Monday 27 August 2018

James Bond DB5 (10262) - Engine, headlights and machine guns oh my!

This weekend's building unveiled more cool features of the Bond car. In addition to completing the engine compartment - which includes a pretty good depiction of the engine block, we also completed the front end of the car, including the grill and the running lights/machine guns.

As you can see, the engine compartment is convincingly packed with complex looking machinery. The engine even has the pistons showing and is a pretty good rendition of the inline-6 engine of the actual DB5 car. On the right side of the engine block, you can see the 6 headers of the exhaust manifold (again cannon to the real life DB5) and to the left are the 3 fuel filters and associated connections to the engine block. 

I certainly hope I have identified these components correctly as I am definitely not a gear head!


Next on the cool list are the running lights, which flip to reveal dual machine guns! Definitely handy in a villain chase! The flipping is accomplished using the gear shift lever by the driver's seat. Here is the car in "civilian" mode, looking perfectly harmless.


And then suddenly BAM! You've got twin machine guns spitting lead at you!


With that, we finished chapter 3 of the build. Chapter 4 is the last section, so expect a few more cool tricks that this car up its sleeve!


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