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I proudly present to you: my first 8 wide model on Open-L-Gauge, that has been designed with sharing the instructions in mind from the very beginning. Initially started on the 7th of january 2024 and the instructions finished only 20 days later, after test building and improving, the model of a german class 152 (Siemens ES64F) was finished quite fast. [Download at the bottom of the page]
I proudly present to you: my first 8 wide model on Open-L-Gauge, that has been designed with sharing the instructions in mind from the very beginning. Initially started on the 7th of january 2024 and the instructions finished only 20 days later, after test building and improving, the model of a german class 152 (Siemens ES64F) was finished quite fast. [Download at the bottom of the page]
I proudly present to you: my first 8 wide model on Open-L-Gauge, that has been designed with sharing the instructions in mind from the very beginning. Initially started on the 7th of january 2024 and the instructions finished only 20 days later, after test building and improving, the model of a german class 152 (Siemens ES64F) was finished quite fast. [Download at the bottom of the page]
I know, rushing things isn’t always the best, but most important to me is scale and the Class 152 is no exception here. Besides some minor details, it’s suprisingly well in scale. To match the correct wheelsize, it makes use of custom wheels made by HAbricks (M size) or any other wheels with 24mm diameter (measured without flange).
I know, rushing things isn’t always the best, but most important to me is scale and the Class 152 is no exception here. Besides some minor details, it’s suprisingly well in scale. To match the correct wheelsize, it makes use of custom wheels made by HAbricks (M size) or any other wheels with 24mm diameter (measured without flange).
I know, rushing things isn’t always the best, but most important to me is scale and the Class 152 is no exception here. Besides some minor details, it’s suprisingly well in scale. To match the correct wheelsize, it makes use of custom wheels made by HAbricks (M size) or any other wheels with 24mm diameter (measured without flange).
To recreate the “boring” roof of the prototype with as much detail as possible, I’ve decided to use old dark gray for bits of the roof. Keep this in mind when ordering parts and building!
To recreate the “boring” roof of the prototype with as much detail as possible, I’ve decided to use old dark gray for bits of the roof. Keep this in mind when ordering parts and building!
To recreate the “boring” roof of the prototype with as much detail as possible, I’ve decided to use old dark gray for bits of the roof. Keep this in mind when ordering parts and building!
Parts that are not visible from the outside and where color doesn’t really matter, are highlighted in the color “clikits lavender”. However I recommend using dark colors like black or dark bluish gray for most parts.
Parts that are not visible from the outside and where color doesn’t really matter, are highlighted in the color “clikits lavender”. However I recommend using dark colors like black or dark bluish gray for most parts.
Parts that are not visible from the outside and where color doesn’t really matter, are highlighted in the color “clikits lavender”. However I recommend using dark colors like black or dark bluish gray for most parts.
It features a drivetrain with 2 L-Motos powered by a BuWizz 3.0, but other solutions might work aswell.
It features a drivetrain with 2 L-Motos powered by a BuWizz 3.0, but other solutions might work aswell.
It features a drivetrain with 2 L-Motos powered by a BuWizz 3.0, but other solutions might work aswell.
Watch out for these size guides, they’ll tell you the length in studs (2 respective 4) that you need to cut from the hose rigid/flex tube 3mm.
If you want to upload the .io file to BrickLink as a wanted list, you first need to open the file and remove the custom parts like the wheels and cut hose rigid. The parts in the color “clikits lavender” need to be set to “non applicable”, BrickLink will then pick a color for you when ordering.
If you’re interested in how this model got created, have a look at my YouTube video about this project.
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A Space subtheme – or should that be supertheme? – has been spread across several lines in January 2024 sets, and LEGO® Friends get their fair share with sets 42605 Mars Space Base and Rocket and 42603 Stargazing Camping Vehicle. I'll post my review of the latter on New Elementary's social accounts soon, but first let's look at the Mars base, which features a unique design with two large quarter-dome modules along an airlock; a semi-realistic design with some amusing details. Step aboard!
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This locomotive was used in the early days of the Saxon state railways, and were built between 1881 and 1892. They served on various narrow gauge railways owned by the Saxon state railways. After WW1 and WW2 the locomotives were decomissioned due to their lack of power, and sold to Poland. There they served up till the late 60s, when all of them were scrapped.
In 2006 a plan was made to build a new I K. After three years the build was completed in the railway works at Meiningen. She ran on multiple narrow gauge railways in Germany of which many were where she used to run originally.
