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Subject:	New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town
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Date:	Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:13:01 GMT
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Hi everybody! Earlier today I was inspired to build a 4-wide 1962 VW Microbus, after seeing pictures of a 6-wide model by Sven Moritz Hein. Here are the pictures of my model: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/100.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/110.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/120.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/130.jpg Since a few people have posted with questions about some of my building techniques, I also included a few photos of how I did some of the more unique aspects of the VW's design. 1/4-stud offset doorhandles, http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/200.jpg Construction of the diagonal-color ''hood'' http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/210.jpg The whole thing took about 3 hours to build, half of which was spent playing with various versions of the front. I finally settled on the design you see here, even though it meant I didn't have a great way to attach the headlights. ...I included headlights in only one of the pictures, here. (They look OK from the angle that the photo was taken, but were really very low, and made the facade rather goofy-looking.) http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/190.jpg Hope you enjoy the pictures! Sean --- The Brick Apple - New York City in Lego http://www.brickapple.com

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		Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
(...) Wassssup, (...) Do you have any links to the pics of the 6 wide? Keep up the good work. Hasta La Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.town)

		Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
Hello. Hmmmmm, I'm impressed. A great work, Sean ! (...) I also remember Gianluca's Citroen-Van. (URL) ideas are so brilliant !! I always feel so sad to see you completely ignore minifig and door parts, B-) But I can't stop expressing my admiration (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.town)

		Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
(...) Thanks, George (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.town)

		Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
(...) Sean, very nice indeed. Is that dark red? Best, Jonathan (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.town)

		Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
(...) That rocks! Where are the surfboards? Seems like there's a mini-land scale microbus at Legoland California - anybody got pics of that one? James Wilson Dallas, TX Lugnet #1783 (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.town)

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