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Scandell
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 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:36 am Post subject: Lego My Bus!! |
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I have been working on this project for about 6 months now...it took me a long time to gather all the right pieces. The most ironic thing about it was the fact that the seats required the most rare/expensive Lego pieces. (Some pieces were upwards of a dollar each!) Middle Seats really do have some nasty karma!
I hope you all enjoy:
Here is the full folder:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=335616
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http://www.scandell.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1197
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Lego My Bus!! |
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Very cool.
Your link says "This folder is not yet public".
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House
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Damn, nice work! That is alot of dedication right there...
I would like to see the other pics too. |
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Scandell
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| House wrote: | Damn, nice work! That is alot of dedication right there...
I would like to see the other pics too. |
I left a link to the entire gallery above.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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if i were you i would contact lego and see if they wanted to make that a kit...i would buy one for my boys.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: |
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pretty cool
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Very cool!
How many pieces is that? The Lego beetle is around 1600 pieces. |
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///Mink
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| Nice work! Your Bus is about 100 times better than the Beetle that Lego themselves designed! |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| gatorwyatt wrote: | | if i were you i would contact lego and see if they wanted to make that a kit...i would buy one for my boys. |
I would buy one in a heartbeat for ME! I LOVE building Legos! AND I bet Legoland here in Carlsbad would make a big version!
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thats a technical build for sure
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I love Legos, and I love VW's....great job!!
VW's are my grown-up lego's .
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I really dig the engine compartment. I tried building a virtual Lego bus online but gave up after a few hours of work. Nice engineering! |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice and hard work!
Do you have de M-code?? 
Well, do you know the scale? I don't know if it would fit into my brother's lego city...
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Wow, that took some dedication. Looks eff'n great.  Def need to contact Lego and see if they'll make a kit since you already did all the hard work.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome, just awesome. Very cool, nice work. 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Very cool! Were all the pieces you used genuine Lego? Hinges, gas door? Engine fan shroud and tubes? Wheels tires? |
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Scandell
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| lwbsk8er wrote: | | Very cool! Were all the pieces you used genuine Lego? Hinges, gas door? Engine fan shroud and tubes? Wheels tires? |
Every Piece is LEGO. I would be flamed from the lego community if not. (Non-Lego-Part-Using = Non-Stock-Restoring)
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Did you use any glue or is everything stuck together Lego style? Would be cool if the Lego purists/nazis couldn't criticize it (I entered a Lego competition once and I had cheaped out and used a few Tyco blocks plus a few drops of glue, they disqualified me from the competition and hid my creation at the very back of the show). Nice work
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Scandell
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No Glue...all PURE connections...although I just realized I forgot the side mirrors!!!! 
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tstracy39
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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they get broken off and are missing on real life buses all the time so no big deal. would be cool to add some Lego lighting if they still make it, maybe a Lego electric motor too
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