Christmas 2017
Hard to believe but Santa is probably a Hot Rodder and this year he has changed his classic sleigh with this snow-rod in bright red and gold. I think he’s having a lot of fun with his new machine.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Warehouse Life | forklift and pallet truck full range
This build has been commissioned by a German leading pallet truck and forklift manufacturer: Linde MH.I've built the entire line up of its truck range plus three different warehouse scenes: unload/upload, storage and picking scene (look at the pictures). Every scene...
Bugatti Barn Find
As a petrolhead I've always dreamed about finding a classic car hidden for years in an old barn or shed. And that is what is called "Barn find". My latest build showcases two car-hunters discovering a classic Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix in a barn. Close to the blue...
Art Déco Gas Station
Fill 'er up!This build is a jump into the glory days of gas stations, when full service and free oil changes were the rule and the local station was a gathering place for neighbors. My brick-built gas station is inspired to the Shell one...
Ferrari F1 Pit Stop
The fastest brick-built pit stop ever. Pit crew members are an integral part of Formula One, with the quickest change lasting just 1.92 seconds. A rapid stop can sometimes be the difference between the race leader retaining his minor grand prix advantage to...
The Takehito Yamato Coupé
I saw this classic Hot Rod on Chop & Roll magazine and I was stricken by the uncommon colour (PPG 1936 Cordoba Tan) and by the smooth design of this Deuce. Plus its story was really cool: built in California and shipped to Japan where its new owner lives. Japan...
Waterloo: the ultimate battle?
Waterloo is one of the most famous and bloody battle. I pay tribute to it with this vignette in which Napoleon and his Grande Armée are stopped by...roadworks.Who knows what would have changed in the European history... [envira-gallery...
S.H.A.D.O. Interceptor | maintenance bay
UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. SHADO (an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation) is a secret, high-technology international agency established to defend Earth and humanity against the...
MOONEYES headquarters – Santa Fe Springs CA
This build matches my passion for motoring culture: it's the MOONEYES headquarters located in Santa Fe Springs, California.Dean Moon was a Hot Rodder and innovator of speed parts. He established a company that became an icon in the Hot Rod industry. Starting his...
UFO | S.H.A.D.O. mobile evo
UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth.The show's basic premise is that in 1980 Earth is being visited and attacked by aliens from a dying planet and humans are being covertly harvested for their organs by the...
BAT Mania
A selection of BAT works.
Route 66 and Ford “T” Roadster
Get your kicks on Route 66… U.S. Route 66, also known as the Mother Road, is propably the most iconic road in the world. It was established on Nov. 11, 1926, and originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 3,940 km...
Warehouse Life
Everytime I visit a warehouse I'm stricken by the layout.Here my warehouse diorama complete with pallets, boxes, shelves, hand pallet truck and a fork-lift. [envira-gallery...
Scooter Shop
The scooter released in 2014 by LEGO (clearly a Vespa) is really cute and it deserved an appropriate repair workshop. Furthermore this year the legendary Vespa turns seventy and this is the right circumstance to pay tribute with a specialized garage. Here it is! The...
SCANIA combo
Take a Scania IV series from nineties, join a Nooteboon low loader, add the legendary LB 140 and and you get a classic Scania combo. All painted in bright yellow. [envira-gallery...
“White Tiger” Futuron Tank | Maintenance bay
Futuron* was a peaceful and friendly population. Their ground vehicles and spacecrafts were designed to explore new planets and new dimensions indeed. But something is changing: a black menace is coming from the deep space, its name is Blacktron. The black men want to...
Esso Gas Station, W.M. Dudok (1953)
Put a tiger in your tank! If you think about retro gas station you probably think about something really cool and stylish: modernist architecture, art deco gas pumps and other outstanding car stuff displayed outside the station.You can find all this in the elegant gas...
Volkswagen T1 Esso Service | “canvas” pick-up
Put a tiger in your tank!* This VW Type 2 T1 “canvas” pick-up is the LEGO replica of a real T1 registered in 1956 in The Netherlands. It was used by the M.v. Noord, a little company based in Amstelveen (close to Amsterdam) that sold and delivered petroleum for...
Steampunk “T” | ’23 Ford T-bucket
This build is an unexpected machine... a '23 Ford T-bucket in pure Steampunk-ish style. This little machine features classic T-Bucket elements - an oversize small-block V-8, a short and reinforced chassis, drag slicks, "T" style radiator - mixed with Steampunk...
“Blue Bull” Space Tank at the maintenance hangar
This Space Tank is a "small class" unit inspired by WWI English tank Mark I. Colors and style are clearly based on LEGO Classic Space series.Named "Blue Bull" due to the stocky shape, it's equipped with a huge long-range gun and with a little gun machine right below...
Fire Truck | ’67 Chuck Miller’s Ford C-cab
This crazy machine is my LEGO replica of the well known "Fire Truck" , a Show Rod designed in 1967 by legendary Chuck Miller . Miller founded Styline Customs in Detroit in the late 1960s, specialized in building custom and concept cars designed to attract attention...
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