Sadly in September of 2022 the locomotive was heavily damaged in a collision with a road vehicle. In November 2023 repairs were finished at Meiningen and she was brought back to the Lößnitzgrundbahn outside Dresden
This locomotive was built in 1/45th scale. It fits on a 4 wide track system, but was meant mainly for display purposes.
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Russian exports have taken a bit of a hit since the country decided to invade its neighbour. However Russian products used to be exported to rather more countries than you might expect, including TLCB’s home nation. This was one such item, the Fiat-derived Lada Riva.
Launched in the UK in 1983, up to 30,000 Rivas were sold annually by the late ’80s, to customers looking for the cheapest new car available, and of whom 80%’s favourite colour seemed to be beige.
The Riva continued in the UK virtually unchanged for over a decade, before Lada finally withdrew from the market in 1997 as newer Hyundai, Kia, and Proton products outcompeted the Niva at the cheapest end of the new car market.
Today there are very few Nivas left on our roads, but not because they’re unreliable. Rather, the UK’s high maintenance standards and low used car prices meant thousands were re-exported back to Russia, where they were seen as better examples than domestic units.
This one, in the pre-requisite beige, is the work of previous bloggee Legostalgie, who has captured the soviet three-box sedan brilliantly in brick form. There are four opening doors, a detailed interior, a life-like engine under the opening hood, plus an opening trunk, and you can build one for yourself too as instructions are available.
There’s more to see at Legostalgie’s ‘Lada Riva / VAZ-2107’ album on Flickr, and you can jump to Britain in 1988, or Russia anytime since then, via the text above.
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LEGO’s new 42168 John Deere 9700 Forage Harvester recreates a machine designed to cut enormous fields of crops. But what if your pasture is rather… smaller?
Previous bloggee damjan97PL / damianPLE has the answer, having deconstructed his 42168 set to create this humble lawn tractor, complete with working steering and a mower that rotates when lowered.
Building instructions are available and there’s more of Damian’s ride-on mower to see at both Eurobricks and Bricksafe. Now we just need him to deconstruct this to build an even smaller push-along mower for us here at TLCB Towers…
https://thelegocarblog.com/2024/01/27/one-man-went-to-mow-5/
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Hong Kong. Vibrant, busy, and one of the most densely-populated territories on the world, with over seven million people squeezed into just 425 square miles.
This means the buildings are tall and the streets are packed, as captured beautifully by Yama Jason in this wonderful street scene.
Depicting Argyle Street in Kowloon – named after a British merchant ship that used to sail from the island – Yama’s diorama is bursting with life, from the fire truck and cars on the road to the dozens of mini-figures crowding the pavements.
Fantastic details and clever building techniques appear everywhere you look, and you can join the bustle of mini-figure Hong Kong at Yama’s photostream via the link above.
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LEGO® ICONS™ is testing the waters with new subject matter. 10331 Kingfisher Bird is the latest black-boxed 18+ set and hopes to entice new builders with its entry-level pricing. Can it succeed? Let's dive in...
Our review features excerpts from our roundtable discussion with Senior Designer Sven Franic, who was responsible for this set's design. Some text has been edited for readability.
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When is a Toyota not a Toyota? When it’s a BMW or a Subaru… At least if the JDM-fanatics of the internet’s comments section are correct.
They’re not correct of course, because a) the fanatics of any brand are morons, and b) because globalisation is the way the car industry operates, and has done for decades.
There are Toyotas that are Mazdas and vice-versa, Toyotas that are Subarus and vice-versa, Toyotas that are Suzukis and vice-versa… and the list goes on and on, including Peugeots, Citroens, Opels, Fiats, Volkswagens, Daihatsus, Chevrolets…
“But what about the Supra?”, the internet cries! Well that does use BMW bits, but they were arranged by Toyota. And put together by neither company. Plus – whisper it – there are BMWs with Toyota parts too…
Thus we’d happily have a Toyota Supra, or a GT86, each of which shares more than a little with cars from other manufacturers.
Cue newcomer builtbydave_’s awesome modified versions of the Toyota Supra and
GR86, er… we mean Subaru BRZ, each wearing a wide-arch body kit that makes them even less Toyotary than when they left the factory.
Photographed brilliantly and featuring some clever building techniques, each ‘Toyota’ is well worth a closer look, and you can do just that at builtbydave_’s ‘Subaru BRZ’ and ‘Streethunter Toyota Supra’ albums respectively. Just don’t look too closely or you might find a BMW logo…
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No, it’s an NS omC! OK, that’s maybe not as catchy as the famous Superman musical lyrics, but we have at least learned something here at The Lego Car Blog, having had no idea what an ‘omC’ was before today.
