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Re: Back to the Future DeLorean
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:18:50 GMT
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a Miniland scale (12 wide) rendition of the time machine from the Back to the
Future movies.  No powered wheels or steering, but the wheels do fold up for
flight like they're supposed to.  An old 9V motor drives the fiberoptic system
on the back, so the fiberoptics light almost simultaneously.  The gull wing
Excellent! Dude, you make me want to run out an buy a kit with fibre optics
just to try something similar!

(Personally, I think it looks more like a Taurus station wagon than a DeLorean,
but it's a difficult shape to model.)
Maybe (to you), but it was instantly recognizable to me as soon as I saw the
thumbnails, so it can't be THAT far off (speaking of which, did you have
orthographic references or detailed photos that you worked from?)

Mark W.



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  RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
 
(...) Heh...they can be fun. But I think their usage is somewhat limited...or at least, it isn't so easy to think of uses. (...) Photos, yes. Detailed, not very. I started a 16 wide powered version of the DeLorean back in March or April 2000: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

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  Back to the Future DeLorean
 
I knew there was a reason I brought my LEGO collection home for break besides sorting the miscellaneous parts... This may come as a bit of an anticlimax after the Diablo, but I just finished a Miniland scale (12 wide) rendition of the time machine (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.space) !! 

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