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Hi everybody, new guy here! I'll admit, I've been reading and following Eurobricks for years, more years than I can count fingers on my hand. I officially signed up a couple months back, but have yet to post anything until now. I wanted to have something interesting to show you guys before I did, and now I do (hopefully). Allow me to present my custom LEGO Speed Champions MOC's! First of all, I love the Speed Champions sets. As a car guy and a LEGO fan, these are the best of both worlds. That being said, the designs leave a lot to be desired, which is also part of why I love them so much. I see an opportunity to exercise some creativity and do some hands-on building to make them as accurate to their real counterparts as possible. It starts with widening these models to 8-studs. That makes them too large for City-scale, but improves the look dramatically. Plus, with the added dimensions, you can put more detail into the models and get the proportions of auxiliary features (such as lights, exhaust, grille, etc.) correct. Truth be told, many of these had been in the works for almost a year, the first wave, that is. Most of the second wave is still in the works, though the Mustang and Corvette you see above are almost done. I've been constantly tweaking, retweaking, and fine-tuning my designs and I feel like I'm never fully satisfied with any of them. Some of the cars you see above haven't been fully completed. Some of the other Speed Champions are not shown in the photo because they're still half-built. In time, I will eventually show all of them. Today, I'll be showing one that has been completed to my liking: the Porsche 918 Spyder. With these models, I stick to a few rules that I set for myself: One, use as few of the stickers as possible. Stickers can only give so much depth; therefore, brick-built designs will look more authentic. Two, no custom parts or custom stickers. In the occasion that I do use stickers, I only use what's given on the sticker sheet. Three, no illegal building techniques. I want these to resemble a model that LEGO themselves would put out as a set. The common opinion is that the Porsche 918 is the dullest of the first wave of Speed Champions. I quite enjoyed tooling with this one, and it was actually easier than expected. I ditched the stickers for the front and rear intakes. I used stickers for the badges, fuel caps, and headlights. Technically, I could've gone with trans-clear cheese slopes for the headlights, but it didn't look quite right to me. I'm not a fan of the Speed Champions window/cockpit pieces for doing 8-wide builds. This is a Spyder, so it wasn't too hard to come up with a brick-built substitute. Without the window pieces, I'm now able to fit two minifigures side-by-side. It works because the construction of the sides is relatively simple and not very bulky. Being a convertible also helps too. I went with the brown leather plastic interior because I think it looks very classy. I try to recreate the interiors as accurately as possible. Side mirrors are an extra touch for added realism. This model also features a removable front trunk (frunk?) that can fit a couple of the suitcase pieces. You can see it in the short little video I have below! So, that's it for my first post! Let me know what you guys think! I'm always open to constructive criticism and if you have any alternate building techniques in mind, I'd love to hear about them! Also, please let me know if I'm doing something wrong with regards to posting and/or forum conduct. I'm still learning!
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All my recent car mods go here! 1929 Ford Model A (75875 MOD) This car is a model of a Ford Model A, which was inspired by the hot rod Model A in set 75875 (Ford F-150 Raptor & Ford Model A Hot Rod) from the 2016 Speed Champions lineup. This is the third version of this car, and I have I remodeled the front and grille area due to input from Flickr user Tim Henderson. Here is the inside, which can seat one mini-figure. The rear of the car has room for a license plate. As a side note, this car is also build-able in these other colors: -Red -Dark Bluish Gray -Light Bluish Gray -Black -White Here is the original car (pic from Brickset) so you can comapre them (link: http://brickset.com/...Model-A-Hot-Rod ) LDD file for my version: http://www.moc-pages...1455912787m.lxf 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 (75874 MOD) I thought the '69 Chevy Camaro in set 75874 (Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race) would look better in street form. I recreated it using the instructions at Brickset albeit I made some small changes to the model to avoid using stickers. (such as smaller tires, real headlights, a rear window and front grille) HOWEVER: After building the model in black, I realized it would also work in red and blue instead of the regular black. I then added another set of dark bluish gray stripes beside the main white stripe. As before, the model can hold 1 figure in the drivers' seat. The car is most likely build-able in real life in red (maybe yellow too) as well as the basic black seen in the original set. The inside can seat one mini-figure, and the roof is removable to put