holiday packing. Available with an easy finance package and comprehensive warranty, visit a Veeborg Dealer near you to arrange a test drive!

The British Icon

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Lego Range Rover

The Elves are still beavering away, bringing us the best creations from around the world. Today this Technic Range Rover by Rabbitdesign MB caught their attention, with the neat combo of loads of great functions and classy looks, he’s nailed it. This week marks the end of mark 3 Range Rover production, as the all new mark 4 reaches showrooms. Hopefully it won’t be long before we see the new version in Lego too. See more on MOCpages via the link above.

AWD

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Lego Rally Car

This red rally car is the work of Nico71 over on Brickshelf. Nico’s a master of Technic functions (we’ve featured a few of his models before) and his latest utilises LEGO’s Power Functions motors for remote control All Wheel Drive and Steering. See it in action below.

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LUGPol Lego Truck Trial, Warsaw 2013

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Lego Truck Trial

We’ve not blogged a Lego event for a while, so today we put that right by linking you to the awesome Truck Trial movement, pioneered by the Lego Users Group in Poland. LUGPol recently hosted their first round of the 2013 Championship in Warsaw.

Truck Trial is a real life event in which beautifully modified trucks attempt to climb, traverse and descend around a fiendishly difficult off-road course. Like Motorbike Trials, the aim is to complete the course in the quickest time. Penalties are given for course infringements such as missing gates or getting stuck.

Lego Truck Trial follows these rules, and adds in a few brick-related ones too. These include each truck requiring a complete cabin, on-board power supply through standard AA batteries, a working piston engine, and no more than two LEGO motors for drive.

The courses in Lego Truck Trial may be considerably smaller than those used in the real events, but they are no less difficult. This leads to some epic driving skills and, when these fail, some hugely destructive crashes!

Want to join in?

  • Read the full Lego Truck Trail rules* here.
  •  Watch Lego Trial Trucks in action! To see past LTT Championship videos simply type ‘Lego Truck Trial’ into YouTube.
  • Check out the full gallery from LUGPol’s Warsaw 2013 event via ManiekManiek on Brickshelf.

*These may vary depending on the host country.

Lego Truck Trial, Warsaw 2013

Farmyard Fun

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Lego Tractors

ZT301 and K700A Tractors

The Lego Car Blog Elves are basically 6 year old children, and as such they love tractors, so you can imagine the excitement today when one of them found two tractors in the same picture. Steve5010 is the builder behind them, and he’s even included some hay bales for the tractors to lug around. See more by clicking the link above.

Technic Defender

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Lego Technic Land Rover Defender

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.

Oshkosh

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Oshkosh Lego

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.

G-Unit

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Technic Mercedes G Wagon

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.

Buster Bunny

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Lego 4x4

Off-Roader ‘Buster’

A tenuous Easter link if ever there was one; Bugs Bunny’s protege is called Buster (Google it!), bunnies seem to lay chocolate eggs at easter, and today’s blogged MOC is called ‘Buster’. There; seamless! Anyway, the MOC; it’s an off-roader with a big V8 in the front, two ‘L’ Power Functions motors in the chassis and a Servo motor for steering. Designed and built by Sicil, you can check it out on Eurobricks. Happy Easter!