Lotus Seven (4-Wide)

My 4-wide version of one of the most minimalist roadsters ever built, the Lotus Seven

The Lotus seven was such a simple car: Four wheels, an engine, a cigar shaped body which just covered the chassis, two seats and a steering wheel. The result was a very light car which didn’t need a big engine to have fun, fun and more fun (when the weather was fine).

The inspiration for this model was the big Lego Ideas model of the Caterham Super Seven (21307). I wanted to build my own 4-wide version quite for a while, but I had no idea for the mudguards. I wanted to use the smallest ones which made the original car look almost like an open wheeler. After all, the solution was simple: I had to use really old parts – the mudguards from the first 2- and 4-wide Lego cars from the late 1970s / early 1980s. I was lucky to find some in my old Lego boxes in the basement.

The yellow of the Ideas model wasn’t my favourite colour at all. I’d loved to make a dark green one, but the mudguards didn’t exist in that color. So black was my favourite among the available colours.

The rest of the car is mainly a (more or less) 2-wide cigar shaped body with some chrome parts, a simple interior and two white side pipes:

So this is it, my 4 wide Lego Lotus Super Seven.
I hope you like it :-))

Lotus Seven (4-Wide)
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Porsche 911 GT3 hybrid (4-Wide)

My 4-wide version of the iconic Porsche 911 GT3 (997) hybrid.

It has been a while that I haven’t posted a 4-wide car. The reason wasn’t that I didn’t build them anymore. I was just busy with other projects and forgot to take decent pictures of the 4-wides I had built.

When the 75912 Speed Champions set with the 911 GT3 hybrid was launched I knew I had to build my 4-wide version of it, too. Then Malte Dorowski posted his pictures of his two versions in different scales (next to the SC model) and they gave me the final kick to start building.

That was more ore less two years ago, so you see that this one has been waiting on the shelf quite for a while…

The base is my 4-wide 911. Only the “paint job” and the rear end are new for the GT3 hybrid, but I really like the result:

Rear view: The new rear end with the big wing and the diffusor.

So this is my 4-wide Lego Porsche 911 (997) GT3 hybrid.
I hope you like it :-))

Porsche 911 GT3 hybrid (4-Wide)
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