Early 1900's Automoibles MODs / MOCs

[Murdoch17]

These vehicles were built from anywhere between 1920 to 1944. This includes a 1940 AEC Regent III to a 1920's MOON, plus a 1931 Ford Model AA truck.

These are some older models I found on my hard drive. I have built 99% of them, but not all are up-to-date as shown below.

Enjoy!

1920's MOON

The MOON Motor Car company lasted from 1905 until 1930. Here is the lnik to the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia....Moon_automobile

This is not based on a specific model, but more or less the style of 1920's luxury MOON automobiles.

The MOON Motor Car company was based in St. Louis Missouri and built cars from 1905 to 1930. However, they did not get the very complex finances straightened out until 1965!

This model was inspired by the works of Bricktrix, whose Rolls Royce Phantom Mk II inspired me to build the chassis of his car into the model you see here. Link to the Bricktrix original: http://www.flickr.co...157622854792681

1930's Gangster Sedan

Built from set #7682 (Shanghai Chase) and modified with modern parts to give cleaner, more streamlined look.

The rear features a rear inspired by the yellow car in set 10200. (Custom Car Garage)

1930's Roadster

Look familiar? It's the same as the one in my Market Street Bakery 10190 MOD.

I included it only because it fits the bill of a vintage car.

1931 Ford Model AA truck

Everyone may have heard of the Ford Model T and maybe it's successor, the Model A. But here is something you may not know: The Model T and later Model A both had trucks made from the basic principles of those cars. They were called the Model TT & Model AA, which is where this Lego model comes in. It is based off a Ford Model AA truck.

I built this model from set #10222, Winter Village post Office.

Link to the Model AA wiki page: http://en.wikipedia....i/Ford_Model_AA

1930's German Automobile

This model was made from Indiana Jones set #7622, Race for the Stolen Treasure. It now features a roof and proper windows. I consider this the civilian version of the one in the set.

The rear also has tail lights, which were not in the original set.

1940 AEC Regent III

This is my double-Decker bus. It is based on an Associated Equipment Company (AEC) Regent III. This bus is missing one part: the stair case in the rear. I based this model off the 2003 version of the Knight Bus. I even added a proper staircase, which isn't in LDD. Here is a Bricklink picture of it:

This bus type is famous for being the basis for the purple Knight Bus in the Harry Potter "Prisoner of Azkaban" movie. In real life service, this bus type was built from 1939 to 1954 and used until the late 1970's. It was usually painted red or dark green, but I decided on reddish brown for this MOC just to be different.

Here we can see the support for the stairs off to the rear of the bus.

The roof and second floor of this bus are removable, even though no mini-figures can sit in the drivers seat and only one figure can fit per row of passenger seats. Here is the link to the Regent III wikia page: http://en.wikipedia..../AEC_Regent_III (I know the the Regent III usually had inside staircase, but the prototype did originally had an older outside one, and that's what I'm going with.)

1944 Jeep

Built from Indiana Jones set #7628, Peril in Peru.

I don't think I modified this one that much.

1920's Roaring Roadster

This car was made out of a desire to made a car using LEGO Western pistols as pistons. I think I did a reasonably good job!

Tail lights and spare tire, that's all you'll find back here!

Bessie (Doctor Who)

This is based off the Doctor Who car Bessie. (I don't know the original prototype or it's model year, so just called it "Bessie".

Rear of the car features tail lights and a spare tire. Bessie even has a page at the Doctor Who wiki: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Bessie

Updated LDD file for all that you see here: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1395235446m.lxf

Comments, questions, & complaints are always welcome!

Edited March 19, 2014 by Murdoch17

[Jody Meyer]

these are great, can't wait for the lxf's

[Murdoch17]

sorry for the long wait!

Here is the LXF: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1395016651m.lxf

[ReflectioN]

Very nice, thanks.

[ER0L]

As already said on Flickr some months ago I really like your 1920 Moon. It's well proportioned and could be used as a base for quite a few nice vintage cars (at least a convertible or a runabout). There aren't that many vintage cars with spare tires at the sides.

My advice would be to either build this one in real bricks or at least render it. By building it there would be the opportunity to replace those "offroad tires" by the older smooth ones which make vintage cars look twice as good. Also the old grey tires would probably look quite good here in combination with the chosen colour scheme.

This model was inspired by the works of Bricktrix, whose Rolls Royce Phantom Mk II inspired me to build the chassis of his car into the model you see here.

It would be kind if you could provide a link. Of course I'm always interested in such things.

[Murdoch17]

@ER0L: Here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bricktrix/4248199139/in/set-72157622854792681

And I agree, the old tires would look very nice.

I'm currently working on a couple more vintage cars, so stay tuned for an update!

[ER0L]

Thanks for the link. Maybe I've seen it before but I wouldn't have noticed the similarities. Now that we can see the original creation (which in my view is quite impressive, especially regarding the fact that it's already 4 years old) it's easier to estimate the idea behind your version. Even though it seems to be more simple technique-wise it still looks good. In any case I think this is something that can be worked on.