Other Pete J's thread of Lego building (current project: Mercedes-Benz G 500)

A quick future projects update:

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery with fuel tank, boosters and launch pad



Some nice chap has designed all this to attach the Shuttle to. Will be a nice large scale project to tackle.

LEGO Redemptor Dreadnought



This'll go nicely with my old skool box dreadnought.

I've added the parts to my Bricklink wanted list, and interestingly, the huge amount of extra parts means I'll be buying from the large scale part providers, dramatically reducing the overall cost.

Stay tuned...

 

Orange box progress:



Continues to be a really fiddly build. A few times I had to take my cotton gloves off as I needed all my dexterity to get some bits in position. It's rare that I have to do that, and this model in particular has probably now had me do that more times than all the other builds I've done to date combined.

@Gunsmith since you're back on the forums, I saw this and thought of you:



The chap who designed it is the designer of the Redemptor Dreadnought I plan to build, and also has a few other Gundam models of the same quality. Here's his page with links to instructions.

I'm not a Gundam fan (though I don't dislike it either!), but I'm tempted to build them.

 

I never left

yeah I've seen a few, i did enjoy dabbling with lego again during covid but tbh im not a fan of new style technic nor do i have the space for them along with all the mecha kits im building. interesting watch tho.

 

Did you ever build the green Land Rover? If so, how does it compare to this model?

 

Look here, chap!

Also, jb70, a renowned MOC designer who takes standard Lego designs, improves them, then releases the instructions for free has done an upgrade. If that had been available at the time, I would've gone down that route.

I think that if I had to choose between the two, I'd go with the Land Rover. However, the G500 is shaping up to be a bit more "playable" thanks to stiffer suspension and a more robust gearbox (even though it has less gears).

 

Ta for the links, I've placed an order for the MOC parts, as I was never happy with the gearing and I think, despite carefully aligning the parts when combining front to back, something didn't quite line up. It's been sat built for a wee old while. It'd be a nice weeks-worth of rebuild, too! I'm hoping one day Lego do an official green Murcielago as a big set as tbh I've never heard of the Sian.