He did a VW Beetle first. Then a Toyota Starlet with even more pieces (4200 vs 3200 for the F-1), but that one wasn't suspended, just laid out on the floor.
Come to think of it, working 2-D on the floor, rather than 3-D on wires, might be even tougher to show the relationship between the parts, Certainly harder than working 1-D.*
* That's 1-Dumpster..... what I'd need when I couldn't remember how to put it back together.
