Lego Technic McLaren F1 car: Stage three

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

- Homer -

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Fitting everything into my life is sometimes difficult and occasionally things need to take a back seat to more important ones, no matter how much I may want to get into them. My McLaren F1 Lego Technic build is one such thing; it's been collecting dust for a few weeks...but on the weekend I brushed it off and completed the penultimate stage of the build.

In this build-stage the front wing, sidepods, rear air deflector and floor went on went on along with a few other things that set it up for completion in stage four. Now it actually looks like an F1 car. Below are a few work-in-progress shots from Sunday.

There were some cool technical elements which I love as it adds a bit of challenge to it and, yep, I had to backtrack on one occasion as I'd placed two small connecting pieces in the wrong location by only one hole and that buggered up the sidepod installation. It took me around twenty frustrating minutes to dismantle it a little to gain access to the parts then change them. No worries though, it's all part of the fun.

I'm resisting the strong urge to put the wheels and tyres on, because that'll be a bloody awesome moment, and have been successful to date, but only just. There's only one stage of the build left now and I think I'll be able to wait it out to the end to put the wheels and tyres on and finally complete the build.

I really dig the front wing on this build, it looks super cool, and was kind of exciting to build knowing it was going to look so sexy. It'll not sit this low to the ground when completed of course, one the wheels are on, but it looks kind of fucken sexy right? Come on, you know it does. Ok, maybe you don't think so, but I do.

As always, I like to do a perspective photograph to demonstrate the overall size and when the model is completed I'll do the same with a ruler. You can see it here with my hand and arm for perspective though which will give you an idea how big it is.

When I've got it complete I'll get some better shots with my camera to show it off a little better and to photograph the intricate gearing and all which is underneath the car, these ones are taken with my phone, and inside my house, and I don't really have the right light for it. I'll grab some better shots for the next post.

I'm starting to think about my next build now and am toying with the idea of not doing a Technic build although this bulldozer seems to be calling my name. I'll think on it over the next few weeks and see what happens though. Besides, before I go down that path I need to finish this one which I hope to do over the next couple of weeks.