How to Build Brick Cars

Name: How to Build Brick Cars
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780760352656
Price: 49.99 NZD
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Detailed LEGO Designs for Sports Cars, Race Cars, and Muscle Cars

By Peter Blackert

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How to Build Brick Cars invites readers to creatively construct a collection of classic and contemporary vehicles using building bricks. With detailed, full-colour illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this book covers cars like the 1932 Ford V-8 Roadster, Ferrari 250 GT California, Bugatti Veyron, and more. Designed by Ford Motor Company vehicle designer Peter Blackert, it blends artistry and engineering as it celebrates automotive history from manufacturers across the US, England, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is perfect for car enthusiasts, creative builders, and anyone interested in learning brick modelling techniques. Suitable for both beginners and experienced brick builders, it appeals to readers fascinated by history, design, and the mechanical beauty of sports and muscle cars.

This collection of Lego designs provides instructions on building tons of contemporary and classic sports cars entirely out of the world's favorite building block.

Description

Build—Learn—Customize—Play! The World's Best Cars In The Palm Of Your Hand.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your engines and bust out your bricks! How to Build Brick Cars is here for the inner creative person in us all.

Featuring over a dozen fully realized builds of classic and contemporary sports cars, race cars, and muscle cars, How to Build Brick Cars offers a range of levels to challenge both brick newbies and the veteran block-slingers far and wide.

Inside, readers will find detailed, full-colour illustrations and step-by-step instructions for such classic and contemporary vehicles as the 1932 Ford V-8 Roadster, Datsun 240Z, 2016 Le Mans Ford racer, Ferrari 250 GT California, Jaguar E-Type coupe and convertible, Ford F150 Raptor, Bugatti Veyron, and the iconic Porsche 911.

The vehicles represent a range of manufacturers such as GM, Chrysler, Bugatti, and more, from many of the world's most exciting automotive manufacturing countries (the United States, England, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan).

Featuring informative and historical text about each car and designed exclusively by Ford Motor Company vehicle designer Peter Blackert, How to Build Brick Cars will keep you busy from the flip of the first page to the end of the race track!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760352656

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Motorbooks

Illustration: 40 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Non-Fiction Peter Blackert

About the Author

Peter Blackert is one of the world's foremost custom builders of brick scenes and vehicles. An employee of Ford Motor Company who designs cars for a living, Peter's work can be found on Flickr under the username Lego911. He lives in Australia with his wife.