Ron Dayes

Hi, i just saw the 50 years of track set - a neat thing, but probably the best item of it is the 4 wide Metroliner. Therefore i did wonder if i could do the Horizon Express in the same scale and perhaps motorize it. So i also started the Metroliner first, thought of ways of making a super small boogie still with functionality for a motor to attach to. ATM its rubberbands around bushes for transaction, yet im very unsure if this were to work in a real build if the boogie turns. I used gears as wheels for the motor unit (if you look close into the pic). If any of you have motorized a 4 wide train without using standard sized train wheels, id be thrilled to hear/see about it. 4 wide Horizon Express by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr 4 wide Metroliner by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

Many thanks Er0L ! Much appreciated and i'm glad you like it! This range of vehicles should finish the quest to have the common stuff on "four wheels" done, so i might even try doing other stuff apart from cars one day soon (planes, trains) Hmmm...yes i get what you mean - yet nobody ever asked for any instructions to 1/43s, therefore i never bothered doing any instruction pics. :/ BTW, i allready have some stuff ordered - just takes time completing most of these since i cant always get hold of the parts i want (i did have a few HTF parts here and there because i dont want them all to be red or black...) cheers and thanks for stopping by! You stay at it aswell!

Modulars are the big player in the category of "AFOL" aimed sets and we all have seen probably several displays online/on conventions. It has always bothered me how TLG doesnt really include more cars to that line or a car based buidling (garage etc). Its either that City is the series for that (to save some expanses) or that they dont really agree on a scale there (one must admit, the Cinema limousine is fairly poor designed and doenst match the City line designwise). Perhaps they just know we will find our own solutions ;) Therefore i ventured out last year to analyse and calculate sizes of certain elements, such as windows, doors and their standard measures (also comparing world wide) - since those are the only standards we have regarding the "modular scale", fixed elements. Everything else can vary (height, length etc), as it does irl. Thats why its not easy to say which scale we are actually getting here...which would in return be necessary to "agree" on a car scale I brainstormed it all into this old thread, which led me to 1/42 scale. ...and i've been updating the scale and ideas since, currently arriving to a 1/43 scale (the difference is quite huge in this micro scaling!) Now i know this is certainly not the usual approach and we will never know the "true scale" of modulars, leaving quite a lot of scale options possible. Also the following builds are rather "scale models" than "minifig cars" - but perhaps this is to somebodies liking here, so i just post the second run of vehicles for the fun of it. One of the main things i really like of working in this scale is the "puzzeling" of parts in several directions in SNOT, just like the modulars have it done in their detail areas. The other thing is that the size of vehicles lets the Modulars appear a lot bigger then when city scale/ Speed Champion is being used. So this car in its design principle is quite modularish, but if it blends in well i leave for you to decide ;) Nuff talk, pics: Modular context, sundown by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr scale universe 1:43 by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Pickup by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr ambulance US by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Sports SUV by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Vintage Racing Porsche by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr VW T1 redesigns by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Car collection by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr

Yes, exactly -they sell cheap unwanted bricks in full buckets aimed at the youngest ages -a shame - but if it were assorted, a lil box full of one colour or a certain types of items that are usually hard to get in a mix? That could also be a chance for rare parts to have production value in large numbers so they get made again. It would simply be like walking in a hobby store and buying the colours you want for your painting - i think it would work, since there are many who really run into the stores and buy certain polybags and Pick a brick wall buckets just for the parts. Bricklink is soo overcomplicated compared to just buying it straight hand - that could establish TLG's part selling a lot better and more efficient - i even wondered why they "let" bricklink have all the superiority in that matter. many parts u see there are great hauls from LUG users - so there is kinda a "factory" outlet - they just dont seem interested of doing loose parts selling themselves. They are way too focused on sets, so that might not seem an option to them other for toddlers creativity with those buckets. They could perhaps sell loose parts with an "ideas" booklet licensed by some moccers (or i even bet their own designers are up to the task - but are kept on a leash in favor of safety etc), thus establishing a completly new way of building with bricks for the rather unexperienced. Playmobil is doing that kind of thing, selling individual parts in catalogues which you can order at home - so, eventually it is a possible strategy. And yes, they do have architecture - but i meant they should design more "boxes" in that style for the afol section, since it doesnt look so colorful and childish. 2x2 Wedge plates also came with the new speed champions (you should focus on cars more - there were 3 new parts released for that theme this year, also many more colours to existing bricks) The cars by firas btw are excellent MOCs to buy from Xingbao - also containing many useful parts usually harder to get and certainly not at this price... No idea why the Chinese even bother adding their own lettering on stuff - perhaps they want to clarify certain aspects to an audience that might be unfamiliar with the references their sets are showing? (asian market didnt even fully knew star wars until TFA and Rogue one) The fingers hinges are like one thing i really crave for - they are simply the best hinge connections - not so playsafe, but when it comes to my MOCs i have them almost in every build. There is no other option to get a smooth hinge thing going in a 1 plate high environment to be covered completly by bricks.... Now if china was smart, they should release certain parts that are rare - just like that, as u mentioned.

