Contest: build your best hotrod ever

[Smartiac]

Wow! So many cool crazy cars in this contest. I am new here but I love building hot rods and couldn't pass up this opportunity to enter this contest. My entry is here.

My friend Lino and I have started an online Lego car club over at Flickr.com. We're called LUGNuts and we're passionate about Lego cars, trucks and motorcycles. I think a few of you are already in the group and if anyone else here wants an invite to the group, shoot me an email at proudlove@gmail.com .

Thanks for hosting this contest.

[casewindu]

Have just updated and I think finalised my entry, loads more pics to see and a link to the flickr set of my creation.

Also I have removed my remark which offended casewindu. :-$

a know it's ok I never knew that my city had the hightest car crime in europe mind. I suppose I've done my fair share! X-D joking ofcourse!

Aart from that it is a very nice car legolyons and I love the little scene that comes with it! ;-)

[Ralph_S]

My friend Lino and I have started an online Lego car club over at Flickr.com. We're called LUGNuts and we're passionate about Lego cars, trucks and motorcycles. I think a few of you are already in the group and if anyone else here wants an invite to the group, shoot me an email at proudlove@gmail.com .

Thanks for hosting this contest.

LUGNuts is how I found out about the contest, because frankly, I don't read Eurobricks that often (there are only so many forums one can be active in). I'm surprised my account still works after three years! I have built many cars, but I have never built a hot rod before. An interesting challenge. Now watching all those episodes of 'American Hotrod' will hopefully pay off. I've gone for a traditional look: based on a '32 5-window coupe. I have already submitted it for the contest, but

here it is on flickr. Comments are, of course, welcome.

Cheers,

Ralph

Edited April 4, 2008 by Ralph_S

[SlyOwl]

I finally updated mine now I'm back ;-)

Er...I'm stumped. I don't get it. :'-(

Hardly a rare occurence :-|

not everyone is scum from Liverpool you know.

You're not an Evertonian are you? X-O

a know it's ok I never knew that my city had the hightest car crime in europe mind

Cars? I thought it was bikes...but at least the overall crime rate is lower than here in Arsenaland |-/

[casewindu]

You're not an Evertonian are you? X-O

:-X no thank god, i'm a reds man! ;-)

[SlyOwl]

:-X no thank god, i'm a reds man! ;-)

You'll never walk alone ;-)

It's quite difficult for me, being from Highbury, especially when Arsenal play Liverpool... :-/ But not when Kuyt scores! *sing*

[Batbrick]

Diverting on to an actually relevant subject ( :-P ), I have started my Hotrod entry and hopefully will finish and post it in the coming days. I have plans for it possibly after the competition as well... Great entries so far too, I will make comments on each one once I have posted mine.

Batbrick Away! >:-)

[Captain Green Hair]

You'll never walk alone ;-)

It's quite difficult for me, being from Highbury, especially when Arsenal play Liverpool... :-/ But not when Kuyt scores! *sing*

Ah you need us Dutchies to score for ya ey? *sing*

[xwingyoda]

Ah you need us Dutchies to score for ya ey? *sing*

You Dutchies ?? nan only the one >:-)

*yoda*

[Batbrick]

Posted my entry, hope you guys like it, I had a lot of fun building it.

Batbrick Away! >:-)

[Captain Green Hair]

Allright fellow hotrodders, it's time for a summary on the entries!

So far we have:

Sirnadroj with the Studmuffin. A cute red fabuland styled rod with cupcakes for headlights, very smart!

Stauder with the classic. A great adventurers inspired classic rod, nice work there!

Stealth hunter with death on wheels. It is one mean killing machine, with the skull of one of it's victims as a grill!

Tarfful with the devils hotrod. With a rear engine and large teath to keep pedestrians safe on impact!

Hinckley with the napoleon complex rod. A sweet yellow classic with a big engine and storage for clams and walrusses.

Matn with the H2O-er. A sleek red racing machine that drives on water and has cool blue fire out the exhaust!

Zero1312 with the road scorcher. A crazy racing machine with the devils slave driving and dual superchargers sticking out!

Slyowl with kahuka's hotrod. It doesn't get more old school then this, a racing machine made of wood and bones!

Smartiac with the dirty 'ol rat. A minimalistic, dangerous to drive, old school cool racing machine!

Legolyons with the Diesil Destroyer. It doesn't like to be stolen...what can i say?

Jayber 1974 with the rat attack. Room for the entire family and enough power to pull a tree out of the ground!

Oky wan Kenobi with the Thrashanator. A street sweeping machine that drives on trash!

LuxorV with the hotred. His old fabuland wet dream truck rebuild into a smooth racing pick up!

Ralph S with 32 coupe. His wife complaints, we don't!

LAndlubber with the Digrod. He'll just dig a hole in the road for you, wins the race every time!

Batbrick with the classic hotrod. Old school rod with a long sleek nose and the cockpit on the back!

Lego Monster with the Rock. A rock and roll coupe, with a two tone flame paint!

Pig with the Dwarf Hotrod. A very ahead of it's time carriage!

Simon Willems with the 70's rod. An open top 70's muscle car with a daring three tone paintjob!

Xwingyoda with the V-rod. Is it a rocket, is it a plane? No it's yoda's new ride!

