filsawgood Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Hi everybody! Half a year ago, the Suzuki company released a new generation of their famous mini SUVs - Suzuki Jimny and Suzuki Jimni Sierra(Wide edition). I, as a caring lover of this particular model, tried to repeat the same thing in Lego. That's what came out of it Specifications: 1:10 Scale All wheel drive 1.55 DC Chequired flag all terrain A/T tires (copy of BF Goodrich A/T KO2) Solid Axles Constant rear diff lock The modular design (body and chassis are separate elements connected by 6 points. The body and chassis, in turn, consist of smaller modules - doors, hood, axles etc) Electrics: BuWizz brick (or AAA Lego battery box/LiPo unit + IR V2 Reciever/Sbrick) – battery and receiver 2L motors - movement Servo motor – steering 2 LED lights iOS/Android smartphone/pad with BuWizz app – Remote control Life’s too short to stay stock! Therefore, in this model I use tires DC CHEQUERED FLAG All-Terrain T/A (87x26x1.55), that are an exact copy of BF Goodrich T/A KO2. This gives the model more realism and improves off-road performance compared to original tires. For the same reason, I recommend to using alternative power sources, in this case BuWizz, which significantly expand the functionality of the model, reduce its weight and increase the power of the motors. At the same time, the design of the model allows the use of original Lego batteries (AAA or LiPo unit) together with the V2 receiver of Lego Power Functions More photos and building instruction you can find on my personal blog page Video review: Quote
grum64 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Just now, filsawgood said: I, as a caring lover of this particular model, tried to repeat the same thing in Lego I'd say you nailed it. Well done Quote
therealjustin Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 I had hoped someone would do a Technic version. Instantly recognizable; nice job! Now if only we could get the Jimny in the U.S. Quote
filsawgood Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 6 hours ago, grum64 said: I'd say you nailed it. Well done Thanks! 28 minutes ago, therealjustin said: I had hoped someone would do a Technic version. Instantly recognizable; nice job! Now if only we could get the Jimny in the U.S. Thanks! I think that the USA will not be without a new Jimny Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Nice clean model. It is difficult to judge it's scale, which is a compliment. Quote
Aleh Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Very nice design! Will build it next year! Quote
mpj Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Very good looking and detailed! Many compliments Quote
KD123 Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 Amazing work! I did not know of this car until you posted your replication. After checking it against the real car i'd say you nailed it. The only part where i think you may have over looked is what looks to be an orange turn signal on the side of the front side panel. Depending on your reference model it may not have this of course as this may not be in all markets. Yeah, that's it, other than that you basically replicated this one perfectly! Well done! I really like the cargo net on top of the car! Nice! Quote
filsawgood Posted December 31, 2018 Author Posted December 31, 2018 Thanks to all! I am very glad that you liked it! Quote
1gor Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 Now you are tempting me to make one in 1:15 scale but fir this I need new Corvette...? Quote
letsbuild Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 I just read about this concept, thinking to myself "this would make an excellent model," and here you are! Do other tires with a 10.2 stud diameter fit in those wheel wells? Quote
filsawgood Posted January 2, 2019 Author Posted January 2, 2019 21 hours ago, letsbuild said: I just read about this concept, thinking to myself "this would make an excellent model," and here you are! Do other tires with a 10.2 stud diameter fit in those wheel wells? I have not tried. In general, without modification, the original tires 81.6x38 stand here. but the model looks modest on them. I would like to see this model on large wheels 1.9 (108mm), but for this it need a modification of axles (portals setup) and an lift 2-3 stud. Maybe someday I will try to do this and maybe someone will beat me Quote
brunojj1 Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 Congratulations, fantastic job you´ve done there ! Did you ever consider to make a Lada Niva on these monster wheels? Quote
filsawgood Posted January 7, 2019 Author Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 5:27 AM, brunojj1 said: Congratulations, fantastic job you´ve done there ! Did you ever consider to make a Lada Niva on these monster wheels? Thanks! I would like to build it, because I really like this car Quote
Hal75 Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) Hi filsawgood, your Jimny is fantastic and I'd really like to build it. Being not a fan of power functions, however, I'd prefer to build a manual version. I read on your blog you're selling the ldd file too in your instructions set. Could I pay you a surcharge for some change in digital file, then? I wouldn't need a pdf format, only a modified lxf file. Regards Francesco Edited October 4, 2019 by Hal75 Quote
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