Hello!
Originally I wasn't going to enter this contest - but it was just too tempting - so I am going to give it a go.
I have decided to build a Lancia Fulvia Rally car - such as the one you can see below:
I have already been working on this for a few days - so the majority of the chassis and some of the bodywork have already been completed.
The chassis consists of:
Front wheel drive
A 2-speed gearbox located over the rear axle - which is also linked to a moving gear stick inside the cabin
A functional V4 engine
Rear 'leaf spring' suspension
Steering - which will hopefully be HOG
So far I have attempted to recreate the rear and front bodywork of the car - what do you think?
Front by All.About.Lego, on Flickr
Rear by All.About.Lego, on Flickr
Chassis by All.About.Lego, on Flickr
I have tried to use as many Technic elements as possible so far - as I understand that model team-style building is not permitted, but there was a limit to where these could be used - for example I had to make the bonnet out of tiles because of the limited space below! - I hope this is OK?!
More updates will come soon!
(oh, and if your'e wondering, once its complete it wont be made out of 1000 different colours!)