MOC: Ferarri car MOC (5-wide)

[Dennimator]

It´s been a while since I built a MOC (and posted it here). Yesterday I was playing around with some hinges, and thought "Hmm, these things can maybe be used to make a car roof?", so I tried it out, making a Ferrari car. Here´s the result:

Front:

Back:

I love messing around trying to find new ways to connect a steering wheel.

This is one of the results of that:

For the Dark and Stormy Night story, I also made a "Ghost Car":

Please tell me what you think, and constructive criticism are, as always, welcome.

Edited August 10, 2009 by TheBrickster

[RepublicForces]

The Ferrari looks not like a Ferrari to me ( NO OFFENSE)

and the ghost car... WOW that looks really cool, *COUGHCOUGHspooky-diorama-thingCOUGHCOUGH*

[Dennimator]

The Ferrari looks not like a Ferrari to me ( NO OFFENSE)

and the ghost car... WOW that looks really cool, *COUGHCOUGHspooky-diorama-thingCOUGHCOUGH*

Well, the Ferrari car is actually based on a very similiar-looking Ferrari I saw a while ago (except the front grille, which is based on the Enzo), which I have to admit didn´t really look like that classic Ferrari. So blame Ferrari, not me!

Thanks.

Yeah, I am planning something....very special.. for it.

I wouldn´t have built it otherwise, because many of those pieces are exclusive to BrickLink, and all the pieces did cost me $45..

Edited July 27, 2009 by Dennimator

[Captain Green Hair]

The ghost car is really cool and creative, i like it a lot!

Kudos for trying an elaborate Ferrari design, but it doesn't look really smooth like a real one IMO.

Maybe using some more standard parts like a wind shield and slopes could make it better...

[Dennimator]

The ghost car is really cool and creative, i like it a lot!

Kudos for trying an elaborate Ferrari design, but it doesn't look really smooth like a real one IMO.

Maybe using some more standard parts like a wind shield and slopes could make it better...

Thanks!

I know, and it has many other flaws. It´s only a prototype, and I will build other smoother Ferrari cars. However I will keep this one as it is, as the hinges give it a special look (even if it´s... not the best car I have built. )

[Ralph_S]

It's an ambitious idea, but I think you are setting yourself up for failure by using those hinges. They just look much to clunky to use as A-pillars. Using a standard LEGO windshield (such as this one) might be a better option. I'm also not sure whether it really is feasible in this scale to build a car that is as low as Ferrari's normally are and still have enough room for a figure inside, unless you build a convertible.

I know it's generally considered bad form to show your own MOCs in a thread about somebody else's, but I wonder whether you've seen my five wide Ferrari (loosely based on a 348TB)?

I haven't commented on your ghost car yet. It's an interesting -if expensive- idea. I wouldn't mind having the parts you used!

Cheers,

Ralph

[Dennimator]

It's an ambitious idea, but I think you are setting yourself up for failure by using those hinges. They just look much to clunky to use as A-pillars. Using a standard LEGO windshield (such as this one) might be a better option. I'm also not sure whether it really is feasible in this scale to build a car that is as low as Ferrari's normally are and still have enough room for a figure inside, unless you build a convertible.

I know it's generally considered bad form to show your own MOCs in a thread about somebody else's, but I wonder whether you've seen my five wide Ferrari (loosely based on a 348TB)?

I haven't commented on your ghost car yet. It's an interesting -if expensive- idea. I wouldn't mind having the parts you used!

Cheers,

Ralph

Yes, I think you´re right. They look very wierd on the car.

Well, I can squeeze a minifig inside, but..it doesn´t really look good.

Oh yes, I have seen it, it actuallt was one of the first 5-wide cars I saw a pic of.

It looks wonderful, and it really catches the Ferrari look, something which may look easy, but is very hard. Good work with that one!

[Milan]

Well, the Ferrari car is actually based on a very similiar-looking Ferrari I saw a while ago (except the front grille, which is based on the Enzo), which I have to admit didn´t really look like that classic Ferrari. So blame Ferrari, not me!

Thanks.

Yeah, I am planning something....very special.. for it.

I wouldn´t have built it otherwise, because many of those pieces are exclusive to BrickLink, and all the pieces did cost me $45..

Hahaha, blame ferrari, not me!

[Dennimator]

Hahaha, blame ferrari, not me!

^^

[prateek]

To be honest I like the ghost car better. But I do like the techniques used in the Ferrari e.g. the front grill and the steering wheel

[Dennimator]

To be honest I like the ghost car better. But I do like the techniques used in the Ferrari e.g. the front grill and the steering wheel

Thanks.

I have some more steering whel prototypes, I´ll try to include them in my next few car MOCs and post them here.

[Ralph_S]

Thanks.

I have some more steering whel prototypes, I´ll try to include them in my next few car MOCs and post them here.

The way you mounted the steering wheel is clever. At first I couldn't figure out how you did it, but I now realise you used one of the 'guns' from the Agents sets.

Cheers,

Ralph