Tuesday, August 08, 2006
I remember I used to buy lego to build when I was young... I had so many kinds... the boats and police were my favourites.. I'd stare at the catalogue for ages, just looking at the different varieties they had...
Then as I grew up, my tastes changed... I switched to Lego Technic... but they never really had good models.. until now... I was looking for this particular model for SO long... It's the Lego Ferrari F1 Racer... The ONLY Lego Ferrari I would consider getting... The other Lego Ferraris like the Enzo and F430 just look too blocky for me... But the F1 racer... that is nice..
I finally found it... apparently the shop is clearing stock and is letting it go for $70... its usual price is $139... so after deliberating for like 2-3 weeks, I finally bought one yesterday... Got home at night and couldn't resist building it...
Here's just a few moments... This is what I completed in about 2 hours...
What it looks like after 2 hrs of work...
Doesn't look like much... but thats quite a lot of work already... The good thing about Lego is that they actually labeled the packets.. so to work on a certain area of the model only required you to open up packet 1 first... all the connectors and everything is also provided... so you go in number order... 1 to 5... that way you don't have to go through an entire pile of pieces...
And when I mean pieces, I really mean pieces... even the engine comes in pieces... its not like just one block... even the pistons and piston heads come separately... take a look...
Pistons for the engine...
PIECES of the engine block...
Half the engine block...
Half the engine with its pistons...
The completed engine block!!
Tada!! So much work for just the engine block... but its amazing how Lego managed to recreate it... the pistons even move too!! The steering also moves... its damn nice... has gears and all that to help it move.. hehe... Lego's just amazing..
But sometimes... it just makes funny pieces too... like when I was doing this one... its supposed to be the support of the rear spoiler... but it struck me that it looked like a plane!!
Looks like a plane doesn't it?? But its not!!
LOL!!
Then when I was doing this separate part... the remainder of the model was at the side... and from that angle.. it looked like a Star Wars Pod Racer!!
From this angle, it looks like a pod racer from starwars... lol
Waahahaha!!! Damn farney!!
But the most satisfying feeling you get is when you finish doing it... After 3.5 hrs that is... LOL... I had like sore fingertips cos of all the small pieces involved... ahha... but I like the finished product...
The completed product!! Yay!!
Yay!!! Darn... now I'm tempted to get the bigger scale model... Argh!!
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