Friday, November 19, 2021

Red rover red rover, send me the coolest pics of Lego right over

I don't know why, but I love the idea of space rovers during across terrain of planets or space bases

What could be more fun than cruising across the moon!!!  So I have compiled my favorite space rovers; how do these people create these???


From moc pages above...Stephen Niehoff.

Below from mocotagon
I love the detailed railing on the back trailer



Above: l love the detailed radar dish, the use of metal detectors to be vertical windshield lateral supports 
Also like the bigger wheels in classic space colors
Above from the brothers brick, Peter Reid and Ed Diment

I like the use of blue in the rover above...also making circle of trailer via pieces combined with wheel parts..from flickr, 2cereberus


The above pics are genius from the Lego Awesome ideas book

About the Author

Daniel Lipkowitz is a senior writer and story developer at the LEGO Group. His writing has appeared in LEGO Club Magazine as well as LEGO Master Builder Academy, and his characters and storylines regularly appear in new LEGO themes and animated LEGO films. He is the author of The LEGO Ideas Book, LEGO Awesome ideas, and Lego Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK Children; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1465437886
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1465437884
  • Pages 16-17

Surface buggy above by avuylsteke...nice compact vehicle

Below...nice use of clips to enhance the radar dish, also use of long antenna piece guarding the rocket on sides

Source...Micah G on Flickr, 462 mobile rocket







 
I love the tiled finish, no studs creates a sleek look!
From Harris Bricks "a-83 exploration base", on Flickr






Above: Source in picture above, great idea to stack green radars to simulate barrels or transformers for electricity 


Below: ncs rover from captain moebius on flickr.  From Pinterest

Above, always like the trans green windshields!

Source in the pic above
I like the green windshields and the yellow black stripes like on the galaxy explorer.  Also love the detail of the trailer.


Above 2 rovers from thelegocarblog.com, 2018/01/15 a space classic

Source in pic above, from Flickr, always liked the blue spacemen.  I like the inverted style of windshield 


Source for pic above is listed in the picture


Source for pic above is in the picture



Source 

Image above from pinterest and shopstore website, flikr:guidomartinbrandis

Above From the brothers brick, page 113 lego space page




 
Close up of photo on flickr.com from great western brick show 2016, paperballparks photos ..Jason Briscoe also in other sites


From Pinterst originally on flikr.com

This picture is so good, I even like green in this neo classic space rover
Source above is from Flickr,  nnenn  photo stream

I like the load in the trailer and whoever's thought of putting a bar oval piece in the front

Above pic from Flikr "seen at the skaerbaek fan weekend 11" created by Joeseph Briscoe and on Priovit70 on flikr




Again love the black and yellow stripes above on the tank in pic above


2 Pics above
From the legocarblog, classic space hangar



From flickr 462 mobile rocket Micah G

It is amazing the talent in these pics..what I aspire to.
As a side note, I discovered this book online when looking for sources



May be a good read from pics on cover!





Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Unsure if this is a regular post or a post about fences and their posts...

 I love looking at the box art that comes with lego sets.

Alright, I'm on the fence about this topic.  I want to make an airport but I need a fence to save the perimeter.  One frustration I have is how to make or get enough pieces of sections of fencing and how to make the post parts.  On the box art there are many fences illustrated but none of them are available for purchase.  Here are examples

Below pic From lego city undercover part 6 gameplay walkthrough by tetraninja.  Nice heavy fence with sturdy posts and top of fence lined with. Metal rails.

Fence below is good but I don't like the chain link fence extending above the top rail
From tetraninja Lego city undercover gameplay part 7, from you tube


The most detailed fence I could find Was this set with a train...the fence even shows worn down features....this is one of the most detailed picture by far



Still, different types of fence are found in lego box art


Regarding the 2 pics above:why 2 vs 1 fence posts?
Above: again I say Unsure why there are 2 fence posts vs. 1


Here's another type of fence
Below chevrons in the fence




The fence below isn't very secure for the lego airport, there's a missing part!!!


Below is another pic of a strange fence of varying heights which may just be relection of panels saying 01 and 02?




Above is another fence with heavy posts...good airfield protection!

So fencing for lego is only on box art as the 2 pieces that would be great are below

In light gray this would be perfect for a fence

Also, this piece is neat 

But this grate piece is rare and expensive 
I did find someone who did use this idea, source is in Russian on you tube



I do like the Jurassic park type fence, but too zoo-like and people could slip through as an airport could not have an electric fence
I always thought if this piece could be elaborated on, it could work but it's too "pretty" vs functional.


So, I'm hoping lego would look at these non lego, foreign samples from aliexpress and google shopping
This would be perfect fencing...pic above and below




O scale fence above...pricey for length sold



The above pic is nice but the barbed wire needs to be on top vs to the side


My final idea is when I bought screen repair mesh and figure out how to secure to legos....



More chevrons in the fence


Last 2 pics above...what is the red, looks more like an exit sign or runway marker???

Good fence from legos new plane
Lego started making great road pieces...now they need to do fences!!

Is there a department of de-fence ha ha