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Wheelie Alternative

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LEGO’s 60409 Mobile Construction Crane continues to take City sets to new heights, both physically and financially. It also comes with sixteen wheels (and hilariously a portable toilet), which means there are plenty of parts available should you wish to convert your construction crane into something else. Or indeed somethings else.

Cue Marek Markiewicz (aka M_longer), who has transformed his 60409 Mobile Construction Crane set into an M1120 HEMMT complete with a whole heap of cargo. And a drawbar trailer. And a telehandler.

It’s an excellent way to use sixteen wheels (and a portaloo), with each B-Model being a fantastic Town/City vehicle in its own right, and there’s more to see – including a link to building instructions – at Marek’s photostream by clicking here.

My Other Car’s a Ford GT

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We suspect that most people, if they could turn their car into a Bugatti Chiron, would.

It’d be an easy question for us here at The Lego Car Blog, as a battered Rover 200 has rather less allure than the world’s fastest production car, but even owners of 200mph supercars would probably make the switch.

Cue Dyens Creations of Flickr, who has done just that, turning his Technic 42154 Ford GT set into this excellent Bugatti Chiron alternate. There’s more to see at Dyens’ album; take a look via the link above, whilst we wonder how much sticky-back plastic and papier-mâché would be needed to give TLCB Rover 200 a Bugatti-based makeover.

My Other Piece of Machinery’s a Combine Harvester

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The LEGO Technic 42186 John Deere 9700 Forage Harvester has only been on sale a few weeks, yet previous bloggee M_longer of Eurobricks has already built it, un-built it, built something else, and created building instructions.

His ‘something else’ is this, a rather excellent forklift truck, constructed from around 500 pieces (90%) of the 42186 set.

Featuring rear-wheel-steering, a fork tilt mechanism, and – with no linear actuators available – fork elevation via a clever scissor-lift, M_longer’s forklift packs in as many working functions as the set upon which its based.

There’s much more to see, including a link to building instructions, at the Eurobricks forum, and you can fork off over there via the link above.

My Other Car’s a Truck

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LEGO’s 10290 Creator Expert Pickup Truck set has spawned several excellent alternates thus far, and today we have another.

Built by FanisLego, 825 of the original set’s 1,677 pieces have been repurposed to create this lovely early Ford Bronco, complete with steering (ish), opening hood, doors and tailgate, a detailed engine, and superbly accessible interior.

Building instructions are available and you can convert your own 10290 Pickup set into the first iteration of Ford’s recently re-born icon at Bricksafe via the link above.

Alone Time

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Are you a Ford GT owner who’s tired of your partner/friend/relative’s side-seat driving? Then damianPLE has the answer! Constructed only from the parts found within the LEGO Technic 42154 Ford GT set, Damian’s alternate removes the passenger seat, along with four cylinders and the roof, replacing them instead with track thrills for one.

Working suspension, ‘HOG’ steering, and a mid-mounted inline-4 engine all feature, and you can turn your Ford GT into this single-seat track car via the Bricksafe gallery and Eurobricks, where a link to building instructions can also be found.

Grab some alone time via the links above.

My Other Car Will Last Longer

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No really. Because this Technic Ford Mustang GT500 has been created solely out of the parts from the official 42115 Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 set.

Suggested to us by a reader, this exceptional alternate is the work of Porsche96, who has turned the Lamborghini that no-one’s heard of into the default vehicular choice for smashing into lamp posts, other cars, and pedestrians at every car meet in America.

Fitted with a V8 engine complete with spinning supercharger, independent suspension, functioning steering, an eight-speed sequential gearbox, plus opening doors, hood and trunk, Porsche96’s 42115 B-Model packs in as many working functions as the set upon which it’s based, and he’s made building instructions available too.

If you fancy swapping your model of the kind of car that will be forever sealed inside a hermetic chamber – never turning a wheel, for one with a life expectancy that can be measured in days, check out Porsche96’s fantastic 42115 Mustang GT500 alternate at both Eurobricks and Bricksafe via the links. And then watch one last Mustang crashing video…

My Other Car’s a Pick-Up

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LEGO have released a whole host of Porsche 911 sets in recent times, including the enormous 42056 Technic 911 GT3 RS, the 42096 Technic 911 RSR, the 10295 Creator 911 and the 75895 Speed Champions 911 Turbo 3.0.

But what if you own the 10290 Creator Classic Pick-Up set instead of any of the above, and you’d like to join the 911 club too? Ex-LEGO set designer Nathanael Kuipers has the answer!

This lovely early Porsche 911 is built only from the pieces found within the 10290 set, and – save for a few mis-coloured hinges – you’d never know there was a strict parts limitation.

Building instructions are available and there’s more to see on Flickr by clicking here.

My Other Car’s a Fiat

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LEGO’s brilliant 10265 Ford Mustang set has been turned into all sorts of B-Models by the enterprising online community. So too has the equally marvellous 10271 Fiat 500 set, but this is the first time one set has been used to create the vehicle from the other!

