Stranger Things | Sheriff Hopper’s Chevrolet Blazer K5
Few days ago I presented the Sheriff Hopper’s cabin from Stranger Things TV Series (netflix). In the little diorama there was also the iconic Chevrolet Blazer owned by the Hawkins Police Department and driven by Chief Jim Hopper. Here it is in plain sight. The one...
Stranger Things | Hopper’s Cabin
A couple of months ago I built one of the most iconic scene of TV Series Stranger Things season 1: the Chevy flip. While we're waiting for the series 3, release date is scheduled for next 4th of July, I enjoyed building Sheriff Hopper's cabin.To protect Eleven, one of...
Coffee Stand | Andy’s Cafe
Coffee is probably the most popular beverage in the world, with more than 400 billion cups consumed each year. I'm a big fan of coffee and recently I noticed a great attention to quality and origins of the black drink. Coffee is trendy!My latest creation is a classic...
Big Foot Monster Truck
Big Foot was an oversized truck based on a 1974 Ford F-250 four-wheel drive built by Bob Chandler from St. Louis, Missouri. Back in the eighties I had the scale model of the Monster Truck produced by Playskool. I was a big fan of that odd truck and recently I built it...
Christmas 2018
Few creations to celebrate Christmas 2018. From left to right: Santa’s looking for the right Christmas tree; Santa needs a bigger van; Norton74 Exclusive Minifigure in Christmas livery.
Stranger Things | Chevy Van
Stranger Things is an American sci-fi/horror web TV series created, written, and directed by the Duffer Brothers and released on Netflix. Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980 everything appearing is a homage to the pop culture of that decade....
Build your own vintage gas pump
I'm happy to share the instructions to build a classic gas pump decked out in Shell livery. I used this kind of pump in a couple of past builds and recently I enjoyed taking "step by step" pictures. The gas pump is perfect to complete your classic diorama....
Ice Planet 2002 | Mobile Research Laboratory
This Mobile Laboratory is an armoured vehicle decked out in Ice Planet livery used by the peaceful men as a research laboratory. Ice Planet 2002 was a subtheme of LEGO Space introduced in 1993 and marked by a very cool color scheme: white, blue and trans-neon orange....
Totally Tubular!
As usual a seasonal creation to celebrate summer and holidays. The two Hot Rods are previous creations I've used again to take this picture. And they look great together on the beach. The black one is a super classic Hot Rod based on a '32 Ford Model B. The Roadster...
GO! with MQQN
Back in 2017 I built the iconic M👀NEYES headquarters plus the well known MQQN pick-up and a cute Hot Rod both Minifig scaled. I also built the pick-up in a bigger scale never shown and totally forgotten. Now you can see the MOONEYES line-up completed with the 1/24...
OM Leoncino: the Italian little lion
This little truck was one of the most widespread in Italy back in the sixties. It was well known and appreciated for his strenght and versatility. It's part of my previous AGIP Gas Station diorama and now I share more detailed pictures.Manufactured by OM – Officine...
AGIP Gas Station
Back in the sixties AGIP was the most important Italian gas company. Its logo was the well known six-legged dog still used today by the company and the petrol was called Supercortemaggiore. Most of you probably remember the odd dog as Ferrari F1 sponsor back in the...
B-59 | Blacktron Armoured Personnel Carrier
This big, bad and totally black armoured personnel carrier is based on U-59 Explosive Truck from Joe 90, a 1960s British science-fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (the same producers of U.F.O.). It's called B-59 where B stands for...
Hot Dog Stand
The Hot Dog is probably one of the most famous and delicious street food all around and I love it, especially with mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise and sauerkraut. When Lego relaesed the Hot Dog man in the Series 13 Collectible Minifigures and then the Hot Dog vendor in...
Antique Gas Station
Back in the twenties gasoline was sold in quite simple shacks, at times they were drugstores, at times they were pharmacies. What it's sure the early gas stations were very different from modernist or art déco ones. In my latest build a classic Bugatti Type 35 Grand...
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...
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The Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2019
Archbrick Build of the Year shortlist 2019
The 10 most popular custom LEGO creation instructions on The Brothers Brick for 2018
Shortlist for Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year 2018
Official exhibitor at the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery (2018/2019)
The LEGO car blog Master MOCer
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