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Mates, those prints are a real headache for those who want to save them (let me confess, I like prints and stickers and even use epoxy resin solutions to cover them and keep them permanently "fresh"). So the prints... They are applied as thermo-powdered ink and easily erase if you just rub the part with a school eraser rubber. Added: yay, that's my 1-1-1-1, quatro-one post here!

Ahhh, that front... Man, you made Audi Quattro! Just a few more pieces for foglights (racing lights, actually) and more flat front splitter instead of curved, and a four-rings (thanks to four blue 3L pins ) B-category rally monster is here!

It was a bad surprise for me, many years ago, that this simple part does not exist in yellow... I even thought it was a mistake and I did not look for it properly, in the set inventories

I think, the purpose of such axles is off-road small-scale vehicles with motorization, and having differentials inside (that are quite hard to fit) will automatically require to fit also their locking function. For offroad chassis, I would get rid of them totally rather put but without lock possibility. The model is expected to be small and light, so a "permanent lock" is not an issue and won't cause any significant stress on flat surfaces.

Some additional "photos". I don't have this set at hand (and still wanted to...) but managed to completely assemble it. 1. Bag #1 - the frame, engine, seats, and roof. The frame is similar to Senna's but is flat now and wider to fit the bigger W16 engine that is wider and placed lower than Senna's inclined V8. 2. Bag #2 - the axles. The steering is exactly the same as in Senna but this time LBG frictionless pins were replaced with Black friction (and the steering rack lost some flexibility) one the steering angle is smaller now. The rear axle now acts as a solid axle, when both rear wheels are driven, not the right one only. This setup is better in terms of authenticity but additionally decreased the steering possibility. 3. Bag #3 - the body appears! Now a lot of new panels come to shape all these aerodynamic elements and slick forms. The axle sockets (instead of pinholes) now allow them to be positioned and secured with only a single axle! This step takes a ton of black 2L axles (the model has about 25 such pieces!) and 2L thin liftarms (28 in total!). 4. Bag #4 - the finished model. The doors and "front trunk" appear, together with an amazingly shaped rear "wing" structure. The new angeled panels allow building curved structures now even on a such small scale. Now, let me compare it with its "brother": Senna is a bit longer (1-1.5 studs), taller (1 stud), and has lower ground clearance (ride height) due to a lower front splitter and bent frame. Bolide has a more conventional flat frame and no 1.5-offset parts underside. It is lower and roundish and has a better "carper compatibility" to be rolled over some causal surfaces, not only flat desktops. Inside, they are the same if not equal. The only differences are: the engine in Bolide is bigger a bit and sits lower front wheels track width was increased in Bolide and they have a bigger offset from the pivot point. Bad for steering... and the steering now uses friction pins for the rack that limits its movement greater than frictionless pins in Senna. So, as a recap, it is a Senna's successor with worse steering/maneuverability... But great-looking one!

Known features: Working W16 engine (yes, W16, not "boring V8") connected to the rear axle via 12x12 angled transmission (no diff, only a solid "locked" axle)* Steering via HOG (steering wheel is not connected to them)* Openable doors with tilted hinges* Possibly openable front trunk Possibly openable rear hood halves over the engine * Similar to 42123 Mclaren Senna Yes, it really has no differential, as this part is too bulky for a given size and Rear-engined sets simply have no space for it. It was available only in front-engined Corvette and "a-la Camaro", where the rear compartment is relatively empty to fit it.

I think it is because of all these new panels - they are pretty small and triangle shaped, so remind us of sloped bricks and wedges actively used in Speed Champions sets. At least, such a comparison was slightly possible a few years ago, when only big panels (with big gaps in between) or even earlier flexible axles were only available.

Do you mean some skeletal supercar made of black beams with yellow accents? I was only looking at it as a successor to the McLaren Senna due remarkably similar design of the frame and other subassemblies. Now, your post makes me think differently

I think, due to the really bad quality of the photos, the quality of composition doesn't matter: the lower row of the pistons is barely visible in both cases, and when the "clearly visible" parts are also blurred and darkened, we start clearly see all the things after an hour of staring. Seriously, my "middle" theory works here (I'm not sure if there is still 1WD or just a "locked differential" that is clearly ommited. The option with differential is still possible but requires making the engine heads much longer, to mount their rearmost sides after the differential, so the whole engine will technically be placed over the rear axle, but the pistons will be in its front part, before the rear axle. One more thing, I had some doubts about, and now is clear: it will have a ton of 2L axles in black! There are a lot of axle-mounted combinations around the chassis (all these new panels, yeah) and I didn't and don't now see all these "red plusses" where the 2L axles are clearly placed. So, may the color commit step back here? They were used in minor, when their "appearance" ruined the final look, but here it's not about 2-4 relatively rare (uncommon, at least) colored pieces, but 8-10 or even more.