This excellent 1960s Ford Mustang fastback comes from Flickr’s Gerald Cacas, and it’s been built only from the parts found within the 10271 Fiat 500 set. Like the official LEGO version Gerald’s model includes opening doors, trunk and hood, under which there’s the option of fitting a gloriously oversized hood-protruding engine. Combine that with it being both yellow and adorned with racing stripes and you have a car almost made for TLCB Elves.

There’s more of the creation to see of Gerald’s Ford Mustang 10271 Alternate Build album, where you can also enquire about building instructions should you wish to convert your own 10271 Fiat into Ford’s iconic ’60s pony car.

Now if only someone could build a Fiat 500 from the 10265 Ford Mustang set to complete the circularity…

B-Roll

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It’s only a few days into TLCB Lock-Down Competition and we’ve had some serious contenders already, none more so than this superb roll-off container truck from previous bloggee Marek Markiewicz (aka M_longer), who’s hoping his B-Model could earn him an awesome SBrick Plus Pro Pack.

Constructed only from the parts found within the Technic 42108 Mobile Crane set, Marek’s B-Model features a wealth of brilliant Technic functionality, including two-axle working steering (by both the steering wheel and ‘HOG’), a mechanical tipper, and a ‘roll-off’ container with a locking tailgate. A hand operated winch can then be used to return the container back onto the truck, with a ratchet ensuring it stays there when the tipper is activated.

Marek’s B-Model might even be better than the official Technic set that donated its pieces, which makes it doubly good that he’s made instructions available, so that if you own one you can build your very own roll-off container truck from the 42108 Mobile Crane set. There’s more to see of Marek’s creation on both Flickr and  at the Eurobricks forum, where you can also find a link to building instructions, plus you can watch the truck in action via the video below.

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B-Model Building

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You’re stuck inside, we’re stuck inside, build us a B-Model to win an awesome prize! Two more TLCB readers have done just that, building alternates from the Technic 42098 Car Transporter and Creator 10242 Mini Cooper respectively. First up (above) is cleansupgood‘s pick-up truck, shown here in digital form but also built for real. Opening doors, a dropping tailgate, a working V8 engine and functioning steering all feature and you can see more of Clean’s 42098 B-Model via Bricksafe at the link above.

This post’s second entry comes from newcomer Jan Geurts, who has repurposed the Creator 10242 Mini Cooper set to build another British classic, the MG Midget. Jan’s 10242 B-Model includes opening doors, an opening hood (with a detailed engine underneath), and an opening trunk complete with an external luggage rack. There’s more to see on Flickr via the link above, and if you’d like to enter your own B-Model into TLCB Lock-Down Competition you can read the contest details here.

My Other Car’s a Bucket Wheel Excavator

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TLCB’s Lock-down B-Model Competition is go! The first of several entries to share today, this is Clemens Schneider‘s spectacular bucket wheel excavator, built solely from the parts found within the 42097 Crawler Crane set. With a rotating superstructure, working tracks, a hand-operated boom winch and bucket wheel mechanism, Clemens’ B-Model has as much going on as the set from which its parts are sourced. Best of all, there are instructions available too, so if you wish to convert your own 42097 set you can! Head to Clemens’ photostream via the link above for all the details, and if you’re stuck in lock-down with a LEGO set available, build us a B-Model like Clemens and you could win an SBrick pack!

Alternative Lifestyle

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No, we’re not talking about your cousin James.

Much of the world, including here at The Lego Car Blog, is in lockdown. The COVID-19 epidemic is claiming thousands of lives now, with the potential for millions if it reaches poorer nations. As such many of us have been instructed – by law – to remain inside. If you’re reading this post in the future; yeah this was that thing old people always talk about. And if your world is some kind of nearly-empty post-apocalyptic society; yeah this was that thing where everyone died.

On a less pessimistic note, if we all stay inside we’re probably going to be fine, the world will get back to normal, and we’ll look back and wonder what all the fuss was about. So to help us to do just that, here’s TLCB ‘Alternative Lifestyle’ suggestion, or to give it its working title; ‘Something to do during Coronavirus’.

LEGO’s brilliant 10265 Creator Ford Mustang set is one of our very favourite additions to their officially licensed line-up, and – being packed with great parts – it has spawned an entire car dealership of alternate builds. This is the latest, the work of a past LEGO set designer no less, Nathanael Kuipers. Built using only parts found within the 10265 set, this Ford GT40-esque classic supercar features working steering, opening doors and engine cover, and removable V8 engine.

Nathanael has made instructions available too, so if you own a 10265 Ford Mustang set and you’re stuck at home bored you can convert your set into your very own GT40. Find out how via the link above, and if you fancy building a few more vehicles from your 10265 set, take a look below!

Dodge Charger R/T (Firas Abu-Jaber): This 10265 B-Model featured here last month, built by Flickr’s Firas Abu-Jaber this superb Dodge Charger R/T looks so perfect you’d never know it was a set alternate. It’s even modifiable with a huge supercharger like the original set, so if you’re of an Elven persuasion you can build it to your tastes too. Check out the original post here where you can find a link to all the images.

