I couldn't let this week end without a bang and so, in the spirit of Imagineering, I bring you....(electronic drum roll, please)...the monorail. 12 studs long, a robust 2 studs and a plate high, this MOC (my own creation) is a behemoth. It barely fits on a post-it-note.
I used toolboxes for the ends of the monorail and a collection of 1x2 bricks and translucent bricks to form the cars. The track is just an inverted plate, attached to supports from a Life on Mars set. The plate has the studs point down, which resemble track ties and the exposed tubes give a railroad feel.
I actually built the lead car of the monorail using technic bricks, thinking I could attach the cars via technic pins. I ended up leaving them separate, the small amount of space gave a cleaner look. But the option is there to attach the cars and then use a rubber band system to "propel" the monorail around a track.
Now the question you have to ask yourself is...was that first photo slightly blurry or is the monorail just moving too fast for ordinary human photographers to capture?
Friday, July 25, 2008
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Dude, that MOC is hott. Yeah, you score two "t's" for the monorail. Nice work on this one. I really dig the use of the "toolboxes" for the front and rear.
Have a great weekend!
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