White Speeder

Here I am, building in white again. My goal was to build a wheeled vehicle that used discs instead of traditional Lego wheels. I’d seen a picture of a streamline motorcycle somewhere that had covers over the wheels, and I thought it looked pretty nice. It took a lot of experimentation to get this piece built. Somewhere in the experimentation, I decided I wanted a three-wheeled vehicle – maybe influenced by that streamlined motorcycle. Originally, the third, single, wheel was going to be in the back.

That single wheel proved to be the trickiest part of the build. One disc by itself  didn’t look right. Two discs together looked right, but weren’t a standard studs’ width. After trying various axles, and off-stud configurations, I stumbled upon the idea of three discs together – which turned out to be exactly two studs wide. I put a gray stud between two white ones, and came up with an interesting tread pattern. Once I got that problem figured out, the rest of the build came together fairly easily. The two wheels somehow moved to the back of the design, and the driver’s compartment became enclosed, and it ended up slightly less than minifig scale.

I like the way this turned out. Phillip says it looks like something from THX 1138, and I agree. Once again, I’m not sure how the driver gets in and out of this vehicle.

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