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W.I.P - Lego Built Shipping Container (GIJoe/Microman Scale)
So I recently decided to stop collecting Lego, at least.. the little guys and the little sets, but i plan to keep the bulk of the Grey lego to build scenery. My first project is a shipping container in scale with Microman/GIJoe figures.
Here are my work in progress pictures. I am currently working on some military customs as well. So when they are finished i'll upload some pictures with the shipping container. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yesterday I worked out how to build up the side panels to give the container that distinctive corrugated look. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've used 1x8 grey plates and 1x1 headlight bricks to build the panel first, then used 1x8 grey tiles vertically to give it that look. When I get my lego orders in from bricklink i'll post up some more photos of it in progress. Hope you like the photos. |
Thats pretty damn cool there buddy!!! Would be expensive and time consuming if you are not into legos thow.
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Looking forward to the finished product. :)
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Shipping Container
Thanks guys!
I should let you know that even if you are into Lego, it will cost quite a fair amount of cashola anyway, the sheer volume of parts involved in making a shipping container this big would mean you'd have to order parts anyway. I prefer not to look at costs as a negative issue.. besides its not like i have any thorough complete control over my addiction.. :p oops. I meant Hobby! :o Anyways. I've ordered 40x 1x1 headlight bricks, which you can see being used with 1x1 regular bricks to prop up the side panels. I'm hoping this order arrives today so I can at least finish 1 side of the container and take an updated picture to show you guys. Please also stop by my other thread titled 'communications room' because I have that project in the works as well. Rich |
Update (2 extra pictures)
2 more updated pictures, one showing the complete 1st side and the other showing inside the container.
![]() ![]() I'm waiting on a couple of parcels from Germany to complete the 2nd side of the container, in the mean time I have been working on designs for the opening doors :-P I will post up the work in progress shots later on when I've finished editing them. Rich |
Lego Shipping Container - Doors/Hinge
While I have been waiting on some parts to arrive from Germany, yesterday i sat down with some plates,tiles and some other various pieces to construct one side of the opening doors. I've come up with a nice design using the 1x1 modfied plate with clip. Basically as a hinge to the grey bar piece. I'll use 4 of these for each door. My one snag at the moment is that I only have 4 clip-plates and one of those is warped/bent, so it offsets the door in a bad way, it's not so much a big deal but on my next bricklink order i'll get 10 of them to be on the safe side. :-D
Hope you like the updated pictures. ![]() In these next 2 shots you can actually see one of the 1x1 headlight bricks slightly off, this is because the 1x1 modified clip plate is bent/warped. ![]() ![]() This is how it will look from the outside, i've removed the side panels for now so I can focus on the door/hinge. ![]() I'll have more updates when I get the 2 orders in from Germany :-D Rich |
Update!
So those 2 parcels arrived! :D from Zimmerman's Spielwaren!
A Very reliable service, and i'll probably order again from the same place for parts in the future. The 2 parcels contained all the small bricks and tiles needed to finish both sides of the container. Now that I have this finished I can concentrate properly on the opening doors as well as look at finishing the back of the container. I thought I'd post some pictures up here to show you what it looks like now I've finished both sides. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hope you like the updated pictures. The door that is on at the moment is the right height but its x1 stud wider than I wanted it to be, i'll have to order some modified clip plates and work on the design some more before it's finished. In friendship Rich |
W.I.P - Lego Built Shipping Container (GIJoe/Microman Scale)
Hi!
I'm pretty much finished with the shipping container, the only remaining feature I am going to add is decorative tiling to roof, so that it matches the corrugated look on the sides. I've got some pictures here to share with you. I hope you like them, it's not completely finished but aside from the roof as mentioned above its as good as completed. I plan to use this in some action figure shots as well at some stage. Here are the pictures: ![]() I am very satisfied with the doors, even if they did take 5 hours build time before I settled on something I was comfortable with. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you want to see all the pictures in one place, theres now a project folder on flickr for it, shows you from scratch and all the WIP pictures. (including mistakes I made on the way). http://www.flickr.com/photos/superi...57626301268760/ ![]() Statistics: Height: 15.5cms (6.1') Length: 34cms (31.4') Weight: 1.3kilograms Width: 13cms (5.1') Features: Plenty of room, fully working doors with interlocked hinge system. Feedback & Comments welcomed. Richard |
That is epic I could just imagine a cobra trooper opening the doors and seeing a vamp or joes pour out.
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Damn that's awesome!
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