grum64

Very nice. It looks like it'd keep the children entertained and survive intact Great way to introduce yourself to Eurobricks. Good to have you with us.

Total build time to completion - 59hrs 50mins Please Note: This post contains more than the usual amount of rambling and many, many photos. It’s gotten to the time when another build comes to an end. To tell you the truth I’m a little sad I'll not be spending time with the GT3 (or Jaffa as I've christened her) but as they say, all good things must come to an end. This one, like those before and I suspect those yet to come, has had its difficulties and frustrations none of which takes anything away from the satisfaction I've gotten whilst building it. It's been said that the fun with this set ends once you've finished Box 1, the chassis, but I've enjoyed every bit of it. Now I’m no fan of the real 911, never have been, and with this build being such a good representation of it you’d think I wouldn’t like it either but, strangely, exactly the opposite is true. I do like this model, I like it very much and contrary to the opinion of many, I think it looks great from most any angle. It's one of those sets that looks far better in the brick than in photos (especially mine). It may have a few gaps in the body reminiscent of something from the less than golden age of British Leyland, have blue & tan pins where black would have been the obvious choice and have the steering wheel at a daft angle but I don't care about any of this, I'm absolutely cuffed to bits with it. There’s one thing the GT3 has in spades and that’s presence. It's so much bigger than I thought it would be, I'm going to need to have a good shuffle in my shed to find space for it (and the Chiron when built) on a shelf. Much has been written about the 42056 and its flaws but, thanks to efforts of a group of very talented people, in this the Pimped version (v1.3), most if not all of those problems have been addressed. The paddleshift & oft stalling, out of sequence gearbox both work flawlessly and entirely properly and there's now very little friction in the drivetrain. The saggy suspension has been sorted out so it now holds the weight of the car nicely and the seemingly ever open doors now stay shut. HOG steering and gearshift mounted on the dashboard are a great addition and make the car so much more playable. In my opinion though, the best mod is the removable body. Afterall, what's the point of all those lovely, now properly working parts if you can't see them in action. It's just a shame you don't get to see but a glimpse of the engine doing its thing. Whilst on the subject of the removable body. A little advice if I may. When marrying the body to the chassis ensure that the 3L Pin with Centre Pin Hole (Stage 97 v1.3) is correctly orientated so as to receive the blue 2L Pin with Axle that sticks up from the top of the paddleshift unit. Failing to do so will stop the body sitting correctly and thus the red 3L Pins with Stop that fix the body in place at the front of the car will not locate. As the protruding Pin Axle and the 3L Pin with Centre Hole are obscured by other parts you’ll not realise that it’s this causing the lack of downward movement so you’ll apply more and more pressure to the area in an effort to move the last few millimetres and in your frustration give it a harder than needed Grum Knock resulting in the drivers door coming off of it’s hinge pin and left hanging at unflattering angle. After a few hellfire and damnations you’ll then spend an hour and twenty minutes trying to refit it. As I said, just a little (hard earned) advice. I’d almost finished this build when anti roll bars were added to the Pimped mods. If a rear steering mod gets added I'll get mine dismantled and upgrade it to v1.whatever. I’ll also take the opportunity to change all the offending pins to black and change the steering wheel’s angle, both things I’d intended to do during this build but completely forgot about until it was just about complete. They’re only little niggles and I can live with them so I’ll attend to these if and when Jaffa gets her upgrade. Thank you to all who contributed to the Pimped GT3 project and to jb70 for compiling the mods into a great set of instructions (I'd salute you all were it not for my stupid wafty arms making it likely I'd take an eye out!). You’ve all played your part in making the 42056 what it should have been from the start. Magnificent. Finally, thank you for your support and kind comments throughout this build. Finished Build Photos

It a good solution that holds the doors closed nicely and give more functionality which Jake and George love.

Devilishly beautiful

No need for thanks. I was recently the recipient of an extraordinary and completely unexpected gesture of kindness so I did nothing more than pass on the Karma. You did the rest

Very nice Igor. You've put in a lot of time and hard work on this one and it shows. It's turned out really well. Great work my friend.

Now there's a question. I'd say the build that was the biggest challenge was the BWE due the sheer size of the thing. The build that's been the most inspirational is the 8258 Crane Truck. It was the first Technic set I built and the one that started me on this joyful journey.

Building time 9hrs 40mins- Total build time 59hrs 50mins I've now finished building the Pimped GT3 and below are the WIP pics from the final couple of days building. I’ve not posted pictures of the finished build as it’d make this post even more photo heavy than it already is. Also, and probably far more importantly, I’ve not finished taking them all yet. I’ll post them along with a bit of rambling tomorrow.

Great review as always. Thank you. This is a day one purchase for sure.

This has to be the best Technic competition ever held on EB. It’s been really difficult picking a top 6 from the 18 entries because to me each and every one of them is brilliant but as Sir Jim says that’s what we have to do here goes: 11 : 10 13 : 6 3 : 4 10 : 3 1 : 2 4 : 1

I like this very much. It's a brutal beauty

You’re welcome.

You could try this solution from technic_addict to the gap under the headlights.

What an excellent build. I completely agree about the wheels, they look great. I’m very happy to give it my support. I’d love to see this on the shelves and wouldn’t hesitate to buy it. Sorry to hear of the problems you have with your health and wish you well with your treatment and recovery.

I really like your little aircraft especially that little red triplane. Very Red Baron.

Looks fantastic and functions really well. Great entry. I think this’ll do very well in what’s turning out to be a brilliant and very tough competition.

Oh man, this looks great. I really like the use of the BWE quarter circles and the way you’ve supported them. I also like the way you’ve chosen to drive the rotors. The very best of luck

Great looking and with all expected functions. What’s not to like. The very best of luck in the competition.

Nice work Igor. You've made great progress

Sweet!

This is brilliant. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. I now have an idea for my steam mad Uncles birthday present.

At £189.99 you're not kidding!

Day One purchase for sure

What a teriffic looking build. You’ve captured the look very well indeed. Great work. I wish you the very best of luck in the competition.

Building time 5hrs 20mins- Total build time 51hrs 10mins This session started well with the building of an assembly I thought would be difficult (pic one) going together really, really easily. Shortly after though the smile was wiped off my face by me making a stupid mistake. After I’d fitted the first roof section I checked it was correct but inexplicably I failed notice I’d fitted it too far forward by one stud (you can just see it in pic 6). The mistake didn’t come to light until I came to fit the Black 11L Liftarm and found the pin and intended hole didn’t line up. I was so annoyed because I’d fitted the Blue 3L pins several stages before instructed to ease fitting the roof and then I go and do this and make it more difficult than ever. Easing out the two 3L pins and refitting the roof, correctly this time, deprived me of over an hour of building time. All incredibly frustrating. I’ll be checking things much more carefully in future. Thankfully the rest of the session went well with a few frustrations but no more mistakes. Note: The much discussed Obsession with Build Time’s topic got me thinking that if this is the sort of mistake I make building slowly just think of the magnitude of mistake I’d make were I to build quickly. Credit to technic_addict for his idea to fill the gap under the headlights. One last thing. I was very lucky to receive a set of printed parts from Steindrucker.com. They’re so much better than fiddling about trying to get stickers correctly positioned especially as there are several very small ones. Also, I have to say the quality is excellent. Today’s pics.