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Just finished my Ornithopter, I did quite a large recolour but kept the construction the same as the original. The only place I deviated was the hinges to mount the cockpit side glass where I used 2 1x2 hinge plates instead of a 1x4 hinge plate so I could get this in DBG. I’m off to see part 2 next Wednesday, IMAX of course. I think Part 3, Messiah, will be inevitable as Part 2 has amazing reviews so as long as the box office returns are good it’ll be made. If they’re to do another Dune set then only thing I’d want would be a Sandworm.

1. I try to recreate the actual mechanics if that’s what I’m going for with a model, I think I achieved this best on my fairground model and my recent Walker. But often need to make compromises based on Lego capabilities. 2. Aesthetic vs Mechanics - all depends on what I’m building and why. 3. I try to only use System for final details when I know I can’t use Technic similar to most TLG models. 4. Just depends on what I’m interested in at the time. 5. Understand the brief including requirements and what I want to achieve. do some research in to how to solve it, create lots of small concept models. Prepare to throw lots away. 6. In my working life I’m an engineering manager working as part of a team of engineers so it’s not just me solving the problem. Yes I’m an engineer by profession. Chartered Engineer working in the Car Industry. 7. Technic was what I picked up as I came out of my Dark Ages. I’d had both Technic and System as a kid, but initially came back to Technic. Although I do purchase lots of TLG System based sets, just don’t really build MOCs with System. 8. TLG official sets are a good source of knowledge. I often use assemblies from them. Also start small and slowly expand. Often people want to dive in building a huge model with complex functions from the start, don’t start simple. I’m sure you’d give similar advice to someone starting their System MOC building.

I did a bit of work in studio on Sunday and I’m trying for the whole lot … how much can become black or DBG, is the challenge I’ve set myself. Won’t be able to look at it this week, so I’ll be next before I pick it up again. Thankfully I have quite a large technic collection so black pins and axles aren’t a problem it’s more about buying plates. im working on DBG for the cockpit back wall and side, black for underside plus anything deep inside the structure

So you didn’t go as far as removing as much tan, white and light grey as possible too? Wondered how visible some of that is through the mech. Did you swap out the blue 3L pins too? Thankfully I’ve got a few of them already. Could you post some photos of your recolour?

@BrickMonkeyMOCs I’ve been doing exactly the same thing. I’ve built it in Studio and now I’m going through working out the colour swaps. Red ball pins and axles first on the hit list but I’ve noticed some of the tan, lime and red pieces show from the internal structure too. Remember it’s also about which bits are available in what colours for this years production too. Not just ease of build.

The wings aren’t supposed to flap much, they’re meant to look like they vibrate more than flap. You need to put your thumb on the rear of the mechanism as shown in the interview videos and not forward as shown by some reviewers on YouTube. To do this you have your hand wrapped around the tail between the mechanism and the black tail pieces. https://youtu.be/am2RImQ7G2Y?si=xaYQGO-D4CGuBLIY

How about a curve ball and the new red/orange that’s been used on the space sets?

A G Wagon would be good. But I’d personally love it if it was a Jimny … but Lego doesn’t do many Japanese cars.

Thanks I was going off Brickset dates for the sets. Yes 750S or Artura are obvious choices. I was thinking Artura as the 750S is old school and seen as a stop gap whereas Artura is new tech. Id prefer it to be a limited volume model and something we’ve not had in Lego before, so I’ve ruled out Solus, Senna and Elva … which brings me back to the Speedtail

Depends upon when TLG / McLaren agreed on the car. Cars take 2-4years to design and develop (I work in the industry) and so we may want to consider something that’s been out at least a year especially when we consider past sets. 911 - 2016 set - 2015 car Chiron - 2018 set - 2016 car Sian - 2020 set - 2019 car SP3 - 2022 set - 2021 car McLaren - 2024 set - 2023 car? So could be the Artura ?

Interesting that it’s McLaren. I’d love a model of the speedtail but who knows which of their supercars it’ll be

You made something that ticked so many boxes … Classic Arctic Colours Lots of Functions Plus the added bonus of Humour Well Done on your win

Congrats to the winners. I was hoping the Penguin would end up in first. Happy with mid-table for myself. Really enjoyed the open brief of this one @Jim and @Milan

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So does that mean we’ll get the results before Tuesday or will we all be on tender hooks for another week?

I can’t stand tactical voting. I’ve entered and voted. When I voted I used my interpretation of your 4 criteria comparing the models against that and to each other based on that. I completely discounted my entry as a participant in my voting and automatically gave it the 1 point that was asked and never compared others to it to work out my order.

Have all the people who submitted an entry voted? I think this should be a must as then everyone has at least one person where they only get 1 point from a voter. To make sure it’s balanced. As if the entry submitter never voted they could potentially never have only a single point from one voter. Hope you understand what I’m getting at. Really excited about this it certainly adds to the tension.

We all just have to wait … think of it like Christmas or a birthday

34 voters so far, that’s a great number after only a week and looks like there’s a good top five battle going on

Curious as to how the voting is so far, not in terms of result, purely number of voters and how that compares to normal

Difficult to see but do we know what generation of car it’s based off? Could it be the “no side pod” car? Also totally agreed with black 2L axles being available (I’m currently building the Space shuttle) why didn’t they use them here

The only issue with this is there will be some level of correlation between what you think would win and how you voted. And thanks for the vote in confidence with my walker 🙂

Have to say I did like this competition, for a number of reasons, the open brief and the ban on licenced model. Definitely brings in more creativity.

Some great entries to choose from. certainly a different way to vote, I actually liked it as it allowed me to play about with the order comparing one model to the next easily and to refine my choice until I was happy with my selection. i have to admit although I never look at people’s votes before I vote I do follow the voting as it comes in to look for trends and to see how well my entry is doing. Good luck everyone

Just seen this, which is really spooky from my side as I’m just (literally) dusting off my MX-5 project that’s been sitting dormant due to life and Eurobricks competition builds. I’m at the stage of looking at what I’ve got and working out where to start (again) as I never got far. Very interested in how you’ve done the suspension. Do you know how a Z compares in size to an MX5 as I’m doing 1:8 scale too?