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This is one big build. Watching with interest

I've not seen Blade Runner since its original cinema release in '82 but this being so recognisable takes me straight back. Great work Jeroen. You certainly know how to produce the goods. I look forward to seeing it in the brick.

Very nice. Those doors are awesome

As I can't rely on you to properly cock up even one of your photos I guess it's down to me to fly the flag for bad photography. It's a burden I know but one I'll just have bear

Another great review Jim but I'm afraid I'm disappointed with your photos. They're all of your usual very high standard but where's the badly framed/over exposed/out of focus pics you promised me? I've got feelings you know .

Build Day 2 - Building time 4hrs 15mins - Total build time 7hrs 55mins Despite having over 4hrs to build today I’ve not made anywhere near the progress I had in my mind to make. The reason for the lack of progress can be summed up in just two words. Rubber bands! Trying to get those two innocuous little white bands over both of the 2L liftarms with half pins that make up the gear block took nigh on 3hrs! Using my clamps I’d get one side on, gently turn the assembly over and stretch the band up and over that sides part. I’d turn the the assembly back over to do the next one only to find the first had come off and that’s how it continued. That and, while stretching the bands, catapulting the whole assembly every which way. Now, I’m not one for bad language, don’t get me wrong I’m no Mr Righteous, I just don’t like it and very, very rarely use it but today, with three quarters of my building time spent trying to stretch those bands into place (and with my clamps somehow cutting though 5 along the way), there were a few times when the air was turned a very dark shade of blue indeed. Today’s Pictures.

Yes. Sorry about that Although I’m not a big Porsche fan I bought the 42056 shortly after it was released. After reading the reports of it’s ‘flaws’ and then seeing the Pimped version coming together I decided to hold off building it until the MODs were complete. I’m using my iPad to take the photos as it seems to take brighter, clearer pictures than my mobile so the differences between original and Pimped build should be easier to see. I say should. It is good to be back building as the sort out took much longer than I thought but selling a few boxes did speed up the process. The thing I’m really enjoying about the Pimped build is the ‘old style’ instructions where you have to observe and think rather than there being four pages showing how to assemble 6 pieces as seems to be the modern way.

What an amazing build. The biggest compliment I can give is that I went through the photos muttering about there were too many pictures of your source material. Wondering where your build was I started scrolling back up and then the penny dropped

Build Day 1 - Building time 3hrs 40mins - Total build time 3hrs 40mins Having spent the last few weeks sorting through boxes of spare parts to get them into some semblence of order there's been no time for building but with four 50L boxes done and another nine 80L boxes of assorted parts sold, the job was done so I can get back to builing. All this time I've been trying to decide what to build next. The list was long but after much deliberation the choice came down to the 42056 GT3, 42083 Chiron, 42043 Actros, 42078 Mack and 42069 Extreme Adventure. Not being able to decide it came down to which set was easier to get to and that was the GT3. Having been through the pages of this forum, reading just about everything there is about the set, it's obvious it's a terrific set but flawed. With that in mind I'm going to have a go at jb70's Pimped version as it addresses most of the critcisms. A big thank you to jb70 for making the instructions and to all those whose ideas he incorporated. With the big sort out completed it was quick & easy to collect together all the necessary extra parts and today I was able make a start so, although there's not much progress, here are todays pictures.

Magnificent!

Anyone in the UK and wants this set should head over to Asda. It shows as £147.97 but add it to your bag then view the bag and a further discount of £29.59 will be applied bringing the price down to a very acceptable £118.38. You can find it here.

I've not found a satisfactory way to open LDD files on my iPad but if you have an Android tablet or mobile (with a decent size screen) you should give Buf3d+ a try. You can find it in the play store. It can handle LDD & LDraw files, has a lot of features for an app and is updated fairly often.

Jake & George think this is very, very cool and I see no reason to disagree but as good as this is, and I think it’s teriffic, I have to say I like your cars more and look forward to seeing your next project

My flabber is well and truly gasted!!!

I think this a great Ideas entry so gets my support. I’ve shown it to Jake & George and it gets theirs too. 3 votes to help it on it’s way.

Fantastic! It'd be great to see LEGO build a life sized version of this Chiron

5 : 10 8 : 6 17 : 4 14 : 3 15 : 2 2 : 1 Good luck to all.

I could have done with something like this as I’ve spent over 5hrs a day for the last 3 days sorting out two 2 litre plastic tubs each almost full to the brim of mixed pins. Moving them one pin at a time from one tub to another. You’ll understand then my having a tear in my eye at 4:15pm today when the last pin, a lowly black 2L, landed in it’s designated tub. I’m sure I’ve never been so glad to finish something in all my life!!!

Very well executed MOC that does everything it should, you even managed to squeeze in the obligatory scissor lift wobble. It’s really good to have something a little out of the ordinary gracing these pages.

Sound like it’s good stuff. I’m now off to Amazon to take a look. Thank you. Update: Just ordered a couple of pens. Thanks again for the info.

I didn’t realise the Zux was as big as it is. Thank you for doing these model comparisons, it’s a great way to show how models relate to eachother.

What? What? What? Liquid Chrome Pen? Please, tell me more.

Thanks Andy. I’m really pleased with it. Being one of my favourites it’s good to have it built and on the shelf.

Thank you my Friend.

That’s very kind, thank you Bart. It’s encouragement like yours that keeps me revisiting sets from years gone by. Those older sets I have were all bought when used LEGO sets were being sold very cheap. I was lucky to find many sets at bargain basement prices increasing my collection rapidly within just a few years. I don’t spend the hours scouring the ‘net like I used to but on the odd occasion I have had a look bargains appear to be very few and far between.