Ron Dayes

Small Scale Cars 1/42

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Hi there!

This topic is going to be showing you a few car MOCs in a rather different approach to build small Lego cars.

Intentionally building cars for minifigs to fit in, i never could get it right for the cars overall proportions. So i decided to just focus on the overall shape/design and left the figs out. Mathmatically i found out that 1/42 is the scale i wanted and i played around with that ;)

I usually used to post some of these type of 1/42 scale cars in the town forum, but on further thought its not the right scale for typical "town" or "city" MOCs/Sets.
So simply said, i dont think these should be in the "town forum" any longer...

I will just call it "small scale" from now on and not "minifigure-" or "micro scale" as i did a year back, since they dont aim to fit minifigs or their surroundings and are bigger than 4 and 5 wide tiny turbo mocs.

However, they happen to look good next to figs, so dont wonder if you will see some figs next to them for scale comparisson.
 

I hope you enjoy this thread if you are into cars, i will frequently add in more models.

31747140334_acd020a382_z.jpgLamborghini Diablo by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

32481615885_88f22fe9d3_z.jpgFord Speed Champions by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

30345525745_0fabd5ecfc_z.jpgBugatti Chiron by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

30517179914_c07a976fc5_z.jpgFerrari on model stand by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

29807093886_946c552c6d_z.jpgBMW E 30 Cabrio update by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

29761929031_d21e69cfde_z.jpgNight or day? by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

29282180330_3ce0b242f3_z.jpgT3 V3 front view.lxf by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

29572860485_c782a8534a_z.jpgHIPPEEEY BUS! by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

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On 1/29/2017 at 11:04 PM, seaman said:

Great collection!

Many thanks!

On 1/29/2017 at 11:47 PM, Delta62 said:

Yeah, good collection, definitely inspirational too.

Thank you, glad it does!

On 2/1/2017 at 7:11 PM, Man with a hat said:

Well they are CITY enough for me. I really love your approach. I find it amazing they look so good making them in the "right" scale.

Thanks!

Hm yeah, allthough it would be needed to create a CIty universe around the cars in this case - most modulars dont really match its scale of 1/42 frankly...
Was a long way of actually getting something small like that done, wouldnt have imagined that to be possible when i started 2 years ago^^

 

So now, even getting a smaller vehicle done, the Nissan 300 ZX. Its about 178 cm wide so i decided that 5 wide would be very suiting in that case, since full 5 studs = 170 cm, but 6 studs allready 200 cm. Not keen on making the inbetween scale^^

33079031715_0ef08875ac_z.jpgNissan 300 ZX by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

32233429574_5c680d63ba_z.jpgNissan 300 ZX by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

32233429844_6a6259273c_z.jpgNissan 300 ZX by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

 


 

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On 2/24/2017 at 5:52 PM, SirBlake said:

These are great. Amazing what you can accomplish in such a small scale.

many thanks Blake! much appreciated!

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