dante giacosa
Member
with apologies to Gav, for hijacking his own, somewhat more legitimate thread.
After two weeks of building my Lego 850, I thought I had nailed the engine, gearbox, rear trailing-arms, engine bay (outline) and rear wheel arches, only to discover that proportionally; my wheels are going to be too small.
Wheel choice in Lego is available; but I'm not sure I can get a bigger size; I'll need to look into it.
The problem is one of scale. I type to ask if anyone on the 850 community is generous enough to have their car and a tape measure to hand, in order to record several key dimensions for me, which will enable me to scale what I have.
I need the depth and width of the engine bay.
and I need the diameter of a road wheel across the middle (obviously) from tread to tread.
The road wheel one is arguably more important, as it allows me develop a K-factor to scale the other sizes from relative to the wheels I have.
After a 'pulling of focus' on what I have done, following this information; I shall post some pictures for your amusement.
thankyou for your help
JimP
After two weeks of building my Lego 850, I thought I had nailed the engine, gearbox, rear trailing-arms, engine bay (outline) and rear wheel arches, only to discover that proportionally; my wheels are going to be too small.
Wheel choice in Lego is available; but I'm not sure I can get a bigger size; I'll need to look into it.
The problem is one of scale. I type to ask if anyone on the 850 community is generous enough to have their car and a tape measure to hand, in order to record several key dimensions for me, which will enable me to scale what I have.
I need the depth and width of the engine bay.
and I need the diameter of a road wheel across the middle (obviously) from tread to tread.
The road wheel one is arguably more important, as it allows me develop a K-factor to scale the other sizes from relative to the wheels I have.
After a 'pulling of focus' on what I have done, following this information; I shall post some pictures for your amusement.
thankyou for your help
JimP