Building a scale Lego Technic XB coupe with working bits

[Phil B]

Hi everyone I've just joined the forums here. I love coupes and and although I don't own one, I'm looking for one.

But 2 years ago I started building a scale model of an XB coupe out of Lego Technic due to me not growing up and loving building stuff out of it, and also not being in a position to buy a real one.

It's not just a little car, it's massive! There has to be a few thousand pieces of lego/technic in it, I've had to buy more a few times already! It has a working V8, four speed gearbox, steering (to the steering wheel and also I'm going to run another steering wheel on the roof), suspension all round with a live rear axle and leaf springs.

Just for starters here's what it looks like, though since this pic I've added the rear pillars and the frame around the boot.


And here is the rear now.


Now a few progress shots.

I used a kit (8880) as a very loose base to start from, but theres not much of that left in it anymore because it was a mid engine 4WD 4WS 4 wheel independant suspension supercar. But this is where i started, though I had to move the engine to the front, which involved turning the steering arms around.


Here is the workings of the 4 speed gearbox underneath.


Here is the front end a long way further down the track.


Engine.


I have more pics up of it in the link in my signature, I think you should be able to see them.

If anyone has any tips on what doesn't look or something then I'm happy to hear, just bear in mind the limitations of the lego platform.

I plan to keep adding pics as I do more work, which is slow at the moment, probably the same as the real thing would take!