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Greetings,
Now that I have my LEGO-dedicated half of the basement rec room and see a light
at the end of my seemingly endless parts sorting I've actually been building!
I just posted my recently completed 1920's Fire Engine inspired by the 1929
American LaFrance 100, 1934 Sanford/Ford Cub Jr and other classic trucks. It
uses about 340 pieces and is completely outfitted with pumps, compartments and
firefighting gear of the times. There is some *minor* modification of parts for
realism (read: drilling of a few 1x1 plates) to make hoses, nozzles and a wye.
The hoses are shoestrings, drilled 1x1 plates and technic bushing with a couple
drops of hot glue.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35671
I have also made a couple of MOC's based on the car design in the Harry Potter
Privet Drive set.
First is a black & white 1950's police car similar to a 1952 Plymouth squad
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35672
I also made a souped-up yellow and checkerboard taxicab with exposed engine
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35673
I plan to keep building a bunch more classic cars and a drive-in restaurant
to park them at for the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club layout.
I uploaded some pics of older MOC's as they appear in the G.M.L.T.C. layout
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35666
Hope you enjoy and PLMKWYT!
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
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| (...) The shape of the body is wonderful. The unusual angle used for the front fenders is brilliant. (...) I used the shoe string technique a while back on a larger scale engine. I ended up using Technic connectors (1/2 grey) as nozzles. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Really nice Bill! I like the fire engine. You really captured the look of those old engines. I enjoyed seeing the other mocs too. Nice work! Thanks for sharing them. Tom (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) light >at the end of my seemingly endless parts sorting I've actually been building! I'm jealous;-) (...) Marvelous MOC, Bill! Really nicely detailed. This and all of your fire apparatus are very inspirational. And this one is <be still my (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) I did! And I really like the fire engine..the detailing throughout is outstanding! Things like the fairings and pipe make the truck come alive. Great job! Joe Meno (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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