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Re: New MOC: 8 wide Lotus Esprit S4
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lugnet.build
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/



Message has 2 Replies:
  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) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam)  

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