When the British Army deployed their new invention, known as the ‘tank’, in the First World War the results were slow, unreliable and easily captured. They were also disguised as water carriers, hence the ‘tank’ name which has stuck around until today. Mrutek’s Feuerlöschpanzer Marder has something slightly more in common with its ‘tank’ name than most. See why at Mrutek’s photostream here – it’s worth your click!
Following the sinister MAZ 7907 featured earlier this year, the Elves have snaffled another, and this one performs slightly more friendly duties. Nexus7.1‘s MAZ 543 airport fire truck is a beautiful bit of kit, recreated by way of some fiendishly clever brickwork. See the full gallery on Flickr at the link above.
As red as a firetr…. Wait, that’s not right
This creation has just thrown our entire perception of vehicle colouring out the window. What’s next, a green Ferrari? Anyway, despite Lego Fire Museum Inc‘s obvious lack of red bricks, they’ve done very well with the white pieces they had available. This mini-figure scale pumper is a 1970 Sanford Quint, based on a Ford C series truck chassis. They were a popular apparatus, and some are still in service in the Northern United States. To see more of Lego Fire Museum Inc’s rescue services fleet visit MOCpages at the link above.
So big the pictures had to be taken outside
This monster airport firetruck was suggested to us by a Lego Car Blog reader, ER0L, who became an Elf for the day and uncovered it on Brickshelf. Hypo is the engineer behind the creation, and he’s constructed some superb functions. Check out the video to see it in action…
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Perfect for watering house plants
We know, we know… another Unimog. But this one’s a little different. First of all, it’s, well, little. And secondly, it really can put out a fire. A very small and very localised fire, but a fire nonetheless. Iaix Engineering shows how.