[MOC] Ford Focus Second Gen

[scynox]

Hi Everyone,

For some months I have been working on a realistic looking "not so super" car. Actually it is my real life car, I tried putting both much functionality and also good in aesthetics.

Here is a photo of real life image of Ford Focus I "focused", (photo is not my car, my is 5door hatchback in dark gray)

Nope, it is not orange, LEGO lacks many things in orange but as Blakbird says white is new red, so I made it in white. Still there are many pieces lacking in white so I had to use many black pieces from my inventory. Now it looks like a panda unfortunately.

I hope you enjoy it.

Features:

* Common Expectations from a (Super) Car: Independent Suspension, 5+R gearbox, working steering wheel, HOG steering, fake engine

* Handbrake / 2WD / All WD switch, fake engine is tied to front wheels

* Openable doors, back trunk, front hood + sunroof

* Realistic accessories: side mirror, back mirror, glovebox (?), console "middle of seats arm putting thing / small box" (what is this called in english?), fake air conditioners and its control panel, fake stereo system

* Around 2stud suspension travel

* Custom front axle with some geometry I honestly dont know its names, I know it has Ackermann steering and kingpin incline:) idea is from here, check post #8 and #13

* NO RC

Link to all screenshots: Ford Focus Second Gen

Glovebox thing, sorry it is black and hardly visible there

Handbrake's special switch to activate 2WD/AWD and also handbrake (by locking the middle differential to force on with different direction turning, technically prevents wheels turning = handbrake )

That "thing" I have been mentioning about the middle seat box. Console and you can also see the handbrake's link going back. Idea is almost same with the new gokart set.

Dead simple sunroof, opens by manual lifting, no technic stuff.

Front axle, idea from this thread: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=74356 check post #8 and #13

Finally the bottom of car and interior with a different angle to show "fake" stereo and air conditioner controls

I hope you like it,

Things I dont like:

* It is white, I really wanted to make it orange, perhaps after Porsche set is out I will have a chance to convert it to orange.

* Front is ugly, if you have a different idea about the front hood and lights, I appreciate.

* I could not put the fog lights on front, I want to put them for completeness, again problem of the front

* Interior is messy to make the sunroof and also the angular back, it is not really visible unless you look for them (no photo of it hehe). interior is like the arm of 42042 :)

* To make the angular view, I used some angles which Lego does not like, no stress is made but as you see not all beams look connected directly. Hint: 15L white beam over the rear wheel is actually completing a 15x1 triangle

* to LEGO: Why you not make #4 connector and #6538c on white common !!!

Cheers

Edited April 27, 2016 by scynox

[zux]

Looks like you've invested a lot of time building this model.

* to LEGO: Why you not make #4 connector and #6538c on white common !!!

Well actually connector #4 has been introduced back just this year! 6538c can be substituted with 6538b

[tibivi]

I think this an awesome creation, first of all, it isn't some supercar but a normal hatch, furthermore it has all the suspension geometry and a gearbox.

The looks of the front could indeed be better, and as i see at the rest of the build, this should be no problem for you.

only bit of criticism could be that the steering links aren't straight so you have toe out, but otherwise this is a great moc.

[DrJB]

Amazing how much detail/function you've packed in such a 'small' car. Nicely done!

[JJ2]

* Realistic accessories: side mirror, back mirror, glovebox (?), "middle of seats arm putting thing / small box" (what is this called in english?), fake air conditioners and its control panel, fake stereo system

It's called console

* Custom front axle with some geometry I honestly dont know its names, I know it has Ackermann steering :) idea is from here, check post #8 and #13

That is a kingpin incline and it moves the steering pivot closer the the center of the wheel (if you did not know that already)

Anyway great MOC, think you nailed the look of the car even with the panda coloring

[syclone]

Very nicely done model,one of my favorite cars.

[Aleh]

Like it very much!

[jorgeopesi]

It is good MOC, IMO wheels are huge for the real scale, if you respect the correct one you would have much more space for everything.

[BusterHaus]

I love that sunroof, and the seats are great, too. Good job packing so much stuff in a small space.

[Boulderer]

Great work on the functions and details

I have to second the comment about wheel size; they look far too big for the scale. The model looks more like an SUV than the Focus, as a result. Maybe rebrand as a Jaguar F-Pace

[9 fingers]

Great build. Lots of technic functions. I like it.

[Jurss]

I don't recognize there Ford Focus, but good and well packed build.

[scynox]

thanks for comments guys.

I will work more on scaling in the future. I agree, I cannot say it resembles ford focus that much especially the front, I have to work on that too :)

cheers

[jgw]

Very clever car! Nice to build a "normal" car! I think most of us had the idea to build one, but building a supercar attracts more people. So this model is unique! Btw, can you try to shoot some pictures of the car with normal daylight? That will bring the white-black conbination more to it's own right. Very clever car!

[Polo-Freak]

Yeah the second Focus is one of my favorite Cars, espec. the Focus MK2 RS

Your Technic Focus looks really nice

I have build one RS in Model Team Style.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/90260

Edited April 27, 2016 by Polo-Freak

[JGW3000]

Very nicely done, but I agree with the above comments, this actually looks more like my wife's new Subaru hatchback

[Lakop]

It looks like an off road hatch back car to me. I like it. Very well built. The front end is great.

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[Paul B Technic]

Excellent work with this :)

[Nick Barrett]

I really like this. It doesn't look perfect as others have said but the functions are superb and it's not another supercar!

[filsawgood]

Looks good!

[TainBoCulain]

Nice one ... I'm looking forward to build such a model for my own ;)

[Lox Lego]

Very cool! Love all the detail, thanks for sharing

[TainBoCulain]

Hey scynox ... any news on this topic? ;-)

[scynox]

Not much TainBoCulain, I disassembled the car, then rebuild with new design but nothing new. again I disassembled.

you can check new version photos here: http://www.bricksafe...x/ford-focus-v3

I did not post it because it does not bring anything new than different aesthetics.

I saw your other post in another thread, you are also going to build a Ford Focus? good luck, looking forward to see it :)