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AARRGGHH!!! NO! Halp! Halp! A LUGnuts challenge in which we can't build cars? Oh noes, this is going to be a tough one..... I don't have any (ANY) motorcycle parts, only car and truck ones. Should I make a few trucks, or be a beginner and give my shot at a two-wheeled..... Thingy??
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Raphael, check out some of the motorcycles Lino has built, or if you want to go for something smaller, check out some of mine. I don't think mine use any parts exclusively used for motorcycles. There are plenty of other ones on brickshelf too by other people. I'm not trying to pimp my models here, but am trying to provide some inspiration. I had a lot of fun building these.
I like this challenge. I do build trucks (in fact, one of my entries for last month was six-wheeled) and I have built the odd motorcycle now and then, but I'll do my best to come up with something interesting. I've got a few ideas already.
Cheers,
Ralph
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Still in the mood from yesterday's DAF I decided to build another quickie in Tiny Turbo scale, the famous six-wheeled Tyrrell P34:
As soon as I'm home again I'll have a go at building it for real and I'll add pictures.
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Hey Duq, I googled it and I was amazed! Did they actually race these things? It's kind of pretty, actually..... I thought this was aan exellent replica ;)
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He Lino, I'm almost through with one of my entries! It's a 6-wide 2015 semi, and I've never made a semi that big! I can't wait to post it :D
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too bad i posted this bad boy yesterday....will tanks count....i can do another....
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Actually I'm baffled...I've found plenty of cars to build but I'm just bored of 3 wheels, because I've already made a Robin, and a Peel P50! I looked around for 6 wheels or 8, but found the same results of some boring car. My second idea was to make a halftrack or tank, but I don't have any tread pieces... Also I want to build a real-world vehicle, not an imagined one. Anyone got any ideas?
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I don't think I've ever seen you build a truck and having built many in the last years (including a few for LUGNuts challenges), I can tell you that it is rather different from building a normal car. If you think any old truck is too dull, try a wrecker truck. Especially American ones can look really interesting. You could also go for a telescopic crane. They often have as many as 10 wheels. I'd wouldn't mind building one myself if I wouldn't have another idea that I like more and that is quite unlike anything I've ever built.
It's only day 1 of the challenge. There's 30 more to go, so you've got plenty of time to think of something. Just take it easy.
Cheers,
Ralph
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Good challenge. Since i have never yet made a large scale bid rig, i might try to make a truck or something related to that. and maybe ill get a good result. trucks are definetly out of my comfort zone.
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Hmm lots of chatter, definately feels like a bunch of prolific car builders are being pushed out of there comfort zone and into the great beyond. Great challenge Lino especially for a builder like myself who likes building in all sorts of styles.
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I don't know why every one is so put out by this challenge. I think its really cool. As soon as I read it, I thought of something to build. Relax and have fun people! Just step out of the box, or throw the box away entirely! So, with out further ado:
Trio 1
Enjoy! ;)
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The only reason I'm a lttle put down by the challenge is because I wanted to build a real-world car....none of which, interest me. But I've found somethings I'm willing to try! :)
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Okay, I can definitely enter this contest. I'm really looking forward to everyone's great entries!
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Okay, I said I couldn't think of anything to build, right? Well, I had this idea from the start but wasn't sure of building it. It just so happens I was bored and didn't want to do my homework, so I whipped it up! It's a monowheel motorcycle! Yes, this is a real vehicle too! many grease monkies throughout the world have built them. the most famous 'monkey' being Kerry McLean...an expert in monowheel design. I decided to build his medium-sized variant because the scale of the tire was best suited for it. This thing, despite being a very quick 15-minute build, was a complete nightmare to construct. The deatils are all clamped to the tire, so it doesn't necesarily move like a real monowheel plus the darn thing completely falls apart if it tips over!!! And it tips over a lot for obvious reasons...Well, I'm tired of typing so...enjoy!
Click on picture for more!
Picture of the real monowheel I based mine on...
Sorry about the one photo etiquette rule, but I felt it was necesary to show this.
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Some great entries already. Dylan, mate, you've outdone yourself. Next time you need any ideas, don't come asking ;-) I had a few ideas myself, but the most different from what I'd normally do is this one:
Born to be wild (part 2)
So, you want to take your significant other through the desert in comfort, but with wind in your hair. If you're dull, you'll buy a convertible. If you've got cohones, you'll buy a trike ;-)
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(It would have worked for last month's challenge too: fear of getting your hair trapped in moving machinery.)
