[MOC] Citroen DS

[bmacro]

Hi LEGO Comunity,

I dont know if this is the right thread where posting this MOC. However, if the post has to be relocated, no problem with moderators.

I'm not exactly a MOC car builder, I prefer MOC trains as you can see in my linked pages. But I like real cars, especially classic cars, like the Citroen DS which is one of my favourites, and so once a year I try to build a realistic car model. I saw many MOCs of the DS in the web, but when I saw "gribra"s project (credit to him and hope he will reach most supporters in "LEGO ideas") I decided to attempt a similar realisation. After several ideas and projects, last month I finally built the car. What do you think about it? For me, and as gibra wrote, it is very important that the car perfectly fits to the already existing and amazing VW T1 Camper Van (10220), not like - I think - the MINI Cooper (10242) which is certainly very nice but, compared to the VW Van, not an exact match of scale (also Dirk1313, in his topic -showtopic=96991- presenting his wonderful Mini Cooper Convertible MOD, said the same thing). If you have any question, I'm always available.

Max - bmacro

the original

gribra's "idea"

my attempts (POV rendering)

The real final...hope you enjoy it

bmacro: www.flickr.com/photos/95725803@N07/

[papacharly]

Very nice model of La Déesse !

[grum64]

Brilliant DS! If it were in the shops I'd buy it!

Edited September 12, 2014 by grum64

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME designing there 'bmarco', you captured the real life car perfectly......Brick On Drive On !

[Dane]

Beautiful model and very accurate to the real thing

[Krize]

Great car! You should join the Model Team Contest!

[Zerobricks]

Aweome model! Does it have pneumatic suspenion for that smooth feeling

P.S. Shouldnt this be in the model team subforum?

[Legogal]

Whoa! Nice lines!

I have fond memories of this car from around 1965 when a German family, the Sperbergs, brought one to Odessa, Texas, which is at the end do the world on most scales. We oohed and aahed every time it purred around a corner unlike the Ford and Chevy pickups complete with full gun racks of loaded rifles in their rear windows and ten gallon hatted, boot wearing "cowboys" at the wheel as they roared around the corner. What most men drove in our desolate town.

This car looked to us like a spaceship that aliens would arrive in from outer space. The one time they gave us a ride home from swim practice, I became dizzy enclosed in such an exotic work of art. I loved the design then and still do!

Congrats on a fine build!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Hey, welcome back my lego friend!

This car looks absolutely outstanding ...you really spot on the shape of this iconic car!

I like also the great internal details!

Keep on bmacro! :thumbup:

My compliments for the first page!

[Dapper-D2]

Wow, great lines on this beauty. I'm very impressed! You should enter it in the Model Team contest.

[Off the wall]

Outstanding! Back I the 70s, my neighbor in Denver had one.

You should set up an assembly line, start cranking them out and sell them. I'll take a couple!

[Gunman]

Hey thats amazing... You did a great job there!

[Bricktrix]

Very, very nice

[Richard L aka Scooby]

It could be in the shelf next to the Mini.

Awsome!

[ER0L]

Nice MOD of an amazing model!

You've probably just forgotten to provide a link to gribra's original model (which should be common courtesy among mocists in my opinion, so that everybody can compare the original design and the modified model). Even gribra's picture with the tan DS isn't linked to gribra, but to your own Brickshelf.

Anyhow providing a link is most important here since you'll want to feature gribra's project on Cuusoo/Ideas.

Link to gribra's Cuusoo/Ideas project page: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/55753 Sorry if I've overlooked something in your post.

[kobalt1977]

Lovely work!

[talex]

Beautiful! :D

[baard]

Love it!

Brick on

[ALACONDEMINE]

Magnifique citroën DS ! ;-)  

Edited February 27, 2017 by ALACONDEMINE

[bmacro]

Thanks to all!! Thanks to Milan and Alacondemine (I had not yet seen yuor video...lovely).

[eric trax]

Perfect!

[Milan]

Glad to see again your DS!

What scale it is? It seems to me that it is around 1:16 - 1:17. I would love to see it next to those trucks in same scale!

[thire5]

Hello, sorry for opening old topic, but do you have the plans/instructions or 3D file available? (LLD or studio) I would be very interested in building this. 

Thank you!

[bamsham363]

superb representation of a beautiful car, good job