Last night I was surfing around the Legoverse trying to find some inspiration to build something space-related, and I came across the Building The Future That Never Was Contest on classic-space.com. I got to thinking about the whole retro-future thing, and thought of doing a Jetsons-style aircar, which of course means using the clear dome, and then I thought of capturing the Cadillac fins of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.
After much experimentation, this is what I came up with. I’m especially happy with the studlessness of it… the only studs showing are the headlamps (which don’t count, in my opinion) and a few studs half-visible on the rear part of the hood. The underside is also smooth, using SNOT (Studs Not On Top) construction to mount parts upside-down.
It was pointed out on LUGNET that Bram Lambrecht already built something similar:
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/?n=15
I’m not sure whether I’d ever seen that before or not, but I know it wasn’t something I was consciously aware of as I built mine. Sorry Bram!