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| | | Author: | chetzler  | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:31 | | Subject: | Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 128 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| Awesome!
In My Own Creation, chetzler writes:
| | A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| | | | | Author: | gwurst | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 21:17 | | Subject: | Re: Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| Looks nice! I'd have probably given-up on getting the red hinges and probably
just used black since I'm cheap, lol.
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| | | | | | | Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, gwurst writes:
| | Looks nice! I'd have probably given-up on getting the red hinges and probably
just used black since I'm cheap, lol.
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🙂 price on used ones wasn't bad, it was just trying to find 6 or more in
one place that was hard!
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