 | | Silver Champion design comments —John Guerquin
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| | | Hi everyone To all other Silver Champion owners..... I've just finished my McLaren... ...oops... Silver Champion, and have a few small complaints about the original design. 1st, why are there so many 3-long friction connectors used at the outboard (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Silver Champion design comments —Aron Murray
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| | | | | (...) I think the reasoning is that F1 style cars don't have a actual stick shift, they have buttons on the steering wheel. Technic transmisions have only so far come in stick shift style. Not having a stick shift trans makes the model as a model (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Silver Champion design comments —Marco Berti
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| | | | (...) Hi John you missed the biggest mistake : the silver colour. A F1 should have been red, Ferrari Red to be more precise :) and specially this year :-) With some friend we are joining our pieces coming from three 8448 to make it the right colour, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | | | | | Re: Silver Champion design comments —John Guerquin
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| | | | (...) ...... (...) this (...) Hi Marco I'm sure it would great in Ferrari-red as well.... let me know how your project turns out... I'm sure other LUGNET members would love to see it too! And yes, TLC's timing could have been a little bit better, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | | | | | Re: Silver Champion design comments —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | (...) If McLaren had paid, I would expect to see the McLaren name and logos all over it. Surely they wouldn't pay just to keep us guessing. Kerry (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | | | | | Re: Silver Champion design comments —Marco Berti
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| | | | (...) Hi Kerry I do not know that much the McLaren company, but if it would have been the Ferrari name I can insure you Lego should have paid to use it (and not the opposite) and I guess this was the real reason to make an anonimous silver F1. Marco (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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