I've been looking for a 'to scale' or as close to scale model of a Lego Tardis for months. I stumbled across this one and I really like the build and the techniques. It's very well done. Full credit goes to Tabletown (http://www.tabletownonline.com/TARDISinst.php) for this design. You can follow the link to view the video.
Hahaha I couldn't help myself. I had to put the monkey on the building.
Overall it's a very nice SIMPLE model. Yes any lego builder could have done this one on their own but I still think it's one of the top of the Architecture Series.
It's fall well almost winter and Dash is no longer out and about. Beside my ESC is still toast so I figured I'd wait, get in some new parts, and begin a number of upgrades. Well my order from the Toyz came in and it's time to start planning and disassembling. As you can see from the photo I'm going to have to strip Dash down to nothing since I'm going to be building on a new black chassis (I tinted) and alloy diff covers. This will be awesome indeed! I'll put a parts list together with links later.
Another great video by evgeniucom. I've been wanting to do this for a bit now but didn't realize how simple it would be until I saw this. I've even got a spare chassis kicking around here for just this. Couple things I noticed was he put it in for a total of 20 mins and used an entire pack of dye. Turns out with a nice matte black finish.
The only bad part about this is having to re-build Dash all over again. This would be re-build #4 for me.
Basically this means take the blue out of the parts that come with your mini revo. With Dash I'm colouring him black & red. So there are certain blue parts I'd love to get rid of or change to a more neural silver colour. This video by evgenuiscom shows you exactly how to do it.
It's much easier than I thought.
I haven't really looked in awhile, since Dash is broken. But there are a number of new parts for the 1/16 E-Revo.
Bulkhead Gearbox: Front & Rear
Getting these might just save you from having to rebuild your mini revo like I had to. in theory all the energy that gets transferred from impacts goes to the arms on the gearbox, especially on the front one. Having an aluminum frame there could be handy. The included steering arm is smart as well. I'm going to get one these the next time I have to do some overhauling. Oh and they come in black too!
http://thetoyz.com/Traxxas/MINI-1-16-CAR-SERIES/Gears-Covers/GPM/14250/
I'm alway searching for great build and lately I've been taken with cool base plates on dioramas/scenes. More compact the better and the more techy even better. Here are some good examples.
In my infinite geeky-ness I'm always trying to make things cooler. In my Lego design this is true as well. I also try to add a futuristic 'flare' to it all as well. I've been following some Lego designers on Flickr and noticed how I enjoy the small details of a scene, and some put some great effort into designing 'bases' (the plate their scene sits on). So I thought I should try to come up with my own for my next Lego Tony Stark scene.
This is the result. It's going to be a very compact scene since my last one was so big and took so long to complete.
I'll be actually lighting the two blue rods on the front of it for the completed version.
Photo compliments of just blush photography.
Ok I'm not between the ages of 6 & 12 but I do enjoy a simple Lego set every now and then. The City sets are by far my favourites. It's a great little set with lots of useful pieces (dark blue-ish grey) and minifig. This was a gift. THANX!
The rocket scientist next to his trusty vehicle.
Rocket with mini satellite is great, especially the little solar wings on the satellite, which I didn't photograph.
This is a great set but there's one this I don't get Lego.Why in the world is there a green plate in this set?It's the only green thing in it.
Considering the placement you would think it would be a dark grey plate. Did someone at Lego decide "hey we happen to have about a billion green 2x4 plates so let's put them in the Launch Pad set, I'm sure no one between the ages of 6 - 12 will notice" WHA?!
Overall it's a great set and showed me pieces I didn't know existed. I do plan on using them soon.
I'm will be trying this. just need to work on some minfig decal designs. Oh and figure out that decal material to use. Jared Burks also made a book called Minifigure Customization.
creative + technical + strategic web guy. Into hardware, lego, mini r/c, watches + anything futuristic.
