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Re: Tradesman's Ute
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au
Date: 
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 03:28:50 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Allister McLaren wrote:
   Hi all,

We’ve had a builder in over the last few weeks renovating our house. He did a fantastic job working around our crooked old house, and I knew he has a five y.o. son, so as a bonus ‘payment’ I made a version of his ute and trailer (complete with all the accessories including an esky and compressor) in Lego.

He was very pleased with it, but I don’t think his son’s going to get to play with it much :)

I made it in classic Legoland style ie. it’s 4 wide, which was an interesting change for me, and features a flat tray with drop sides and a covered trailer with working doors.

Brickshelf folder

PLMKWYT

Nice work!

I’m a bit concerned about the colour choice... IIRC 98.3% of tradesmen’s utes are white! ;-)

The dropsides are inspired, and the compressor is a masterpiece of minimalist design.

My favourite part is the trailer though... a classic design, and executed in a clever way

Cheers

Richie Dulin


   Port Brique
Somewhere in the South Pacifique
   
   Misérable
Building a safer South Pacifique



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(...) Thanks Richie. (...) True enough. This is one of the remaining 1.7%. This was a rendering of a specific ute, and since the real one was yellow, so was the model. When I make one for myself I'll make it in genuine white. For extra authenticity (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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  Tradesman's Ute
 
Hi all, We've had a builder in over the last few weeks renovating our house. He did a fantastic job working around our crooked old house, and I knew he has a five y.o. son, so as a bonus 'payment' I made a version of his ute and trailer (complete (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)

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