I think its great they did it - first there is a huge fanbase, second the "design" of the Comic/Series blends well with the simplicity of lego bricks - just take Kwik E mart for example, looks like the real deal cause the "real deal" is as simple as basic shapes = Lego. And it would have been weird to use standard heads - just like Mickey and Diseny etc - wouldnt get the job done otherwise. I hear you, i've seen those aswell - the quality is said to be very good for the price. You will certainly hit a spot here with quite a few people - but discussion is discussion. Its somewhat obvious they dont make these themes, since it will stay to 80% a childrens toy. AFOLs only make 20% of the market - a number, but not the number. Pretty much like you stated in not expecting this to happen. The main thing i dont understand, and to throw something in concerning TLG and its future against clones: Why not sell individual bricks or better common brick combinations like "screwboxes" found in construction stores? That would save resources, make parts cheaper - and be more close to legos original intend: A BUILDING SYSTEM! Just imagine an "minifig accessory, clip and bar box" containg all types of modern grey tones (ideal for a spacecraft, car , castle themes etc). This one could even be pricey. Another box could contain slopes and wedge plates from a certain colour area of the colour circle (blue to green, red to yellow). Im quite sure they could cover most MOCCers desires with 20 "screwbox" sets for like a first wave and then add and remove depending on request.... Imagine this happening 20 years ago - the lego community would be on a whole new level and we wouldnt have to worry about buying expensive at Prick a Brick (and somewhat bricklinks thanks to shipping costs) or feeling the guilt/need of buying fake bricks from China. Some things are apparently just impossible for TLG - i think they could turn the market around if they wanted. Also, individual parts support the own ideas and imagination of a builder, especially 14+. Design those boxes in a nice black box with minimalistic Logo like architecture set and allready you have the bricks look more professional - perhaps appealing to more adults? This could easily be done next to them designing sets, they could just do less sets instead (we have way too many anyway - even kids loose track these days of whats out there!). They could keep the license themes for fig collectors and fans (+do a modular each year and a few technic sets) - Just stamp in the own and city ones in (they all look the same each year anyway - a police station 10 years ago isnt really much different from todays, so why make a new one each year? I bet more licenses is bought than those plain themes....) That would establish LEGO more as a quality product of "fine parts" rather than being a toy, where people/parents dont really care if its copied in china or not. Also, kids are not just all about "figs and action play", i bet they'd also buy these for their own ideas....and it would do us AFOLs a great favor! ;-)

perhaps - the greenish eyes irritate me of being 100% on a bear, but that might also be reflections and bad pixelation from the quality. I'll do a sketch based on the outlinings and see how it looks. I really wonder where that picture came from - someone must know something...

yes, indeed - its still quite new. has it flaws - like loading an LDD file inside and have a few parts the wrong way - but im sure they are aware of it considering the allready great number of users ;)

Can u use tem in stud.io? I cant... if i click it it starts to lag - i can only drag the piece in the part menu (which is super weird) but not move it to the build screen...

Really neat to see 4 wides again - allthough some still do it, it definately isnt seen a lot! Imo 6 wides for standard vehicles is too big next to the modulars, making them appear oddly small (despite the fact of actually being small New yorkish/Amsterdam style narrow houses). A little suggestion here from my side would be to make all trucks 5 wide to get a good transition - irl a truck is 2,30 whilst a standard car is 1,70-1,80m - so there is a huge width difference. Around a full stud in any minifig scale. Enjoy building, looking great so far!

Well a few years, speaking of how many? This here was 40 years ago...that might be the first minifig related bear they ever made perhaps....

Hey guys - i dont know much about q parts/ prototypes and their availiability - but is that a BEAR in this Set? If you zoom in at the little hut entrance - does anyone know if that thing has ever made it out for sale?

Indeed, in detail they match very well - not so in scale however - this wouldnt really make bjorns SUV smaller as he was suggesting it being too big. The SC is even larger (in length).

