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Re: New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
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lugnet.town
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Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:27:23 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Sean Kenney writes:
> Hi everybody!
Wassssup,
> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 1/4-stud offset doorhandles,
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/200.jpg
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> Construction of the diagonal-color ''hood''
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Cars/VW-Microbus/210.jpg
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> 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
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> Hope you enjoy the pictures!
>
> Sean
> ---
> The Brick Apple - New York City in Lego
> http://www.brickapple.com
Great job as always, Sean. Looks cool and realistic.
Do you have any links to the pics of the 6 wide? Keep up the good work.
Hasta La Vista, Sean
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