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Re: FJ Holden
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:11:23 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Allister McLaren writes:
> Hi again.
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> Cars cars cars - one day I must build a building.
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> Inspired by Robert McLean's minifig HZ ute (whose mirror design I've also
> used here), and Braith's call to 'keep the Australiana coming', I built a
> minifig scale FJ Holden.
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> This one became even more of a half stud offset nightmare than the bug, but
> I just had to get that middle section 5 studs wide. I'm not quite happy with
> the rear roof section, but I think the bonnet turned out particularly well.
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> For the non-Australians out there, there's a concise histor of the vehicle here:
> http://abcasiapacific.com/nexus/stories/s668011.htm
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> Now the pics:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/almac/FJ-Holden/fj-holden1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/almac/FJ-Holden/fj-holden2.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/almac/FJ-Holden/fj-real.jpg
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> I have built this in real Lego but I'm still not yet blessed with a decent
> camera, so CAD it is.
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> Cheers
> Allister
Allister,
This is excellent! You captured the form of the FJ very well! I like the
chrome fenders and grilles along with the SNOT hoodwork. Great addition to
your auto-garage speciality shop! Keep it up!
I would have posted last night but the modem at home made those seeing those
pics a problem.
ciao&salaam
-Andrew
GardenSLUG
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| (...) Everything looks better with chrome. :) The hood took the longest time to get right. I had the SNOT piece in one hand, and the car in the other, and no clear idea how to stick them together. Everything I tried put it 1 plate too high. The (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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