It is not about what "i personally need" or is defined as "basic" to me or anyone - its about ranking a system (maybe think outside of lego perhaps) defined by shapes of geometry, which is constantly evolving. Now if you would expand a system by varieties of shapes and form, where would you start if the first thing was a brick? Back to lego: It began with squares and round parts, then added clips and special parts etc. we know the rest. The recent years have focused a heavy lot on more specialized bricks (wedge slopes that are curved, many more modified plate options...) since there was a lot to improve in certain areas - further away from the really standard basis that worked fine since the 80ies. NOW in this year/last year we see that very old area of standard bricks receiving logical add ons (lets take the quarter circle again cause i find it a nice example). Perhaps look at this picture:http://www.newelementary.com/ hg. Looks basic/simple in a system/design point of view, could have been made years ago perhaps and thought of by anyone (if there was a need). Concering modulars - they also used many minifig accesories to the building advantage, like you said - but in design, they are not as basic as a quarter circle is. What is needed and therefore declared basic element, is not necessarly a basic element in design. Neither is what we havent needed before automatically a non basic brick (extra) - again from a design point of view if we know the system. Now what i was theorizing: Has the minifig focus led to a shortage of "basic in design" bricks releases over a certain time period, in order to fulfill license accuracy? SW for example has been quite a deal, and if you see them sets improve over the years, you can clearly notice that it was more specialized bricks added instead of adding slightly changed elements to the older brick designs like this quarter circle. And the amount of licenses has grown enourmously (good for them!). Im not condemming it a bad thing, it was needed (in case of SW) for this type of building - its just an observation i have and wanted to share. If you believe in it or not, of course up to you. Obviously many new bricks are currently released, as are new figs - but only now have we received elements that are - how shall i put it - "back to the roots"? The attention was clearly not on them (otherwise we would have had them ages ago, despite if this was "urgently" needed or not - simply by looking at its design rank). That led me to believe, that the main focus on license and figs parts MIGHT HAVE (past) overshadowed the focus on adding more options to the older elements (which do tend to be the basis for all). SInce now we are getting these many new round tiles - and perhaps even more simple elements (check http://www.newelementary.com/2017/07/new-2018-lego-part-spotted.html#morethis), it might tell us: "the machinery is working fine, focus on basic element can happen on a similiar production balance now", which would underline the thesis. Of course, a theory, no proof - open for discussion...

I didnt say they are not useful, they were just not very basic like the parts they released this year. Its a definition thing: How many new tiles (just tiles) have happened over the years? So thats something very elementary in the ranking of the systems bricks right now. A new clip design or some technic parts- super useful, no question, but thats allready more specified by quality and varieties of how to use it. Seems to me that i perhaps didnt underline that aspect enough... I think its fair to question/discuss why the recent years have been filled with specialized moulds (also in aspect of minfig accesoires) and now we are receiving quite a larger number of parts that could have been made actually like 20 years ago (for mere construction) from a design point of view. I believe technic and clip part evolution to evolve with the experience of the designers which is harder to imagine shapewise and will take time to develop. A quarter circle shape however is an obvious shape imagination we use every day and would only seem logical to have as a part prior to highly andvanced ones, not?

So to be actually a bit concluding here: indeed, new basic parts did happen over the years! But mainly lots of clips and brackets for their joints of "large action figures" a la hulkbuster, mixels etc - so again, to underline the minifig/actionfigure experience, not really "plates" or "tiles" for the primitive/intuitive ways of building with bricks in the realms of creator/houses etc. That only happened this year with several sets- and im very thankful for it - yet, i was thinking that those parts were loooong overdue given the fact how simple their design really is. Knowing its a 17 year span, im only suggesting that its safe to say the they might have ignored some really basic part ideas because of cost cutting. To keep the company running, they had to focus on more important aspects of lego customer appeal (figs and licensed themes). And they did well! I believe, that with Speed Champions they are now balancing it a bit. They must have noticed how unforgiving it has been simply building cars since then in a "firm" manner with all the details, thus the many new part leleases related to that very series (wedge plates, round tiles, canopies - all "basic" category making life a lot easier and more detailed). There wasnt sets like these before the series, so these parts seem obiligatory to pull off these new advanced designs. Same happened to modular Series this year/last year = new circled tiles and bricks, great parts for all situations and genres. All in all, positive development! Figs: I think its undeniable that figs are clearly in the focus and getting "the main attention" (and deserve so by market research and customer requests). Nothing to add here. Also explains the higher printing demand for them and why fewer "bricks" are printed. Times change, its not just about construction and a system anymore - its more "action" loaded with "story" laid out by movies/clips for the customers to enjoy and replay. If figs were less in focus, perhaps this would have turned out in the favor of more element bricks over the recent years *shrunks shoulders* However, seeing the new releases im finding the balance between "classic" brick building and figs dominance is getting way better, hoping that the creator line keeps getting "more serious" with techniques each year. So the attention is not "too much" - just a lil dominant (and bit too much for my taste, but we all have our own opinions and preferences). Cheers and thanks for all your thoughts and input to this thread!

