1/8th Ford Probe

[930 Turbo]

Hey guys!

My friend, who drives an all-original, 12000 mile ford probe se 5 speed, would love to make a functional moc of his beloved car. We did some research, and, since he is new to the moc-designing world, thought it would be best to simply rework the body/gearbox of an existing platform. Since then, we have determined that antoine 11's Mitsubushi evo 9 moc would provide us the best platform from which to work, as it has a transversally mounted inline 4, all wheel drive (which will be deleted so that we can have a realistic front-burner), and a six speed gearbox which we could adapt to be a 5 speed. We could really use some help with getting this project off the ground, and any support would be much appreciated!

[Jurss]

Then start collecting parts, at least for that chassis. 

I would recommend red colour, I think there will be best variety for panels and also other parts.

Can't help otherway now.

Good luck!

[Zerobricks]

I'd recommend start building at a smaller scale and than make your way up larger scale once you get more experience.

[Aurorasaurus]

perhaps this piece of advice may prove harmful, but for me i find the most difficult part of the building process is the bodywork, so you could start with that, then do the chassis and stuff underneath it, making it all work. this might help you if the technical aspects are not challenging to you, but the bodywork design is/the fear of not finishing the bodywork makes it too difficult.

[Lipko]

13 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said:

perhaps this piece of advice may prove harmful, but for me i find the most difficult part of the building process is the bodywork, so you could start with that, then do the chassis and stuff underneath it, making it all work. this might help you if the technical aspects are not challenging to you, but the bodywork design is/the fear of not finishing the bodywork makes it too difficult.

I tend to agree.

I would do some studies in some Lego CAD software to see how the body would look before investing in any parts. I had one or two projects where I started like this and quickly abandoned because I realized I won't be able to make it the way I wanted. Nowadays I have more routine and can decide all this in my head even without making actual studies.

I just hope study means what I intended

[Jundis]

Adding to the comments, you may have a look at this NSX, posted by @Romanista 

 

It's from a similar time period and kind of resembles the look.

18 hours ago, Zerobricks said:

I'd recommend start building at a smaller scale and than make your way up larger scale once you get more experience.

This!

The thing is: In a smaller scale you have to drop the gearbox. Next thing is the front mounted engine: In small scale models you can't implement a front diff at all when you want to go with suspension.

[Krxlion]

I couldn't resist but to reply to your topic with a picture of MY Ford Probe that I drive daily!

 

But to not off-top completely, I think  the best idea would be to aim for 1:10/1:12 scale or even smaller. Building bigger scale would be too much of a challenge for a first try. Sariel's MOC designer can help you a lot with keeping perfect measurements of the model. Wish you a good luck and please share any news if you will have progressed on this matter. I will try to build the car myself, but in dark bluish 1/12 scale(based on FORD GT Lego model).

[930 Turbo]

lucky you, driving a gt lol. I thought of using the chassis off this 1/8th Mitsubishi evo, converting it to fwd and a 5+r gearbox, and subsequently heavily reworking the bodywork. It already has the 4 cylinder and similar suspension, along with fairly simple chassis construction that can be easily shortened.

 

 

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-94615/Antoine11/mitsubishi-lancer-evo-9/#details

[dantheman12]

I think making a list of exactly what you want in the model is really important, and make sure you know what the priorities are. I'm working on my 1:8 model of an s15, but I've been at it for so long as it was so open ended when I started. Now i've decided on what i want the most, and progress is much quicker. Getting measurements like mentioned before is also really useful, as you really need multiple references to build off, use lots of pictures and find measurements and ensure things are the right measurements. But then again I'm not very experienced in actually building models I've been into technic for for 4 years now and still haven't finished anything, but I've definitely improved which is good. But good luck to you, look forward to seeing a post of the finished model one day :)