Tesla Cybertruck (Gerald Cacas): Tesla’s yet-to-be released and decidedly odd Cybertruck is not a vehicle we expected to be built from the 10265 Ford Mustang set, yet Gerald Cacas has done just that with this excellent alternate. Gerald promises instructions are on the way so you can build one yourself – take a look at its original appearance here to find the links.

DeTomaso Pantera GTS (Serge S): Powered by a Ford V8 like the Mustang from which it’s built, the DeTomaso Pantera was a genuine alternative to the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of its day. If you own the 10265 set you can build one for yourself, as Serge S has constructed this superb Pantera GTS using parts only found within it. Instructions are available and you can find a link to them and the full gallery of images via this link to Serge’s original appearance here in January, long before someone ate an illegal bat soup and started a worldwide pandemic.

Ford F100 Pick-Up (Nathanael Kuipers): The Ford GT40 at the top of this page isn’t the only 10265 B-Model to come from Nathanael, as back in October last year he published this Ford F100 inspired classic pick-up. There are opening doors, an opening hood, and a dropping tailgate, and most importantly he’s produced building instructions so that you can build it for yourself. Find out more via the original post by clicking here.

Ford Mustang GT500 (Firas Abu-Jaber): Our sixth and final 10265 Ford Mustang alternate is… a Ford Mustang. But it jumps forward about 55 years, bringing Ford’s latest 2020 GT500 into brick form. Best of all, like every other model on this page this incredible GT500 can be built using only the parts found within the 10265 set, giving you two Mustangs for the price of one! Building instructions are available and you can find a link to them and the complete image gallery by clicking here.

Finally, if you don’t wish to dismantle your 10265 Ford Mustang set but you do want something to do with it, try Game Of Brick’s spectacular lighting kit that was reviewed here by a reader at the start of the year.

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And so ends our ‘Something to do during Coronavirus’ post, with six brilliant alternative models that can be constructed from just the pieces found within the 10265 Creator Ford Mustang set. You can find links to all six in the text above, almost all of which include building instructions. Stay safe, stay indoors, and give alternate building a go! If the current lockdown continues we may even award some loot for your best B-Model builds.

My Other Car’s a Mustang

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LEGO’s brilliant 10265 Ford Mustang set has already spawned several alternate builds, including an F-150 pick-up, a DeTomaso Pantera, and an, er.. Ford Mustang, but this is the first 10265 B-Model to drop the Ford connection entirely. And the engine too.

The Tesla Cybertruck, revealed last year by having its windows smashed on stage (oops), might look like something from the future from a movie forty years ago, but that hasn’t stopped it generating the usual billion orders that Tesla somehow manages to take before anyone has driven it.

You can beat the queue however, and get your hands on one today if you own the 10265 Ford Mustang set, because Flickr’s Gerald Cacas has repurposed the pieces found within it to recreate Tesla’s decidedly odd EV pick-up.

With opening doors, rear hatch thingy, and tailgate, Gerald’s model is at least as functional as the set from which it came and there’s more to see of his 10265 B-Model at his Tesla Cybertruck album by clicking here.

My Other Car’s a Mustang

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LEGO’s awesome new 10265 Creator Ford Mustang set is filled with lovely blue and white bricks suitable for all sorts of cool builds. From Firas Abu-Jaber’s 2020 Mustang GT500 to Nathanael Kuipers’ Ford F-100 pick-up truck, the classic Mustang set can be reconfigured into an infinite number of B-Models, such is the joy of LEGO.

Keeping the Ford link, previous bloggee Serge S has taken his 10265 set and turned it into something rather more exotic. This is his superb DeTomaso Pantera GT5, a car which – like the Mustang – used a Ford V8, but which wrapped it in a stunning Italian body.

Serge is no stranger to building brilliant B-Models, his 10252 Volkswagen Beetle alternative appearing here last year, and his latest is every bit as good. Using only the pieces available within the 10265 set, Serge’s Pantera is accurate enough that you’d never know the design was parts-constrained, and it includes an opening hood, opening doors, and a detailed interior too.

There’s more to see of Serge’s amazing alternate at his Flickr photostream, where a link to instructions can also be found if you fancy rebuilding your 10265 Mustang into a DeTomaso Pantera GT5 yourself. Take a look by clicking here.

Buy a Porsche, Get a Datsun Free

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Yup, because if you own the 42056 LEGO Technic Porcshe 911 GT3 RS set you could also own this lovely Datsun 240Z. Just not at the same time.

Builder pleasedontspammebro has created the classic Japanese sports car from the parts only found within the 42056 set, and has made instructions available so you can repurpose your own Porsche too. The Datsun features steering, a straight-6 engine, opening doors and bonnet, a 5-speed gearbox, independent suspension, and wheels that are – coming from the Porsche set – a little too large… but you can fix that.

Head to Flickr for the image above or ReBrickable to see the full specs and to get hold of the instructions.