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Cool looking model and great write up as always! My workplace is currently designing some aftermarket accessories to some Polaris Rangers at the moment… So it’s very cool to see this LEGO rendition of the more sportier version.

@T Lego thanks for sharing your journey with the build! Makes me want to build it even more now. Definitely shows how much work goes into a project like this. I think it’s easy for people to see the finished model on YouTube or wherever and not understand the effort that actually goes into it. Then new designers get disappointed when they can’t make something to this level in just a few months…

IMO this is the cleanest looking car you’ve ever made, especially the red version without the stickers. The diffuser looks great with those bucket pieces, awesome part usage. Great job!

Haha yes I thought of that, but for me it’s so overdone to do a B-model F1 car it’s not very exciting anymore. Plus would it really be as good as the Cada dedicated F1 Alfa Romeo car, with the special custom wheels and tyres? Absolutely not, which brings us back around to the point of it never being as good as when you use a free inventory. If I was going to even try and build a different car, I would want a donor set with 4 mudguard panels anyway. It’s suits my build style better.

I personally think one of the coolest things (although admittedly very difficult) you can do in terms of "exploded view" is to have the entire bodywork as 1 removable piece. I have 2 models in my collection like that, which can have the bodywork easily detached from the chassis by pulling a few pins here and there. It looks very cool being able to see the complete bodywork and complete chassis side by side. You can admire both the aesthetic side and mechanical side at the same time.

That's very generous of you, but I'm afraid that's too far out of my comfort zone. As much as I would be tempted to try, the inner perfectionist in me would just constantly be comparing the model to what it could be if I was using an unlimited inventory.

I can definitely see the advantage of having the panel split into 2 pieces, it does make it more versatile. Although I agree the curved edge is not very useful when lining up with other panels... It might look good when a single curved panel is used as a fuel tank on a bike for example, but starts to get complicated when you try placing them together. The biggest advantage to LEGOs straight panels in they line up in all different directions really well. Here's a couple simple examples for some popular MOCs, that wouldn't work nearly as well with the curved panels IMO. We might see more B-models out of the Cada sets... But I think most people that have the talent to do so either stick with Lego or are already working for Cada designing the A-models.

You should definitely be proud of what you’ve come up! This is far cleaner than anything I came up with for my first MOC, and you’ve done it as a b-model with a limited inventory as well. Love the taillights especially, that’s next level thinking and creativity.

I think the solution in the above yellow one is pretty good to be honest. I can respect the licenser wanted something hyper realistic - hence the custom piece. But for me it does seem to loose the spirit of building a bit. A brick built solution like the yellow one seems more satisfying to me, even if its less realistic. - a few people have a large range of parts in the their lego collection already, and could get close to building the car without much more cost investment. - some people might want to build it out of arguably better quality pieces. - some people might want to build a modified manual version, hence the motor problem won't exist. - some people might want to modify the set to there own taste, and mixing cada and lego pieces on the one build might not be ideal/preferred. - some people like the challenge involved in building a lego version. Tell someone it can't be done? someone will want to prove them wrong. - if you build it out of lego its easier to use the parts for something else down the line if you want to pull it apart. I personally fall into most of those categories... And if I did want to give it a crack I have no problem waiting till whenever cada releases the PDF instructions. There's no rush, I've got plenty of other things to do in the meantime.

This is interesting because I randomly saw a version of your AMG 3 weeks ago that used a double rotor blade. The person had tried to use all lego parts with a custom paint job. No idea how they got such early access but whatever, main point is after seeing the photos I really believe an all lego version would be possible. Not a fan of some of the persons solutions but I think its doable with some creative thinking. The mudguard panels on the back also look pretty easy to swap with normal lego ones. @astyanax could pull it the whole car off I'm sure . Red bodywork or all black with some coloured seats/accents would probably work.

