MOC - 1930s? posh two-seater car

[brickzone]

Well, in procrastinating about starting on modification of Café Corner, I was browsing my vehicle parts container ("modified" plates, incl. wheel arches, seats, space brackets/seats) and got on to thinking if I couldn't use the 2005 style wheel arches for an old car (you know the ones where there is defined wheel housing/mudguards. Also while I am a fan of 6 wide vehicles, I felt that for a small car, 4 wide would be nice.

So, I'm not sure exactly what year such a car as this would be from, nor how realistic it is (yes, very lazy of me I did no research whatsoever and just built from imagination).

Front view:

Back view:

Side view:

Front close-up:

Back close-up:

It's black due to parts limitations, and the wheels are smaller than is preferable due to the wheel arch size. They also stick out further than the mudguard but that's in order to give the impression that the mudguard too also comes out further from the car body.

Comments welcome!

[djo]

this is great MOC.

i like the 4-doors style.

the front hood also very nice built.

awesome creation. perfect.

[The Who]

If that was a real car, it would be from the 1940's.

But that's close enough, I guess.

A nice little car, overall. I think it looks good in black, personally.

[Dennimator]

Ah, a great MOC indeed!

I have to admit, the first thing I thought when I saw the words "1930" and "4-wide", I thought; "Oh, another one of those crappy classic 1980-style 4-wide cars.

When I saw the first picture though, it hit me like a shockwave. (OK, I like to exaggerate... )

It..looked good? Not even that, it looked good even wth those crappy mudguards! (Nope, no :blsuh: this time ) I do not say this about a non 5- or 7-wide vehicle often, so see it as a compliment ; may we have some in-build pics?

By the way, it looks great in black. Best color choice for this kind of car.

Kinda looks like an old taxi..^^

[AgentRick]

Why change the colors? It looks fine in black, even if you were going for a different color. It looks fantastic for a 4-wide car as well.

[Ralph_S]

I too thought that I was going to be facing another ho-hum four wide car that really doesn't look like anything much. I'm pleasantly surprised, although I wouldn't call it a four wide really, because including the wheels it's closer to six wide. It reminds me very much of a Citroen Traction Avant which is from the thirties, BTW. Black is an excellent colour for this type of vehicle. Very nice It makes me want to build a classic car too.

Cheers,

Ralph

[BlueBard]

A really accurated job and one of the best 1930s I've ever seen, and even 4 doors!

[brickzone]

Thanks for the comments - I agree the car looks nice in black, I had just hoped originally to do some other colour as obviously black is the colour one sees these cars in (e.g. films etc.) most frequently and a different colour might make it stand out more. Also black is hard to photograph!

I've put together instructions for this, using LDD (I cheated by recolouring red car doors black in image post-processing):

Enjoy!

[Davey]

Very cool and thanks for the instructions post! I love the color of this car as it gives it a more regal and even somewhat sinister look. :thumbup: The hood detail is quite nice, but the spare tire detail on the boot just seals it for me. Overall the lines/shape are really good and you have come up with something that would look great on any layout. Couple that with the fact that it looks sturdy/playable and it's all win. Nice work!

-Dave

[Rick]

Really nice, you kept it compact yet added so much detail to it. Thanks also for the instructions, I'll be sure to borrow some of the techniques whenever I'm ready to try some classic car building of my own.

[prateek]

Oh la la very posh indeed. My favourite part is the front

[Milan]

Ahh, great!

Those new parts really skyrocket designing 4 wide cars, and those curves and angles...nice!