Jeroen Ottens Posted August 16, 2014 Author Posted August 16, 2014 Steering has been added... It is not a very sharp turn it can make, but it works... I really love these new steering elements Swiveling headlights are in as well (that's why there is this orange lever at the left seat) As you can see I still have to do a lot of the interior work Quote
zweihander Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Can you show us how you solved the steering mechanism? It's a very hard thing to do in that small space. Btw, I love your model! It was one of my icons as a kid. Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted August 17, 2014 Author Posted August 17, 2014 Can you show us how you solved the steering mechanism? It's a very hard thing to do in that small space. I will tinker a bit with it today. I'll post a picture tonight. However it is quite simple, the new steering components fit inside the the wheel, which makes the steering point only half a stud away from the center of the wheel (when looking from above). That is close enough to not have too much unwanted travel to the sides. I tried the 4-link steering setup as well, that had an even better (virtual) steering point, but it doesn't steer that far. I also first built it in bricks with the old steering elements , but they have quite a limited turning angle. I will build the new version in bricks today and I suspect it will give a bigger turning angle... Quote
Jim Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 Awesome work Jeroen!! Can't wait to see the final version. Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted August 17, 2014 Author Posted August 17, 2014 Last day of the holiday... Next updates will be more infrequent . As promised a look under the bonnet: Now I can start on the interior in earnest. Any suggestions for the colour scheme? Quote
Zerobricks Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Sand colored seats? Or go crazy and use something like orange, violet, lime or a combo of these... And dont forget to hang the cubes off the rear view mirror. Edited August 18, 2014 by Zblj Quote
MajklSpajkl Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Good idea for steering, I'll have to borrow it sometime :-) And you did not just use the seats for the lights!? Those seats work miracles, one of our LUG members used them to build a small plough on a CITY tractor! For now I'd say you won my vote, althogh that fiesta is coming along nicely... Edited August 18, 2014 by MajklSpajkl Quote
Seasider Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 White Esprits should have a red leather interior. they also came with black or blue interiors but the red is the best Quote
Erik Leppen Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Nice Esprit. Also, interesting choice of car. Love the typical pop-up headlights - I like how you used seats for those. The wheels fit the car quite well. Also I see there's some nice Technic inside already. Nice! :) As for interior - I'd choose a color that stands out. Red, as Seasider suggests, would be great. Quote
grum64 Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 Looking really good Yep...A red interior's the way to go! Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted August 23, 2014 Author Posted August 23, 2014 Another update... Red leather interior is finished. The dashboard above the steering column is too angled I think, but there is very little room to work with Again lost the window sill (still?), but I like the sloped red line too much and that interfered with my solution so far I also removed the orange lever at the passenger side, that was just too big. Now I do have to figure out a new place for it... Comments are welcome as usual Next part will be the engine... Quote
sm 01 Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Nice job, instantly recognizable! I look forward to see it completed! Quote
Chapachuk Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I cant imagine what creation could change my mind to not give all my votes to you :) I would try combination tan/red on interior, i dont know if its authentic, but it should look good. Quote
Rijkvv Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 A little suggestion of me: I would put the rear tyres the same way as the front tyres. While the way you used them might be more like the real one, I would go for the uniform look. Really nice so far! Quote
Eraman Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Nice car, it is getting better and better, i'm waiting for the finished version:) Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted August 31, 2014 Author Posted August 31, 2014 Time for another update The engine is more or less finished (still some greeble to add, but I an do that better in real bricks), missing bricks are on order, now let's hope it doen't fall apart in real life Quote
Zerobricks Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) You'd be suprised how LDD can deceive you when you get to building the model IRL. I wish you good luck! Edited August 31, 2014 by Zblj Quote
antp Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Nice model choice, I am impatient seeing it built in real bricks :) Quote
Eraman Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Very good, i'm waiting for the real version too:) Quote
BigCatBoy Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Time for another update The engine is more or less finished (still some greeble to add, but I an do that better in real bricks), missing bricks are on order, now let's hope it doen't fall apart in real life Looking great! I especially love the headlights. The red interior and white body go great together. I've learned my lesson the hard way when building my Bronco based on an LDD build. I had to do a lot of structural fixes since the body was about to break into two! Can't wait to see the real life build! Quote
MajklSpajkl Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 I guess you should ad some plates and tiles for the bottom, or is there a special reason for bottomless build? Otherwise it is super cool, almost freezing ;-) Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted September 1, 2014 Author Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) I guess you should ad some plates and tiles for the bottom, or is there a special reason for bottomless build? Otherwise it is super cool, almost freezing ;-) Thx. LDD is really struggling with this model, that's why i stopped building digital. I had to save every few minutes in a different name out of fear that the model won't load again (as happened too often now). I guess all the SNOT, half-tile offsets and weird angles are killing the brick-collision algorithms. But so far the real life build is doing OK, it is much sturdier than I feared Edited September 1, 2014 by Jeroen Ottens Quote
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