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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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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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)
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| | Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) 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)
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| | RE: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) Thanks! The tail lights were probably the easiest thing to build :) (...) A minifig without extra hair or a hat just fits. Two fit, actually. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) Do you mean the car is too small? I've stood next to an Espirit once, and it reached me up to the hip, approximately. I think that if you put a minifig next to Bram's car, it will be just barely taller than the roof. It is very difficult to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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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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| | RE: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) Thanks! (...) The tapered front was an afterthought...but I really like the way it turned out. It looks much less squared off than when it was 8 wide all the way. (...) Usually, it's a matter of how they're attached. On some of the cars (like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) Yeah, I see; it's unfortunate LEGO doesn't have a 1x3 with 2 studs on top with half stud offsets (using the 1x2 tiles with single stud on top makes going from 3 studs to 2 very flimsy!); as for the 2x4 plate... hmm, you're right, I can't think (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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(...) Well, it's either a slightly hollowed out look or the hollow studs, which I don't like much either. (...) Heheh...it's not a '77 Lotus though :) I think you'd have to go to a slightly bigger scale to make it convert (12 or 16 wide?) I'd love (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.build)
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