imvanya Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) It's been a while since I last posted, but I wanted to share this VW Beetle design I've come up with: It's really straight forward and simplistic, but I still find it unbelievably cute. The color scheme is an obvious nod to the 2008 Beetle LEGO produced. As you can see, it's very NPU- and SNOT-light. That's because I wasn't trying to capture some of the more intricate shapes, but to get the overall look of the Beetle using basic City-esque technics. Anyway, all comments are welcome and feel free to follow this link and get the .lxf file Edited June 10, 2020 by imvanya Quote
Hoexbroe Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) Nice! Maybe you are on to something here... The VW Beetle is definatly a car I would like to do a "perfect" reproduction of. I´ve seen many nice ones, but none that "clicks". Edited November 14, 2013 by Hoexbroe Quote
Bricknblue Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 That would be a great design for LEGO to "borrow" for a City set. Much better than getting the sme car 100 times like we are. Very nice! Quote
imvanya Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 Nice! Maybe you are one to something here... The VW Beetle is definatly a car I would like to do a "perfect" reproduction of. I´ve seen many nice ones, but none that "clicks". Unfortunaltely, I'm still mostly "building" in LDD and I know from my own experience that really good ideas and NPU more often than not occur while building with actual bricks. Thanks for commenting, 'Hoexbroe', getting the first reply from you is really great Don't stop coming up with designs that actually "click" Quote
SeanM Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Wow, that's a really nice V-Dub. Thanks for the file! Quote
Hobbythom Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Words can not describe how much I am digging this! Really great! Quote
burntrope Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Good one, imvanya - instantly recognisable! Quote
lightningtiger Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Oh, man.....not bad at all.....a Beetle was my first three cars I ever drove......very nice try at attempting to get as many curves right as possible.using Lego. Brick On 'imvanya' !.. Quote
Dazmundo Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 A VW Beetle is one car I'd love to have driving round my Lego City (seeing as I have one sat outside on my drive) I think this is a really cute car but it doesn't shout Beetle to me. I have to say I don't think I've ever seen a Beetle in this scale that has, and maybe I'm being too picky. I'm not sure what they lack or what you could do to improve it but it's just not quite Beetle enough for me. It is a great little car though. D Quote
imvanya Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 A VW Beetle is one car I'd love to have driving round my Lego City (seeing as I have one sat outside on my drive) I think this is a really cute car but it doesn't shout Beetle to me. I have to say I don't think I've ever seen a Beetle in this scale that has, and maybe I'm being too picky. I'm not sure what they lack or what you could do to improve it but it's just not quite Beetle enough for me. It is a great little car though. D I can't disagree, Beetle has a very unique look to it with all its smooth outlines. That's exactly why making a LEGO rendition of it is so tricky - bricks are still bricks As I see it, this MOC is somewhat similar to a City VW, which LEGO produced themselves - a T1 from 2012 City Garage. They are both very simple and one can definitely do better than that, but they bear just enough resemblance to their real life counterparts to excuse this simplicity. Thanks for the feedback, 'Dazmundo'! Quote
jonwil Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Nice MOC. Pitty some of those parts dont exist in those colors (like the dark blue wheel arches) Quote
Yooha Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 I have to admit, I thought it is a Citroen 2CV. The most iconic part of the VW Beetle for me is the hood, which is getting narrower as it approaches the front of the car, which is - I think - impossible to recreate in such a small scale. And overall, the cute curviness of a Beetle is hard to do with the bricked-shape..uhm..bricks. But it is a nice try though. Peace! Quote
imvanya Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 Nice MOC. Pitty some of those parts dont exist in those colors (like the dark blue wheel arches) You are spot on, that just for presentation I am pretty sure, though, that you can build a white and a dark blay version, maybe with a different color in the middle Quote
imvanya Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 I have to admit, I thought it is a Citroen 2CV. The most iconic part of the VW Beetle for me is the hood, which is getting narrower as it approaches the front of the car, which is - I think - impossible to recreate in such a small scale. And overall, the cute curviness of a Beetle is hard to do with the bricked-shape..uhm..bricks. But it is a nice try though. Peace! I can't agree more about the bricks, creating smooth lines and curves is tricky. But once again, I think of it as a simple City-like build which has just that bare minimum of resemblance and let the imagination take care of the rest And it's really nice to see someone who creates his MOCs digitally, and very nice ones, too. I myself got back to LEGO through LDD and Collectible Minifigures. Thanks for commenting, 'Yooha'! Quote
dr_spock Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Nice bug. Thanks for sharing the lxf file. Here it is rendered with POV-Ray. Quote
mifody Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 The excellent model, pleases it scale under a minifig! Quote
Luke Styer Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Awesome car! I'd be pretty happy to make a couple in different colors. Quote
Roger_Smith Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) I have to admit, I thought it is a Citroen 2CV. The most iconic part of the VW Beetle for me is the hood, which is getting narrower as it approaches the front of the car, which is - I think - impossible to recreate in such a small scale. And overall, the cute curviness of a Beetle is hard to do with the bricked-shape..uhm..bricks. But it is a nice try though. Peace! That was my first association aswell. Apart from the general curviness and the hood/headlights of the VW beetle, one of the main recognizable features is the small window at the back. For the first couple of years, that window was really small, and divided in the middle. It got nicknamed 'Brezelfenster' (pretzel-window) in german due to its vague semblance to a pretzel. They enlarged it in later versions, but it still was small when compared to those of other cars. Your model has a very light back that consists solely of glass, which is not very much like the original VW bug (however, the Citroen 2CV had a lot of windows, giving it a very light look) But it's a real nice small car, keep going. If I had to compare it to any VW, it propably most looks like the 'New Beetle'. Edited November 16, 2013 by Roger_Smith Quote
__________________________ Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Very pretty. Not too accurate, but it captures the feel. Quote
zeki Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Very nice Moc! Are the parts availible in those colors to brick build it? Quote
imvanya Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 Very nice Moc! Are the parts availible in those colors to brick build it? As 'jonwil' accurately mentioned, they are not. The parts which are the rearest are the 1x2x2/3 slopes, but building this car in white and dark blay should be quite possible Quote
CityBuilder Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) How did you get the baseplate to be blue in LDD? I love bugs. Edited November 18, 2013 by CityBuilder Quote
imvanya Posted November 19, 2013 Author Posted November 19, 2013 How did you get the baseplate to be blue in LDD? I love bugs. Go to View -> New themes -> LDD Extended. This will make all the bricks in the brick palette red, but you can paint it any color you want later and it also adds a couple of bricks, which are unavailable in the LDD palette. It makes building and finding parts much easier, and you can get your models to look whatever you want them to look. However, if you ever plan to rebuild them in actual LEGO bricks you should consider that some of the parts, like that dark blue base, are actually not produced So if you are a purist, stick to the standard LDD palette Quote
gotoAndLego Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 Looks a lot like a Citroen as well. Quote
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