Appie Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Here's my creation for the C-Model contest: Made from set 42026 and 42007 Inspired by the "side wheeler riverboats" of old found on the Mississippi river, I made this boat. If they had powerboats in the 1800's on the Mississippi river, I think this is what it would have looked like A grand total of 401 parts (including spare parts) to play with this is the result: Since I had some parts left over I added some details on top of the fake 2 cylinder engine. To utilize the springs I decided to make a little "bumper" out of the bow of the boat. Nobody likes their Lego crashing into walls after all, so this softens the blow a little. I think this is the first model I made where I didn't have enough black pins (as if any AFOL doesn't have enough of those ), luckily both sets provide plenty of blue 3L pins, but to not ruin the look of the model I tried to hide these as much as possible in the bottom of the boat. The "cloud of smoke" coming out of the exhaust pipe can move up and down. The "side paddler" wheels are attached to the mechanism that lowers and raises the "cloud of smoke". I also made a (very) short video demonstrating the model: In the end I had 22 parts (including the spare parts the sets provide) left over: Hope you guys like it and had a little laugh like I did making and playing with this Quote
miguev Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Lovely! One more reason to get my kids a 42026 :) Quote
Zerobricks Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 What an interesting model! Lovely piston engine and nice bumper design. Quote
Mikuri Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 That's a interesting idea :P And nicely done too! Quote
Zerobricks Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Does it float? ;-) Cheers Rog Given the number of wheels and the volume of air inside them I think it could even float a bit! Quote
MajklSpajkl Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 It reminds of the Popeye's boat - that chimney especially. It looks really nice, almost like a tug boat. Cheers! Quote
Appie Posted November 30, 2014 Author Posted November 30, 2014 Thanks everybody for the very nice comments. Perhaps I should try if it floats ;) Quote
Zerobricks Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Just dont get water in the pullback motor. Edited November 30, 2014 by Zblj Quote
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