Meself with the Snotrod. Solely build to terrorize the fabulands!

BerndDasBrot with the Nimrod31. A punker bird that stole the neighbours window to make a windscreen!

Widdi with the Blizzard. A total custom ride with removable hardtop and a crazy V8 engine!

:'-)

Remember rodders, this contest is still open for entries!

So get your rear tires of the couch and get welding building! X-D

[SlyOwl]

*sing* Off topic, but c'mon Liverpool! *wub*

And on topic...

Allright fellow hotrodders, it's time for a summary on the entries!

So you're not giving opinions; are these to be the captions for the voting?

Edited April 8, 2008 by SlyOwl

[Lego Monster]

Right, now I think I have posted my hot rod pics to the right place, I have added my entry to the entries thread. Sorry for being such a dunce, I'll get the hang of this new fangled computer technology eventually by gimenny! Anywhere, here's a pic, feel free to go look at some more on the entries thread.

Burn rubber dudes!

[simonwillems]

Since the competition is still open for entries and since this upcoming weekend I finally have the time to pull out my bricks again, I will try to make a decent entry.

Most Hotrods are made from original cars that are modified and souped up. I believe my MOC-collection holds just the right machine for that.

Great entries so far, it will be a tough competition but I am up to the challenge *devil*

[SlyOwl]

Since the competition is still open for entries and since this upcoming weekend I finally have the time to pull out my bricks again, I will try to make a decent entry.

I can already smell it on BS! *tongue*

[simonwillems]

I can already smell it on BS! *tongue*

Well, eat this:

More in the entry thread....

Edited April 14, 2008 by simonwillems

[Ralph_S]

Well, eat this:

More in the entry thread....

I saw your model in the entry thread and I couldn't agree more: a proper hot rods is based on an actual car and with all due respect for those of of you who've gone for something completely outrageous and crazy, I prefer a slightly more conservative approach. I suppose "Biff's '32 coupe" shows that, as does the "Plymouth Rock" Lego monster and I built together.

That's what I really like about your car: it's clearly some sort of modded "Yank tank". The oversized engine is just what it needed. I also like the driver and his many girlfriends. Blue and yellow flames on a red car are a bit too bold for my taste, but they're pretty cool. Nice.

Cheers,

Ralph

Edited April 14, 2008 by Ralph_S

[simonwillems]

That's what I really like about your car: it's clearly some sort of modded "Yank tank". The oversized engine is just what it needed. I also like the driver and his many girlfriends.

Thanks!

And thanks for introducing me to a fantastic new expression, "Yank-Tank" That is how I want my car to be called in the decisive poll. Mr Greenhair if you please?

[clonecaptin101]

Hey guys I have my rod done but need some help with the pics How do I get them in my post instead of having to have them in a link? well thanks

Mikey p.

[Ralph_S]

Hey guys I have my rod done but need some help with the pics How do I get them in my post instead of having to have them in a link? well thanks

Mikey p.

You can do it in two ways. Manually (I have no idea how to type example code without the forum interpreting it as the actual commands!) or using an easy option of the code that runs the forum. When posting a reply you'll see a series of icons at the top of your edit window. One of those is for adding the code for a photograph. If you click it a window will pop-up, asking you for the picture's url. It'll need the url for the actual photograph, so ending with .jpg or .gif

Cheers,

Ralph

[clonecaptin101]

Thanks im new here well now i can post it thank again

[xwingyoda]

I saw your model in the entry thread and I couldn't agree more: a proper hot rods is based on an actual car and with all due respect for those of of you who've gone for something completely outrageous and crazy, I prefer a slightly more conservative approach. I suppose "Biff's '32 coupe" shows that, as does the "Plymouth Rock" Lego monster and I built together.

Hey Ralph that just gave me an idea, we should have 2 categories actually

* classic feel

* total crazyness

What do you think Cap ?

Like you I way prefer the classic ones but since I thought evetybody would do some like that I took the crazy approach. Still need a few parts befor unleashing my beast to the world and get my megablocks kicked in the contest

[Ralph_S]

Hey Ralph that just gave me an idea, we should have 2 categories actually

* classic feel

* total crazyness

What do you think Cap ?

Like you I way prefer the classic ones but since I thought evetybody would do some like that I took the crazy approach. Still need a few parts befor unleashing my beast to the world and get my megablocks kicked in the contest

It all depends. If the judges prefer classic hot rods, it's fine with me to leave things as it is. If they don't, we'd better split it ;) Seriously, the contest is fine the way it is. It's actually quite funny to see how many different interpretations people have of a hot rod.

Cheers,

Ralph

[xwingyoda]

It all depends. If the judges prefer classic hot rods, it's fine with me to leave things as it is. If they don't, we'd better split it ;) Seriously, the contest is fine the way it is. It's actually quite funny to see how many different interpretations people have of a hot rod.

It was just a suggestion

I prefer classic looking but went (how to say that...) totally overboard And its a really modern interpretation of hot rod but not to miseuse that term I called it something different...

[LuxorV]

With this kind of introduction, I can't wait to see your creation, !

Btw, I'd agree to the two categories idea, but we usually keep polls as simple as possible, don't we?

LuxorV