Fighting Friday
This spectacular replica of the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier was discovered on Flickr today. It’s been built by Jon and Catherine Stead and it’s… well, bloody massive! The...
View ArticleMuscle Beach
This impressive trio of classic American muscle cars comes from TLCB debutant Heiko Rüütel. From left to right; ’65 Ford Mustang, ’71 Plymouth ‘Cuda and ’70 Dodge Challenger R/T. There’s more to see...
View ArticleFormula 3
This neat idea comes from TLCB regular Angka Utama, who has designed a racing car set with interchangeable nose-cone, rear wing and side-pod bodywork. There are three colours and styles to choose from...
View ArticleNot a Car
But a class build nevertheless. This nicely photoshopped creation, entitled ‘Juggernaut’, was suggested to us by a reader. It’s been built by Tim C of MOCpages, and you can see all the photos,...
View ArticleTwin Ships
Crimso Giger’s got a lovely big pair. His micro-scale spaceships were suggested by a reader and can be found on Flickr.
View ArticlePedal Power
Not that you’d know it from recent posts, but we are supposed to be a car blog. However, we do have a soft-spot for anything pedal powered – they were our first wheels after all. These two unusual...
View ArticleA Lesson in Photoshop
This is how you do it. The brilliantly named Tim Schwalfenberg (aka One More Brick) gives us a masterclass in Photoshop with his three micro-scale freighters heading for their warp-gates. Jump through...
View ArticleFeeling Elvish
Entries for TLCB Summer Building Competition keep on rolling in! Here are two more of our favourites that arrived this week. First up (above) is Sam the First (aka Sir. Manperson)’s digital ‘Prowler’....
View ArticleA Quick Drink
The 24 Heures de Mans has finally been won by someone other than Audi. Porsche, in their second Le Mans since returning last year, claimed an amazing outright victory in 2015. Of course, Audi still...
View ArticleChequer Plate
Chequers in Lego always seem to look the business. And never more so than when in space. We’re not sure why this is, but we don’t make the rules. The Elves found two spacey creations employing...
View ArticleThe Snail
Taking inspiration from nature’s gypsy, Flickr’s LimitlessBricks can take his home wherever he goes. Probably quite slowly. There’s more to see of his marvellous creation at the link above.
View ArticleNot a Car
But we like trains too. This one comes from Tim Schwalfenberg, and it has probably the best backdrop of the year so far. See more here.
View ArticleSaabaru
Another day and another entry into TLCB Summer Building Competition. TLCB veteran Senator Chinchilla has built what appears to be an old and slightly boring Saab 99. But this Saab has a few surprises,...
View ArticleTo the Post Office!
The Lego Car Blog, despite its charitable nature, is actually a pretty dark and shadowy organisation. The location of TLCB office is a closely guarded secret, TLCB staff forgo fame and fortune,...
View ArticleSide Saddle
Sometimes we could be accused of focussing only on fast, loud and exotic forms of transport here at The Lego Car Blog. So to redress the balance here’s an elderly Italian couple on a scooter. Dario...
View ArticleSuper Sedanette
Flickr’s Sir Nadroj shows that small builds can be interesting too. His beautiful 1947 Buick Super Sedanette is only 6-studs wide but is as lovely as anything from our Model Team listings. There’s...
View ArticleElf For a Day
The Elves are going hungry at the moment, because for the last few days they haven’t found a thing. Luckily for us, you guys have, and so today we have three of your finds. On the left is MOCpages’...
View Article140 Studs of Brilliance
Here at TLCB we don’t really understand sci-fi. Or video games. So sci-fi video games are well outside of our comfort zone. But we do understand brilliant building, and this Vagyr Battlecruiser from...
View ArticleA Swift Drink
It’s the final day of TLCB Summer Building Competition and Flickr’s Peter Blackert (aka Lego911) has probably scored a win for the model with the best racing stripes of the summer. Usually a digital...
View ArticleAn Orange Moggy
The Elves love finding models of Mercedes-Benz’s ubiquitous Unimog. Firstly, the models are usually packed with working features. Damian Z.’s has a very nice Hiab crane mounted behind its cab....
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