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Re: New Vehicles on Brickshelf
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:06:53 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, William Toenjes writes:
> Greetings,
> Now that I have my LEGO-dedicated half of the basement rec room and see a light
> at the end of my seemingly endless parts sorting I've actually been building!
> I just posted my recently completed 1920's Fire Engine inspired by the 1929
> American LaFrance 100, 1934 Sanford/Ford Cub Jr and other classic trucks. It
> uses about 340 pieces and is completely outfitted with pumps, compartments and
> firefighting gear of the times. There is some *minor* modification of parts for
> realism (read: drilling of a few 1x1 plates) to make hoses, nozzles and a wye.
> The hoses are shoestrings, drilled 1x1 plates and technic bushing with a couple
> drops of hot glue.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35671
> I have also made a couple of MOC's based on the car design in the Harry Potter
> Privet Drive set.
> First is a black & white 1950's police car similar to a 1952 Plymouth squad
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35672
> I also made a souped-up yellow and checkerboard taxicab with exposed engine
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35673
> I plan to keep building a bunch more classic cars and a drive-in restaurant
> to park them at for the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club layout.
> I uploaded some pics of older MOC's as they appear in the G.M.L.T.C. layout
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35666
> Hope you enjoy and PLMKWYT!
> --
> Bill
> (TooMuchDew)
Really nice Bill! I like the fire engine. You really captured the look of
those old engines. I enjoyed seeing the other mocs too. Nice work! Thanks
for sharing them.
Tom
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