R is for RV

Motorized Wheelchair

For a gentleman requiring the use of a wheelchair, this latest model affords him the utmost in mobility. By harnessing the ultimate power source – steam – this wheelchair provides all the self-sufficiency such a gentleman should need. All that is required of a hired helper is the initial input of coal or wood, and then the gentleman is free to go as he chooses. Recent technological breakthroughs have allowed this wheelchair to be equipped with the smallest steam engine ever built, and has reduced the overall weight to merely a  few tons.

Park Maintenance Truck

It took me a very long time to build this little truck, because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to build. I kept putting together parts of things that didn’t quite work. Finally, I came up with this truck, which is so small I figure it must be used for maintenance workers in a park. I like the way this finally turned out very much.

I am proud of the fact that this truck was built in such a way that by rearranging a few existing pieces, the doors can be set to open the standard way, or to open “suicide” style, seen here. I’m not sure why, but the suicide doors look better on this vehicle.

Industrial Speedbike

I stepped away from LDD to build a physical motorcycle. I had an image in my mind of what I was after, and this is very close to what I’d envisioned. This was a very difficult build, and it took a lot of experimentation to get the pieces put together. The rider was the last thing I factored in, and I really misjudged the scale of the bike. I had pictured a much smaller motorcycle. (The rider’s feet were supposed to be on top of the back wheel, while his head would almost touch the front wheel.) This thing is extremely fragile. Overall, however, I am happy with it.

“The Scorpion”

Right after the success of “The Grasshopper”, I thought about how the minifigs were going to load those red crates onto it. I created this. I call it “The Scorpion”. I knew it had to look very similar to “The Grasshopper”. It was an interesting experience for me – recreating the overall build pattern from one creation onto another one. I’d never done that on purpose. It made this creation a very quick build.

Counterbalancing weight in the back