[MOC] McLaren 675 LT Spider

[nerdsforprez]

20 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

 

 

This model was built in commission, which I have to thank my client for, because I otherwise I would have dismissed this challenge as too ambitious. I always had the ambition of making a car with a convertible roof, but I always shied away from it since I had no idea how to make such a feature. Then to make a convertible roof that is remote controlled and has a an extra pivotpoint in the roof itself I would never have tried. I am quite pleased to see that the old adagium still holds: 'You can build anything from Lego'

Comments and questions are welcome as usual,

Leg godt,

Jeroen

 

Love this model, as everyone else, but I am also loving something that has not yet been pointed out....... how you introduced the build in the first place, acknowledging some type of mental road block but also that you were able to overcome it.  I wonder how much this happens to other builders.   It is nice to know that even great builders acknowledge obstacles, or limitations - but the fact that you were able to overcome one of yours is something truly special. 

Congratulations on the convertible roof, not sure we have seen it before, at least not of this quality. 

Edited January 16, 2017 by nerdsforprez

[Victor Imaginator]

Incredibly cool panel angles. Looks just stunning.

[zux]

That panelling work is great, but the roof is amazing. At first I thought it would be flat, but the end result is just awesome.

[eric trax]

I think it's one of the best supercars made with lego technic. In my opinion, the suspension is too high

[bonox]

2 hours ago, eric trax said:

I think it's one of the best supercars made with lego technic. In my opinion, the suspension is too high

perhaps you could chop the springs like a real car? ;)

[DugaldIC]

Very well done as always! Besides the slight scaling issues,  which on a car of this scale are soo tough it looks and performs beautifully. I especially love your use of panels,  making full use of them to make very smooth/curved lines with Lego :)  

[eric trax]

13 hours ago, bonox said:

perhaps you could chop the springs like a real car? ;)

or mount shock absorbers little higher :)

[Appie]

Looks very good and the convertible roof is very well done. For something that gave you the most headaches apparently it has a very cool mechanism. Great job!

[Pvdb]

Nice work on this.  The bodywork looks great and the roof is nicely done.  

[Jeroen Ottens]

On 1/15/2017 at 9:48 PM, Paul Boratko said:

You know that and I know that, but the average person(usually someone who knows very little about Lego) doesn't know this..

I can't tell you how many people that I have talked to at various shows that would ask:

"Can you build me a 19XX >insert car name here<?"

Then I say "Yes"

And they say "How much would it cost?"

Then I say "Well you're looking at least in the $400 range just for the parts and that doesn't count my time for the development"

Then they say "That's Crazy" and walk away

When I get emails about commissioned projects and reply back with the part cost, I usually never hear back..

But there are some people out there with the cash that don't care...

Very recognizable conversation

 

On 1/16/2017 at 2:23 AM, Lox Lego said:

Stunning. Love the flow of the panels and the clever roof mechanism. I'm a huge fan of this build, and I am impressed how you create multiple large scale builds at once.  

I am actually not building too many things at the same time. The DB11 project was stopped every time I started a new commission, so I was sort of serial monogamous building

 

On 1/16/2017 at 0:14 PM, nerdsforprez said:

Love this model, as everyone else, but I am also loving something that has not yet been pointed out....... how you introduced the build in the first place, acknowledging some type of mental road block but also that you were able to overcome it.  I wonder how much this happens to other builders.   It is nice to know that even great builders acknowledge obstacles, or limitations - but the fact that you were able to overcome one of yours is something truly special. 

Congratulations on the convertible roof, not sure we have seen it before, at least not of this quality. 

These commissions are pushing me (way) out of my comfortzone. I just love being in that new territory with this mix of adventure (this all new and exciting to me) and dread (but will I be able to meet the expectations of the customer?)

 

On 1/16/2017 at 7:40 PM, eric trax said:

I think it's one of the best supercars made with lego technic. In my opinion, the suspension is too high

Suspensions always look too high on my models... I usually aim for ~1 stud travel without the wheels touching the bodywork. In real life the wheels sit almost flush with the bodywork and sink inside when the springs are compressed. Only the Porsch fenders might be able to be placed so flush to the wheels, but than the diameters of the wheel and the fender do not match for that...

6 hours ago, Appie said:

Looks very good and the convertible roof is very well done. For something that gave you the most headaches apparently it has a very cool mechanism. Great job!

Actually the doors gave me the most headaches... The roof took it's time as well, but the real trick to make it work just popped in my head one morning. That didn't feel like hard work

On 1/15/2017 at 6:52 PM, proran said:

This is out of this world! Looking at the first picture I was trying to find a 'trick': is it all lego? is it  3D graphics? is it photoshoped? It is so sleek. How, how it is possible? And then was the video with the roof. I've watched it five times I still cannot believe it is a real lego mechanism. When it is unfolded, the roof  lines is so smooth. Amazing! Any chance for chassis or bottom shots? Thank for sharing.

