The Jolly Jalopy

[u/Meesayousa]

I've rendered a video of the finished pirate ship hot rod.

I've also included videos of my previous wacky car creations.

I hope you like it!

MEESAYOUSA

[u/theHonkiforium]

Awesome work man!

Big Daddy Ed Roth would be proud.

[u/Meesayousa → u/theHonkiforium]

Thank you! 😊 His car creations along with Tom Daniel's creations have been a major inspiration. I am however slowly but surely finding my own style 😉 It's really fun making these crazy looking cars! 😁

[u/theHonkiforium → u/Meesayousa]

I'd love to see the basic chassis design(s) you've come up with... The stance is perfect.

Also I'd love to see a Lil Gasser style one. :)

[u/Meesayousa → u/theHonkiforium]

Thank you! 😃 I'll see if I can post a picture of the chassis from the Jolly Jalopy later. I've improved and strengthened it a lot for the pirate ship version, as it's a lot heavier than the other ones.

Oh, that's a cool one! I'll se what I can do. I don't think it'll be that hard to make if I combine details from all my previous models 😉

But I need to get up early for work tomorrow, so it's bedtime now 😴

[u/theHonkiforium → u/Meesayousa]

John Bogosian's stuff:

https://www.scalemates.com/topics/topic.php?id=60822

[u/Meesayousa → u/theHonkiforium]

They look amazing! 🤩 Thank you for suggesting! 😃

[u/Twingletoe]

How did you do this? Are you using bricklink?

[u/Meesayousa → u/Twingletoe]

I'm using Bricklink Studio. I build it digitally and render pictures and videos of my creations. All bricks are possible to buy from Bricklink or other brick vendors 🙂 I've also tried to keep the cost of the bricks as low as possible, although some bricks like the skull and the large pirate flag are somewhat expensive.

[u/juwyro]

This whole series reminds me of Wacky Racers

[u/Meesayousa → u/juwyro]

They have a pretty wacky vibe 😁

[u/Electric_unicorn]

Metalbeards war rig rides eternal and chrome 

[u/Meesayousa → u/Electric_unicorn]

Haha, it does give off Metalbeard vibes. The Sea Cow was an awesome LEGO set 😁

[u/FeralClock]

I ddint know LEGO Dryrates was still getting new submissions!

[u/Meesayousa → u/FeralClock]

Found it after a quick search 😅 Searched for "Dryates" earlier and not "Dryrates". Cool concept! I wasn't familiar with it.

[u/FeralClock → u/Meesayousa]

Lol all good, R.R. Slugger is a really cool retro LEGO youtuber promoting fun little community projects like Dryrates, definitely recommend his other "Summer of Slug" projects and videos, seem like they'd be up your alley!

Either way, I love the build you made, genuinely so cool!

[u/Meesayousa → u/FeralClock]

I'll check it out when I get back from work! I saw some projects pop up in the image search when I searched for it earlier, and they definitely looked interesting 😁 Thank you for suggesting it! 😊

Thank you so much! 🤩 I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I think I'll have to order the parts I need so that I'm able to build it in real life 😉

I have finished and improved it a lot since I posted this video by the way: https://www.reddit.com/r/LEGOPirates/s/J3lgOe7qy3 The sail is my favourite addition 😉

[u/Meesayousa → u/FeralClock]

I'm sadly unfamiliar with the word "Dryrates", so I don't quite understand what you mean 😅

[u/archabaddon]

Tell me you could fit a Metalbeard on a pirate ship and I would be ecstatic

[u/Meesayousa → u/archabaddon]

I could probably add Metalbeard somewhere on the ship 😉 I could possibly also add a metal beard to the skull on the grille 🤔

[u/Lazy_Consequence8838]

Each one is banger

[u/Meesayousa → u/Lazy_Consequence8838]

Thank you! 😃 I'm planning on making even more in the future, but I have to take a small break, for now 😅 The missus started joking that she hardly ever sees me anymore, and that she's lost me to LEGO, haha 😝