not that i can offer "full assistance" cause i aint got the time - yet since you say LDD, i can only say this: Build a structure first using many of the same bricks which are cheap to obtain via bricklink etc. (so you know height and length of tunnel) Build around the structure using mainly wedge plates, wedge bricks and slopes and different hinge connections. Try to make it as hollow as you can to save money, yet firm enough (hinge connectors) I found out that building 3 -5 types of small "units" of structures on plates is quite helpful, yet you have to make sure that these units are irregular and not too "squarish". Just go crazy wild with these! An example i can offer i build using LDD - i used about 6 types of wedges/plates here and tried connecting them on plates wherever i could. The inside is completely hollow btw. So i think a combination between SNOT technique and studs on top technique to give you quite a good mix (without it looking to minecraft like - unless thats what you want....)

True that, i also wonder where that function went Well there are quite some 911 out there - but i literally found none of the first generation in minifig scale. That might be an uniqu'erish choice ;) Also would add up nicely to your Aston Martin... You could do a Cayenne perhaps? Or the Panamera - just to name some non existing brick builds definately worth a shot Im also quite looking forward to mine hehe, just the ordering on Bricklink is a long duration progress - cant one store have it all^^? I didnt mean no driver for the F1 - either just the head and helmet or hiding the complete figure for more realism which i thought possible in your case. Ah well, lets not get too involved in this, since imo nobody really gets hurt if you use third party or not (?). Im actually wondering whom you have to justify to? For years now your builds seemed very puristic to me? Apart from that - you can always say: No comment! If i ever had a layout for a show, thats what i absolutely needed to say haha I think this whole thing is hitting me so hard, since i went quite small with my scale (But i wont turn back now haha) - and some valuable options i have to permanently leave out because a certain (logical) part doesnt exist and perhaps never will. There simply aint the space to do larger techniques sometimes to get it done - so i can try as hard as i want, i will for example never get any lighting done for my cars if i dont use micro LEDS from a third party. A 2x1 lightbricks is like a giant element in my builds - no chance... And i really dont know why there are no smaller lego battery units...thus making third party obligatory if i want to have "functions" just like bigger mocs... limitations encourage, yet i m quite positive we were left out some vital key parts from the company because the focus was someplace else. perhaps thats why this year we are treated with so many new basic parts cause designers struggled with SC aswell, knowing that new parts must be made to do them justice...good for us :D Thanks for the praise - despite the scale difference, you really inspire me with your models from the beginning and still - Those were the benchmarks that gotten me from 8 wide chunky cars to 5 wides! So i think a detailed comment from my side is overdue! :-) Cheers!

Sure, minifigs are important. But i believe that their heavy investment into lots of special moulds for just some few charakters takes TLG own chance away of improving their construction/educational area (which is why LEGO happened in the first place). Now i know things change (and atm they do produce more basic stuff), but imo the constant oversaturation on minifig accessories is taking the building spirit away since there are NO limitations in that area (horsebrush to flute, clown hat to sombrero you name it...). Noone is gonna "build" a sombrero now knowing it exists allready. Thats what i meant here... I dont either - apparently its 20% of the market and growing. Less kids actually play physical toys these days, and if so, not as long as we did. A 20 % is a safe 20% ;) I tend to think that they did listen last year a bit more than they used to - but considering the long term we waited for such "simple" parts to happen is just ridiculous - consider how many accessories we have gotten instead over the years. I bet a few less wouldnt have harmed or been managable without some moulds. Also builds could have been on our 2017 "level" (which really has improved) allready ten years ago. Therefore i was surprised to see how little has happened after i quit in the 2000s (and wondering where it all went - until i found the minifig category in LDD^^) Yes good point! But do they have to be renewed every year with some "minor tweaks" - its not just the printing and charakters, its also the continous "updating" them. I dont know how many luke skywalker figs exists, but i know that some reprints on some figs are so minor, i bet kids wont even notice. And there goes another basic brick print for that... Been a long wait for these new basic parts - glad it happened! Yet system is the poorest of all, it does deserve more imo. System appears uncomplex because it is missing vital parts for some easy,incredible techniques... agreed! Yet still weird how long it took... A bummer - they are the only part that can get a bending in a 2 plate high smooth surface done and therefore vital for any car building. Oh, i didnt know that about castle - i'd also be no enemy of stickers for figs - it also lets you reuse older/used/broken ones ;-) yeah, allright - some nice info! Thanks for your input - still sad to see that development if it keeps going like that... Indeed - yet since only minfigs come printed and a few bricks here and there, we are down to stickering everything...

