Safire6
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Very cool! Like others have said, the paint and wheels are awesome. But I really like the sliding top and the orange ball on the antenna!
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Nice builds! The blue on that pickup is beautiful! Can I ask what color that is?
Nevermind, I just found it in this link:
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Thanks, it was fun as long as you paid very close attention to the instructions. In some cases it was easy to pick the wrong part out of the dozens in the kit. If you didn't notice it until later in the build then you would have to go back and tear it all apart and rectify it. It happened to me when putting the 1st headlight assembly together. Lucky for me I noticed what was wrong soon after the mistake.
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OK this is not technically a model unless you consider it to be a 'snapper'. My wife gave it to me for Christmas. It's the only Lego thing I've ever built.
2573 pieces total and 860 steps to build it. Working independant suspension, doors, gate and hood open, pistons on 6 cylinder "engine" move up and down, forward/nuetral/reverse gearing, high and low gears, working winch steering, etc. The engineering to design the complicated drivetrain is pretty fantastic IMHO.
Here is a 2 year old review of it from Motor Trend: https://www.motortrend.com/features/building-the-lego-land-rover-defender/
It reportedly took an experienced Lego builder 5 hours to complete it. It took me about 20 hours!
Almost 17" long, estimated scale of 11:1.
Comments welcome.
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Wow that is beautiful! The door fit is excellent and I agree with Goon that the work on the roll cage and engine mount is excellent.
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Wow that's a cool VW! Nice colors too and great photos by your brother!
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I ran across this website which has lots of period GT40 pics and some of the restored car...
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Wow, all three are beautiful! Nice job!
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I think some people just have too many toys! Guess if I was super rich I might have too many also.
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25 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said:
Did you have a favorite car?There are so many,I really like that gold Smokey Yunick turbo Vega.But my favorite so far has to be that green Hemi Daytona which sold yesterday for over a million dollars.Not to mention that Orange 69 Superbee.Love those Mopars.Looked like you really enjoyed yourself.Watching as much as i can on Motor Trend.
Hard to say which was my favorite, there were so many! But lately I really like Ford Torinos. Especially that orange one with the 429 shown in my previous post. But I really like Mopars also, especially Challengers and Daytonas.
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9 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said:
Again,thnx for all the pics.As i said,wish i could’ve gone,but i couldn’t get away cause of work.
No problem NYLIBUD, I like to take pics of cars (if that isn't already obvious!). Here is the last of what I have....
And an Allard....
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Here's some more....
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And some toys too.....
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And more......
A '70 Ford Torino King Cobra...
I love this Barracuda.....
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Some vintage Indy cars....
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This is just the second time I've been at Mecum in the last 5-6 years. I was there for just 6-7 hours but you need at least two days if you want to see most everything. Here's some more pics....
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This one is pretty cool..
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2 hours ago, cobraman said:
Love that Marlin. Funny how so many cars I would not give a second look to back in the day seem so darn cool now ! Same way with models.
I know what you mean. I think the cars that didn't catch our eye back in the day really stand out now, compared to most new cars that for the most part look the same.
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3 hours ago, NYLIBUD said:
Oh man i wanted to go,but couldn’t.I watched it on Motor Trend...Only problem was too many commercials,lol.There sure we’re some nice cars though..I can’t believe that huge pick up on the Dodge chassis went for $200K???Crazy.The rest of the auction will be even better.Even nicer cars.
Yes there were some huge p/u trucks there and also some brand new Broncos with huge wheels/tires from the factory.
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Me and a couple friends went to the Mecum auction in Indy yesterday. Here's some cars I thought were interesting. I'll add more pics later.
McLaren Speedtail....
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On 5/4/2022 at 3:02 PM, PappyD340 said:
Very nice!
On 5/5/2022 at 8:23 AM, TonyK said:Great job! Brought a smile to my face because of how well you did on the model and the nostalgia.
On 5/15/2022 at 10:28 PM, olmadmodeler said:Very nice looks great.
Thank you gentlemen!
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Thanks again vamach1! That last pic shows exactly what I’m looking for.
Models of your 1:1 scale ride?
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I built a Monogram Triumph TR8 a couple years ago and painted it white to match a friend's 1:1 TR8. In Sept. 2022 I bought a 1:1 Triumph TR7 (in Tahiti Blue) with only 14K miles on it. I put a ton of work into it and now a year later, it now runs great and looks good.