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Re: The original "M" car
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lugnet.modelteam
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Wed, 7 May 2003 13:07:07 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andreas Engel writes:
> Hi folks!
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> I just finished building the original "M" car, the BMW M1. Only 450 of the
> real ones were built, and even less out of Lego bricks, I guess :-)
Very cool. Awesome model!
> Unlike most people, who probably favor Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches or
> whatever, I would prefer to own and drive this motorized jewel over ANY
> other car in the world.
It does have a look reminiscent of a Lamborghini or Ferrari. I'm not too
familiar with cars, so I was surprised to see the look of this BMW.
> Again I decided to rebuild a model I already had built out of Lego bricks as
> a child, just like it is the case with some other models at my website.
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> I took a different building approach this time, because I built the chassis
> and bodywork of the car first and then checked which official Lego set
> contains wheels in a size that that would fit to my model.
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> It turned out that the only matching tires were the 56x28 ZRs from the 8475
> RC Race Buggy set. These are some really cool tires, too bad they are
> available in only one rather expensive set right now.
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> Pictures, construction details ... the whole story can be found at my website:
Your attention to detail and function makes this a great model. The doors
are great, the dashboard and interior are great, everything is great! Nice work.
-TJ
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