To start off, this convoy was about a two-month long process. It all started with an Indy 4 wallpaper I got, featering the cliff sceane. I comared it with my newly-rebuilt DUCK, and was shocked at the difference. Thus, I began the journey to get these fixed. Here's all of them together:

First up, is the DUCK. As said before, this is the vehicle that started this whole shipbang.

The first thing I did was fix the hood:

I found the original hood ugly anyways, so it was a small loss. Basically, I began with flattening the surface. Next thing I did was move the position of the gun. A while later, I added the bulb lights, instead of the earlier version. Here's a shot of the shattered window:

Next I changed the entierer. I despratly wanted to change the horrible seats, but I didn't want to widen the vehicle. So I came up with this simple solution: stick a 2x2 piece under one of the seats. It actually helped me a lot. I also widened the back, which opened up the space. Another change, was the fact that the movie varient had flat sides, instead of the raised ones seen in the set. I gladly took out the stickered pieces.

At last I took to the back- which was quite simple. First I removed the tire and gas can, then I raised the lights, and added the bar piece. One of the main challenges came to me from a friend of mine, when he showed me that there were no tire rims on the real DUCK. After a few days, I finally came up with a satisfactory way to replace the rims.

Next was the Jeep. This was substatially easier: the main change had already been made by me before. This change was the driver's seat. About a month after I had gotten the set, I replace the single seat with the double, and still kept the basic shape. Now, my main challenge was colour. I had to change it from the light-grey German jeep from Raiders, to the darker Russian Jeep from KotCS. It took a whiule, but was done nonetheless.

Another signifant change, was the front. I dispised the tire rims that were in place before, and could not use them for the Russian jeep. I decided on this versian, which keeps the roundness, but also adds the shape I needed.

For the back I added the rims I had taken from the DUCK, and also included a sort of 'tarp' seen in the movie. I also took the stickered pieces, and put them here.

To finish the jeep, was the sides. Originally, I just included 1x4 thin pieces I had taken from the Jungle Cuter. But while watching the movie again, I noticed something I had not noticed before: A spare tire on the side! I frantically added this on surprised that I did not see something so obvious.

Next was the truck. This was only seen in a few sceanes, so changes were sparse. I kept most of the design, but made changes in a few key areas. The main change was- again- the hood. The original truck had a very simple design. But I had to scrap that- in the movie is a very prominent tire, which gets split in half. Also, I added the little screen Indy opens to make way for his bazooka.

A smaller change was the back. I added the gate commen to most trucks- including the movie one- but was starngly not in hthe LEGO set. It wasn't a hard change either, just a few small additions.

The final change made to the truck was the roof. The KotCS version had no roof, so I took it out. It was soon replaced by a bar that Indy grabs at one point in capturing the truck.

Lastly was the Jungle Cutter. It was difficult- of course- because you barely see it in the movie. But there was one major change I made to the vehicle.

The main change was the addition of the second turbine. I'm surprised they didn't include this in the set instead of having a ridiculus cave. The turbine itself was simple, but I had to make this look 'natural' and sloped. The cheese slopes helped a lot with this. The main problem with the slope, is that I wanted to keep the explosian feature. Eventually, with a few tricky maneuvers, I did both. Also, I lengthened the smaller pipe.

Another change was the mysterious back wheel. If you look closly, it's in the movie, but it has little purpose. In fact, I have no clue WHY it's there, but I added it anyways.

Action pics:

Blowing up the Jungle Cutter

Indy attempts to take control a Russian jeep. Meanwhile, Spalko nearly kills Marion with the machine gun.

Sorry for the fuzzyness of the pictures. Comment are welcome. Enjoy!

Edited February 24, 201015 yr by The Legonater

Those look really good and capture the spirit of the scene very well.

Now for some action pictures.

(ps, if you don't want you pics to be so blurry, maybe try not to take the picks so close)

Those look really good and capture the spirit of the scene very well.

Now for some action pictures.

(ps, if you don't want you pics to be so blurry, maybe try not to take the picks so close)

I actually have some action pics, but they're on my laptop. I'll get them on tommorrow.

Nice work, it's cool to see a Russian convoy for a change.

Action pics are up.

Compliments on modifying the duck. That's one IJ model that I am particularly unsatisfied with, but I believe you did a great job on it.

Thank you all. One question, should I put up comparing photos?

Those are great! I love all the Indiana Jones vehicles and I was saddened to see almost all of them discontinued and no longer on sale, (except through ebay and Amazon for high prices of course. ebay is highering their fees too so that will make prices go up if any stores are left that is.) I really wanted the convoy truck that has the tent-like fabric-like top on it and looks like an army vehicle. I've seen youtube videos of peoples WWII era setups using those. There is a nice animated video with one and a bunch of soldiers.

I thought you might like this pic of the Boston Duck tours vehicle. They have about 30 and have helped save these vehicles history by using them and maintaining them constantly. They are very popular and always seen driving around giving tours.

The city of Boston is really great and I've always had a lot of love for the city and it's rich American historical culture. Anyone coming here for the first time should definitely take a tour first to learn the spots.

http://www.bostonducktours.com/

I found this toy while looking for the pics...

http://www.7gadgets.com/2007/05/27/rc-duck-tour-boat-rtr/180