Hi all, perhaps this has been a topic once - since i found none, id just give this a shot and would like to hear some of your opinions and observations on this. TLG is as we know an old and awesome business and has developped rapidly since 2000s. Before that, the progress was fairly slow, yet for its time groundbreaking! It was meant (and still is) a construction toy to play with plastic scale cars (also from other brands) and also had educational sets to learn about gears, techniques etc. Therefore they introduced a number of structural parts to improve the building experience and later on (!) added the big figs and minifigs. Now what i cant help but wonder is if the whole Minifig Focus the last 10 years (Series twice a year, increasing set prices for more SW limited figs etc) has created a gap of parts that should have long made it into sets since 2000 BUT didnt, because their "moulds" are occupied and produced for minifig related stuff mainly? I especially notice the possible part gap in the "small element" fraction of tiles, plates etc. Only recently they released a 1x1 quarter circle tile, an "over the edge" element, smaller wedge plates - mainly with the SC and modular product line. Also new clips for "bar" related stuff was firstly added last year. Those parts are very simple in design and not too hard to "imagine" as a designer to be of great constructional usage. Stil there could be more! Not? Why hasnt there been a 2x3 tile earlier, why are there no 5 stud long tiles and windshields? Why did they discontinue the scala 2x2 with cutout quarter? They had ideas for sure, yet those disappeared, Its simply odd considering their possible value for any set... My Thesis here is that the Minifigs have become such a popular collectors item and economically interesting for TLG, that TLG is less interested in producing more basic elements for construction builders (because a lot of people buy primarly for figs, the "build" itself is "a nice to have option" and works if new parts are made or not) Compare how many new minifig accesories have been made over the last years (and are to be found on LDD) with the amount of tile and plate options up to 4 studs. Its a bit shocking in my opinion, considering LEGO is a construction toy. Take modulex for example - during its time, it was super advanced in slope shaping - where are those slope types in real bricks? we only have one smooth 1x2 slope - with grilles frankly Modulex has more! A trip to legoloand can be eye-opening: FIGS everywhere " create your own" - incredible huge amounts of head designs, many items for them to clutch into their tiny hands - the variety here is like paradise for LEGO fans - just not so for system stackers: most of the stuff we know (and love) from the 90ies or earlier, perhaps in new colours... And if i want to build a highly detailed minifig car using a 1x1 plate with 3 finger on it as a BMW logo to avoid stickering? Nada...hasnt been made despite its possible usefulness in the 90ies, but they made this recently (which is literally the same thing after they abandoned the finger hinges - for whatever reason i will never understand). Again, happened last year! Some clone brands (i know, you are going to kill me for mentioning this^^) are a lot more imaginative when it comes to constructional elements. There is one part that TLG released this year that has been in a similar mould on some Sets from certain brands for quite some time now. When i saw it back in a day i found it only logical to inlcude, therefore i wondered why TLG didnt have it...hence, this write up :) Now one could say "its possible to build around all these issues" - very true - but the same states for minifig accesories, does it not?! I can build a blaster or canon, yet there are 20+ diffrerent gun options avaliable. And dont make me start about swords and staffs...Also printing is getting rarer on bricks, yet super detailed on minfigs, and that aint cheap - so again, the "standard stuff" has to do with stickers. A Speedchampion car without stickers can be qutie a guessing game of who is who, since the bricks are very basic! Yet stickers on a minifig? Blasphemy Actually why not? Its the same material, yet i think the attention is clearly on the Fig industry so its worth spending the resources on. AND that is making us wait longer for new basic elements (probably longer then it should?) Concluding: Figs are nice - i really like to use them - but do we really need so many new minifig accessories over new element bricks? Where is the "building spirit" now - shouldnt limitations make us more imaginative and be educational in some way? - perhaps only when it comes to everything else in LEGO? what do you think?

