Blakbird Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I disagree. White and chrome does not harmonize - IMHO the original rim design looks way better... How about some orange chrome? I've heard someone was doing these. Quote
Meatman Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I disagree. White and chrome does not harmonize - IMHO the original rim design looks way better... Just my 2ct Yeah, white with chrome is too much brightness. I think a darker chrome would look good. Paul your chrome person does dark chrome doesn't he? How about some orange chrome? I've heard someone was doing these. Orange chrome? That might look good. Paul, your passenger mirror is a little off. Quote
ifilin Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I disagree. White and chrome does not harmonize - IMHO the original rim design looks way better... Chrome rims will be used for building Paul's Supercars. :) Quote
jantjeuh Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Ah, Paul beat me to it But I have to agree, it doesn't look very good. Quote
Paul Boratko Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Yeah, white with chrome is too much brightness. I think a darker chrome would look good. Paul your chrome person does dark chrome doesn't he? Orange chrome? That might look good. Paul, your passenger mirror is a little off. LOL.. Yeah, I seen that mirror was misaligned, but I was in a rush and didn't have time to take any more pics... My chrome man is Gábor Révai and he does excellent work.. These are dark chrome wheels that he has done for me in the past.. They look really pretty on white vehicles and not too gaudy... Edited April 2, 2015 by Paul Boratko Quote
ifilin Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 For me white cars with chrome wheels look good. :) Quote
jantjeuh Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Love the Diablo, but those are some fugly rims though Quote
Kronos Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 How about some orange chrome? I've heard someone was doing these. I heard this too.... Quote
kandykop Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 My chrome man is Gábor Révai and he does excellent work.. These are dark chrome wheels that he has done for me in the past.. They look really pretty on white vehicles and not too gaudy... Just spend 200+ Euro on his BL store. 12 chrome red , 12 chrome titanium and 4 chrome wheels. I found his store through your website actually. Quote
Rishab N Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I'm thinking black wheels, replacing the orange with black and a black spoiler. Not sure how that would turn out Quote
Jay Psi Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 The vast majority of parts used is (very) common, this was done on purpose by Nathanaël. Only the wheel covers are rare. I think this aspect of the MOC needs more praise. To be able to do as much as Nathaniel has with relatively common parts (so everyone can obtain them with less hassle) makes this MOC that much more impressive to me. I know it's not the same but I think it's similar to working under the part-based restrictions with LEGO - so I would assume it does in some way limit the options you have. I'd love to hear Nathaniel's thoughts on this and if/how it affected the design. Quote
JGW3000 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Man those 58088 spoked wheel covers are killing me, any suggestions for replacement? Wheel hubs will be black. I am thinking about building the model in all black, need to replace the flex hoses as well - maybe as flat silver. Quote
Kumbbl Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Man those 58088 spoked wheel covers are killing me, any suggestions for replacement? Wheel hubs will be black. buy a second hand ferrari 8145 - it contains many other useful parts for supercar MOCs... or buy a 8653 which is cheapier and has similar designed wheel covers which could look good too on the predator... here in germany you can catch such a ferrari second hand for just a few bucks more than the bricklink-price of 4 wheel covers ... believe me: buying such a ferrari (or two ;-) is in general a smart move because some of the outstanding car MOCs out there uses a lot of parts of the models 8145 rsp. 8653... Quote
Meatman Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 You can always get one of those imitation 8145 sets from China real cheap. Quote
sm1995 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 How does the model look in real life? I really want to like, but I'm just not sold on the styling. Quote
jantjeuh Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) It looks totally badass in 'real life'. Edited April 3, 2015 by jantjeuh Quote
AFOL1976 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I am thinking about building the model in all black, need to replace the flex hoses as well - maybe as flat silver. I am also thinking about building the model in black, and replace all the white parts as red. All these parts (with exception of 44676, this part doesn't exist in red) are easy to get. Quote
Kumbbl Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Man those 58088 spoked wheel covers are killing me, any suggestions for replacement? Wheel hubs will be black. Nathanael offers a quite cheap alternative on his website: http://www.nkubate.c...rcar&Itemid=566 scroll down to the end and you will see.... could be worth a try for people not owning such ferrari wheel covers - btw: a quite clever idea... Edited April 4, 2015 by Kumbbl Quote
Paul Boratko Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 ^^^ I just came here to post this... Quote
Meatman Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 I think that is a acceptable solution, but truthfully I have never been a fan of the radar dish in the wheel mod. I've seen many people do it, but it just never appealed to me. I also think it may look better with a black wheel and gray or even white dish inside. The problem with this is that you can see the spokes of the gray wheel behind the dish. With a black wheel this wouldn't be as noticeable, much like when using the Ferrari wheel covers. Quote
Kumbbl Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 at least more appealing than chromed silver rims on a white car - and on top cheapier... ;-) but black rims with radar dishes could be worth a try, i agree anyway: best is using the ferrari wheel covers ;-) Quote
Rishab N Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Try using this Edited April 5, 2015 by Rishab N Quote
Balrog Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Wow, only two orders to get all the parts together for this car :D Quote
Mestari Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 I got the file, it was about 35Mb instead of 50+Mb as indicated in the site. Has anything changed in between? I don't mind smaller size, especially while maintaining quality, and the file seems all right. I was just curious :) Quote
Paul Boratko Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 I got the file, it was about 35Mb instead of 50+Mb as indicated in the site. Has anything changed in between? I don't mind smaller size, especially while maintaining quality, and the file seems all right. I was just curious :) The file has always been 35 MB.. Where it said 56MB was just an error... It is fixed now... Quote
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