Lipko

It's actually prettier than the original car

Aren't the wheels too small for the scale?

@kbalageit would have been nice to meet you in person.

Actually, we will buy a house (still haven't found the one) and probably have to renew it, the kids are also in WIP state. The exhibition was in Győr, but the Lego exhibition world in Hungary is totally chaos, multiple groups do they own exhibitions without knowing of each other, exhibiting a few designer's same models for years. This exhibition was unique in that regard (there were some new exhibitors along with the some of the biggest names). But also it was small and only lasted a weekend.

Yup, you read right, I'm quitting, at least for a few years. There are some more interesting stuff to make. House, kids, etc

Some of the last pictures you'll see from me: They were taken on a small exhibition in Hungary. Mostly train models, city/medieval dioramas and a few technic models. Despite being small, the exhibition was awesome because the visitors could play with many of the models, for example my models. The models proved once again that they endure tough playing just fine. It was awesome to see how fast even the smallest kids can discover and learn a model's funcions. Only two models broke severly in the full exhibition, both were the fault of their own builders driwing too fast and derailing

This is indeeed awesome! The proportions are very realistic for such a car, a thing that not many custom car model builders do right (I could name 4 including you). I have one complaint though: the color shceme. With the interior and the chassis being dark grey, I had to have a second (third?) look to discover that the model isn't unfinished. At first glances I though it was a WIP as it seemed it didn't have a cockpit interior yet. But that's maybe just me. (sorry for my English, I'm pretty sure I made mistakes with the tenses too)

Man, sorry for the typo cunami in my post.

With a quick googling I found this program. http://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-simulator/ I guess there are many other free programs as well. Search words: kinematics, editor, mechanism, linkage, etc Once I started programming a software like for these things. I you can wait 4-5 months, I'll be back with the program

I though BMV M3 DTM, so I wasn't far.

Whatever works for a given MOC. I usually work on all aspects of a model in general, but obviously I only focus on one small thing at a time. It's usually good to have a rough outline of all the things (bodywork, gearbox, engine, whatever) and how they come together in order to avoid big "surprises" during development (for example bad proportions, main things not fitting in, impossible to properly reinforce chassis, etc). Also, for me, this jumpiing-around-method helps keeping my flow and prevent premature optimizing/perfecting a module (which can be risky because you migh have to do major redesign if something intersects with your "perfect" module). It can be exciting to build something from the inside out, and for example let the chassis dictate how the body looks, but it's a very risky business (at least for me).

Could you block the steering rods with the chassis instead? I know it would cause sum rubbing but maybe it would be acceptable. You could then replace the blue half-pins with a pin with pinhole and place a 180° axle connector between them with the center hole pointing upwards. I guess the movement of the rack is +- 1 stud, so the tiny edges wouldn't mean a problem. Or something like that... Or maybe the pin with a pinhole parts' pinholes should point upwards? You have some place in the chassis to fix their orientation.

Looks good so far but don't you think the front part of the chassis is a bit too bulky? It will be quite hard to fit the hood to give proper proportions.

Yup, all of this rampage because of a picture about a common piece. A picture anyone with a half-decent camera can make in a matter of minutes... Really guys, all of this is putting me of. The sharing part of this hobby is getting lost by "professionalism" and making money. The best builders stop sharing their models to make profit or to work for the Chinese knockoff companies. Now, a fight over a goddanm piece. Where are we heading? Sorry for the rant and the off.

What the flying megabluck is happening here guys? Tell me it's only some wird Jim Carrey joke.

A web tool would be cool, but I guess that there are php libraries that can handle image compression pretty well too. Though I guess that would slow down the server-side code, so we would gain nothing in the end... The ultimate soluition would be storing the images on the forum server, that would solve a lot of things.

How about integrating that feature into the forum itself? Some php magic?

Someone should arrange an exhibition of the collection. I think you could keep the collection for another 2-3 months and that's enough to arrange one

That's pretty awesome! It was my also conclusion that the pullbacks don't have enough power to propel something via legs.

That looks awesome! To be honest, this beats Didumos' model with a tiny bit for me. So much for aesthetics vs function

I kind of agree and disagree with you. I feel a bit upset when models get praised which don't work and/or hard and frustrating to assemble or so fragile that they fall apart during assembly. My models look okay, but work okay at the same time and the assembly is okay too (especially if I make instructions), and I still don't exist for Hungarians for example. I don't exist for shops (I always order with my own name, and there's pretty much the only one in the world with this name), for exhibitions*, for SBrick, whatever. Yet, I hear builders say they get discounts, promotions etc. On the other hand, there's nothing stopping us from designing awesome models that get attention in this age we are living in (if we live in the luckier half of the world...). We are doing something wrong. Maybe we should jut let go popularity (less attention to or no photo, video or instructions making) and focus on building. *Oky, I am invited to an exhibition for the second time in my life, because the organizer is a member of the forum I used to visit and the few builders there were invited. The first was some 5 years ago after my V12 Coupé, I really though that time my "career" started.

Luckily my videos are not good enough to steal.

Why not a photo sequence? Almost the same as a video.

You can't perfectly fill holes without introducing unwanted edges all around (for example runged edges in the middle of a surface that's supposed to be smooth). Then it's the designer's choice how she/he will balance these two contradicting demands (less large holes or less unwanted edges). For example I don't like Sheepo's body designs (the only exception is the Land Rover). They look like a patchwork of random pieces.

Even if it's not 100% authentic, I would add "A pillars" to the '62. Without windshield, it looks strange.