Simple is best sometimes. Marcus Paul aka Er0l keeps it clean with his 6-wide red convertible. See more here.
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Baker’s Dozen
Henrik Hoexbroe has a snail problem. A tin snail problem. His MOCpage now has classic Citroen’s all over it, in every colour imaginable. See the 2CV Colony here.
And because it’s a Baker’s Dozen, we need a bonus Citroen to take the total to 13. Luckily MOCpages newcomer Henrik Jensen has recently uploaded a 2CV too. They’re e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e!
Hey Joe
Joachim Klang, aka -derjoe- on Flickr, has built some marvellous vehicles over the years. Now, he’s pulled his best together, and built himself a garage to house them. You can see his collection on Flickr at the link above, and if you really like them (and are either German or better at foreign languages than we are), you can see how each is made in Joe’s new book, available on Amazon.
Switch
One of TLCB’s favourite small scale builders is back, with something rather clever. Angka Utama’s three beautifully retro supercars are all built on the same pull-back motor chassis, allowing the builder to switch between them. A wonderfully simple and yet gloriously playable solution to the age old ‘parts limitation’ problem that every Lego builder experiences. See more of Angka’s ingenious design on MOCpages, or Flickr.
The Rally King
Interesting photography, isn’t it? We think so.
Most petrolheads know the Audi S1 Quattro: it’s one of the rally legends. This sleek looking 4-wide version by Starscream Soundwave does fulfil the expectations of a rally machine. Check SS’ work out by clicking on the link, and see the original Nils O’s version that inspired it here.
Red Roadster
Angka Utama has an impressive back catalogue of over 160 micro-scale cars over on MOCpages. It includes both real and fantasy creations, in a variety of styles and colours. His latest creation is rather like a Swiss watch. It’s small, cleverly designed, packed with moving parts and powered by clockwork. The Elves were particularly attracted to the “Redster”, as they can open the bonnet, the boot and the doors to sit on its white seat. The car is built on a pull-back motor chassis. Unfortunately this means that the Elves have been zooming across the office floor all morning without having to exchange their food tokens for motor batteries.
This post was kindly written by Guest Contributor (and previous blogee) David Roberts. Check out his own wonderful creations here.
Featured TFOL: Alexander Paschoaletto
Apologies for the blogging hiatus over the past few days; some of our Elves went missing at roughly the same time as TLCB became embroiled in a legal dispute. We’re not suggesting the two occurrences are linked of course, but if anyone’s going to lock the Elves in a dark room it’s going to be us. Anyway, back to something we’ve not done for a while; a long overdue ‘Featured Teenage Fan Of Lego’ (TFOL).
Our Featured TFOL category is not about blogging the absolute best creations found, rather it allows us to recognise, and publicise, younger builders’ achievements. Alexander Paschoaletto earns the accolade this time round, with a string of solid automotive efforts, culminating in the superb Gumpert Apollo and SSC Aero shown above. You can check out these, and the rest of Alexander’s creations, on MOCpages.
P1
It takes a special sort of builder to build a car that’s not even in production yet. Senator Chinchilla is that sort, and he’s taken a shot at building McLaren’s P1 hypercar before it’s even been seen on the road. You can see more on MOCpages here.
The Cardboard Car
This unassuming little white car is one of the most important in European history. Behind the Berlin Wall Communism was giving everyone a prosperous and bright future… wait, no, that’s not right. It was oppressing and crushing the people. Yeah, that’s it. And one of the ways it oppressed and crushed the people was by limiting them to one choice of wheels; the Trabant. But this did mean the Trabant became, by virtue of monopolisation, a great mobilisation force in the Eastern bloc.
Thankfully when the Wall fell and Trabants flooded back into the West many were abandoned as newly liberated Eastern Europeans switched into cars that didn’t pollute four times more than the European average, weren’t made of cardboard (yes, really) and also that didn’t explode in a head on collision.
But spare a thought for the humble Trabant. It may have been rubbish, but without it Eastern Europe would’ve been powered by the bicycle alone for 30 years.
Oh, we nearly forgot; this lovely Lego version is the work of Dornbi on Flickr. Check this and his other creations out here.
The Sentinel
Syd Mead’s ‘Sentinel 400 Limousine’, recreated in LEGO
The coolest car we’ve ever featured. And there’s nothing more we can say than that. iomedes !… is the builder.
See more of this car, and the artwork that it’s based on, via Flickr.
Better than the Original!
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.
Raging Bull
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.
Write for The Lego Car Blog / Get Featured!
Become a TLCB Team member!
We’re looking for new models to blog, and new writers to blog them!
If you’re part of the online LEGO community and would like to take your involvement a step further, you could become one of our staff writers!
We’re looking for English-speaking (although it doesn’t have to be your first language), eloquent and enthusiastic builders to join our team. If you think you might like to start your blogging career with us then drop us a note in the usual way; via the Comments or Feedback Submissions and Suggestions page, and we’ll be in touch! Ideally you’d need to be able to blog at least one creation a week, and we can offer support and draft checks if you’ve never blogged before.
And as always, we’re constantly on the look out for new creations to feature. If you’ve found a creation that our slovenly Elves have missed then contact us via the routes highlighted above. If it’s new(ish), high quality and original, we’ll feature it here on The Lego Car Blog.
A huge thank you to those who have suggested creations already. Many have appeared on this page, and if you haven’t been successful yet, keep building – it could be your turn next!
The Lego Car Blog Team
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Feeling a Little Blue
Angka Utama’s ‘Retro Blue’
A quick second post today, from Angka Utama on MOCpages. We don’t normally blog Tiny Turbo style vehicles, as any Elf bringing back a Tiny Turbo find is at risk of sleeping outside, but when one looks like this we’re happy to feature it. Called ‘Retro Blue’ you can see more at the link above.
Fiat’s Shoddy Off-cuts
Fast, Safe and Opulent. Wait, no, that’s not right.
FSO, Poland’s answer to Lada, did not make good cars. In fact, like Lada, they made bad cars out of the leftover bits of old Fiats. Bad cars that somehow they managed to sell to countries that really should’ve known better. Still, they’re now dead and gone, so in celebration (probably) Dohoon Kim has recreated one of their more numerous offerings, the simply dreadful Polonez 1500, in our beloved LEGO bricks. Despite the crapiness of the car, the model is rather lovely, and you can see more of it on both Flickr and MOCpages.