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Dino is long gone (but immortalized on youtube).

I found another use for clear 24116 panels... Lotus 340R. Lotus 340R 3 by James Tillson, on Flickr It has a LiPo, V2 and a buggy motor. It is only 600g and is way too fast for my kitchen. It has been crash tested (a lot). Lotus 340R 2 by James Tillson, on Flickr Lotus 340R 1 by James Tillson, on Flickr Video and better pictures coming tomorrow.

(Ferrari) Dino 246 - Features RC, independent suspension, opening boot and hood, full tan interior. Photo instructions are free on youtube.

No, the black 24116 panels are only £0.16 each on bricklink and there are thousands of them available. 20 of them are needed for this car.

Thank you Mine too, until I start the next one. Can anybody see any rare parts? I used 5x black 16L flexi.

Its all done. My Dino has a transverse Dino V6 engine. See flickr video below. IMG_3313 by James Tillson, on Flickr Video, pictures and instructions coming soonish.

It was too low at the back, I moved the shock mounting point but now its too high. I will fix it when I finish the chassis. IMG_3311 by James Tillson, on Flickr I've got door cards and seats but no dash yet. IMG_3308 by James Tillson, on Flickr I also added chrome exhausts and pointed them upwards a little. IMG_3309 by James Tillson, on Flickr

I've finished the outside of my Dino. Just need to sort out the chassis and interior. Is anybody going to want to build this? Is it worth making instructions? I must be on to something good as TLCB wanted to blog the WIP pictures. IMG_3297 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3300 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3302 by James Tillson, on Flickr

This has been gathering dust, waiting for the 8145 wheel trims to arrive. I hope it was worth it... 2014 VW XL Sport RC

Ironic as DS was on my list but I thought the nose would be tricky. I think it was the camera angle so I took another from a different angle. IMG_3274 by James Tillson, on Flickr Yes, it all started with the rear window, its my favorite part of the build so far. I'm using this blueprint. Dino 7.8 by James Tillson, on Flickr The rear lights scale at 2L, the front are 3.6S so at 3 studs my lights are a little too small. My lights maybe too close together or too high, I haven't checked yet No plans except; If doors open it will highly detailed with gearbox and transverse V6. If the doors don't open I'll make its as light as possible and RC. I am planning a blue version of the Spider (GTS?) Thanks. You have an instantly recognizable style too and a PRO tag too! Well done, dude. I keep wanting to add more "shape" to the roof but the blueprint shows it so very flat. I will resist building how I want to to look for now. The rear is coming together slowly; more pictures on Flickr later tonight. IMG_3272 by James Tillson, on Flickr

I put 2 trans-clear 24116 panels together last week and it looked like a Dino rear window. After a lot of experimenting with the new black panels with the old black panels.... Dino Rear Window by James Tillson, on Flickr Dino by James Tillson, on Flickr I haven't started the rear yet and the chassis is just a mule. I'd like to do the full tan interior (Kenobi will soon be missing his codpiece).

I'm not sure why everybody thinks blue is limited. A #4 connector, 42003 perpendicular and #5/#6 long panel would be nice but all the other parts are available. Oh yes and I grabbed a load of cheap ones off bricklink yesterday. black panels by James Tillson, on Flickr I'm tempted to build a black XKSS, 63 Corvette or Pirelli Stratos (black arches and red wheels!) but I also have a few new ideas too. VW XL needed 8145 wheel trims to be truly finished so I bought some of those too (ouch) just waiting for them to arrive.

Thanks for all the nice comments. Its all done but I'm back to work tomorrow so better pictures and a video will have to wait until the weekend. IMG_3213 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3210 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3216 by James Tillson, on Flickr

I thought about switching to NSX, but shape is also similar to 959, VW Nardo, Noble M600 or a Le Mans racer. I will try a version of the lights using system bricks.

Yes, they look orange on the real car. A couple of #5 and a 19L flexi may do it The bodywork is getting tighter around the wheels, I hope it will be OK without flexi on the arches. The rear diffuser fins are still on the to-do list . I will make a video probably with photo instructions. It looks more finish than it really is because I start from the outside and work my way in. It is crying out for a set of 8145 trims but I don't have any. A full set would cost me about £70 from bricklink so I tried a few ideas for wheel trims. I took pictures of the best two. I also changed the nose to make it look a little less Stan Smith. IMG_3200 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3201 by James Tillson, on Flickr IMG_3202 by James Tillson, on Flickr

I though I would try to make something more modern with my blue panels and the XL Sport has been on my list for a while - a natural choice as they only made one and it was blue. It has standard 25 wide wishbone suspension and runs on the 9398 RC set up with the motors geared up a little. I've almost done the bodywork and just need to fix the chassis with all the right mounting points. IMG_3184 by James Tillson, on Flickr

^Thank you. I wasn't going to make a video for this until I remembered that the engine and gearbox just lift out (if the dash is removed). The space was perfect for a PF RC transplant. Skip to 45 seconds to see RC version in action.

You're right but the answer was to remove them altogether. The bodywork scales at 9L at that point so adding a stud to the height with the piping was a mistake, it made the middle too tall and spoiled the curves I had managed to make. The new version is much better IMO. Jaguar XKSS V2 WIP 4 by James Tillson, on Flickr I'm doing what Jaguar did when they converted the last D type race car in to XKSS road car. The rear light mounting points are now for the bumpers and the lights are higher up. There's a heat shield for the exhaust and a proper windscreen. Not sure how I'm going to make the folding roof... Jaguar XKSS V2 WIP 1 by James Tillson, on Flickr Jaguar XKSS V2 WIP 5 by James Tillson, on Flickr

Is that part 6177 (often used in Millennium Falcon)? It would be perfect if it had an axle hole through the centre. .Cheers

You're looking at almost all of it. I had to buy 2 extra 18944 panels. It is the only colour I can build this in, until 42070 black panels are freely available. The windscreen is just a bent piece of plastic, it doesn't even have a frame (or styles). Those axles were the least I could do to imply a windscreen is there. I don't think there is a straight line on the real car, I tried to make it curvier but it went outside the scale dimensions. My model does looks curvier in real life. The wheels (without tyres) scale at exactly 7 studs. The 8 stud dishes are a good compromise but flatter would have been better. You say they don't look the same but I started work on the XKSS and it looks a lot like my corvette from the rear. I also made the factory race car. I may do an RC version of this as the gearbox and steering wheel are impossible to use. I wasn't going to do instructions for this, I can't imagine anybody else having 23 blue 18944 or 36 blue 24116 panels

This is my 1:8 scale model of the famous Jaguar D-type customer race car. It won Le Mans in 1956 and in 2016 became the most expensive British car to sell at auction (about $20million). I used scale drawings and tried to be as accurate as possible, even with suspension points etc. The front clam shell and boot (with spare wheel) open but I couldn't get the (tiny) doors to open and keep the right side profile. To be exactly the same scale my Stratos should be 3% bigger but they look nice parked together. There was also a factory race car with a closed cockpit and a road car called XKSS. I will be making both of these too.

Now I come to look at it the blue print you used it does look comically out of proportion, it looks like it was drawn from the actual picture I put behind it. The real focus has a wheelbase of 2640mm and is 4340mm long so if your car wheelbase is 26L then your model should be 43L but I think your model is only 39L. I will be cross referencing my internet blueprints from now on.

The blue print you used looks good against the real car and it matches most of your MOC.

I lost the LDD (while trying to make instructions) so I made a photo instructions instead.

I made 2 more that aren't on the list yet. Zombie and Hamster Wheel.