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Subject: 
Tradesman's Ute
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lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au
Date: 
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:40:26 GMT
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Hi all,

We’ve had a builder in over the last few weeks renovating our house. He did a fantastic job working around our crooked old house, and I knew he has a five y.o. son, so as a bonus ‘payment’ I made a version of his ute and trailer (complete with all the accessories including an esky and compressor) in Lego.

He was very pleased with it, but I don’t think his son’s going to get to play with it much :)

I made it in classic Legoland style ie. it’s 4 wide, which was an interesting change for me, and features a flat tray with drop sides and a covered trailer with working doors.

Brickshelf folder

PLMKWYT

Allister



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  Re: Tradesman's Ute
 
(...) Allister - Very cute!! I'm impressed with the detail - the hinging trailer panels especially. -Tim (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
  Re: Tradesman's Ute
 
(...) Nice work! I'm a bit concerned about the colour choice... IIRC 98.3% of tradesmen's utes are white! ;-) The dropsides are inspired, and the compressor is a masterpiece of minimalist design. My favourite part is the trailer though... a classic (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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