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Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
I believe my LEGO Diablo phase has come to an end...I think I have finally succeeded in creating a likeness (but that's for you to decide). Modeled after the latest Diablo, my LEGO rendition is fully motorized (with a geared motor and a micromotor (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam) !!

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Robert G. Fay
	I think you presented your model from all angles. I tried to pick out a favorite view and I just like them all. Everything is perfect down to the wiring. Beautiful job! -- Bob Fay California, USA rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Thanks! It isn't perfect though...the back end is a bit high, and the wiring is nothing like the wiring inside the real car. I doubt a Diablo has wires running under the seats :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Neil Everett
	Although more of a technic man myself, I do have a soft spot for highly detailed models such as yours. Yours has a great likeness to the real Diablo, the way you have dealt with the various intakes and curves in Lego is very impressive. Maybe I'll (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Jennifer Clark
	(...) Nice job! I think you have captured the lines of the real car very well indeed. I really like the use of that hinged plate on the bonnet for some reason! Jennifer Clark (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Holger Matthes
	Hi Bram, Thanks for sharing pictures of that coooool model!!! It really looks fast, does the LEGO motor realize what the car looks like ;-) ?? Your car reminds me of a Ferrari model a friend and I build something like 15 years ago. We used the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) It does roll around pretty well, but not quite at Lamborghini speeds :) (...) Yep, that is always the hardest part. (...) I have usually tried to make the wheel fit by making the wheelwell wider, as you say. However, that doesn't look right to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Franklin W. Cain
	So, what colors does it come in? What's it's sticker price? ;-) Seriously, that's an outstanding model! 8-) I really hope you encode this for ".cad"! ;-) Franklin (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) A little PhotoPaint work can easily change it to yellow or blue :) (...) The only sticker is from set 8880 (the instruments on the dash)...seriously, how does $275,000 sound? :) (...) Thanks! (...) I don't look forward to it, but when I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

			Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Franklin W. Cain
			(...) When Henry Ford first started selling his Model-T, the only color they produced was black. When asked about the availablity of other colors, he replied, "They can have any color they want, as long as they want Black." ;-) (...) Aw, you missed (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Thomas Main
	Bram, That's an amazingly detailed model. You should send in some pics to Lamborghini...maybe they will like it so much that they will commission it from you. I don't know if adding tiles would disrupt the appearance of your model too mush...but I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Heh...I wouldn't want to go through the trouble involved in getting the parts for another copy unless the compensation was really worth it...say, the real thing! :) I wonder how I could contact them...do you have an address? (...) Hmm, I think (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Fredrik Glöckner
	(...) No, why do you say that? You can always build one in 8448 scale. At that scale, you can incorporate even more details! ;-) The interior details are very nice. When I come to the interior, I'm normally so bored with the model that I simply add (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) And I could use some of those nice low profile 3 spoked silver wheels (which I don't have any of). I wonder why LEGO makes so few low profile wheels? They do so much to make a car look fast... The problem with bigger scales is that you have to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

			Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Fredrik Glöckner
			(...) I sometimes use the medium large slick VR tires (from e.g. the model team Ferrari) "the other way around" to achieve a more low profile look. Here's an example: (2 URLs) believe that all other models I have seen use them "the correct way", in (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Royce Fay
	Very nice. Royce How about the Diablo Roadster? (Convertable roof.) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Hmm, it's pretty easy to remove the roof of my Diablo (leaves the windshield weaker than I'd like, though), but the Diablo Roadster is an entirely different car...different intakes, slightly different shape, etc. --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Mladen Pejic
	I'm not really into cars, in fact my knowledge about them is quite limited... but... WOW! WOW! WOW! If ever there was a jaw-dropping LEGO model, this is one of them!!! All the features and details you were able to pack into this model is (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Geordan Ballantree
	absolutely stunning!! I love it. you achieved all of the right panel lines and all of the angles flow nicely. the engine detail is great as well. But i espeically like what you did with the cockpit. It all has so much detail. Can the wheels be (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Thanks! (...) Yes. If you notice in the shots of the engine, there are two spots for wires to attach. The two wires go to a controller like this one: (URL) in turn is attached to an RCX with a power adapter plugged into the wall. For greater (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Zlatko Unger
	That just looks so _______ sweet! -- Z. Unger fusion@refraxion.com AIM: ErrorY3K or MojoJojo535 ~ eBay: dizzyzz ===...=== LEGO Fusion: (URL) Crisis: (URL) Universe: (URL) Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:G6u0Bo.MMo@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Klaas H. Meijaard
	TOP !!!!! Period. One small thing: you seem to miss 2 white ModelTeam wheels. Would you like me to send you some? Or is the model allready broken down to build the next one? Kind regards, Klaas H. Meijaard - Zetten - Gld. Bram Lambrecht schreef: (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Thanks! (...) So someone noticed! :) Actually, it needs 3 more (one for the spare tire). I think I have enough Model Team wheels, but they are in my (locked up) dorm room, and I'm at home. So next week, I'll put on the rest of the wheels. But (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

			Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Gary E. Blessing
			Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:MABBIBJJFOJIOHD...wru.edu... (...) I'd (...) Have you tryied lego dacta? (you might consider that expensive though!) Gary P.S. I love the car. (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

				Cheap Motors was: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Ralph Hempel
				(...) The micromotors are (I think) being discontinued. The cheapest way to get geared motors is to run, not walk, to your nearest TRU and buy the motorized ZNAP sets. They were clearing them out at 10 bucks US a couple of months ago and you might (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Mark Chan
	(...) <snip> (...) say, yup, that's a Diablo. I especially love all the moving parts and extras. You truly have a skill for Lego modeling motor vehicles at all different scales. I hope you enter this in the Macro Scale category in the current Lego (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		(canceled) —Bram Lambrecht

			RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
			Todd, could you please cancel this message, and the one quoted below? I hit send to soon... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) -----Original Message----- (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.admin.general)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Thanks! I've uploaded a couple of the pictures that helped me get the dimensions as close as I could: (URL) used the "Pixelate" feature of Corel PhotoPaint to make rectangles the size of 1x1 plates (to estimate the number of studs across each (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

			Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Holger Matthes
			Hi Bram, (...) That sounds like a similar way like lugnet's mosaic maker? It seems to be a good way to get the scale down to the model size. I always did it by inspiration and, even more important, the size of important pieces for the model. For (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

				Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Geoffrey Hyde
				Holger Matthes <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:G6wC75.Lq8@lugnet.com... (...) pictures)! I (...) #8848 (...) cabin, (...) right (...) It's not "try & error" - it's "trial and error" - but I can understand what you're trying to say. ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Jason S. Mantor
	Brad, That is just too f-ing cool ! I kinda like the orange too. Did you do that on purpose ? -Xanthra47 (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Uh, it's Bram :) (...) No, that's just because of the lighting. I actually adjusted the color too make it a little redder in the post-processing, but not a whole lot, which is why it's orangy. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Tobbe Arnesson
	(...) Very nice. I'd like to se how the doors are attached to the car (the hinges) and perhaps a shot of the micromotor (when and if you take it apart). Does the steering wheel work or is it fixed? IMHO the front wheels should be turned 180 so that (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) A single pair of 1x2 2 and 3 fingered plate hinges right by the rear-view mirror holds the door in place. (...) It's fixed. (...) If I moved the wheels out, they wouldn't turn. I thought about turning the wheels around, but then the tires (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	wow, lights —Paul Hartzog
	whoa, dude, you MUST tell me how/where to get those lights i could really use those thx much -paul (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: wow, lights —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Most of my lights are from Classic Space Light&Sound sets. However, I believe there are some recent sets that have lights. <set:6979> has one double light (I used a double light for each headlight), along with a micromotor and fiberoptics. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Tom Stangl
	Gaaahhh! Must...have...DAT...file! (...) \| Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Mark van 't Hooft
	Coooooollll! I like this, how big is it, and do you do any Ferraris?? Mark van 't Hooft Lugnet member 485 (...) <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) 18 x 36 x 8 LU, or 144 x 288 x 77 mm, or 5.67 x 11.34 x 3.02 inches. Compared with the actual length of the car, the scale is 1:15.5 Compared with the actual width of the car, the scale is 1:14.2 Compared with the actual height of the car, the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —A. Mark Wilburn
	Well, you already know what we're going to say so LMKWYT is someone moot, no? As I've told you before(and 'Muffin Head' Mark S., Brian Cooper, Jay Cal, etc... it's daunting how many great models are coming from just a handful a people), you rock (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Heh, thanks. Well, it's only 3 months til I turn 19 :) (...) No. The lights are attached to the same wire as the wire for the drive motor, which is attached to a power source (my RCX). So when the rear wheels turn forward the lights turn on. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Gaurav Thakur
	(...) they look exactly the same! It's really impressive how you were able to combine two motors and lights in a relatively small model... (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

	Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Norman Mensing
	Whoah! Great Job. Really, really great model. I like the overall shape, I like the body detail, (especially those sloped things like the air-intake look cool), those obscurely hinged doors are cool, too, and to put such a detailed interior into the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

		RE: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
		(...) Thanks! (...) Unfortunately, I have none of those sets, so I can't even test whether that would work. LEGO steering parts tend to be quite large, which does make the "turning in place" really hard to implement. I doubt any steering parts could (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

			Re: Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Norman Mensing
			(...) Well, You might have a point there ... (...) True, you would have a very hard time sqeezing the headlights in there ...! (...) Hmm, when I tried to rebuild your front with new headlights ( though with old technic tires and a slightly modified (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

				Re: Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Norman Mensing
				(...) Oh, and also the description texts of the models are displayed behind the picture! -Norman (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)

				RE: Re: Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 —Bram Lambrecht
				(...) Yes, Netscape 4.x does a terrible job displaying my page, even though I only used style sheets for the background and type faces. To see what it's supposed to look like, use IE, Netscape 6, or go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced, and uncheck (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.html)