Every so often I get the urge to make a wheeled vehicle. Which was the case in February when I built this Rebel Wrangler.
I started off with a few technic bricks for a rugged chassis, and selected these large plastic wheels.
Three wheeled vehicles make a nice change of pace, and that was the primary design feature I had in mind for this vehicle. After the chassis came together I started messing around with windshield options using trans black elements.
I’m always impressed by the crazy cockpit/windscreen configurations sci-fi builders come up with and wanted to try my hand at something like that myself.
I went through multiple iterations trying to get a very clean fit, and unique shape.
Once I had something I was happy with I started fleshing out the vehicle’s shape around the windshield. I was only using bley at this point due to the large parts selection we have in that color. I planned to rework the build in my chosen color scheme once I figured out what I wanted.
Right around this point I decided on a revamped Space Police II color scheme. Which led me to examine what trans green elements we had, and as soon as I found this curved panel I knew it would be a great fit.
Some large fenders up front fit the chunky aesthetic well. Though these first black iterations were a bit too wide and angular.
So I switched to red, and was able to use hinge plates to achieve curving fenders. The black accent touch was switched to a center stripe which gave a great opportunity for using some nexo knight shields.
After deciding on this being a Space Police II rig I knew some prison pods were needed. It took some fiddling to achieve a stream lined prison pod with opening bars.
And due to its small size there was really only one option for the pod placement. I settled on a gravity system to hold them in place using plate with rail and panels.
The finishing touch was adding some blasters to the front. I really liked how the 1×1 round printed tiles from the Porsche 911 GT3 fit here.
Thanks for reading, and as always, you’re welcome to post a comment if you have questions or comments about the design.
Rebel Wrangler: Build Log
Every so often I get the urge to make a wheeled vehicle. Which was the case in February when I built this Rebel Wrangler.
I started off with a few technic bricks for a rugged chassis, and selected these large plastic wheels.
Three wheeled vehicles make a nice change of pace, and that was the primary design feature I had in mind for this vehicle. After the chassis came together I started messing around with windshield options using trans black elements.
I’m always impressed by the crazy cockpit/windscreen configurations sci-fi builders come up with and wanted to try my hand at something like that myself.
I went through multiple iterations trying to get a very clean fit, and unique shape.
Once I had something I was happy with I started fleshing out the vehicle’s shape around the windshield. I was only using bley at this point due to the large parts selection we have in that color. I planned to rework the build in my chosen color scheme once I figured out what I wanted.
Right around this point I decided on a revamped Space Police II color scheme. Which led me to examine what trans green elements we had, and as soon as I found this curved panel I knew it would be a great fit.
Some large fenders up front fit the chunky aesthetic well. Though these first black iterations were a bit too wide and angular.
So I switched to red, and was able to use hinge plates to achieve curving fenders. The black accent touch was switched to a center stripe which gave a great opportunity for using some nexo knight shields.
After deciding on this being a Space Police II rig I knew some prison pods were needed. It took some fiddling to achieve a stream lined prison pod with opening bars.
And due to its small size there was really only one option for the pod placement. I settled on a gravity system to hold them in place using plate with rail and panels.
The finishing touch was adding some blasters to the front. I really liked how the 1×1 round printed tiles from the Porsche 911 GT3 fit here.
Thanks for reading, and as always, you’re welcome to post a comment if you have questions or comments about the design.