@johnnym, it's my "feature" to spend my waiting time on some tries and guesses. A "constructive expectation", I would call. For 42138 Shelby GT500 it resulted in a "face" somehow not worse than the original one. The model's file and part sources won't be published until the release date anyways The engine may look like that (just @Zerobricks's and my guess, not 100%-proved information): Each "head" of the well-known V8 has a second layer with additional 4 pistons. In total, we have 16 pistons are driven by a single crankshaft. Being properly leveled, they should make no effort for the crankshaft rotation.

I made a rough draft of the model and would like to highlight some possible facts (only my guesses, based on the images): HOG steering with non-working steering "wheel" in the cabin. It has EB 1x1 printed tile from the "bigger brother" USC Bugatti Chiron wheel centers. The W16 engine. As I found, this engine (stacked V8 from existing models) still may fit. V8 is a pitty boring alternative... RWD. V8 fits the full-functioned differential, while W16 may require some tricks, as it may conflict with the rear axle. The wheelbase equals 42123 McLaren Senna. Openable Senna-alike doors with inclined hinges. Openable rear "hood" halves, like bug's wings. Frame and body have 1/2 stud drop: the front axle sits in the wheel arches with a decreased upper gap (like 42137 and 42138 do), while the rear axle has a stud-like normal position. A lot of new panels. I will show and render them later. That is only my understanding of them, for sure. @Zerobricks, I'm not into LDD, sorry... All the things I do, are limited inside Studio and Studio Part Designer. Instead, I can share their .part and .obj files with 3D models. Following them, and their restrictions, I see three possible variants: SAD STORY: Senna's wheelbase (or shorter) + V8 + Diff COMPROMISE: Senna's wheelbase (or shorter) + W16 + Senna's 1WD ALL-INCLUSIVE: Senna's wheelbase (only!) + W16 + Diff Renders of my vision of the model (Studio + a few custom-made parts):

He may mean the slightly visible light reflections, possibly from another cylinders row (in green), right under the upper one (in red): The rear compartment has plenty of free space to fit it.

New parts are shaped, it's time to start something...

Just to match the real car: The gaps between the front wheelarches and "hood" are here, as they should be. The sides suffer a bit of panels misalignment (some additional micro panels are needed to fill the gaps and finish the lines that are broken now) The rear side looks authentic but I would put the exhaust pipes a bit upper and with inclined at a bigger angle crossed taillights.

This set reminds me of the first studless Technic sets after the studded age - I also had a reaction like "wow, how is it ever possible to imagine these parts may exist?" Must have for me, no doubts... These curved variants of straight 71682 and micro variants of very small fairings 11946, are the parts that are exactly needed for aerodynamic things at cars in that scale (curved spoilers, wings, diffusers, etc).

It is not as loaded and is supported a bit by air hoses connected underside (they pushed it up a bit).

Well, LeMan's historically started at dirt roads, not asphalt, so we may treat it as LMP1 for historical races Nice model, by the way, it looks like a brutal off-road variant of 42039 (also LMP1, I guess).

Sorry for raising an old topic... I only now found that this "not-well secured" slope at the "front hood", which may pivot, is "not an issue but a feature" in McLaren Senna: it is a lid that covers the charger and liquid's inlets.

Hell, yeah! How could I miss it Yes, sir. And due to this difficulties each small-scale AWD model is a pure diamond - only 100%-genius solutions will pass this builder's test. Well deserved!

Wow, nice Bronco! I still wonder if somebody could make (in a bigger scale, for sure - yours in the best in its scale) Bronco's front suspension. The one with crossed half-axles and differential placed at the one of them (not in between, ha-ha!).

I saw the same, I think. It definitely will be an old brick-shaped defender of 1990-2000 years made of System bricks (Creatoe, now Icons theme).

In my case, it was 42029 Pickup (in somewhere around 2016), which I got as a present from my old friend. It returned me back to the light, now to the studless one. My dark ages started in the late 1990' when only studded ones were presented and studless slightly started appearing, as just identical beams but with no stud "spikes". That set revealed to me the full glory of studless beams, with 3D building, new bevel gears, steering hubs, and all well-known new things. It was a moment of literal re-discovery of the Technic theme, from "just these brisk with holes" to the surprisingly authentic structure of real machinery. Later I found I could accomplish it with a PF set, and... You know how it may happen

Yeah, but all of them (I found 3 ones in Google) are made of bricks so far and could be taken as Speed Champions or Creator. Well, possibly finally we're going to get DBG wheelarches

Sorry for making a wrong turn. I still didn't catch it - did TLG announce the physical controller, or are all these speculations based on that timeline image?

I'm not sure if it deserves a dedicated topic due to a relatively minor modification and since it is the only modification published here for this set. So, I'm putting it here, and I'm sorry in advance if I'm doing it wrong. The modification that I accidentally did, when missed 127-128 building steps, is an absence of the "nose" forward mount point limiter. Whitout this construction the "nose" handles the bumps and crashed surprisingly better - the 13L curved panel starts working as a leaf spring and absorbs the stress caused by front impacts. Here are the steps which I missed: