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Subject: 
New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:52:19 GMT
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I was chatting with Mladen one day about the difficulty of creating tapered
windshields at small scales, and he suggested using flex tubes in this manner.
I had dismissed this idea because I thought it would be too weak for my
tastes, but it turns out that putting the corner of the tiles into the flex
tube really helps.
Anyway, here's the model:
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/?m=esprit

Please rate the model and LMKWYT!  Comments, suggestions, flames appreciated.
--Bram


Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://bldesign.org/



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
WOW! I can't believe you actually built it! ;-) Great work as ALWAYS Bram! My brother is a *big* fan of James Bond (as am I), and he just loves the Lotus! However, I do think the model is missing a minifig Roger Moore! ;-) Again, excellent job. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
  Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
(...) Awesome Bram! That is great! To me, the main disinguishing feature of the esprit are the tail lights, you recreated them perfectly, absoluetely great work. Is it minifig scale? seems a tad small to be, not sure though. This is really great (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
  Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
Bram, Well of course I like this one too! Glad Mladen suggested using tubes for the windshield frame; I agree with the tail lights comment, and I especially like the tapered front via the use of 2x1 wall panels. (I may have to borrow that idea (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)

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