What it is, is an ‘Oilmotor Vehicle’, a combustion-engined carriage used by the Dutch Railways during the 1920s as a cheaper, easier-to-run alternative to steam locomotives.
This one – being a ‘C’ designation – is for third-class passengers, which is where you’d probably find TLCB staff. There were ‘BC’ versions too, where first-class passengers such as The Brothers Brick’s Contributors could luxuriate away from the peasants.
Constructed by TLCB debutant Malik Geldermans, this 1:45th scale replica of the NS omC beautifully captures the real ‘Oilmotor Vehicle’ thanks to some truly fantastic building techniques.
Presented perfectly, there’s more of Malik’s model to see at his ‘NS omC’ album, and you can take a closer look on Flickr via the link in the text above.
https://thelegocarblog.com/2024/01/24/is-it-a-train-is-it-a-tram/
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‘Greebling’, one of many nerdisms from the Online Lego Community, involves outfitting a creation – usually a spacecraft – with a myriad of tiny grey pieces to add texture, complexity, and to make them look more science-fiction-y.
But those little grey parts, so often individually lost in sea of their neighbours, can look brilliant in insolation, as proven here by previous bloggee Andre Pinto, and this wonderful vintage tractor.
Comprising only a handful of pieces, they form the engine, drive-line, light brackets, exhaust, rear hitch and PTO, and have been perfectly selected for each task.
There’s more to see at Andre’s ‘My First Tractor’ album, and you can head to the greeble farm via the link above.
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As the long-suffering sci-fi fans who frequent this site will know, The Lego Car Blog Team are uniformly crap at understanding, explaining, or writing about spaceships.
Fortunately today though, The One and Only Mr.R – builder of this splendid example – has written rather a lot about it. Which we’re going to pinch.
A ‘G-005 “Goose” Light Courier Ship’, it comes from the early days of space trading, “when there was high demand for light couriers to deliver messages, products, and passengers between star systems… Those early days of trading may be over, but some mercenary crews continue to fly these ships… While courier missions may be harder to find, the crew of the Goose is ready to tackle them in order to continue living a free spirited life in the cosmos”.
Which means it sounds like that guy in the battered minivan you see most days delivering parcels in your neighbourhood. But in space.
No matter, because The One and Only My.R’s design is fantastic, with complicated angles meeting beautifully, yet still appearing utilitarian and nondescript, excellent brick-built lettering, and a truly wonderful interior, complete with cockpit, sleeping quarters, kitchen, life-support equipment, bathroom, and airlock.
There’s loads more of the ‘Goose’ to see at The One and Only Mr.R’s photostream, and you can place your interstellar delivery via the link in the text above.
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The LEGO Technic 42186 John Deere 9700 Forage Harvester has only been on sale a few weeks, yet previous bloggee M_longer of Eurobricks has already built it, un-built it, built something else, and created building instructions.
His ‘something else’ is this, a rather excellent forklift truck, constructed from around 500 pieces (90%) of the 42186 set.
Featuring rear-wheel-steering, a fork tilt mechanism, and – with no linear actuators available – fork elevation via a clever scissor-lift, M_longer’s forklift packs in as many working functions as the set upon which its based.
There’s much more to see, including a link to building instructions, at the Eurobricks forum, and you can fork off over there via the link above.
https://thelegocarblog.com/2024/01/22/my-other-piece-of-machinerys-a-combine-harvester/
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This excellent 1:32 scale SH-14D Lynx helicopter was found by one of our Elves today. Built by Master MOCer Ralph Savelsberg aka Mad Physicist, the Lynx is constructed in Royal Netherlands Navy livery and includes powered rotor blades, courtesy of a vintage 12V LEGO motor hidden within it. There’s more of the model to see at Ralph’s ‘LEGO SH-14D Lynx helicopter album’ plus you can check out his interview here at TLCB via the first link in the text above.
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When space travel finally becomes commonplace, we’re pretty sure it won’t be star-fighters or giant space robots occupying the void. No, it’ll be humble utility vehicles, ferrying stuff from somewhere to somewhere else, so that Jonathan from Dallas can get a new cat scratching post by tomorrow lunchtime.
Cue spaceruner’s excellent ‘FT23W3’, a ‘Futuron Worker Class Utility Spacecraft’ complete with a crew of three, an on-board last-mile delivery vehicle, and a big yellow crate full of pointless Amazon Prime orders.
Apart from needing a crew (the space delivery ships of the future will surely be drones), we reckon spaceruner’s creation could well be an accurate window into the not too distant future of seriously boring space travel*. There’s more of it to see on Flickr, and you can click the link above to choose your shipping option.
