Sebeus I

I have some WIP pictures I had forgotten. The first one are side wind deflectors towards the air intake. A black pane with katana's looked pretty cool but in the end I thought the car looked a bit cluttered and decided to go for a more simple, clean look. The second one is one of the many tail lamp permutations, using lightsaber bars. I was very difficult to find a tail lamp design befitting the overall style of the car. I'm not entirely satisfied with the final design either. More specifically the bridge over the exhaust tips don't connect nicely to the tail lamps, I considered different colours and wedge pieces to get around it but nothing really improved it. I'm thinking round lights may not be very suited for this car. However, rectangular lights easily lose their elegance. I am currently trying to optimize the design. Some parts of it, particularly in the front body area, are increasingly complex to build.

Charming build. Maybe a silly detail but I like the windows, putting the 2x2 windows sideaways on top of each other works well for a building like this.

Lovely buildings, the dentist office is gruesome and I don't mean that in a bad way 😅. I like the round window in the corner, nicely done.

Yes of course. On the other hand, if I do any of the others, Ideas is automatically excluded and I may regret that some time. My main drive is not to get money out of it but a set bearing my name 😅.

Nicely done! I do like that elaborate, double staircase. Not so sure about the pearl gold but then again, not sure what alternative colour would be better.

Thanks! This is true. I figured I had to try Ideas first before I give Brickling Designer Program a go. (And if that does't work out, it'll be ReBrickable to sell the building instructions 🙃).

That is an excellent adaptation of the hull, seems to work well. By the way, on Flickr you have a button under each picture "share", where you can grab the BCC code to embed pictures in your forum posts 😉.

Those slanted windows work very well on the carriages. I suppose the straight ones are supposed to be doors?

I am happy to finally present a model I have been working on for a very long time. There's quite a bit of history preceding the development of this model, which I have hidden in the spoiler below. But before you do, do consider supporting this model on LEGO Ideas, it would be greatly appreciated. To summarise; It has been a learning process and quite the adventure. initially the plan was to simply convert the bodywork of this car onto this chassis. However, as I was making adaptations to the components, I ended up building an entirely different car altogether. A small change on this component can have a severe impact on another. The chassis is built as a carbon fibre monocoque tub, with aluminum frameworks on front and rear to serve as driveline anchorage and bodywork attachment points. The front area contains the steering installation, oil reservoir, coolant, battery, ECU (though hidden under the dashboard module). The rear subframe is one of the parts I am most satisfied with, despite all the angles it is remarkably rigid. Within this subframe hangs the heart of the car, the engine-transmission-KERS assembly. You will also find the main intercoolers (which are actually connected to the air intake manifold on top of the engine!) and the exhaust pipes, which follow a natural path to the engine as well. The interior was kept quite simple but it does have the necessary details such as gas and brake pedals, gauges (though hidden away a bit) and lever for putting it in drive mode. While it has significant improvements compared to my previous car, it is less modular, mostly for structural reasons I had to interconnect some components to secure the car's ability to be picked up without the risk of parts breaking off. Another part I was very happy with was the diffuser. I hope you like it! I thought it was about time I get this one out there. Eventhough I still think there's room for improvement, I figured getting an Idea's project going might motivate me to get to those faster. Be sure to support! LEGO Ideas

That sure is an incredible feat.Truly impressive.

I like this modern adaptation, very clean.

What a cute little thing . Any Idea what kind of operations such small locomotive would be used for?

Absolutely love those statues! Great lighting as well.

Thank you! I'd have launched it as a LEGO Ideas project but unfortunately Lord of the Rings projects are not allowed. So it became a Rebrickable set of building instructions.

Such attention to detail. That is a beautiful collection of 12V trains!