[MOC] Richard Hammond's Oliver from Top Gear

[StudWorks]

I made a LEGO Oliver, Richard Hammond's 1963 Opel Kadett featured on Top Gear's beyond-iconic Botswana Special as well as the DriveTribe YouTube channel!

Instructions are available for purchase on my Rebrickable page.

 

Building a LEGO car in tan is unusual, but I'm extremely happy with the final result, although rather unfortunately Oliver appears very big and tall next to other 8-wide cars, since he uses the same size tires.

Oliver fits three minifigures (two in front, one in the rear seats) and comes with two pairs of license plates, "OLI V3R" from when he originally imported the car back to the UK and the "ANP 210A" plates the car has on it present-day. File for the license plates (to print on sticker paper) is included with purchase of instructions.

I even made a Richard Hammond minifigure to go with it!

 

 

[Jack Sassy]

That is an excellent rendition, Hammond too, though he looks so small next to the car.  For some reason, I had a form of Mandela effect, thinking that originally Oliver was in light blue. I must have mixed it with Ford Anglia from Harry Potter. Love that river scene depiction. Good job! 

[StudWorks]

5 hours ago, Jack Sassy said:

That is an excellent rendition, Hammond too, though he looks so small next to the car.  For some reason, I had a form of Mandela effect, thinking that originally Oliver was in light blue. I must have mixed it with Ford Anglia from Harry Potter. Love that river scene depiction. Good job! 

Haha, thanks for the comment! I made Oliver a little taller than I would have liked too but that's because of the height of the wheels and scaling the car with them. It towers over other 8-wide cars because of this, almost like an SUV.

Edited August 20, 2024 by StudWorks