Snot Racing Car

So here's a nice little convertible. Do you know Lego? Okay then, check out the headlights.

That's right, the headlights are regular 2x2 slopes, turned so their studs are to the front. They make good headlights like that. The internal cylinder looks like a lens element.

You can also see the windshield is the old double height 6 wide truck windshield, again studs forward.


The tail light configuration, licence plate and bumper all show studs to the front too. Interesting styling, a little square, but still different.


The plan view shows a folded back rag top. Studs on the top of the model this time. There is actually a 4x1 beam with side studs which provide the mounting point for the roof piece.



The bottom view is most telling. You can see the model is built from bumper up (actually I started at the nose). You can see studs just behind the tires. There is also a Technic beam, it has four snap to stud elements in it, and this is the mount point for the seats. You want seats to have a single stud width between them so you can get two minifigs side by side. Two studs is too wide, and no studs means the arms bump into each other. Actually, I find 7 wide cars to be great for two minifigs to share, but are not the easiest build option. One can always just use jumpers (2x1 plates with a single stud in the middle) to get the seats apart, but that is messy.

So this is my first SNOT (Studs Not On Top) car. I have built some small space ships this way before, but cars, this is number one.

Some New MOC's

So here are some MOC's (My Own Creations) that we've put together. The first one is a rather natty fire truck. I designed it onLDD (Lego Digital Designer), and since I'd used a few new parts, bought it from Lego Factory.

I didn't use the chrome spoked wheels myself, they have a neat reversible hub with lugnuts on one side and finer spokes on the other. The kids switched wheels on me a few months ago.

I actually came up with a truck chassis/cab first time around, then I added the fire engine parts. When submitted to Lego Factory it actually got tagged as a "cool creation", one small claim to fame.

These Three critters, we're not sure what they are, but they are cute, and are the work of my 11 year old. They almost got re-used for parts the other day, but were too cute to take apart. We now have the photos, so I guess building can continue.

The following space ship was a quick build epic scale space ship. I started by building a couple of micro schips, and decided they need a mother ship to dock onto.


Yes the rockets on the wing are really minifigure binoculars, but they are comonly used as boosters, or gun barrels in the Star Wars tie in sets.

Keen observers will notice the nose is on at 45deg to the main body on the shuttles.

120 Degrees of Separation

Less than a minute apart.