Cheers,
Ralph
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Oh if only someone would go look at the movie "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" and build me that car!! Which btw really was drivable, kinda...heh
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^ Ooooh, nice idea. I think what I have in mind might be a tad cooler ;-).
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I had a god idea for a car, but there's no way I'd have the pieces to build it... Hint: Big and pink! Maybe someone could brush up on that!
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I thought of that too, but I don't have enough pink either.
911
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I might have just about enough pink to build a five-wide minifig version of it, though it'd be tricky without tiles or jumper plates.
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justuptown...I was looking at that car when trying to come up with ideas. ;)
Dylan, lego911 and Mad P...what car is big and pink?
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Azaghal beat you all to the Nemomobile a couple months ago. Though that doesn't mean no one can do another version.
I also would like to know what car is big and pink.
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The Fab 1 from the movie/TV series "Thunderbirds"
Also in a newer remake of the british film, a newer Ford designed version was debuted.
Click here if you still have no idea what the heck I'm talking about!
(update) here's a good video of the new car too...
watch video
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So here is my submission. It's a model of a Waste Management McNeilus Side Loader Garbage Truck. I try to make my trucks as close as possible to the real thing so you be the judge. Here is a pic of the real thing (sorry ahead of time if I'm not supposed to do that.) Thanks for looking!
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Is it cheating to use a truck with dual wheels on the rear axle for a total of six wheels?
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william ward...Nope, not cheating at all. Dualies fit well within the unconventional tire count prescribed in this challenge...they just don't look as dramatic as some of the other configurations. Good work.
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I'm gonna post three entries in one post here. The hovercraft and the snowmobile are definitely pushing the challenge limits, right Lino?
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Oooh, I'm diggin that hovercraft.
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yeah, the snowmobile and especially the hovercraft are pushing the limits for sure, my man. How we gonna keep strict order around here when the head honchos post something like that? You can't deny they're really cool though! So long as we don't turn into a military/watercraft/aircraft/mech/spaceship/castle group over night we'll be just fine. :)
That's ok, one of my ideas for this challenge was really going to push the limits too. No one has done anything like it yet, so maybe it'll be a go.
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This 14th "Dualie legal" build challenge entry shows me reverting back to 4-wide, but also venturing into larger vehicles. I normally only make sidecars and motorcycles. Amphibious and irregular for sure, but not too spacey being a civilian vehicle.
For more information on the original Princely, Cool, Amphibious Hydra-Terra check the references below:
www.terrawind.com/hydraterra.htm
www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/CAMI_hyd...
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i've still got some tricks up my sleeve....and another rule bender....
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I'm not going to bend the rules too much, so here's my kiddiebike with 3 wheels.
I kept it pretty basic, but everything works like the real life counterpart.
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oh now, you better knock me on my butt with your entry...lol
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Dang, I was gonna build a tricycle...well, scrap that idea!
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Sorry about that, but there is a lot of different tricycles and many ways to execute it...
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Because I'm fed up of LDD thwarting my 10-wide car designs. I've never doen trucks before, nor have I done 6-wide, so I thought it would be a good challenge.
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It had to be done.
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^ Well...there goes my other possible entry....I was also gonna build a Robin! Just my luck, huh?
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how about a sleigh.....? is that going to bend the rules a little?
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Oh for the love of God! Hah! Alright...this is all your fault, Nathan! ALL YOUR FAULT!! Hah! Awesome sleigh, Matt. its too cool for me to complain about it throwing the rules right out the window. This is going to be a really fun write up. And to think...we still have 25 days left!
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Another 14th "Dualie legal" 4-wide entry. A volvo with a portapody "5th wheel" and a dualie camper pulling a boat. If this were sold in stores it'd have a total wheel count of 14 just like the challenge! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TONecEpkt0g
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I didn't think people would really like my 1st bus that much. When I built it all I could think of was this: www.bricklink.com/SL/895-1.jpg But after all the kind comments I just kept on building buses. Lino said build one or build many so here we go! The driver of the red white and blue bus drove really crazy when he found out his bus didn't have enough wheels to meet this challenge. Jet propelled buses don't normally enter these figure races but it does make for a dramatic effect no?
someone's got to build the pinkish bus for this group someday:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78xqQCqeGo
I could do it but only with photoshop color replacement.
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not a car en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campagna_t-rex
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I'm wowed.
