[MOC] Lotus Esprit S1 - 007 James Bond, Wet Nellie

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Hello Lotus, James Bond and Speed Champions fans,

The Lotus Esprit S1 is a sports car built by Lotus Cars from 1976 to 1978 at their Hethel, England factory. It has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and it was featured in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, where a car famously converted into a submarine after a road chase. The car used in the underwater scenes is nick-named "Wet Nellie". Building instructions are available on the following link:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-178962/_TLG_/lotus-esprit-s1-007-james-bond-submarine-conversion

It is a studless build in the new, 8 studs wide Speed Champions style. I wanted to create a clean model which is as accurate as possible in this small scale. I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, and therefore only two vehicle registration plate stickers are used.

My intent was to keep the width-length-height ratio of the real car and this size makes it possible. The model contains lots of details: for example the black stripes on the sides, door handles, detailed tail lights etc.. Maybe the most challenging one was the front and the front bumper with brick built headlights. I tried to fill every unnecessary gaps and therefore some tricky build techniques are used.

The car can be converted to submarine.

The model has space for two minifigures with helmets or small hairs.

Thanks for visiting,
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Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 01 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 02 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 03 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 04 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 05 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 06 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 07 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 08 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 09 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 10 by László Torma, on Flickr

Lotus Esprit S1 - James Bond - Instructions 11 by László Torma, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Simply perfect!

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@LEGO Train 12 Volts Thank you so much!

[Feuer Zug]

Top notch build. Having both the land and water versions makes it perfect.

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@Feuer Zug Thank you, I am glad you like it!

[Man with a hat]

Oh. Wow. Normally not a fan of 8 wide cars. But this one is amazing. 

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@Man with a hat Thank you so much, glad you like it!