For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. For their recent issue all exploring LEGO City, we decided to make our own yellow convertible car.
A Car You Can Collect
Recently, I completed the design of a narrow modular building with a working garage door, and something important was missing--a car for the garage! I suppose I knew I would need a car all along, but I waited until the end because, honestly, I had never designed a car MOC before.
To get started, I did what I figured anyone else might do and looked at sets to give me a good base model. In this case, I chose Tony Stark’s convertible from set 76216 Iron Man Armory. It had the general look I was going for and included the specific mudguards I hoped to use.
The base gave me some inspiration as I created my own convertible in a completely different style. I settled on a more rounded look, and I wanted to utilize some fun SNOT techniques for the bumpers and windshield. I also love the use of minifigure roller skates as door handles!
Here are the step-by-step instructions you can scroll through to build the car:
Overall, the design of this convertible is one that can easily be color-swapped to make it complement whatever you are building or stand out on its own which I’m quite happy with. Enjoy!
Enter the City
So get ready for your road trip and start collecting pieces because this classic car is ready to be built!
You can download a pdf of the instructions and full part list that BrickJournal published here. You can also purchase a copy of the entire current issue here.
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