*Why else would Jeff Bezos be going up there?
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Citroen, makers of a dreary line-up of unimaginatively titled crossovers, were once something rather more. In fact it could be said that Citroen were once the most innovative car company in the world.
This is Citroen’s innovation zenith; the astounding DS, with front-wheel-drive, self-levelling hydraulic suspension, cornering headlights, in-board disc brakes, and even a clutch-less gearbox, all in 1955.
Produced for two decades the DS was still ahead of the industry when it was replaced in 1975, and this lovely Speed Champions recreation of an early ’70s example comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks. There’s more to see on Flickr where a link to building instructions can also be found, and you can take a look at Citroen’s finest moment via the link above.
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Humanity still enjoys a good war every now and then. And, because it’s been five minutes since the last conflict in the Middle East, a new one is pulling more and more nations, factions and regions towards it.
Of course for those caught within its gravity the conflict is a necessity, a fight for justice, freedom, and the will of God. Whichever side they are on.
The Second World War was perhaps a clearer fight between, perhaps not Good, but certainly against Evil. The Nazis’ ideology, with all of its death, pain and dehumanisation, was eventually defeated, and – whilst countless nations made enormous sacrifices – had the U.S remained neutral an Allied victory would have been all-but-impossible.
Hitler never sought to invade the Unites States, yet over 16 million Americans served during the conflict, of which 300,000 never returned home, and financing the war cost almost 40% of America’s GDP by 1945.
Capturing one tiny moment amongst the thousands in which the U.S contributed, previous bloggee Nicholas Goodman is here depicting the U.S push across Europe in the summer of 1944. A Willys Jeep, Sherman tank, and custom mini-figures pause to regroup, all carefully and accurately recreated in brick-form.
There’s more of Nicholas’ beautiful wartime builds to see on Flickr; take a look via the link above, and you can click here to see one way you can help today, as war spirals out of control once again.
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We invited Christopher Hoffmann to choose a LEGO® set with inspiring new parts to add to his collection and create his own MOC. Today he reveals his work, with a masterclass insight into the creative process, and the elements and techniques he used.
As I thumbed through the catalogue of sets to review, my inspiration was immediate and specific. It was September 2023 and set 42156 PEUGEOT 9X8 24H Le Mans Hybrid Hypercar, released in May, bore a cornucopia of new Technic panels in dark stone grey: the perfect ingredients for the upcoming Ma.Ktoberfest.https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/MArMKaWmc82dkvbNUpFqgCRFMxTa8z4W
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Large, eye-catching, but somewhat impractical when riding, big bags definitely forfeit a degree of agility for look-at-me attention. Cue Dennis Glaasker (aka BricksonWheels) and this visual feast of a Harley Davidson ‘bagger’ motorcycle.
(Very) loosely based on the official LEGO 10269 Creator Expert Harley Davidson Fat-Boy set, Dennis’ bagger looks frankly impossible to ride, but with a fully chromed engine, LED lighting, spectacular presentation, and – of course – two enormous curvy bags, we can ignore the practicalities for a bit and just enjoy looking.
Grab a handful at Dennis’ ‘Harley Davidson Layframe Bagger’ album, plus you can read his Master MOCers interview here at TLCB by clicking this bonus link.
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The Lego Car Blog Elves are very excited today, because – after a few were inevitably run over – they are now riding around the office in this stupendous JCB Fastrac 3185 and Oehler ZDK 180 combo.
Built by TLCB Master MOCer Eric Trax, this incredible Technic replica of the world’s fastest production tractor (and a trailer about which we know nothing) is powered by four Technic motors controlled via bluetooth thanks to a third-party SBrick. These power the steering, all-wheel-drive, rear three-point hitch and power-take-off, whilst a fifth is fitted within the Oehler trailer.
It’s this we’re about to surprise the Elves with, as Eric’s trailer can remotely tip by up to thirty degrees in two directions, dumping the contents very effectively indeed.
Whilst we have some fun with the trailer’s Elven cargo you can check out more of Eric’s astonishingly detailed JCB Fastrac tractor and Oehler trailer in tow at his Flickr album by clicking here, you can read his Master MOCers interview via the link above, and you can watch the model in action via the video below.
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Recent bloggee Nathan Hake is continuing to find ways to put his newly acquired vintage Technic figures in peril. Today’s is behind the wheel of a racing go-kart, with all the speed of a racing car, and all the safety of a paper bag. Still, if he needs a few replacement body parts his last Technic figure won’t be needing them anymore before long. Join the race on Flickr via the link above!