These are not only awesome but a few could be the questions in Jeopardy Final Challenge!
The challenge to get out of the box (and the hell with the rules!) and push a new envelope might have left Lino scratching his head over his build. hehe
Lego On Dudes and Dudettes!
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My entry, An APC. I'm going for a six wheel approach.
Click the picture for more.
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2 small wheels = scooter. looks spacey but its a real-world BMW C1
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argg you took the t-rex!!!!
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I've uploaded the instructions for the Tyrrell on Brickshelf. I've another project in mind so hopefully I'll have some time over the holidays...
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more stuff I might build, but Apple or any of you all can take em. Looking back on my Trex I already see so many more better ways to build it so you can all feel free to reinterpret:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Damnation_Alley_19...
www.moviewallpapers.net/images/wallpapers/1977/damnation-...
jalopnik.com/360213/the-ten-best-post+apocalyptic-surviva...
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You were gonna build a dodge t-rex too apple? DANG IT!!!! Now that's THREE of my ideas already used up! This is horrible!
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Dylan yea, and i still might attempt at making one. haven't made modern cars in a while.
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same here
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ooh well you're on. good luck. that is, if i make one at all...
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Some ideas are more obvious than others. I too thought about a Reliant Robin, the six-wheeled Tyrrell F1 car and a monowheeler and I am sure that I'm not the only person to think about a three-wheeled motorcycle. Admittedly that was part of the reason why I decided to build mine very quickly.
Still, somebody already having built the type of vehicle you had in mind shouldn't deter you from building your own, because each and everyone of us has a slightly different style or builds on a different scale. Even people who have superficially similar building styles and build on roughly the same scale, Lego 911 and me, for instance, will end up with different models when building the same vehicle, even if we've already seen what the other builds.
So, let's stop complaining that others have beaten us to 'our' ideas and let's keep building.
Cheers,
Ralph
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^ Don't worry...I never said I've given up on any of my ideas...It's just that someone else "stole the show" first. :D
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A V-twin springer hardtail
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Hey, that seems pretty nice! I've never been into bikes much (I've never built one) because such rare pieces are involved. But I may try to make something for this challenge, even if it seems too hard! I was thinking about making a..... Dang, what happened? I can't write " " anymore. How strange ;)
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Ps. Nathan: Your semi is awesomely sculpted. J4ke: Are you sure 6-wide's minifig scale? I'd think 8-wide.......
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^ There's no such thing as minifig scale ;)
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Here's my entry, a Tuk Tuk from Thailand:
I found the Tuk Tuk while searching for three-wheeled vehicles: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_rickshaw
It's not a car and it has three wheels... unfortunately, it doesn't have a v8...
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8-wide might be more to "scale" but it wouldn't fit within the LEGO road baseplate lanes. I use 6-wide for my trucks too.
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I hold to six wide being more minifg scale due to the height of a fig. If you use the width of a fig as your guide then eight wide is better. Eight wide always makes figs look like little kids.
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Hey Biczz that Tuk Tuk is awesome I can't help but remember the great chase scene from Ong Bak. Its immediately recognizable. Kudos!
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A second entry for me:
A Volvo style conventional sleeper
Though I think I like Nathon's mirrors better than what I chose to do.
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Alright, I've been busy. I'm helping my friend Robin Sather, fellow LUGNutter and Lego Certified Professional, with a project he's working on that will include many minifig scale vehicles. Perfect opportunity to crank out a bunch of "All but Four" challenge entries. Now remember folks, the purpose of this challenge is to build something that is different than your standard four wheeled cars. And yes, the school bus qualifies. How many school busses that size have you seen that don't have dualies? Wide rear tires is a perfectly acceptable representation of dualies on a minifig scale vehicle. (e.g. kwycstix' excellent rig above) Should we disqualify micro-scale vehicles because they don't actually use tires?
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Hey Nathan mate awesome car-carrier. I'm going for the easy way out - either a truck, car with trailer, bus, or car-carrier.
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Another rule bending entry from the guys in charge. When I was a kid, I loved my Big Wheel...and I still have the scars to prove it!
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Wow! Ok this is much better than my tricycle! Well done Lino! When I saw the thumbnails I couldn't figure out the scale, which to me is always a good sign, because then the proportions are just perfect. I also like the colour scheme! Ok, enough praise. Very nice model...
