We're back, baby.
So I've been jonesing for another off-road truck build. I was considering a minifigure scale Wrangler, then I decided I wanted to try for the Mercedes ENER-G-Force concept:
Which I always thought looked like an X from the future. Then I remembered that I really loved the SHIELD truck from the Avengers line:
So I thought I would instead build that and convert it into an SUV/camper version. I looked up the instructions online, fired up the Lego Digital Designer, and had a bit of a stroke of genius.
Ladies and gentlemen...the Super Xterra.
As you can see it's still mostly the SHIELD truck, with a new back end, and I even figured out how to make a sweetass stinger. There's some refining left to do, including a tire carrier on the roof or rear, cleaning up the front a bit, and maybe adding a little more roof hump somehow, then adding axle articulation so it's just as cool as my other Lego Xterras. When it's done, I'm definitely tracking down all the parts I need to make it real.
*For some reason, LDD wouldn't let me put the tires on the right side even though it's symmetrical to the left. Go figure, but the chassis design is the exact same as the official kit right now so it should fit IRL.