Became dicouraged by the $500+ Firehouse I was building and took the night to build an Ecto1. At $92.97, I may be ordering the bricks to build this for real…
Built using Lego Digital Designer…
The rear hatch opens and the roof rack lifts off, granting access to the rear seating:
that is awesome, think it would fit minimates?
Is that minifig is wearing a grey flightsuit??!?!? :sigh:
But seriously, it looks pretty cool. You did a great job of capturing the character of the car.
I’ll check to be sure… The only Minimates I have are The Fantastic Four, I’ll have to look for them. Off the top of my head I’d say yes- They would fit but you ‘might’ have to remove the seats? I’ll know for sure once I actually do a test with a real-life mockup (I wanna see for myself the same thing… If so I might be picking up some minimates…)
Exactly how mini are minimates?? I thought they’d be bigger than a LEGO minifig for sure…but if they can fit into a LEGO seat, then they’re smaller than I thought!
That is absolutely amazing design work!! And done without “cheating” like Lego does when it makes certain vehicles these days (making brand new pieces to recreate certain aesthetic details) . I’d love to put one of these together myself someday. Maybe you can scrounge up some Lego pieces at a flea market or thrift store for cheap to help minimize the cost of building the real thing. All the colors involved seem to be standard.
Thanks for sharing! :crunch:
Awsome!
I would’ve LOVED this thing as a kid!
man…i wish you were my neighbor when i was growing up…you have just the most awesomest ideas
Redesigned and improved.
Was never happy with the width of the front end and the tail/fins. Did better fins and rebuilt the entire front end. Added some details to the roof rack. Added the ladder and connections for hoses (The program doesn’t have hoses?!) and made the hood longer as well…
I’d like to thank gbmatt for letting me take a look at HIS model. Helped me see a few things on mine I hadn’t noticed before…
Legos are on their way to me and I should have this baby built for real by this time next week. While I wait for them to get here I’ve been finding things to occupy me…
At some point someone gave me a link to some Ecto 1 & 1a decal sheets. I can’t find them anymore. Any help would be appreciated…
Found the decals… :whatever:
Unreal. I never noticed this thread before. I love your design for the car. I’ve seen a few Lego attempts before and I’m pretty sure I’ve looked them over and said something nice but yours actually has all the curves and lined perfectly. You nailed the hood of the Caddy perfectly. You have an actual curvature on the roof of the car. Custom Venkman hair, custom Slimer… I can’t get over the perfection of the detail in getting the car right, and then getting the non-car items ( rack, ladder, etc. ) so perfect as well. I’m very impressed.
Thanks man, I appreciate that!
Well I haven’t done the painting or made the decals… and I guess I forgot to order a few key pieces… Anyhow, thought I’d post some pics of what I’m staring at right now. I’ll be getting a much better camera to take photos with when I’m done and don’t be fooled, the Ecto 1 is bright white in person (The foam board is just a more NEON white- LOL!)
What this grill needs is an Ecto license plate to be sure:
Ladder looks better than I had thought… Green tank!!!
The damn Lego hoses are so stiff they try and pull the removeable roof rack off so I’ll have to figure something else out…
Needs door decal and slot-tinted windows…
Group shot. The Ecto is every bit a boat in Lego as in real life…
This dude will be awesome!!!
I appreciate you taking the time to look, I know Lego isn’t everyones bag…
Awesome! I’m really glad you actually made it. Looks great! :crunch:
Whaaaaaat?!? I think you’re delirious. Everybody loves Lego! 
I’m super excited…!
