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Agree with Jeroen, finish it anyway. Honestly, I just would put a simple windshield on it, and enter as a cabrio.

If I had to choose, I would say TLG's definition is the reference. Not a thing to get mad about, though.

It is defined as Earth green: https://brickset.com/parts/4527582/shell-3x11x2-ø-4-85-08 To me it seems the same shade in the Monkey Kid ship. There were 4pcs 5x11-er dark green panels in more sets, those are lighter in color, like the ones on 42008. Multiple blue, azure, yellow, green colours everwhere... 50 shades of LEGO...

One of the type of cars, I wish would be an official Lego set. You still have some hours to check and enter!

Welcome here! Stone me, but I like the simplicity (miss a simple roof though) and the story. Such builds are the refreshening lime soda or beer, meanwhile the others are the heavy steaks and sausages. Both are essential for a good grill party, right? The pitmaster has spoken.

You made my day, I will save this.

See menu on the top, but I link here too: Guidelines FAQ

Hi! First, make sure, that You change LDD into LDD Extended view. View - New themes - LDD Extended. This view contains much more parts, than the normal view. After this try to open the model. LDD instruction creator and Technic... well, forget it. LDD can not handle automatically the required building steps sequence... and actually none of the softwares can. It would be the dream, and would save days / weeks of work on pdf instructions. The best way is to undress a modell, to see how it is built up - but definitely it is not recommended for beginners. Sorry to disappoint, but this is it. Nonetheless, you can analyse the model, and you can build your own version for sure, have fun!

Technically it is not a regular leak with the CONFIDENTIAL LEGO watermark on it - which is not permitted to be shared here. It is the same situation as with the 42111, some shops put it accidentally on shelf, and lucky people could buy it before release. Only the circumstances are a bit different, but let this be the worry of that one, who put out the advert. BTW, though I understand, I hate the absence of official leaks - which could generate tasty chit-chat here in the forum. Bread and circus for the masses!

As it was described, the source was a czech advertisement site. I guess one just wanted to sell it after getting it via uncertain conditions (khm... Lego factory... khm), and probably it is already gone, just like the ad. I would not be surprised, if the seller would be tracked down by now, and looking currently forward to a new job... So, I doubt it was the leaking the main motivation.

Just to clarify the clarification: steering wheel is steering wheel, once the control is displaced f.e. outside of the body, it is the HoG. Hand of God. It refers to, that the control is beyond it's supposed location. Usually it is the black gear or wheel (42082) in case of Technic.

Go for rally style, it makes your model definitely different. Also, off-roading is close to the heart, isn't it?

Those are some very handsome little fellas!

Exactly. People have strange expectations sometimes. Look at me, I have none - and till now I am only positive about the new Sian. A HOG would be nice though, but sooner or later will be implemented by the community , so not a dealbreaker.

Honestly, Lego designers are in much easier positions than we are. They can decide the color. You would not get the idea in first place to use a DBG part for a red / lime / orange / etc exterieur detail. Still, it is a nice part usage, but not as much creative way as on a regular MOC, so don't be too hard on yourself. I worry only, that according the habits (naming parts from the sets they appeared first), it will be called: the Sian rotor blade.... poor Osprey.

Much nicer!

Probably you have a good analytic mindset, and stamina for trial and error. These are valuable skills, and mandatory for engineering. Let's be realistic though, LEGO does not target engineers only - they would become bankrupt in a month. There is even more people out there, with other skills - which are equally important for our society. Speaking of LEGO, let everyone enjoy the building experience. In a more advanced mode, we can do MOCs, in whatever level we want. Anyway, it is also one of the beauties and challanges to make a design foolproof. You will see it if you choose engineering as profession. For mass production to minimalize waste, utilize production efficiency, it is also a lot poke yoke solutions are involved. Color vomit is one of them. Once You have the experience, and understand the correlations in a system behind, you will start to appreciate. Trust me.

(18+) Legosexual: a person who spends extensive familiar time with studded or studless plastic parts regardless preference of pins or pinholes.

@Gray Gear It is funny, that You are refferring to 8043 as childhood model, you want us to feel old crap? Color vomit has it's purpose, it helps the build a lot. Think about it from a different perspective: LEGO wants to reach new, wider market by presenting lines, like the UCS Technic cars, Creator Expert, UCS Star Wars sets. To be succesfull, they have to make it in that way, that even a beginner, non-engineer headed average Joe must be able to build in a fool-proof way for flawless experience. Without this corporate TLG intention, we would not have such sets, probably at all. So it is kind of win-win, with a minimal tradeoff. I can live with this compromise, and if You look at the final models, the overall visual appearance is not hurt by the colorful internals at all, or only a very minimal way.

+1 @MarkyMark42 If it would be olive green, there would be whining as well. Lime green is a Lambo color, and real cars can be ordered in whatever color anyway - so why not? BTW I got a bit dizzy for now... the most discussed parameter of the flagship TECHNIC set is... the color?? Really? The roof is rather flat on the real thing and the GT3 has more bubble shaped cockpit, so I think the flat panels are the better choise here. Front light made with bars - reason for complaint, sure. We don't even know, how those are attached. Even if they are in a "lazy" way, it is an AFOL model, which will sit more on the shelf... and adults have also more understanding about making compromises - they say. MK Sian? I wouldn't be surprised (as @kbalage said) if it would be just a placeholder design to ride the LEGO hype, after release, they will copy like hell. The LEGO Sian has coherent design language, looks as a whole. The MK design is full with accidental solutions from using small system tile pieces to huge, single purpose oversized panels. I have the feeling, that some of us (sometimes included me) forget, that LEGO needs some abstraction - and this is one of the beauty of it.

I really like the fake engine mechanism, so ingenious! Also, the cartoonish character is an eye catcher for me, only the black door panels... I might use red there too, consider this as nitpicking though.

Considering how difficult lines the original model has, I say: it is looking good! I am not a huge fan of the front trunk panels, but let it be... now, just crossing fingers for the proper working suspension and gearbox.

Might your avatar picture is your destiny... Be prepared, just saying... Feel free to create your own [MOD/MOC] topic, it deserves to be presented under your name.

Overconstraining is coming from CAD modelling, I don't really want to go in depth here. There are other CAD softwares out there for LEGO building, unfortunately I can not comment on those, for my purposes (brainstorming and documenting) LDD and Stud.io are fine. I struggle with the same alignment issues sometimes too, and honestly sometimes I just leave as it is, rather than start to build everything again from scratch. Especially for such angled items, where reality proves the buildability (like simple suspension arm positions angled with springs into correct positions). Not eye pleasing, but saves some nerves. You might know this, but just to be sure, I share. There is a way to set manually the angles very-very precisely. You select the part / assembly to adjust - select rotation - select rotation point. Once the blue bi-headed arrow appers, hover with the cursor on it - it will turn reddish. Left click once on it. Then the rotation plane tool appears, but now you can go directly into the value cell with the cursor, and enter exact values (example here: 180.23 degrees). Important to use dot instead of dash! I hope this helps, a lot of trial and error, but in the end it can be set perfectly.