Sauber & Williams 1
MOCs: Sauber C33 & Williams FW36, modern interpretations of the LEGO sets Dragster from 1986 and Octan F1 Race Car.
Part of my "Updated Classics" series - an ever-growing number of sets I've re-interpreted in order to make them fit better with modern LEGO City vehicles and buildings...
...although I do have to admit that the story with these two was a bit different from how it's normally been with these updates. I normally take an old set and translate it into a newer shape - but after having built my F1 Transporter and Ferrari F14 T to go with it, I thought it could use a couple more F1 cars for company.
LEGO has produced a lot of small F1-style cars over the years, so I went through the whole lot to see if I could find one or two with colour schemes that vaguely reminded me of actual 2014 livery. I ended up with the oddly named Dragster, in black, and the Octan F1 Race Car, in white, which I felt could be translated into a believable Sauber & Williams duo.
And yes, the drivers' positions aren't perfect. The cockpits are the biggest design flaws - they're too open, and the drivers sit too high. But this is, I believe, the best compromise - any solution to make it look better would result in either mutilating the minifig or raising the cockpit profile, which ruins the sleek shape.
All stickers are official LEGO stickers (which explains the lack of proper Sauber/Williams logos on the cars).
Sauber & Williams 1
MOCs: Sauber C33 & Williams FW36, modern interpretations of the LEGO sets Dragster from 1986 and Octan F1 Race Car.
Part of my "Updated Classics" series - an ever-growing number of sets I've re-interpreted in order to make them fit better with modern LEGO City vehicles and buildings...
...although I do have to admit that the story with these two was a bit different from how it's normally been with these updates. I normally take an old set and translate it into a newer shape - but after having built my F1 Transporter and Ferrari F14 T to go with it, I thought it could use a couple more F1 cars for company.
LEGO has produced a lot of small F1-style cars over the years, so I went through the whole lot to see if I could find one or two with colour schemes that vaguely reminded me of actual 2014 livery. I ended up with the oddly named Dragster, in black, and the Octan F1 Race Car, in white, which I felt could be translated into a believable Sauber & Williams duo.
And yes, the drivers' positions aren't perfect. The cockpits are the biggest design flaws - they're too open, and the drivers sit too high. But this is, I believe, the best compromise - any solution to make it look better would result in either mutilating the minifig or raising the cockpit profile, which ruins the sleek shape.
All stickers are official LEGO stickers (which explains the lack of proper Sauber/Williams logos on the cars).