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+ 1 ! No offense to anybody, but some others out there are like a slap in the face for any Porsche/car enthusiast... This one is really spot on, very neat and instantly recognizable! Worthy to take a second look at details. The black color is a really good choice because it allows to hide some bumps and gaps. A smaller steering wheel would be nice of course - "easy fix" . A working folding roof would be a dream, but I can immagine it´s almost impossible to make it work and in the meanwhile keep the right looks at this scale.

Nice topic which won´t be answered honestly by many because of its nature. One can´t just imagine how many unfinished or dumped projects have / haven´t seen daylight… But to answer these good questions: - lack of motivation/energy to finish a MOC Yes, too often. Especially when you don´t have much free time – entirely free from inferiority thoughts or simply without your kids who need most of your attention. You just need more than half an hour to get into some creative flow when parts “fall into place”. A project can also get too complicated if too ambitious. You just come to some limits regarding the needed space or used parts. Then after many try/error you think you are not able to fulfill your vision and that sucks! - tricks, methods, deadlines, help Don´t be too harsh with yourself. If you associate mostly negative or compressed feelings to your MOC, you can´t succeed. IMO the best trick is to come back to the original passion of you idea. Why did you start it? Look again from another angle at your vision or real vehicle /something you want to build. The beauty or functionality or sheer size of something was the main inspiration, isn´t it still? The perfect MOC is only in your dreams, but will never exist in reality. So what, the long run is worth it anyway. Set priorities and make compromises you can live with. There are always several possible solutions to a problem, find at least one. The credo which I try to follow: never give up and try again the 21. time instead of skipping the task and creating another unfinished hate object (I have 3 of them now, too many already…)! The better is the feeling of success afterwards. My personality refuses to get nailed down on a deadline. This hobby is more about creative playing than working hard. My MOC is not my boss, it´s the other way around. Of course you still need a lot of discipline to get things done. E.g. you work on a chassis which has almost nothing to with the imagination of the finished look of a vehicle. Or if you have to straighten things in the stage of completion and therefore half of your MOC has to be ripped apart. IMO the community can help you with designs or ideas, but your main inspiration should be motivated and driven only by itself.

Don´t be afraid to measure the exact wheelbase on the blueprint and then add +1 stud in the real model. Stretching by 1 - 2 studs the overall lenght usually doesn´t disturb proportions of the big picture (depends on the scale of course) because usually you have some unintentional but unavoidable bulges somewhere else, especially the height of the front hood in flat supercars, which can be kind of “compensated” by this little trick. Try to keep the height measures though, deviations of +/- 1 stud can be very crucial here for the finished model! The correct width has to have an odd number in Technic models and often has to be compromised a bit as well, not severe. Say good bye to bulky unproportional and therefore ugly replicas ! Thanks to Sariel for his useful toolbar – the model scaler is my favourite !

Now I see, thanks. Agree, like em too! Perhaps it's because of rigidity, you never know, minumum weight means few parts and clever statics... These wheels have a terrible offset compared to new Porsche wheels!

Normally I would have expected more attention to details, light weight or not. E.g. the interiour could be made DBG unicolor or other interesting color (white?) to give some contrast to "mechanical" elements which are poor since only PF stuff / because of reasonable weight cutting. The lack of some additional components such as motors, SBrick or lighter batteries (with modified superstructure) is understandable. Also understandable that you don´t want to invest too much time being busy with more important stuff such as the Aston ... That´s some phenomenon you experience with servos when some beams`holes scrub against the gear rack. There is some pause between the regular rotation movement and final adjustment which pushes with the tiny extra amount of power overcoming the resistance. Edit: don't know how to explain the weird fact that it often occurs on one side only...

Very nice Porsche IMO with the smoothest round shaped lines so far in the contest and the fastest supposedly ! Is this at "8x speed" at 0:05 ?? I must admit it seems you had a lack of passion (or were bored to death?) building this model and it wasn´t as much challenging / interesting to built, do you agree? Anyway, everything clean and pretty and I like the "alternative" approach though . What does the gear reduction at the drivetrain look like? Why only 2 L motors and not 4 instead like in Madoca´s Icarus - plenty of space? Why 2 heavy batteries instead of 1 (come on "structural elements")...? Bottom picture available? Thanks in advance !

The idea of a double clutch gearbox is mainly about quick shifting in miliseconds between the gears without almost any torque loss / interruption. The "neighbour" gears are free-wheel-running already and have to be engaged only by quick shifting of 2 clutches simultaniously, that´s no big secret. The big issue is how to implement it in Technic. If you have 2 parallel gearboxes with masses of cogwheels and axles ALL rotating at the same time it can happen that the overall friction doesn´t allow to see the speed increased compared to the previos gear, even if the calculated gear ratios seem perfect. No matter how the shifting mechanism is constructed which is a separate issue. I´d say 2 XL motors are too weak to drive such a gearbox AND move a big 1/8 car with all gears functionning. RC motors would be the better choice as shown by Sheepo a long time ago in big gearboxes. This gearbox here would be a really nice display alone IMO. Maybe Leviathan has found a solution for his application and will surprise us with a working super transmission and a big hypercar around it ... No pressure on him anyway.

