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Vayamenda Industries Formula 1 Racer
About this creation
This formula 1 racer was inspired by other racers by fellow Lowlug members.
Further details and insane rambling follow below.
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This is how it started, a town-sized racer modeled after the 8375 ferrari. simple, small, and lots of SNOT. Note the yelow minifig seat used as an air intake. More pictures of this one can be seen here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=147790
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And this is the end result. Scale 1:17, model team style. Note, once again, the yellow minifig seat in use as an air intake. These things are so versatile.
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The back view. There's a hole in the upper air intake for the electrical wiring to the motors.
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Side view. The character on the side spells 'splunge'. People who recognise the reference spend too much time on the internet. People who recognise the reference on the other side have achieved nerdness close to perfetion.
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Front of the car, also known as the 'carmageddon pedestrian' view.
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From behind. I'm oddly satisfied with how this came out. Notice also the sweet reflection.
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Top view. If you look at the steering system, you can see I reversed it to allow for more room in the nose and better structural integrity.
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Bottom. Nice, clean, simple. The steering motor and the propulsion motor (or whatever you'd like to call it) are mounted back to back.
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The figure you see sitting inside is actually little more than a helmet and a brick-built torso.
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Hindside showing spoiler, exhausts and differential.
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I'm especially pleased with how I managed to make all the curved pieces work together. Most of the underside is black to make the racer seem sleeker and lower than it acutally is.
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On to the technical features; the side air intakes can be taken off. Why?
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Well, so you can separate the front an the back section and remove the motors when you're not using them. I don't have many of those motors, so having them available all the time helps.
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an even more exploded view showing the construction of the side intakes, and how to slide the motors in.
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Yup, like this. I used the blue friction pins with axle ends so the sides come off more easily.
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The part shown can be seen here: http://peeron.com/inv/parts/x928cx1
it's included in hockey sets. It allows an axle to go through and rotate 90° clockwise or counterclockwise. A spring automatically recenters it every time. This part recenters the steering, so when there's no steering motor running, the racer goes directly forward. A great improvement, if I do say so myself.
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A wallpaper-sized picture. The better wallpapers are completely at the end, though.
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Detail of the rear suspension. The entire car was created so I could use this cockpit piece here.
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Model team size and town together. In the middle there's a brick reconstruction of the Vayamenda logo.
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Wallpaper #1. Can you say I like Photoshop? Sure you can.
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Visitor reviews Write a review and share your opinion with other visitors.
  lareman (from Finland) September 19, 2006
Thats awesome but i build a better racer its blue
Emilio (from Alcobendas) October 4, 2005
What? The car is fantastically built, but the name sounds quite funny for me.
In Spanish, "Vaya menda" means "What a fellow" :D
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