Posted February 1, 20178 yr I absolutely loved when I first saw the Arctic Roller but for my very normal looking town street it looked out of place so i wanted to try and mod it to look a bit more realistic. Here's the result: 20170131_192302 by David Kerkes, on Flickr 20170131_192322 by David Kerkes, on Flickr 20170131_192943 by David Kerkes, on Flickr 20170131_192349 by David Kerkes, on Flickr 20170131_192613 by David Kerkes, on Flickr and a stylized picture for fun: 20170131_192800 by David Kerkes, on Flickr
February 1, 20178 yr Author 22 minutes ago, julesvincent said: This is so great! Thanks for showing it! Thank you very much!Â
February 1, 20178 yr Nice mod! I really like the style of the car and you did it very well. I might have a go with mine and a monochrome filter as well. Looks really good and underlines its elegant shape!Â
February 2, 20178 yr This looks very interesting. I had thought about converting that set into something more "realistic" also and less play feature-y, but since I don't need another Batman and I already have Penguin with the batcave, I felt this set was unnecessary. Your modification makes me question my choice now. darn you! But I like the nice clean lines. I do like the white-black two tone of the original, but this has a lot of charm to it. The vehicle is still way too big for my city, which is the downside of the Joker car too. That thing is ginormous. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.
February 2, 20178 yr Author On 2/1/2017 at 8:47 AM, Littleworlds said: Nice mod! I really like the style of the car and you did it very well. I might have a go with mine and a monochrome filter as well. Looks really good and underlines its elegant shape! Thanks! I love older cars so once the Arctic Roller came out I just saw the potential of it. This was my first car mod so it took a lot more time than I imagined trying to rework the back end to be stable and still follow the natural curves of the front fender. 51 minutes ago, TheLegoDr said: This looks very interesting. I had thought about converting that set into something more "realistic" also and less play feature-y, but since I don't need another Batman and I already have Penguin with the batcave, I felt this set was unnecessary. Your modification makes me question my choice now. darn you! But I like the nice clean lines. I do like the white-black two tone of the original, but this has a lot of charm to it. The vehicle is still way too big for my city, which is the downside of the Joker car too. That thing is ginormous. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Thanks! I was actually in the opposite boat where I had no Batman or Penguin and I just saw a lot of potential for the car. At some point I want to come back and rework it again to be more like a Panther DeVille with the black/white tones and make it a bit shorter but wider to fit 2 minifigs.Â
February 2, 20178 yr Wow that looks really awesome in Black and White! It really gives it that classic old timey feel.Â
February 2, 20178 yr Looking at the Panther Deville, it does look like a longer car, but definitely the right proportions to make it wider/shorter would be interesting to see.
February 3, 20178 yr @theycallmemrdarko Hey! I kinda can't stop looking at it ;) Would you mind posting a pic from underneath the car? Thank you!
February 3, 20178 yr Author 6 hours ago, julesvincent said: @theycallmemrdarko Hey! I kinda can't stop looking at it ;) Would you mind posting a pic from underneath the car? Thank you! I'm glad you really like it :) I'll try and take some pictures tonight of the underside.
February 3, 20178 yr not trying to hijack your thread, but I was inspired by your MOD to do my own version... it's in LDD only for now, but will be built eventually for my Adventurers reboot-stuff. Thanks for inspiring me, and I included a link to your topic in my own MOCpage, Flickr, Facebook post, and Eurobricks thread over in the Town forum. Thanks again!
February 3, 20178 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said: not trying to hijack your thread, but I was inspired by your MOD to do my own version... it's in LDD only for now, but will be built eventually for my Adventurers reboot-stuff. Thanks for inspiring me, and I included a link to your topic in my own MOCpage, Flickr, Facebook post, and Eurobricks thread over in the Town forum. Thanks again! Oh very nice job! Just a thought that I had after I finished mine, have you tried using 30147 as the grill piece in front? Without the front fender it should be able to fit and still have the larger headlights around it. I have a few coming in next week that I was going to try since I don't use LDD. Anyways, thanks for sharing and I appreciate you linking back to my post.
February 4, 20178 yr Author On 2/3/2017 at 7:58 AM, julesvincent said: Thanks a lot! I appreciate it! Here's a link to the underside https://imgur.com/a/NH4nB. Not a great photo but I think it should work.Â
February 5, 20178 yr Looks great, sometimes less is definitely more!!, also now it has potentially more uses, i.e. not just being specific to the Penguin. Â In the Marvel Universe for instance ,you could see Wilson Fisk ,The Kingpin standing next to a variant of your build. Regards Kenny. Edited February 5, 20178 yr by r5-j2
February 5, 20178 yr Author It's funny you mention that cause I consider this my President Business car. I think a few shots in the Flickr album have him sitting in it.
February 5, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, theycallmemrdarko said: It's funny you mention that cause I consider this my President Business car. I think a few shots in the Flickr album have him sitting in it. Great minds think alike!!
February 10, 20178 yr Wow. Really nice MOD. The grill looks way better than having those spring loaded shooters there!
February 10, 20178 yr Author 1 hour ago, JACKATTACKS said: Wow. Really nice MOD. The grill looks way better than having those spring loaded shooters there! Thank you very much! Yeah I really like the way it came out, still planning on trying the old school grill to see how that looks but will probably require some adjustments to the bigger headlights.Â
February 11, 20178 yr Excellent modification. That's one of the current sets I'm most excited about, and you've just hyped me up more. Have you considered working on the Joker's Lowrider 70906 to make it look a little more realistic?
February 11, 20178 yr love to see this when you do the grille on it we just built ours and started to look at yours and do the mod on it and alas it's now in little bits because we don't know what we're doing lol great mod though much better than having 4 wheels at the back
February 14, 20178 yr Author On 2/11/2017 at 10:51 AM, Luke Styer said: Excellent modification. That's one of the current sets I'm most excited about, and you've just hyped me up more. Have you considered working on the Joker's Lowrider 70906 to make it look a little more realistic? Thank you. I haven't yet, not really sure if I'm picking it up yet or not. Maybe if it's on sale I'll grab one and see what my mind comes up with. On 2/11/2017 at 11:38 AM, jockyboy said: love to see this when you do the grille on it we just built ours and started to look at yours and do the mod on it and alas it's now in little bits because we don't know what we're doing lol great mod though much better than having 4 wheels at the back I tried a few approaches with the grill piece I mentioned up above but didn't end up with anything worth sharing yet. Might try using a standard 1x2x3 arch window with the mesh grill in it and see how that looks next. That's how mine started and for a few moments I almost abandoned ship as my car was in pieces and I had now idea what I was doing but I just kept tinkering until I had at least a framework of what I wanted it to look like.Â
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