Ferrari 156 Sharknose

[captainmib]

Hello all,

I present you my Ferrari 156 Sharknose.

It's a formula 1 car i build over the last months when i had time.

I like the chassis and the overal looks. However, i'm having a few difficulties.

But, picture's first:

Overview

Nose

Backside

Front

Rear

4 speed-gearbox

V6-Engine

And the real-thing

So, the problems i'm left with are:

The window/windscreen. i have made 3 or 4 but it's nothing decent.

Control of the gearbox. It's all the way in the back (as it should) but how to control it is a pain...

I'm out of certain panels to cover the other side of the car!

The wheels are to wide, but they are correct in size (and i dont have any other options in this scale)

If you have any suggestions the will be most welcome. Thanks for reading.

Bye!

This better Zblj?

Edited October 29, 2011 by captainmib

[Zerobricks]

First of all reize pictures, they took 5 minutes to load. Than we will talk further.

Edited October 29, 2011 by Zblj

[captainmib]

First of all reize pictures, they took 5 minutes to load. Than we will talk further.

Done

[Zerobricks]

Okay, looks very good! I suppose you used all the parts from the supercar?

[DLuders]

@ captainmib: Your Lego Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" looks good! Making a rounded, all-transparent windscreen is going to be tough to do with Lego. However, in regards to the too-wide wheels, you could look on Bricklink's "Tire On Wheel Relationships" webpage to see some options. From your pictures, I think you're using tire/wheel "Match 280" -- you could use a thinner tire/wheel combination "Match 279" instead. "Match 279" uses a 68.8 x 24 tire instead of your 68.8 x 36 ZR tire you are using now (from the 8070 Supercar set?). The different 32004b wheel looks closer to the real Ferrari's wire wheels:

Edited October 29, 2011 by DLuders

[timslegos]

Nice start, it looks very close to the original. generally windscreens cant be made out of legos, most builders just do an outline of where the screen would be.

tim

[captainmib]

Thanks for the reply all.

Timr: yes, that was my attempt to, but the results are bad. Going to have another go at it

Dluders: Thanks. For the tires, i'm only having 8258 and 8070, so these are my options. I like your suggestion though. (to bad there really arent any real spokewheels)

Zblj: yes and from 8258 aswell

Funny thing is if you see people next to the real thing - it is so small!

Edit: anyone a suggestion on the gearbox handling?

Edited October 29, 2011 by captainmib