Ford F-150 Lightning will get full-size rebuild with Legos

The world will apparently by no means tire of life-size vehicles constructed out of Legos. The most recent automotive undertaking constructed from plastic interlocking bricks is a 1:1 scale Ford F-150 Lightning made for Legoland Florida.

The electrical pickup was created for show on the theme park, which counts Ford as its official automotive accomplice — every Legoland park location is free to decide on their very own; Legoland California used to accomplice with Volvo however extra lately switched to Ferrari, whereas Legoland Japan has teamed up with Toyota. The truck is comprised of over 320,740 bricks and took 1,600 hours to finish, based on an official Legoland video. The completed product weighs 3,730 kilos. It appears huge however is lower than two-thirds of the particular truck, which is available in at 6,015 kilos.

The truck was constructed with the assistance of laptop software program that assisted builders in translating the truck’s contours into sections that might be constructed out of current Lego items. Regardless of the blocky look of the F-150 Lightning, there’s a shocking quantity of curves and surfacing that needed to be subtly formed out of Lego bricks.

A honeycomb-like skeleton helped maintain the construction intact beneath the “sheetmetal” and a easy metal body embedded inside helps maintain the truck from collapsing on itself because of the bricks’ weight. An on-board energy unit and related wiring helps illuminate the head- and taillights and switch indicators to imitate these of the actual automobile. 

There is a lengthy historical past of life-size vehicles constructed from Lego bricks, some official some not. Previous automobiles have included a Ford Explorer, Volkswagen Bus, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Supra, McLaren Senna, Bugatti Chiron, and a number of other Components 1 vehicles.

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