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NK DeSign-er...Hah! I was blabbing to Nathan a few nights ago that I might do a big wheel as no one else had anything like it so far. Then it had to have been less than 20 mins later, you post your tricycle and I was like...DAMN! CRAP! That's my idea! Then after getting over the initial shock I realized they were two different things. A trike...traditional, classic, fun and a big wheel...its younger, lower cousin. I knew my technique would be different from yours so I was no longer worried. Thanks for the praise. This is turning out to be such a fun challenge.
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Fun challenge? Frankly, I can't wait for the 15th challenge...... Is this your sole entry Lino? I hate building anything else than cars. Oh! Hey! Wait.... I've got an idea......
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Raphael...I chose this challenge at this time...very purposefully. Challenge, being the operative word here, this...and every challenge is designed to make you think hard, then build something that may propose difficulties all to a favorable end. When faced with an unusual challenge like this one...some choose to embrace the opportunity to grow as a builder...to run with a difficult idea...to take big risks and as a result become so much better for it. Others not so comfortable with thinking outside their comfort zones (very predictably) fight it, complain, wish it was over or maybe nix the challenge all together. from the looks of things, most are very excited at the opportunity to learn, to grow, to take risks, and have fun while doing it. The positive attention we've all been getting here makes it so I do not regret posting this challenge so your opinion of it doesn't change my mind. Speaking from experience, those of us who regularly take risks and push the limits of their building get noticed in so many good ways. We get into countless lego and non-lego blogs, magazines and journals...we get noticed by some very important and influential people. We later become important and influential people ourselves. Some of us has even been sought out the Lego Corp. ;) Those who choose not to think "outside the box" as the cliche goes...well, gets noticed in lets just say...different ways...or not at all. Oh and...if you click on any of my big wheel pics...any one you choose, the answer to your question of whether or not this will be my sole entry...is written right in the title. But I presume you knew that already. Right?
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A yellow hardtail
Now to fgure out how to make ape bars at this scale.
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Dodge Tomahawk:
1st of all I must say here that the real thing comes with four wheels but I made it with 2 wide wheels for 2 reasons: 1st thing I don't have any bike wheels, the 2nd thing that this is my entry for LUGNuts-Flickr challeng "All But Four", and plz don't let your imagination works here coz then Lino will push me out of the group for stretching the rules! ;) I mean let your eyes work here.. then you could see only two wheels :D.. any way I believe that it gives the same result of a double close wheels in the overall look.. thx for looking, I enjoyed building this one out of my comfort zone, hope every one like it... thx Lino, thx Nathan.
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Guys, I've got a freakin' cold. I'll wait till I'm OK again, and then fool around with my brickies. I don't want to contaminate them. That would be cruel! So guys don't pout I should have something that'll surprise everyone. Hopefully.
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Ps. Lino thanks for your words. I wasn't going to build one of those nasty two-wheelers until you persuaded me with a comment long as Chile. I'll try to come up with something, for the sillionth time. (sarcastic to myself.)
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just in time to make yall rethink, google - Covini-C6W
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^Yeah, I discovered that one on the first day of this challenge. :)
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It may not be the prettiest for this challenge
but I found a use for those droid arms.
I figure whoever rides this thing needs a black light. And though the engine may be etherial, the pipes still need to be chrome.
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I must say that I really like mobile cranes. So here's my entry: 18 wheels mobile crane:
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Geez Louise! How long is it, Mlonger??
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Kwycstix, love the bike. How about using these for apehanger bars? I got the idea a while ago but haven't got round to building a bike that would fit them.
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Raphael G, Crane's total length is circa 75 studs.
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Mlonger you from Poland?
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I am beginning to loose track at the number of bikes I have built. This on is based on the Suzuki Savage, a 650 thumper (single piston).
The front forks are a bit delicate, and this one uses a new rear swing arm design.
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A lego car built LDD, inspired by Captain Nemo's car from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
I mainly wanted to use the lion's head brick on a car.
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One last entry for this month, a water cooled chopper
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Not that you need it but here is your usual mid-month reminder. You have 15 days left to come up with your creations. Usually a challenge only really picks up steam after the mid-month reminder. This one flew like a rocket from the start. Mid-month and already we've outdone last month's entire entries in terms of numbers of MOCs. There's just something about this challenge that's pushing all the right buttons for you. I guess you all like the opportunity to be coaxed outside of your comfort zones. This has become a fun and highly unpredictable challenge. Great work everyone. Lets keep 'em coming.