the fig in the seat. This roof section is grouped in LDD to make it easier to remove. The back end of the car originally had huge rear tires and no rear windscreen. I replaced the monster tires with regular ones and added a 2 x 2 slope to represent a back window. Here is the original car (pic from Brickset) so you can comapre them (link: http://brickset.com/...amaro-Drag-Race ) And here is the LDD file for my blue version: http://www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1457367796m.lxf 1966 Ford Anglia 105-E (4728 MOD) This is my 2016 version of the car in set 4728, (Escape from Privet Drive). This car type is famous for being used in the movie "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets". In real life, this car type was made by a Ford for sale in the United Kingdom and was called a Anglia. This particular version (a 105-E Super) was built from 1959 - 1968. The new version features an opening trunk, doors, seating for two figures and a removable roof. The model is also build-able in medium blue, yellow and white. Here is the rear of the car with the trunk closed. Here we can see the roof removed and the doors and trunk open. This model can seat two figures side by side due to the jumper plates that the figures feet sit on. Here is the original car and it's set (pic from Brickset) so you can comapre them (link: http://brickset.com/...om-Privet-Drive ) LDD file for my version: http://www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1457303956m.lxf 1966 Volkswagen Micro-bus (Rock Band bus MOD) This model was inspired by a PDF of the LEGO Rock Band bus, but in red instead of orange. I removed the funny-car style wheels and massive engine replacing them with vent cover for the engine. The rear of the bus, which can seat 3 figures, and is build-able in blue, yellow, black, and the red version you see above. LDD file for my version: http://www.mocpages....1416926983m.lxf 1969 Volkswagen Beetle (5 wide custom MOD of a MOC) Built from these old instructions by Whoward 69. (link: https://www.flickr.c...57624191463040/ ) I converted this 5 wide car to a hardtop and replaced the wide original wheels with a more Beetle-like solid disc. I also changed the color to yellow instead of green and added a license plate at the back. This car seats 1 mini-figure. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1417396431m.lxf Porsche 918 Spyder (75910 MOD) This is a modified version of set 75910. (Porsche 918 Spyder) It now has a hardtop roof, headlights, a front grille, along with a redone windscreen and wheels / wheel wells. (This is due to LDD not having those newer Speed Champions parts!) The car also features a removable roof and seating for one mini figure. This model is also missing parts, specifically two of these ( http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=18980#T=C ) in Light Bluish Gray and one in Black for the front and rear bumpers. They go where the 2 x 3 wedge plates go on the bumpers ONLY. The other slopes on the sides of the car stay put. The roof is removable and allows for access to the car in order to put the driver in his seat. The rear of the car is where the engine is supposed to be. Here is the original car. (image from Brickset) LDD file for my version: http://www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1457368075m.lxf Comments, questions, and complaints welcome!
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EDIT:___________________________________________________________ Here's where I'm currently at: Modeled after this Impala. and some current build pics Well I'm off to a fresh start on a new MOC. I learned so much during the process of my last build that I thought I would dive right into another car with similar properties. It will likely be another air ride model with a more competent power train and taking all the things I learned on my truck and incorporating them into a lighter, smaller and more functional MOC. The 63 has a lot of really great body lines and it should be fun to take a sort of street rod approach to a version of the Impala. Right now I'm sorting out what wheels I want to scale the model to. I was thinking these; off the MKII With those tires I'm looking at about 27 studs wide and 64 or so long. I'm also thinking about ordering some of the 8448 super street sensation wheels since they are already sort of chrome and have an extremely low profile tire. The problem (as I found out in my 66 custom moc) is the wide tires make adding air ride harder, since it gives you less distance between tires to achieve your steering and suspension setup. Plus if I go with those, it'll be up to 80 studs long! Lastly, I was perusing Effermans custom parts page. Someone posted some American Racing style rims, but I don't see them on his shapeways account. Anyone know how I might achieve the style as shown in the first photo for the rim? -
I saw this cool, modular '57 Chevy Monster Car by Paul Boratko on YouTube -- it looks like a mini 1957 Chevy done in Lego Technic style! He has a goal to design more bodies that can work with the same Monster chassis. Full description on MOCpages: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/368561 . Pictures on Brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=533032
