Pick of the Day
Porsche 997 GT3
by Crowkillers
This is the second project (and black car) from Crowkillers. It has a lot of nice features like:
- Rear wheel drive with Rear Mounted Flat 6 cylinder engine
- Transmission with 6 Forward Speeds.
- "Hand Of God" with working in car steering
- 4 wheel Independent suspension
- Opening Doors, Hood, and Rear
Honorable Mention
EVE Online Ships - UCS Reaper
by Tuskano
The Reaper is an EVE Online Ship. It is very very large and the details are very impressive. Unfortunately I am not sure that its scale and structure can translate well into actual brick. It stands impressive as a MOC but I doubt that it will be picked up by Lego even if it gets the votes...or at the very least it will be descaled dramatically.
I guess I should make public a few important facts on my preference of selection, since you are, if reading this, getting my interpretation of what is "cool" on Cuusoo.
- Scale certainly has its place in Lego construction, but I am equally impressed with an artistically crafted moderate sized build as I am with a ginormous MOC. The Larger a MOC is the less it is about artistry and the more it is about resources of time and money. Don't beleive me? Well, Try making a Batman Logo that would be appropriate for minifig scale...Then try to make a life size Batman Logo, then get back to me.
- I am always very suspicious of "spindly" Cuusoo MOCs that only exist virtually. Gravity and mass is not a factor in LDD, Ldraw, or what have you. It is entirly possible that this ship could not handle its own weight and that those forward towers may constantly fall off or the ship split in half.
Thank you very much for your time writing the review! For now I am not exactly expecting it to make alot of votes right now as alot of people really want to see what it would be like in phyisical bricks. I honestly want to see it too, and am confident that it would be study enough to hold itself together when picked up.
ReplyDeleteMy current location unfortuently does not allow for much Lego building, but when that changes, I plan to start buying bricks online and slowly start building it. I am sure alot of people will be happy when the day comes where the LDD pictures are swapped out for the real pictures.
Thank you again!
Tuskano
Tuskano,
DeleteI want to thank you for posting such a fantastic craft. Re-reading my initial posting I realized that my respect for your work did not come across in my words as much as I felt it.
To build such a thing is not impossible merely an added level of difficulty and design. The challenge is half the fun as I see you can respect from your thorough design.
I would very much like to see the results as you move forward into actual construction.
Cheers!
Heh, I think at that time you were pointing out the facts. There is no prolbem with that. Alot of people have questioned its size which is only because it is a UCS.
DeleteIt would defintily be a new story on the build that is for sure. If you havn't already, I have the links on the Cuusoo page working. There you have my Mocpage for it that I had updated throughout the LDD build, and you also have the Flickr page that has more pictures.
I also have been working with Guindel (maker of the drones and fighters) to make some of his drones adaptable for the ship as it had carried one.
But yep, we'll see how things go in the future :)