Do you remember the post about WWII MOCs from Brincka 2013 and the great work of Luís Pedro?
Now he surprised us with a new version of his Sherman motorized with Power Functions.
Awesomeness!
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M4A4 Sherman RC
May 22, 2013World War II MOCs from Brincka 2013
May 19, 2013
MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!!!
Since 2008 I didn’t show up at an exhibition like Brincka 2013 and was a nice surprise to found a set of historical MOCs from WWII of high quality, specially after knowing that most of them were built by a TFOL with 15 years old!
The landing craft carrying the troops towards the beach is a classical scene, specially since the success of “Saving Private Ryan” movie. The above picture is my attempt to capture the emotion of that stressful moment! The MOC, however, is authored by Nuno Taborda and is a perfect replica of the Normandy’s landing crafts.
The infantry is well supported by an amazing army of vehicles and artillery built by Luís Pedro, the TFOL I mention earlier. Starting with this gorgeous Light M5 Stuart, Luís presented 25 highly detailed vehicles, including tanks, trucks, medical transport and cannons.
The soft top of the trucks were one of my favorite details. Luís get those from a vacuum cleaner bag. Great idea, I must say!
And finally, an overlook picture of the battalion:
Normandy 1944
May 15, 2013I came across this wonderful layout of a world war II battle in Normandy, made by Lugpol members Pit Mrutek Rasch Glaz Pimpur dmac Borys Misiek Axel Nexus 7 Matix Szarik Kris Kelvin and many other water helpers.
The amount of detail is incredibly vast that is difficult to enumerate and where to start. I will mention just a few details that caught my attention: the notion of movement in the water, the explosions, the detail of the studless vehicles and mainly the many scenes with minifigs that give life to this scenario.
Check more pictures at Brickshelf.
Liberty Inn
November 20, 2011
Go, go, go!
January 17, 2011
Riverside Boathouse
January 14, 2011Who wants to live in the country side? This is another cool MOC by Derfel Cadarn.
Riverside Boathouse, originally uploaded by - Derfel Cadarn -.
Journey to Camelot
November 8, 2010Journey to Camelot is another cool micro-construction of the legendary city of Camelot. This version of Camelot was built by blego7 with great construction techniques (see the pictures bellow). The small boat is one of my favorites pieces in this layout.
Here’s one of the most interesting details of this construction, where blego7 used a pile of small 1 x 2 panels to show this nice “stair” effect:
See more pictures here.
Commemorating 70 years since the Battle of Britain
October 24, 2010The Wings of Brick didn’t let the chance pass to pay a tribute to the men that fought in the Battle of Britain 70 years ago. At first glance the Bf-109 appears to follow the LEGO Creator line even the techniques are far from being the same. Let’s join the author in “a moment of silence to remind the brave men who fought for their countries, both Allied and Axis…”
You may see more pictures here.
Stephenson’s Rocket
September 20, 2010Kris Kelvin made an incredible replica of the Stephenson’s Rocket, an early steam locomotive. As we would expect from Kris, the colors and overall design of the construction are just perfect.
Stephenson’s Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle Upon Tyne at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829. – description by Kris Kelvin.
See more pictures here.
Fort McHenry battle
September 15, 2010The Fort McHenry diorama is the third creation of Blake Baer in a tribute to America. This diorama illustrates the battle between the English ships and the US army. The English soldiers tried to get into Philadelphia but first they had to defeat the Fort McHenry defenses. After a long bombardment and several attempts to capture the fort, the English navy seeing the battle would be a stale mate withdrew his ships and retreated to New Orleans.
This diorama shows an incredible high detailed US flag and very good details of the rockets and bombs hitting their targets. The explosions and smoke turns this MOC very dynamic. Last but not least, I loved the small bubbles of the small boat!
Blake wrote here a good description of the history around this MOC and the fight of the US to declare independence to England.
