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10:37 PM
| Name of Model: RedSedanI (Brickshelf gallery lists the longer description: 4 Door, V8, four speed, parking brake, 4 Wheel Suspension, Rear Torsion bar, Tilt steering, 6 way adjustable front seats -thank you pixsrv-, front center armrest, rear flow through armrest, full size spare, adjustable sunroof, thirdwig@yahoo, up for more) |
| Created by: thirdwigg, also on flickr as thirdwig. |
| Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=224200 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/thirdwig/sets/72157623097758397/with/5102762865/ |
Details:  As a genre to attempt building in, the massive vehicle with brick-built details and working features made out of Technic elements seems like an intuitive idea to try. The reality of building such a thing is considerably more difficult - even though many of us know how to use Technic pieces to build cars that can drive around and reliable suspension systems, all those great working features can easily become nearly useless just by adding extra weight onto a vehicle. There are few things more depressing than building a great car, only to find out that the wheels won't rotate because they're now brushing against the top of that true-to-life wheel well that took an hour to get just right. Sadly, this means we get very few "best of both worlds" models, and we see an ever-growing schism between people who build models with realistic functionality and people who build models with realistic looks.
The builder of this car, though, took on this challenge and excelled. This Porsche has a full body and interior, steering, suspension, and even the hallmark of a truly thought out car in this genre - adjustable seats. You haven't truly made a LEGO car that attempts to match real cars in looks and functionality unless you've included at least one feature that's only of use to the tiny passengers. |
| This is Wednesday's model of the day |
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11:52 PM
| Name of Model: US Truck 2 |
| Created by: 2LegoOrNot2Lego Ingmar Spijkhoven |
Found at: MOCPages: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/163114
Brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=373679
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoAqEgD5jQs
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Details:  This truck in the Model Team style has enough working features to put the sets in that theme to shame. Using Power Functions motors, this truck has proper steering, outriggers, and is powered strongly enough to function as a remote-control toy. In the video where the suspension system is demonstrated, it sounds like the gears strain a little bit - but the fact that this can handle it's own weight at all is enough of a feat even if it does strain a few parts. Then there's those looks - the bold red, white, blue, dark blue, and chrome silver looks fantastic. Coming in somewhere around miniland scale, this is one of the larger trucks I've seen, and no detail or feature had to be spared to make it work. | | This is Saturday's model of the day |
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11:19 PM
| Name of Model: Scania Dump Truck | | Created by: Sariel | | Found at: http://sariel.pl/2009/11/scania-dump-truck/ | Details:
 Every once in a while, I find out about someone in the AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) online community that I should have been aware of sooner but somehow have managed to overlook. Today's featured builder, Sariel is one such person. Not only have several fantastic vehicles by Sariel (Paul Ian Kmiec) been shown to me before, but Sariel actually has been brought on as a guest blogger for the official LEGO Technic blog. It's no wonder why - his website is a treasure trove of spectacular vehicles and clever building ideas. Many of the models on there (such as the one pictured here) feature both functional Technic-style innards and a classy brick-built exterior. The mix of realistic looks and realistic mechanisms is refreshing and masterful. | | This is Monday's model of the day |
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11:48 AM
| Name of Model: 1987 Shelby Charger GLHS. | | Created by: corrado | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=297341 | Details:
 This gorgeous car has functioning innards made with Technic parts. Suspension? check. Steering? check. Drive train? check. There's even a fiber optic fuel injection style engine (I'm assuming that the builder got a bunch of the parts from an 8880 Supercar). Perhaps more interesting, though, is the sheer scale here - this is nearly solid and larger than most of the other model cars I've seen. There's even a studless undercarriage, an interior, and a sculpted top. Can anyone translate the text file in this gallery? I'd like to know if this can really run with all of that weight on it. | | This is Thursday's model of the day |
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