What a great find - indeed TLG should focus more on basic stuff like more different tiles, slopes and plates with attachments. Its time the "building" fraction gets more stuff (i mean, even modulex was more advanced back in a day!). They invest WAY too much in the minifig moulds - just imagine fewer guns, accessories and hairstyles and therefore more construction based elements :D

rechecking your black SUV - perhaps just try smaller wheels, then it should also fit through and look more like a "realistic" car?

The new Porsche is really awesome! I think 7 wide is a real badass scale, allows some great stuff :) Also agreeing on not taking mudguards for this particular model - mudguards kinda ruin some car designs. For example i could never imagine your (or derjoes?) Charger with them... Perhaps its just that classic cars dont have such wide mudguard areas, rather using the "cut out of frame" design, while modern cars have them "added on". Just as this older Porsche Race car... Since you are allready at a Porsche, i could imagine an 80ies 911 from you using mudguards in the back wheels only (since thats the wide design area), or some nifty 5 wide front, 6 wide back action with mudguards like the Rossa ;) I most recently did a Porsche in my scale - never thought it possible, i mean they are a real nut to crack - but it turned out allright. It will be revealed better in a few months perhaps when im more active again. In general im really finding your thread here a great inspiration for all town builders, especially since it helps transform the SC into their more natural and scale fitting look. This is really needed imo, cause a standard SC is kinda lost in a modular layout scalewise. Im looking forward to seeing less out of the box SC's on displays now Concerning F1 cars i found that only using a minifig head with helmet as "fig" quite helpful. The only critique id have here is the large open area around the driver (of course to fit the fig in). On real cars this is so super snug and tight, perhaps you could get rid or the steering wheel and place a 2x4 tile in red over that area to "cover" him completly? Should fit i think.... And one thought about stickers from my side: would selfmade HQ printing really be against the 100% lego rule (since their own stickers are printed on second company material i heard)? Also cutting a TLG producedsticker makes it still Lego by definition not? I know you have your own opinion on that, but if i look at the history of TLG, there have been many second brand ventures done by them with all sorts of materials. anyway, great thread here as inspiration for many more builders to come! cheers!

This is very neat! I always love tricky designs like you did in the back there - great job!

what a brutal design! nice! - i think it works really well and including all those functions give it a great playability

Funny, i once did a thread here "cars for modular" cause i felt the same way about cars not meeting scale or expert creator "building standards" - Since then i've come a long way i believe. To summarize i found 1/43 the best scale (for all types of vehicles), since its based on a minifig height of 175 cm average human height (according to wikipedia). In my opinions its wrong troublesome to assume minifigs as "short" people and therefore basing Car scales on their width - it will always result in extremly large cars... I also further calculated that the classic bicycle mould is 1/43 , aswell are standard windows and the smaller doors used in modulars. A good scale then... So SollX is not far off mentioning that old police cab, its actually more accurate and fitting in scale than any of the new City Cars or Speed Champions - it will make the modulars look "bigger" (or correct?) if the cars are "smaller" as they naturally should be (i mean, a suv as high as a whole floor? A Porsche 911 above the minfigs height?) Back in a day TLG had 1/43 and even smaller because it suits figs and houses better - only problem for them was that you couldnt get the details done in 4 wide with chuncky bricks, 5 wide was too odd to build so 6 wide became the standard and has increased in scale ever since (Speed champions does kinda ruin the proportions, also the new motorbike moulds are a shame to compensate their scale change...the old ones were absolutely correct!.) Using 1/43 is also quite easy 3 Studs = 1m (Sportscar height) 6 studs = 2m (sportscar width) 5 studs = 1,70 m (Standard car width) 7 wide = Truck 8 wide = Train So, the only issue to encounter is that fitting figs is rather a downer in 1/43 - but i dont play legos, so i dont need figs inside to have it "realistic" - If you leave em out of their cars, its possible to get some minor details done. Also check my flickr stream for more of these if you like - or read some math and ideas in the olde' thread i once did (be advised, i updated that scale to a better fit, but i think its a nice readup of thoughts from all sort of builders concerning that modulars + cars issue, maybe it helps!) Here a few humble examples: Ford Mustang V2 by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Diablo with fig by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr BMW E 30 Cabrio update by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr T3 V3 front view.lxf by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Here using only old 80ies bricks Travelling back in Time! by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Most up to date scale Lambo Aventador vs Ford GT.lxf by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr American Cars V.1 by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Town layout by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Some Motorbikes Kawasaki Ninja Chase scene by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr bicycle vs motorbike by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr Height relevance the math and the height! by Ron Dayes, auf Flickr