Inspired by the ingenuity of the Apollo 11 moon landing and spurred on by my Rocket Transporter model I thought I'd have a crack at another Tri-ang SpaceX toy.
The L.A.M.A
Here's the original toy, another one I don't have.
Not an easy shape to recreate but I thought I'd give it a go!
I raided the toy cupboard and found this hungry hippos game.
The hippo body's look decent. The T-holes could be a godsend. I might make two LAMAs!
Starting with the green one I attached some green felt-pen cut-offs.
Some plastic drumstick ends provided the quirky legs.
A silver mini-radio dial snapped in half made for an OK engine plate.
The feet came in the form of these old plastic game pieces
The canon is an odd shape. Like an electrode. This white plastic rode was in my bots box. Not sure what it is but it'll do! A pen top became the silver cockpit dash and a row of staples made for a sort of canon blind.
The cockpit blister was a problem. I couldn't find anything in the house like the original so I cheated and went for a simple opaque blue lego tile to cover the silver dash. Not very precise I know but this scratch build has turned out to be more of a comic version of the toy rather than a straight copy.
A further raid on the Grandson's lego box garnered two neat black antennae.
Its coming along.
The finishing touches to follow.
What do you think so far readers?
