The ultimate small scale model car?!

Maybe it was already posted, but for me it's news and I am still shocked about it:

http://www.patrick.mehner.mobasi.com/2007/07/26/modellauto-ferrari-312-pb/

:lol:

The problem with this one is that while it does get reposted here about once every four to six months, it's nearly impossible to guess what people have posted it as- so anyone who finds it for the first time doesn't really know what to search on to look for previous postings.

But yes, it is cool isn't it? Kinda makes you want to learn machine tooling. :p

:lol:

The problem with this one is that while it does get reposted here about once every four to six months, it's nearly impossible to guess what people have posted it as- so anyone who finds it for the first time doesn't really know what to search on to look for previous postings.

But yes, it is cool isn't it? Kinda makes you want to learn machine tooling. :p

GUYS TIME IS GOOD TO MAKE HIM A MODERATOR!!!

At last he's moderating this forum from some time, all he need is just the badge......

... I'm not joking this time mods... really seem me the minimum to thanks him for his efforts and balance in all posts: PLEASE DO

(or I need to call Igor and push and push???) :D LOL

ANDY FOR PRESIDENT

While this model has been posted several times already, this is a different blurb about it. I don't recall having seen this video clip before. It really captures the car better than the pics-and-limited-video links I've seen before, I think anyway. Is this a TopGear feature?

Yes, that was a top gear episode. Hands down the best representation of the model. It really makes you wish you were only 1/12 the size, so you could drive it!

Yes, that was a top gear episode. Hands down the best representation of the model. It really makes you wish you were only 1/12 the size, so you could drive it!
I think that if you where 1/12 scale you might not be able to reach the pedals.. IRRC... its 1/4 or 1/3 scale.
Just thinking about it makes me quiver... the time and effort was well worth it IMHO.
Just curious, anyone know if he sold it? And if so, how much for? Or any of his new projects?

I think that if you where 1/12 scale you might not be able to reach the pedals.. IRRC... its 1/4 or 1/3 scale.
Just thinking about it makes me quiver... the time and effort was well worth it IMHO.
Just curious, anyone know if he sold it? And if so, how much for? Or any of his new projects?

That looks pretty much a 1/12 or 1/8 scale, not 1/4 or 1/3 anyway. Did you see it's size? And the size of the engine?! It didn't look like a 1 liter engine to me!

That looks pretty much a 1/12 or 1/8 scale, not 1/4 or 1/3 anyway. Did you see it's size? And the size of the engine?! It didn't look like a 1 liter engine to me!

Well to be 1/3 scale of a 3 liter engine wouldn't be 1 liter. :wink: Scale is a linear function: length, whereas volume is a cubic function: length by width by height. So you have to divide by three for each of the dimensions. So one third scale volume is original volume times (1/3)^3 for any volume. Hence a 3 liter engine would be 3 *1/(3^3) = 1/9 = 0.11111 liter in third scale. In 24th scale a 3 liter engine would be 3/(24^3) = 1/4608 = 0.00021 liter. :p

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a holdover from my days teaching university calc. :rolleyes: )

Well to be 1/3 scale of a 3 liter engine wouldn't be 1 liter. :wink: Scale is a linear function: length, whereas volume is a cubic function: length by width by height. So you have to divide by three for each of the dimensions. So one third scale volume is original volume times (1/3)^3 for any volume. Hence a 3 liter engine would be 3 *1/(3^3) = 1/9 = 0.11111 liter in third scale. In 24th scale a 3 liter engine would be 3/(24^3) = 1/4608 = 0.00021 liter. :p

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a holdover from my days teaching university calc. :rolleyes: )

That's enough for the weight I guess: a 111 cc engine.... if my 3.5/4 cc (2stroke) engines do 2+ HP.....

I want one for my 1/3 2 years old gionc..

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a holdover from my days teaching university calc. :rolleyes: )
IIRC that talent also comes in quite useful for some people when they are trying to figure out how to turn metal parts ;) :D

Well to be 1/3 scale of a 3 liter engine wouldn't be 1 liter. :wink: Scale is a linear function: length, whereas volume is a cubic function: length by width by height. So you have to divide by three for each of the dimensions. So one third scale volume is original volume times (1/3)^3 for any volume. Hence a 3 liter engine would be 3 *1/(3^3) = 1/9 = 0.11111 liter in third scale. In 24th scale a 3 liter engine would be 3/(24^3) = 1/4608 = 0.00021 liter. :p

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a holdover from my days teaching university calc. :rolleyes: )

You're right, my bad.

Anyway the car was looking like at max 1/2 a meter long (even smaller) so It won't be a 1/3 scale.

You're right, my bad.

Anyway the car was looking like at max 1/2 a meter long (even smaller) so It won't be a 1/3 scale.

Ever heard this model is 1/4.

IIRC that talent also comes in quite useful for some people when they are trying to figure out how to turn metal parts ;) :D

ROFL... trying?????? badass....

Watched the vid again, it's bigger than I first thought, definitely 1/4 or 1/3 scale.

My bad.

After watching this vid I don't feel nearly as ridiculous for banging away on the same kit for 5 months!

That's enough for the weight I guess: a 111 cc engine.... if my 3.5/4 cc (2stroke) engines do 2+ HP.....

I want one for my 1/3 2 years old gionc..
The builder did say that the engine was a 100 cc flat twelve. So i'm guessing its 1/3. A 1/12 scale normally is a tad over a foot long and by the ways it looks I'm guessing its 3.5 to 4 ft long (using the builders body width for rough estimate).
Here's 2 sites to back up my guesses
http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.scerri/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Scerri
Steve :sunglasse

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a holdover from my days teaching university calc. :rolleyes: )

Ha, I am IN that right now...

Alex

Does anybody know what the builder does for a living? I'd guess machinist, of course, but that's only a guess.

I wonder if he ever asked himself "Is this really the way I want to spend a major portion of my life?" Not that there's anything WRONG with what he did - after all, it's his life and presumably his money, and he can do with it what he pleases - but to spend 15 years on a single non-scientific project with no obvious utility is certainly unusual. I suppose you might say he built it because it wasn't there, to invert George Mallory's reason for climbing Mt. Everest.

Didy

Does anybody know what the builder does for a living?
IIRC, Clarkson says at the beginning of the report - a Telecom engineer I think.

"Is this really the way I want to spend a major portion of my life?"
I ask myself that every day ;)

I suppose you might say he built it because it wasn't there, to invert George Mallory's reason for climbing Mt. Everest.
I always mistakenly put that quote down to Sir Edmund Hillary - thanks for putting me straight in that :thumbsup:

An artist friend commented that the Ferrari is the epitome of pure art. It has no purpose or utility. It doesn't teach or preach or educate. It just exists for its own sake. Cool, man.

Diddy