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Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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Date: 
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 00:38:35 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht writes:
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


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 Bram, nice work.

-Geordan-

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



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  RE: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
(...) 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)
  Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
(...) 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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  New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
 
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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