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About a year ago I started an Adventurer’s sub-theme that I called the Rum
Runners. The first set was Midnight
Moonshine, a pickup truck and whiskey still for the Runners. The second set,
Copper’s Callbox, was for the
Lawmen.
Last night, I finished a third set, Boss’s Bentley.
Brickshelf Gallery
The car is the Crime Boss’s personal mode of transportation. It is based on the
image of a 1930’s Bentley found on this page about
W.O. Bentley.
I don’t think Bentleys of the era carried a trunk on the back like I’ve done, so
I may switch that out if I get any dark green parts that are appropriate. The
Boss seems happy with it though, and in the end that’s all that matters.
Comments welcome,
-Elroy
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In lugnet.adventurers, Elroy Davis wrote:
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About a year ago I started an Adventurer’s sub-theme that I called the Rum
Runners. The first set was Midnight Moonshine, a pickup truck and whiskey still for the Runners. The
second set, Copper’s Callbox,
was for the Lawmen.
Last night, I finished a third set, Boss’s Bentley.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/taltosVT/BossBentley/dscf0071.jpg
Brickshelf Gallery
The car is the Crime Boss’s personal mode of transportation. It is based on
the image of a 1930’s Bentley found on this page about
W.O. Bentley.
I don’t think Bentleys of the era carried a trunk on the back like I’ve done,
so I may switch that out if I get any dark green parts that are appropriate.
The Boss seems happy with it though, and in the end that’s all that matters.
Comments welcome,
-Elroy
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I’ve been eagerly awaiting the next one of these and was going to tell you off
for stopping recently.
I love this theme and I think this is your best one yet. Please keep it up.
Tim
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In lugnet.adventurers, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I’ve been eagerly awaiting the next one of these and was going to tell you
off for stopping recently.
I love this theme and I think this is your best one yet. Please keep it up.
Tim
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Thanks Tim. I’ve got another vehicle on the way. I finished it last night, but
haven’t photographed it yet.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.adventurers, Elroy Davis wrote:
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About a year ago I started an Adventurer’s sub-theme that I called the Rum
Runners. The first set was Midnight Moonshine, a pickup truck and whiskey still for the Runners. The
second set, Copper’s Callbox,
was for the Lawmen.
Last night, I finished a third set, Boss’s Bentley.
Brickshelf Gallery
The car is the Crime Boss’s personal mode of transportation. It is based on
the image of a 1930’s Bentley found on this page about
W.O. Bentley.
I don’t think Bentleys of the era carried a trunk on the back like I’ve done,
so I may switch that out if I get any dark green parts that are appropriate.
The Boss seems happy with it though, and in the end that’s all that matters.
Comments welcome,
-Elroy
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Cool little set.. ops, MOC :)
This and the others two, has everything to be a LEGO theme.
Please, more!
LBaixinho
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In lugnet.adventurers, Luis Baixinho wrote:
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Cool little set.. ops, MOC :)
This and the others two, has everything to be a LEGO theme.
Please, more!
LBaixinho
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Thanks. I’m having fun building these, even with the year-long lapses between
builds. :)
-Elroy
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Hi Elroy,
actually I don’t have anything with cars (well, I am a girl), but this one is
great! What I like especially with this car is with all its goodlooking it’s
still playable. Minfigs can sit in it.
Very well done!
Regards,
Barbara
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In lugnet.adventurers, Barbara Werth wrote:
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Hi Elroy,
actually I don’t have anything with cars (well, I am a girl), but this one is
great! What I like especially with this car is with all its goodlooking it’s
still playable. Minfigs can sit in it.
Very well done!
Regards,
Barbara
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Thanks Barbara. I always try to make my MOCs playable if I can. I actually had
to rebuild this one a couple of times, as the Boss’s hat made him too tall to
sit in the limo the first couple of times around.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.adventurers, Elroy Davis wrote:
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I don’t think Bentleys of the era carried a trunk on the back like I’ve done,
so I may switch that out if I get any dark green parts that are appropriate.
The Boss seems happy with it though, and in the end that’s all that matters.
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No wonder, where else should he temporary store his “human resource management”
issues? On top of that, a container based system ensures a “clean and swift”
operation.
Both your vehicles and figs do very well in capturing the style of the genre.
They make me wish very hard, you would sell these as
custom sets.
With friendly greetings, Manfred.
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In lugnet.adventurers, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:
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Both your vehicles and figs do very well in capturing the style of the genre.
They make me wish very hard, you would sell these as
custom sets.
With friendly greetings, Manfred.
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I was actually contacted a couple of months ago by someone who wondered if I
sold Copper’s Callbox as a set. They were doing a promotion of some sort and
wanted a bunch.
I think I might put together instructions for the MOCs. There seems to be
enough interest in the vehicles, and I don’t mind sharing. :)
-Elroy
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In lugnet.adventurers, Elroy Davis wrote:
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About a year ago I started an Adventurer’s sub-theme that I called the Rum
Runners.
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Very cool series indeed. This last car looks awesome, nice and tight design,
with an overall pleasing shape and just lovely in green.
Heck, I can even picture an old boarded up warehouse hiding the stills during
the height of prohibition... always reminds me of one of my favourite quotes...
“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species
of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that
it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of
things that are not crimes.” Abraham Lincoln
Looking forward to more in this series.
Cheers,
Janey “Any excuse to lift my glass, Red Brick”
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In lugnet.adventurers, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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Very cool series indeed. This last car looks awesome, nice and tight design,
with an overall pleasing shape and just lovely in green.
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Thanks! The idea came about when I found a couple of the roof pieces in tan. I
thought the tan would go nicely with the dark green. I then started poking
around the ‘net for inspiration, and came across the black and green Bentley. I
stuck with the tan roof till the very end. Just before I took photos, I decided
to try the black to see how it would look. I decided the black roof fit the
crime boss better than the tan.
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Heck, I can even picture an old boarded up warehouse hiding the stills during
the height of prohibition...
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I started working on a warehouse last year, but then got sidetracked by other
projects. I may have to dredge up the building ideas again.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.adventurers, Elroy Davis wrote:
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Last night, I finished a third set, Boss’s Bentley.
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Wow! These are very creative and inspiring. I love the whole line. The vehicles
and sets are great construction, but you have a knack for capturing the
atmosphere of the rum-runners with the addition of excellent custom figs! I
really enjoy your work. Thank you for sharing!
--Mark
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In lugnet.adventurers, Mark Larson wrote:
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Wow! These are very creative and inspiring. I love the whole line. The
vehicles and sets are great construction, but you have a knack for capturing
the atmosphere of the rum-runners with the addition of excellent custom figs!
I really enjoy your work. Thank you for sharing!
--Mark
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Thanks for the comments. The minifigs are probably the most fun to build. I
keep imagining how they’d all interact with each other. Giving each MOC a set
of characters also helps bring more life to the build.
-Elroy
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