Nonno, padre e figlio — a grandpa, a father and a son — by British builder Jonathan Elliott, are not just a trio of beautiful sport cars, but a legendary dynasty of Ferrari autos: a magnificent Daytona in black, a snazzy Berlinetta Boxer in yellow and, of course, a fabulous Testarossa in Ferrari red.

Besides their brilliant execution, these cars are remarkable for Jonathan’s choice of scale. While most of builders create their cars 4- or 5-studs wide when using 18mm D. x 12mm wheels, Jonathan varies the width of the car’s bodies from 6 up to 8 studs in the rear part of Testarossa. Finally, the relatively new 5 x 4 x 1 1/3 windscreen piece creates an extremely smooth transition between the hood and the tiled roof.

Ferrari produces some of the best sports cars in the world. And Noah_L builds some of the best LEGO scale models of Ferrari cars. The latest SF16-H, which is actually a Formula 1 car built for the 2016-2017 season, looks amazingly good and is loaded with clever building techniques. What I find the most satisfying is the balance between tiled areas and rare exposed studs. These studs, being hard to cover up, give the vehicle a nice retro look, as if it was one of the legendary Model Team sets from the ’90s.

If you’re new to Noah’s collection of cars, I’d strongly recommend you check his Flickr stream and take a look at the huge progress he has made. Can you believe that only 3 years ago his cars looked like this? That’s what happens when your skills align with your passion.

If you are into cars, chances are you are into Ferrari. Obviously, Lennart feels the same and he built a very slick 360 Modena in 1/15 scale. His model not only features a smooth surface and attractive shape but also offers a cozy interior with opening doors, trunk and hood which reveal the engine and a suitcase.

There are many close-up shots in the Flickr album for your convenience. You can even see the pedals!

When, back in 1960, race car driver Paul Frère asked Enzo Ferrari what limited the top speed of his Ferrari 250TR at Le Mans, probably wondering whether the rather large and ungainly windscreen on said car had anything to do with this, Enzo replied that aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.

More than 40 years later, the company Ferrari built the Enzo, named after its founder. This car’s shape was undoubtedly designed to be reminiscent of a Formula 1 car, with its V-shaped hood and front air intakes resembling a front wing, but I’m sure the designers spent a lot of time fiddling to get the aerodynamics right. A lot of things have changed since the sixties. Getting the shape of his car right has taken Nathanael L. a fair bit of fiddling too. This is his fourth attempt at building an Enzo and it just keeps getting better. I’m glad he stuck with it. I also think it’s particularly neat that, despite the complexity of its shape, just about everything on the model opens and the engine looks good too.

Carl Greatrix (Brictrix) is mostly and rightfully known for his excellent minifig scale train models. However, the train layouts he brings to shows also often feature beautifully constructed buildings and classic cars. It is no surprise to me then that, now he has turned his attention to building a scale model of a car, the end result is superb. The car in question is a seventies motorsport icon: the Ferrari 312T4 Formula One racer. The model was inspired by the highly detailed plastic scale models in old catalogues by the Japanese Tamiya brand. I used to have one of those too, as a teenager, and spent many hours pouring over it looking for inspiration for my models.

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Ferrari Formula One cars. Some of them are beautiful. Others, not so much, although I suppose that on a race car, “form follows function” has a certain attractiveness on its own. As far as I am concerned, the 312T4 isn’t particularly pretty either, but Carl’s rendition is definitely spot-on.