I made the same experience with CV joints / U-joints under heavier torque such as 2 x XL or 2 x XL + 2 L motors combined at the drivetrain. The female part of the CV joint uses to wear out quickly under heavy load because it´s out of softer plastic which feels almost like rubber. The U-joints are surprisingly strong and don´t crack as fast as the older ones did. Also at smaller scale there was the problem that axles shifted out of the differential when suspension´s arms are not in horizontal position or is decompressed too much. At 1/8 scale you can eliminate this issue because of the much more realistic suspension´s pivot points far away from the center. Hats off for your endless efforts! Are you being paid by TLC for your almost 24h work? If not - they should grant you 10 sets for free at least..

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@ZeroBricks: Why didn´t you plow with it in the dirt? Was it not allowed by the sponsor? I know that you like doing such crazy stuff A maintanance-free car is available now in orange, but not cheap

@ SevenStuds: Are you eventually planning to design some bigger rims (not just caps) with a proper steering pivot suitable for the new Porsche tires? I can see great potential there for endless customization ...

Of course double standard. I would give you my vote if to be chosen as a good TLG designer - only such reliable and fool proof Technic toys should be the high professional standard to look up to - best example is your "simple supercar" and especially the new telehandler which is really great!

That´s true, even if I still agree a lot with Meatman´s disappointments. If a MOC has a striking appearance - mostly due to a somewhat neat bodywork with right proportions – “into HOF immediately”! Who cares at this point what is inside the beautiful package… The Porsche additionally does need tons of painted cardboard around it highlighting the orange body even more for this reason. But I think most of us here agree that the interesting playful part of Technic building (and designing) in first place has less to do with a shiny surface Barbie dreamworld out of plastic. The functions driven by hardcore working mechanisms and playability of the finished make it real Lego Technic - that´s fun! I can “forgive” many shortcomings, nothing is perfect – if the model fits the big picture. But I still can´t get the point that “the ultimate building experience” is supposed to be improving the Porsche by yourself, starting with the wrong gear shifting order deliberately placed into the building instructions(?) The Claas Xerion is the ultimate Technic model, IMHO. The Porsche is not – put it on the shelf forever and clean the dust from time to time. Or do what you want It´s “on top of everything! What do you guys want more?" (quoting designer´s interview) ?

Nice Porsche, at least the one I like most of all recently posted and I think it has real potential to win this race ! I like the clean techniques and the black / white color scheme. I think it´s worth to put on some stickers as indicated on the first picture - they give just the right finish on a race car.

Great replica of this legendary car! I can´t remember having seen it at this scale yet. This rear picture is really convincing (I felt free to resize it and post here) : Since you marked it WIP - maybe it´s worth to rework the rear fender with smaller panels and raise the front suspension 1/2 stud? Does a video exist?

Congrats to this nice car! You made it look spectacular, good racey lines and especially I like the front and rear view. "Mid engine" means literally in this case ;-)) Edit: 20 hours of work is nothing for a sophisticated door design...

You should give it a try, don`t know..

I would like to see it in blue! The steering arm is available in blue though (appears in the old supercar sets) 32195b - substitute #2738: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2738#T=S&C=7&O={"color":7} The #4 connectors are almost not visible, so you could substitute them with black ones. Or substitute by 2 x of these: http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=44#T=S&C=7&O={"color":7} Flex axles in blue are a nightmare, and in this case I don´t want to say substitue by pneumatic hoses .. Rather use 12L and extend them by blue pins e.g. What will you spend on blue parts only??

You are the exactly right tester, well demonstrated ! Finally I do have some buggy motors now and really looking forward to the developement. I´m sure it will satisfy our needs for motorized heavy duty applications way better than SBrick and/or lame performance of PF.

Congrats, especially for this fantastic model!

Everything is said about the Porsche, almost nothing left .. I filled in some gaps around the headlights and replaced the black 5x3 beams at the fenders, front lights are lowered a bit. I don´t claim this as an "improvement", all just a question of taste because the bodywork is considered as the best part of the car by everybody.

Nice model and cool video, thanks for sharing your version of the most successful tank of all times! Impressive how you managed to put all these functions into the turret at this scale (!) and how well it performs on the old tracks! I agree with your general opinion and I don´t care about TLC policy about “military toys” because they have overflooded their portfolio with tons of aggressive shooters and destroyers in most of the themes, especially in the last decade. It seems they really think this move has saved them from bankruptcy. Being a mature pacifist myself I don´t like war and the glorifying of it. I´m a father of several kids who are interested in just everything. They shouldn´t get fascinated by war movies / games or any war machine (or even its replica) in their early years already. Having built a few tanks earlier too (including a T34 with a gun barrel out of a pen pipe), besides the lack of time that´s why I don´t build military vehicles anymore. Despite this I like the appearance, pragmatic design, performance and the mechanics of a tank because it´s usually simple and logical (russian more than german) and show the immense progress of technical development and engineering of that short particular time. A Lego tank isn´t much more than a toy and can´t do any harm (except to hamsters). Its bodywork can be built faster than of a supercar because of its squarish shapes.

Believe it or not, but you are not the first who has such an idea. A task like this is delicate (cannot be eaten quickly at breakfast) and very challenging for builders out there searching for the right formula "thinking inside the box"..

Thank you very much and to all contributors! I will consider all of these and remember page 20 of this thread

Welcome back and keep enjoying the Technic! I agree that Madoca created a great model which is my favourite hitherto. You can learn a lot from him! As far as I know he is not Buddha, just a normal human beeing and we are just a community of people sharing this hobby with more or less experience . You can substitute Sbricks (they are actually substitutes the other way around) by normal IR receivers and V2 are even better, especially for this high performance application.