[MOC] GAZ-2402 - Soviet wagon

[osterum]

Hello everyone. This car was created as part of a competition in the LTR community (one of the Russian RLUGs). A little about the competition: the competition consists of several stages. At the very beginning, it was necessary to build a family car, which was inherited by the child on his 18th birthday. In the next stages, there will be car modifications. Before starting the build, I carefully selected a car that could perfectly match the history of the competition. I thought that it should be:
1. old enough that it was not a pity to modify
2. I live in Russia, so it must be created on the territory of the USSR or the countries that remained after it. It is also possible that it may have been imported from Europe during/after the collapse of the Soviet Union. If the car is suitable for this, then finding spare parts is not a problem, and the car will be quite recognizable.
After a little thought, I came to the Volga 24 in the back of a station wagon.

I began to calculate the dimensions. It turned out that the body will be 15 wide (in the peak of 16, you will soon understand), and the wheels wanted to sink inside the body, as in the original. At the same time, the goal was to make an authentic independent suspension in the front. After several versions, the result exceeded expectations. It was possible to make everything so compact that there was even a place for the engine between the levers (if you notice the part in the middle, which was done later). The problem was mainly in the size of the rods (only 6 and 9), without which it was impossible to do everything compactly, simply and effectively. The decision to insert the joint with bar into the joint with technic pin saved me.

Then began assembling the body and assembling the rear wing with headlights.

This was followed by the connection of the front subframe and the body, the rear axle was attached to the springs of flexible axles, and from it the drive through the cardan to the fake inline four-cylinder engine, which perfectly stood between the levers. After I finished the back of the car, held the steering shaft on the HOG on the roof. At the same time, I managed to make the steering wheel movable due to the combined thrust. Yes, the angle of rotation is small, but it's definitely better than nothing. (sorry about this photo)

After that, I took up the interior, where I made 2 rows of seats, a central tunnel, pedals, a gearbox handle, a torpedo and a dashboard sticker.

Then the engine compartment, doors, front, and small details were finished. On the hood there is a characteristic hump, from the detail of the engine compartment - an air filter and a backup. Oh, I almost forgot: there are mudflaps at the back. In general, you can consider everything yourself. By the way, about 15-16 studs width. As in the original, there is a bulging line along the body, which in the model is offset by 0.5 studs.

Other photos:

Spoiler

Suspension test:

Video about front suspension:

Instruction: https://reb.li/m/50241

Thanks for your attention!

 

[Jeroen Ottens]

Very clever front suspension + you captured the lines of the original pretty well. The whole setup looks a bit flimsy, but given the size you work in, while cramming all these features and details in is an amazing feat of engineering.

[chlego]

Love the looks, how you created that shape. The engineering behind it is very clever too.

[Kostq]

Great MOC! Love it!

Fun fact - this Volga has some "borrowed" design from 60's Ford Falcons.
Even the hood bulge is there on both cars :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XL)

 

Edited October 22, 2020 by GTS

[1gor]

Since I've grown up in communist / totalitarian country myself (yugoslavia) I never liked east cars since they always got broken. But as LEGO model you made great job. Hut's up 

[osterum]

7 hours ago, GTS said:

Fun fact - this Volga has some "borrowed" design from 60's Ford Falcons.

Even the hood bulge is there on both cars :D

Yes, Soviet engineers and designers looked back at the United States because they had no experience in the automobile industry. By the way, the first mass production of cars in the USSR was also organized by Ford at the GAZ plant in 1932 :D

[White Phoenix of the Crown]

Or maybe it's a Ford Falcon station wagon.