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Hi all, I'm not building much these days, however I've always wanted to create a minifig scale Porsche 911 model that fits well into my scale system. The 911 is such an icon — and it's one of the few German cars that blend really well into a US-style layout. And guess what: at the last exhibition of the R66 layout (held at a venue related to vintage cars), my stand happened to be placed right next to a beautiful 1960s Porsche 911 — which turned out to be a real source of inspiration. So I decided to give it a shot. Shaping the classic 911 is pretty complex, and at this scale, you don’t have many options. On the other hand: once you get the form factor right, there’s not much need to fiddle with the details — the shape either works or it doesn’t. Another key point: the now-common 4w canopy solution on 6w LEGO cars (especially with mudguards) has never worked for me. That’s why I went with the 5w canopy design I had used successfully in the past — you might remember the Aston Martin or a couple of the Mustangs. Scale is almost exactly 1:35. I always start from a blueprint on the iPad, using the correct wheelbase — everything else is derived from that. To me, “minifig scale” means, first and foremost, that a minifig (with soles) must be taller than a car, at least - like here - on a sports car. This means the build has to be kept as low as possible. My first try: This model was temporarily conversed into the following, as reminiscence of my childhood: Then there was the Turbo. At this version I opted for a longer roofline, which seems to be a better solution throughout: The small scale allows for minifig scenes between cars, e.g. a sales conversation (try that with any SC model, be it 6w or 8w): And lastly the "collector's item": Probably the last one for now (hopefully there'll be a green one and especially an orange one some day, but I didn't even check if all necessary parts exist in those colours). Thanks for looking!
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4/4/2015, EDIT: This thread has turned into some weird hybrid of a WIP and a 'let's see where I went wrong' thing. I've requested a name change to better reflect that. ~~~ I'm just gonna kill this project now before I regret my decisions: This is what happened when I tried to combine the styling of a 7-wide model from legoman666 ( http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102535 ) and the mechanics/internal design of an 8-wide model from Commander Wolf ( http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=106654 ). Kudos to both of them for being willing to answer questions via PM, by the way! So, what went wrong? It turns out that you actually need to plan things if you want to do a 7-wide, because there's no good way to try and cram a what I assumed to be 6-wide internal structure into a 7-wide and have anything actually work out right. OH WELL. Could I save this? Maaaaybe, if I was willing to spend way more time than I have on it. Am I going to? Nope. The internal drive system consists of a AA battery box mounted vertically, with two L-motors driving a single four-axle truck each. There's a PF switch crammed in there as an extension lead/motor reversing switch, because I didn't realize until now that the trucks worked against each other if they got turned around by accident. Each drivetrain consists of a 20t bevel driving a 12t bevel, which then drives a series of 12t bevels to bring the power down into the trucks, giving a ratio of 3:5 for in-to-out. If I could somehow lop off everything behind the end of the 6x12 panel and still keep the fancy drivetrain, I'd be happy with the proportions; doesn't look like that's possible, so I'll be moving to a more traditional vertically-mounted motor setup without the extra gears. Maybe losing the extra gears will balance out in that I won't be losing nearly as much power to those gears, so the pulling power and speed will be somewhat similar? On my relatively small test loop, it'll pull five of the six Horizon Express cars (the sixth is the one with the motor and no battery, left out because I already have this engine to test with) plus the two container cars from the Maersk at a reasonable speed. Wheel slippage is definitely a problem, though I suspect it's because all the weight is in the center from the battery box and lack of body structure. The final revision I was envisioning before going to scrap the model would have ended up with the large plates on the side acting as a monocoque skin holding everything together. Leave your ridicule and/or constructive criticism below. Here's a cat picture to make it better:
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[Edit, 12 October 2015] Note: This thread is discontinued. If you're interested in more cars of this sort please join me on Flickr. [/Edit] Hi all, after all the LCS and airport stuff it was time to build some new cars - or rebuild some older cars according to the actual scheme of widths. In this thread you'll find some actual sports cars (to be continued). List of cars in this thread #1 Ford Falcon (Mad Max Interceptor) #2 Ford Mustang Convertible #3 Ford Mustang Fastback #4 Dodge Charger #5 Aston Martin DB5 #6 Ferrari Daytona Spider "Miami Vice" #7 Ferrari 308 GTS (Magnum, P.I. edition) #8 Mustang Shelby GT 500 "Eleanor" #9 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda #1 Ford Falcon (Mad Max Interceptor) The old Mad Max Interceptor (which might be known to some people) didn't fit any more into the actual range of widths used in the town project. Thus the following aspects were changed: width reduced from 7w+ to 6w+ lower roof line (back of the fig must be slanted, but it works) exhausts are situated more under the body than before tanks dark grey instead of red some minor changes #2 Ford Mustang (classic version) 6w+. Fits one whole minifig (two are quite difficult with this setup). #3 Ford Mustang Fastback A sportier version. #4 Dodge Charger The Charger is based on derjoe's amazing design which is very well known (see www.flickr.com/photos/53163759@N04/8554110987), but with quite a few modifications. The main point here is that "behind-the-tile design" which allows some unusual slopes - a concept to be further developed, I guess. 6.8w (6w plus two tiles), fits one fig (two are quite difficult with this setting, something to improve). Some more pics on Flickr. Thanks for looking, c&c welcome as usual. To be continued.
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Hello Normaly i'm not a city-builder, but this time i tried my hands on a vehicle. It's a little pick-up. My attention was on the details, so that a minifig don't fit in. As a newbie i'm very proud of my new blinker solution. Pictures also on MOCpages. I'm looking forward to some comments of car specialist. ;) Jonas