I'll make a photo of the bottomside coming weekend (I need some natural lighting)

All, thanks for all the positive feedback and the constructive criticism

[technic_addict]

3 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

Suspensions always look too high on my models... I usually aim for ~1 stud travel without the wheels touching the bodywork. In real life the wheels sit almost flush with the bodywork and sink inside when the springs are compressed. Only the Porsch fenders might be able to be placed so flush to the wheels, but than the diameters of the wheel and the fender do not match for that...

Rebrickable is not showing which springs are being used.  Are you using the yellow hard?  If  When I build this, I think I would like it to sit lower as well.

Edited January 18, 2017 by technic_addict

[AFOLegofan66]

Fantastic car and love the roof. Did you consider using an Sbrick with this MOC? When I build this I will use one and let you know how it goes. 

[Jeroen Ottens]

4 hours ago, technic_addict said:

Rebrickable is not showing which springs are being used.  Are you using the yellow hard?  If  When I build this, I think I would like it to sit lower as well.

I use the hard springs, so you could try using the soft springs to lower the suspension

5 minutes ago, AFOLegofan66 said:

Fantastic car and love the roof. Did you consider using an Sbrick with this MOC? When I build this I will use one and let you know how it goes. 

I did consider that, but my client preferred the PF IR receivers, so I used those. It will be interesting to see whether or not you can make an Sbrick fit. As you can imagine it is quite crowded inside the car.

[legolijntje]

2 hours ago, AFOLegofan66 said:

Fantastic car and love the roof. Did you consider using an Sbrick with this MOC? When I build this I will use one and let you know how it goes. 

Whoops. Guess that was the missing part. I constantly had this feeling something was missing, but I couldn't find what. 

@Jeroen Ottens You should add the springs to Rebrickable parts list for both cars 

[Jeroen Ottens]

10 hours ago, legolijntje said:

Whoops. Guess that was the missing part. I constantly had this feeling something was missing, but I couldn't find what. 

@Jeroen Ottens You should add the springs to Rebrickable parts list for both cars 

Done

[Jeroen Ottens]

As promised a belly shot:

When I was studying this car I learned that the stiffness comes from the carbonfiber chassis. In fact when they chopped of the roof of the 675LT to make it a spider the stiffness hardly decreased. So I thought it was an intersting exercise to try to create a similar structure in this car. The big black section in the middle is the shell that wraps around the chairs and is what gives the car it's stiffness. Consequently I didn't need a central column running from the back to the front. I used only 2 vertically oriented 5x7 frames as central column between the chairs, but these do not connect the rear to the front. The force lines mostly flow through the 11x3 curved frames at the edges.

This 'carbonfiber' tub was actually the starting point of the design. This time I designed from the inside out (and from the back to the front).

[Lox Lego]

5 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

As promised a belly shot:

When I was studying this car I learned that the stiffness comes from the carbonfiber chassis. In fact when they chopped of the roof of the 675LT to make it a spider the stiffness hardly decreased. So I thought it was an intersting exercise to try to create a similar structure in this car. The big black section in the middle is the shell that wraps around the chairs and is what gives the car it's stiffness. Consequently I didn't need a central column running from the back to the front. I used only 2 vertically oriented 5x7 frames as central column between the chairs, but these do not connect the rear to the front. The force lines mostly flow through the 11x3 curved frames at the edges.

This 'carbonfiber' tub was actually the starting point of the design. This time I designed from the inside out (and from the back to the front).

Excellent Idea to place the 5x7 frames  vertical. Leaves more space for the seats. 

I can also see that your use of carbon fiber strengthened your car immensely 

[AFOLegofan66]

very cool idea for the stiffness of this car...just building now!!

[Claw]

Thanks Jeroen, I look forward to building it!!! Stunning!!! Appreciate the effort!!

[Aventador2004]

I know the instructions are strictly at a price but could I just see the roof mech please

Thanks

Aventador

[1gor]

I'm sure that your beauty performs better that Fernando Alonso's McLaren Honda

[Jeroen Ottens]

5 hours ago, I_Igor said:

I'm sure that your beauty performs better that Fernando Alonso's McLaren Honda

Me too, I haven't seen his convertible roof move so smoothly yet

[Aventador2004]

It doesn't have one, yet.....

[1gor]

15 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

Me too, I haven't seen his convertible roof move so smoothly yet

...or a car in general... anyway great MOC