Everything is great advice but I think this is gold, for both B-models and building MOC’s in general. I do the same for all my builds and highly recommend it. Build just the chassis first and you risk having it too bulky to fit the bodywork around it. Build the bodywork first and you might not fit the chassis inside it…

Looks great! Definately your best B-model yet. Would love to see a V2 that uses extra parts. More details in the engine/interior/trans clear taillights etc.. would really take the model to the next level!

Slick printed tires, different width front and back?? Might just be the best parts CaDa has ever made. Exactly what everyone wanted on the LEGO Mclaren F1 car. Rest of the model looks really good as well, even though I’m not an Alfa Romeo fan.

The RMB $1900 is a little over $400 aud for me, which I’d also be unwilling to pay - for the same reasons you mentioned. Anyways I’m interested to see the reviews on this! It looks like it has some unique functions. Shame the remote still doesn’t have a left-right toggle for steering, it would make things a lot simpler compared to the steering wheel add on they have going on…

Thankyou, I hope you can make it one day! @LvdH is right, I bought them from brickvisions.com they have lots of different colour variations of the standard lego rims. These are indeed black Bugatti ones. Although I recently did customise some spare centenario rims I had lying around for this model... I felt like the black rims blended in a bit too much, so now there is a pop of silver to match the rest of the silver accents.

Three in Melbourne now let alone the rest of Australia haha. Thanks for building it and the positive feedback! It looks great Very cool seeing it in lime given that was the colour I originally tried building it in (failed at the front wheel arches).

I'm pretty sure its part 71708

I agree with the comments about it looking like a confetti bomb... But I will definitely pick this one up as all the new gearbox pieces make this a pretty interesting and exciting build. Not a fan of the DBG along the side so will probably black it out a lot more to look more like this: Should look great next to the BMW, these sets provide a nice change from the supercars... Its also nice that there's no where near as many stickers as the BMW. There's also some interesting trans black? little panels on the front of the bike + we get the larger shocks in yellow now as well!

Not sure I understand what you are meaning…?

Agree, golden ages for parts, but not for sets. Nearly all the sets I’ve bought are for the parts and not the actual model…

@gyenesvi makes sense! Thanks for the explanation

You're welcome! You can tweak the settings in the app to adjust the degrees of the steering angle. So you can remove that little bit of oversteer. Here is an example screenshot of the settings from the app.

That is fair. And 99% of the people at the companies I’ve worked for are men as well. But as you’ve hinted that also has a lot to do with the fact that woman aren’t as interested when it comes to these types of fields. But my point is that just because someone’s a man, in a male dominated sector, it doesn’t mean they know what they are doing Haha I gave up working for other brick companies a long time ago. It’s not worth the headaches for me.

100% the truth Glad to hear how impressed you are with the model. Hope to see some pictures soon! Yeah it sucks how there are such bad models that can get the licences and then there are such good models out there that can't. You say not to be disrespectful but it comes across that way. I've spoken to companies in the bricked field and other fields, dealing with men that had no idea what they were doing...

Yes the piston engine is still in the same position as the original. So the axle out of the motor runs straight into the fan but the original gears run to the motor underneath. I tweaked the original structure to this: (the M motor can be attached upside down to the 3 black pins) A few pieces hidden for clarity. Then the area where the piston engine connects to the chassis was tweaked to this. Well, to be honest I didn't actually try the original way... I read what you wrote on rebrickable "However, the gearing in the steering system must be built centered such that the servo motor is at a 90 degree angle (in fact at it's zero position, which is not marked unfortunately), because proper steering calibration is lacking in the app for the Buwizz unit at the moment." So I presumed it wouldn't work, but know I see that was a misunderstanding on my part and you were talking about using the brick controller 2 app and not the Buwizz app. I presume the steering calibration works with the you have in the front?, but I didn't see that at the time haha. Anyways I changed the section in the front of the motor to this: Which works really well in the app. I found the model is actually pretty smooth to drive, even with the touchscreen controls. Hope everything I tried to explain makes sense