(Lego) Kit car build diary

[garycat]

Finally took the plunge and bought a kit car. The Lego Technic sports (£70 from Amazon) is quite a challenge for me and my 11 year old son. Here we go...

Box arrived 2 days after order




3 Manuals just for the one car - over 230 pages!




Start with the gearbox.




Gearbox on half the chassis, and the rest of the bits laid out




Rear axle assembly, I finally understand how a differential works




End of book 1, 2 more books to go.

[freakybacon]

Excellent work. Always wanted to do one of these- please keep us updated!

[soad]

Looks complicated, so many bits.

[David87]

Oh dear, this thread may lead to a post-Christmas level of LEGO want.

[nigelpugh7]

garycat said:

Finally took the plunge and bought a kit car. The Lego Technic sports (£70 from Amazon) is quite a challenge for me and my 11 year old son. Here we go...

Box arrived 2 days after order




3 Manuals just for the one car - over 230 pages!




Start with the gearbox.




Gearbox on half the chassis, and the rest of the bits laid out




Rear axle assembly, I finally understand how a differential works




End of book 1, 2 more books to go.

Lots of Technic build tips over in the Scale Model Section of PH, try there, lots of us have built the Car you are working on !!

[Heff]

My girlfriend got me this kit for my birthday, it's brilliant.

Download the other instructions for the hot rod from here after you're done with the supercar:

http://technic.lego.com/en-us/buildinginstructions...

[CRA1G]

Well that's it the wife finally thinks i've gone nut's,we have 2 son's 25 & 28 and i have just told her i would like some Lego for Christmas.......

[Eighteeteewhy]

Great bit of kit.

Finished mine a month or so back.

First Lego model I've built in about 15 years and really enjoyed it.





Since then I've built this..



And have this ready to go..




It's a slipy slope.

[fatboy69]

Currently in prices on the dining room table I have the excavator - its big!, the Unimog - even bigger & the flatbed lorry!!!

On the window sill, built, I have the Supercar, the tractor & trailer unit, the bucket truck & a Ferrari F1 car!!!

Want the camper van for my birthday next week, R2D2 for Christmas & i read in Top Gear magazine earlier today that Lego are shortly to release the Land Rover that was originally built as a one off (for his own amusement apparently) by some random Spanish bloke.

It appears that Lego liked the YouTube footage of the Landie so much that they bought the rights off the Spanish guy & they are doing it themselves - complete with independent working suspension!!

Lego Technic - its awesome & I'm 54 next week!!!

[nigelpugh7]

fatboy69 said:

Currently in prices on the dining room table I have the excavator - its big!, the Unimog - even bigger & the flatbed lorry!!!

On the window sill, built, I have the Supercar, the tractor & trailer unit, the bucket truck & a Ferrari F1 car!!!

Want the camper van for my birthday next week, R2D2 for Christmas & i read in Top Gear magazine earlier today that Lego are shortly to release the Land Rover that was originally built as a one off (for his own amusement apparently) by some random Spanish bloke.

It appears that Lego liked the YouTube footage of the Landie so much that they bought the rights off the Spanish guy & they are doing it themselves - complete with independent working suspension!!

Lego Technic - its awesome & I'm 54 next week!!!

Lego Land Rover, Dude thats it I am in, let us all know when its released, I will be one of the first on the list to order!!!

Watch out for a group build diary real soon!!!

[fatboy69]

It doesn't say & Lego appear to be avoiding confirming the release date - I'm guessing maybe before Christmas this year but who knows?

Depends I would think upon Lego getting it exactly right before it goes on sale. The photo in TG looked pretty damn good - I don't know Landies at all however so I don't know the exact model it's based on - but the model had a cab & a flatbed behind the cab.

Should be stunning when it gets released. I wonder if they might think of putting some sort of motor into it like the new 4 x 4 crawler. That would be awesome.

[mrmr96]

nigelpugh7 said:

fatboy69 said:

Currently in prices on the dining room table I have the excavator - its big!, the Unimog - even bigger & the flatbed lorry!!!

On the window sill, built, I have the Supercar, the tractor & trailer unit, the bucket truck & a Ferrari F1 car!!!

Want the camper van for my birthday next week, R2D2 for Christmas & i read in Top Gear magazine earlier today that Lego are shortly to release the Land Rover that was originally built as a one off (for his own amusement apparently) by some random Spanish bloke.

It appears that Lego liked the YouTube footage of the Landie so much that they bought the rights off the Spanish guy & they are doing it themselves - complete with independent working suspension!!

Lego Technic - its awesome & I'm 54 next week!!!

Lego Land Rover, Dude thats it I am in, let us all know when its released, I will be one of the first on the list to order!!!

Watch out for a group build diary real soon!!!

This I assume?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXW-7DVIyU0

[Eighteeteewhy]

nigelpugh7 said:

Lego Land Rover, Dude thats it I am in, let us all know when its released, I will be one of the first on the list to order!!!

Watch out for a group build diary real soon!!!

For those that may not have seen it.

I'd seen this vid before, looks awesome..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6VXKmPbNKc&fea...



But I also found this one which is also rather good..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytB6OH7jINw&fea...

[nigelpugh7]

Eighteeteewhy said:

For those that may not have seen it.

I'd seen this vid before, looks awesome..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6VXKmPbNKc&fea...



But I also found this one which is also rather good..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytB6OH7jINw&fea...

Get me on the pre order list now!! Want Want Want!!

[garycat]

Now up to the middle of book 2, here is the front axle assembly with double wishbone suspension and rack and pinion steering.




And the V8 engine

[Big Fat Fatty]

I had heard this set didn't have a gearbox, that's me £70 poorer

Thanks for sharing the build pics, it's looking great so far.

[garycat]

Big Fat Fatty said:

I had heard this set didn't have a gearbox, that's me £70 poorer

Thanks for sharing the build pics, it's looking great so far.

It isn't actually a gearbox on the transmission, it controls what the motor does e.g. opens the doors, the bonnet or the spoiler.

[TwoHats]

I've got the bug big time now. Built the yellow flatbed truck first, decided I wanted more so bought the black recovery truck, that was over far too quickly and didn't scratch my lego itch sufficiently so the unimog was purchased. Absolutely awesome stuff. Don't know what to go for next.

[fatboy69]

The excavator is a worthwhile purchase.

[garycat]

Finally Finished, and amazingly all the powered functions work !