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Sorry Lino, but I don't think this challenge really sparks much interest to me. Maybe if I hadn't already made a lot of 3-wheel and 6-wheeled cars in the past It would've been more fun, but I suppose these challenges are "challenges" thus we need to be frustrated. I like your thinking! :P
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Whooptee-doo. You make me feel guilty, Lino. Only pros go out of their comfort zones. I'll post my entry soon, as I said. Stupid camera! Can you believe I have 2010 pics on the memory card?? Gaaaah! I'll have to use the camera memory. Taking out 2010 photos will take an age - I'll post photos of these babies, but I have to guiltily admit to you, Lino: It's in my comfort zone all right. Trust me, tiz.
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Dylan...that's no problem. With these challenges some win, some lose and I'm not offended either way. You've already shown a great ability to build 3 and 6 wheeled vehicles and impressed us all with the monowheel so if you wanna call it a day (or a month) then you're good.
Raphael...Hah! I never intended to guilt trip you with my usual mid-month reminder but if that's the effect it has on you, then I can't help that. Some bail out of challenges due to busy life or simple disinterest. I've talked to some of the more silent LUGNuts and they are ungodly talented builders but just don't like working within the confines of a challenge environment. Its ok either way. There will always be monthly challenges. Some will grab you, some wont. its all good.
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Wow...I got a 3 wheel car...maybe i post it.
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Hi All,
having been beaten by Duq, who was very quick of the mark with his Tyrrell 6-wheeler, I have stalled and delayed, but now have some time to post it.
Presenting the 1976 Tyrrell P34 and 1977 Tyrrell P34B
1976 Tyrrell P34
1977 Tyrrell P34B
First raced in 1976 at the Spanish GP, the Tyrrell P34 with 6 wheels, was one of the most radical departures seen in fundamental Formula racing design in its history. The theory was that the use of two sets of front wheels could be used to maintain cornering contact patch, whilst minimising aerodynamic drag over the front of the vehicle.
Although the Tyrrell P34 finished 1-2 in the Swedish Grand Prix of that year, the design was generally not considered successful. The car was also raced in the 1977 F1 season in new dark-blue-and-white Elf livery replacing the dark-blue-with-yellow strip used in 1976. There was also modifications made to the airbox and air intake systems behind the driver's head as well as aerodynamic changes made to the nose of the car.
The ongoing lack of success of the car has been attributed to the lack of development to the unique 10 inch front tyres compared with the competition. Tyrrell P34 and P34B chassis have been seen more regularly in demonstration runs over the past 8 years in part to an appropriate 10 inch racing slick developed and sold by the Avon company. These 10 inch slicks would be familiar to participants from around the world who have been involved in Formula SAE or Formula Student racing, as they are frequently the tyre of choice.
An experimental Ferrari F1 chassis was developed with 4 small rear wheels, but this is reported to have had difficulties applying the engine power to the road effectively, due to the tyre footprint being diminished longitudinally due to the tighter rolling radius of the smaller wheels. (Note to any hot-rodders out there - big tyres offer better contact patch shape and size (and mechanical disadvantage) to achieve traction under acceleration from over-powered cars)
Despite all these drawbacks, the Tyrrell six-wheeled F1 car has remained at the forefront of historic racing memory due to its radical, and unrepeated layout.
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Nice models! You can do a fair bit of extra detail at this scale like the better shape of the rear wing. I'd say the front wheels should be a little smaller, but I couldn't think of a particular wheel in the Lego range that would fit the bill...
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Thanks Duq.
No - not many wheels, especially in LDD. I was thinking of using 1982 era space wheels (bubbled, wide and on red hubbed 2*2 plates if I do a real build) - incidental, that's the wheels I used on my own Formula 1 designs from the time (1985).
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Ok, I got the 3 wheel rod up.
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Here's my entry:
A Hummer H2 SUT stretch limo with count em- 1,2,...7 wheels counting the spare (spare also controls steering).
This is just what any high roller would want to cruise around in.
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^ If only I were a high roller... :P
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Is there a hottub in the bed of that thing :-) Looks awesome.
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Rabidnovaracer: Give those rims back!!
Dylan: I prefer a lo n' slo ;) Or a crooze. Whatever they call them. Lowriders, that's it! *ignorant giggle*
kwystix: Looks awesome, indeed.
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Tis be Ghostship pulling a wheelie and this be me second "All But Four" Entry. Best ye click on pic to discover more and leave ye comments and affections lest ye suffer the wrath of Blackbeard! Savvy?
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