Pit (pepik) presents two great WW2 creations built for Flickr LEGO Military Contest. First in a winter-themed eastern front diorama:

One of the models presented here is SdKfz 139 Marder III

Second breation is a stunning model of PzKpfw IV Ausf H - SdKfz 161-2, in desert camouflage. By the way, these names are crazy, aren’t they?

For pit, every little detail is important, just look at these working suspension:

Good luck in the contest, pit!

Christophe Bongay (cblolego) presents a great cartoonish scene with a sinking battleship:

The name and flag may suggest this is inspired by the story of Japanese Yamato battleship sank on it’s last suicidal mission.

It’s hard to decide what I love most about this creation. The color of the water is great, I feel cold just by looking at it. The ship is ingenious. Jumper plates look exactly like rivets, the twisted proportions are just sweet and the hole in the hull is a cherry on top of the cake. Minifigs are nicely selected and the trick with the swimming silhouette, even if repeated looks still fresh.

Some models make me think only one - ‘I want that on my desk !!’ . One beauty of that kind - KrAZ 6322 + 2A36 Giatsint-B 152-mm artillery model - was build by ZED.

The model not only looks very much like the real one, it also has some nice functions of the real truck. Just check moving front wheels or working rear suspension - which both apparently starting to be a standard in minifig-scaled cars.

Today we have a National Flag Day in Poland - that’s why our logo is red-white.

As a nice coincidence, Mike Stimpson (featured recently) posted another recreation of the famous photo - this time this a “Raising the flag on Iwo Jima”:

Here’s the original, by Joe Rosenthal / The Associated Press:

Alex Kahler (Xiphos) of St. Luis builds a microscale version of Dreadnought mecha from Warhammer 40k universe. Thanks to Nexus, I am not WH40k ignorant anymore and I can really admire the way Alex kept the similarity to original design.

Torso decal is borrowed from larger creation by Jerac’s, that was an inspiration to Alex.

Those of you who read Klocki for some time, may remember our note on a magnificent technic model of the Tumbler vehicle from the Batman Begins movie. If you liked the movie (you liked, didn’t you?), you probably know of the upcoming sequel called The Dark Knight, scheduled for premiere on summer 2008. The main character aside from Batman is Joker this time, but we have yet another hero - Ladies and Gentelmen, Tumbler is back!

In spite of the official Lego Batman line, continued and developed from some time, the Tumbler has never been the main subject of any Lego set. Only in the 7784 The Batmobile Ultimate Collectors’ Edition set it was featured as an “idea”, i.e. a model without instruction.

Some time ago the pics of 2008 Lego Batman sets leaked to the Internet - with clearly shown slightly larger model of the Tumbler, apparently a separate set this time. We keep waiting for a Technic version, trusting that the Lego Company won’t overlook such a promising subject.

Mike Stimpson, UK photographer recreates the world’s famous photograpth with LEGO bricks. The latest photo in his collection is a famous shot of a man trying to stop a tank column leaving the Tiananman Square, day after the massacre:

Original photo was shot by Jeff Widener (The Associated Press), but I remember mostly the moving TV clip:

I encourage our younger readers to google up this event. If you understand what happen back then, you will understand better what happens today about the Olympics.

(Jormungund, thanks for the heads-up!)

Fantastic Battle Contest entry by LugPol’s zgrredek. There’s plenty of details everywhere, it’s really worth spending half an hour to enjoy them all, but I particulary like main tower’s color scheme. Good luck zgrredek!

I’m usually reluctant to describe my own MOCs, but some of my recent ones have already appeared on blogs abroad, which means I probably should. Since the beginning of March I’ve published 4 MOCs, and now I’m suspected of having a twin brother-builder

It started with HotRed - a Technic variation on the hotrod-mania that visited LugPol community. A delicate, lightweight model features PF XL drive and PF steering with a working steering wheel, plus a full independent suspension, 4-speed gearbox and a V14 piston engine.

One week later I had an S Tank ready - a model of Swedish Stridsvagn 103 tank, famous for its vanguard solutions, and particularly for the lack of turret and for suspension that allows to tilt the hull.

The model is driven by PF motors with a subtractor, which makes for easier, car-like steering, and makes it possible to turn not only in place (like e.g 8275 set does), but also in an arch. The suspension is pneumatically stabilized and allows to remotely tilt the hull forwards and backwards, but there is also a pneumatically operated blade underneath the hull’s front. You can watch it work all together on this movie:

Another week resulted in a Killough platform - a holomonic drive device, that is a vehicle capable of moving in any direction. Because of the complicated steering that requires at least two of three motors to be operated simultaneously, this kind of vehicles is preferred mainly by Mindstorms builders - but you can see on the movie that the manual steering is also possible.

Since the month was still not over, another MOC has appeared - model of Faun SLT, a German tank transporter. Built in a scale slightly smaller than the one used for Truck trial races, it was fixed with full suspension and all-wheel drive. Its most highlighted feature, however, turned out to be the ramp at the end of its carriage, deployed remotely with a motor inside the tractor.

Meanwhile, another MOC is in the WIP stage

Jeremy, also known as Smod, posted a nice little monitor. No, no - monitor is not only this thing in front of you, it is also the name of warship class.

Ship looks like a tiny tank, but the most cool thing about it is the ability to detach the deck and place it on the water made from blue bricks. In fact, this should be a standard among boat builders.