DataNinja

Consider sometimes Lego has to work with the car company as part of licensing a vehicle and doesn't get 100% of the decision...

Insane! Extremely well done body lines. Thanks for your efforts here!

So excited the experts are rolling in upgrades for this set -- many thanks in advance! @jb70 you thinking about any structural changes to the nose to make it more P1-ish, or leaving that? I'm completely guessing, but suspect the current nose in this model closer to an upcoming McLaren that was delayed so they reverted the branding to P1... we'll see.

Cannot tell you how excited I am for V1, thanks @jb70 for all your hard work on the instructions and mods, kudos to @Didumos69 and @stevenhalim for their contributions as well! Rebrickable to the rescue, parts on order but not letting that slow down my partial build already in progress with mismatched colors and substitutions. I guess when parts arrive I'll just have unbuild and start all over! I know you take pride in offering high quality instructions for your Pimp Up series at no cost, have you considered a paypal donations page? I would gladly contribute

jb70 and team, thanks for continued work on this! Spent all weekend taking apart my Sian to start over with these. Disassembled my pimped up Land Rover chassis for some donor parts as well... Quick question, step 19 on page 22 requires a special part I did not have, you see any problems with this as an alternate?

JB70, any chance you have a good list of additional parts used here that are not in Box 1&2? Or should I just be patient for this to appear in Rebrickable to use Compare Sets feature?

Hmmm, anyone notice there's a lot of room in the engine compartment just behind the suspension group when the fuel tank is removed? I'm thinking that's an ideal possibility for 4 wheel steering. This link indicates the real-world Sian has this feature, so would be accurate to the vehicle. Rear wheels would turn much less than the front wheels (smaller rotation angle), so would need to be geared down significantly. Maybe not even need a steering rack at all. Could be tight, but I plan to connect up to the front steering group on the passenger side of the vehicle, above the transmission gears and probably weave through the headers. Too much going on in the cockpit with the paddle shifters on the drivers side. Just ideas at this point, but working on it...

Trivial Mod, but maybe be helpful to someone. I present to you...Removable cylinder head cover! Your lovely V12 is no longer hidden. 1. Simply remove 3L liftarm and 2L black pins holding down the cylinder head cover in the cockpit. Also remove the 1x2 brick with pinhole at the front of the cover, replace the 1x2 graphite printed tile back onto the cylinder head cover even with the rest. 2. Replace 2 black pins at rear of chassis stiffener beams with 2 blue axle pins Done! Studs hold the cover in place, pull the stiffener beams out of the way and tug off the cylinder head cover to see the beauty of the V12 underneath.

I agree with vectormatic, def worth looking at jb70's pimp my defender MOC. Makes the complicated gearbox even more interesting!

Nice tranny rebuild! Looks like you resolved problem I was having with a gear clicking, looked to me like it was the big gear on the red diff rubbing into the red bush right next to it. Was never a fan of the universal joints throughout the drivetrain, so very excited about trying yours out. When I get pieces in I'm going to try to combine my liftoff body mod with your PDF. Thanks for your efforts!

My 2nd favorite(*) community-developed feature on 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS was the lift-off body mod (Credit to @Jetro but later modified by @Didumos69 and @jb70). Made the innards much more fun to see! So in their honor I had to make an attempt here. I present an early version of a lift-off body mod for the Defender: https://bricksafe.com/pages/dataninja/42110-liftoff-body-mod My goal was to keep the looks and functions of the vehicle identical, so I ended up sacrificing a little structural support. I don't think this holds together yet as well as the original model, so could use some additional reinforcement. This 1st version doesn't use many additional parts, only a few black 2L friction pins and a dozen red 3L pin+bush. In the .io file I grouped the pieces into 2 steps, hoping to make it easy to hide the top and see the bottom, or other way around. Still to work on/improve: - Not happy with the way the seats attach to the lower body, front or back... - Create a PDF showing specific steps - Add structural reinforcement to make it as sturdy as the original Thanks for @BrickWild for the Stud.io file I tweaked with necessary mods. (*) You didn't ask, but my absolute favorite feature was Didumos69 's 90-degree limiter / shift block. Such an elegant solution, and made the model much more fun than the original. Lego must agree, Milan put a similar function in the Defender!

Nevermind...FunkStyleGio throwing me off with 42077 B-model in 42110 colors! Looks good in those colors though

Def looks interesting, I'm excited about the gearbox and mod opportunities to improve it. Any hope for a lift-off body mod for this kit???

Love this model! I've tried adding HOG steering, but stuck in a few places. My concept was to mirror the drivers side steering axle on the passenger side with same gear and long straight axle axle to the front passenger side floor. Then add 90 degree gears to continue out the roof, or continue back under the passenger seat to the trunk and out the back, preferably into the piece with the GT sticker. Stuck so far right near the beginning, turns out the passenger door hinge interferes with this axle. Likely will have to tear down one of the rear seats to continue the axle path to the trunk, haven't even tried how to get to the round GT piece yet. Instead of out the back, going to the roof will likely interfere with removable roof panel. These are just some ideas to get this feature started, anyone tried to add HOG steering?

Got it! Excellent work, thank you for sharing your efforts