Targi

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  1. Very cool! Such a compact and dense mini-build! I admire the small details like the gauges, fuel tank cap, chain rollers and license plate.
  2. I think the model is complete. The final photos are in the top post. Winter isn't the best time to shoot a scooter, but I still prefer natural light and environment to anything else. Here's a behind-the-scenes moment from the "photo shoot":
  3. Tulitsa An as-small-as-it-gets model heavily inspired by an 80s Soviet scooter. Features Steering Suspension: coil spring rear, rubber connector torsion front Chain-driven single-cylinder engine Photos: [All stunts performed by professionals. Do not attempt to drive your Tulitsa in snow.] Due to scale, the bodywork is actually part of the chassis. Hence, on the chassis photo, all of the removable body panels are removed, the rest is half-disassembled: Discussion topic
  4. I was able to incorporate fake front suspension that @Jundis suggested — turns out I had been trying to use a wrong, longer ribbed hose part: I also made a slightly different version in white. The rear end is incomplete, but apart from it, I was trying to do the frame and the nose a bit more like the pre-facelift scooter: For reference, here is the pre-facelift Tulitsa (in bad shape, rust everywhere, no exhaust): In the end, I still like the red one better, but any feedback is welcome.
  5. @MajklSpajkl, please don’t feel guilty, it was my choice to use my own personal server instead of going with Flickr or something. I was a little annoyed with myself making this choice in the past, not with you or anybody else. My previous post didn’t spell it out, which is my bad. Your bug report was extremely helpful, and I’m very grateful because of your assistance with resolving this issue. Thank you very much for your help, and also for your kind words about this MOC!
  6. @MajklSpajkl and everybody, the images should appear OK now, I apologize for the problem, apparently Chrome and other browsers are no longer happy with plain HTTP-served images and require HTTPS. I spent far too much time fiddling with my web server which I could otherwise use to build. :-) I hope to be able to share more photos soon.
  7. @MajklSpajkl, what operating system and web browser are you using? I’ll try replicating those to troubleshoot my photo issue. @skaah, can you try http://warmland.ru, with http and not https?
  8. @syclone and @Jundis, thank you for suggestions! I’ve built the red-body version today. The bionicle teeth were such an obvious addition, I liked them very much. I did my best with the front, but for now, I wasn’t happy with any system parts. Rubber hoses are too tall to fit, but I added some connectors as fake coils, and they even made the suspension work better by softly limiting travel. Overall, I’m quite happy with the rear part. The front fender is really tricky though: I know it’s too high, but I can’t lower it because it will interfere with the steering and suspension. Here’s what I have today (the tires are temporary and will be replaced with Corvette tires): For comparison, here‘s the real thing from the side: I know I have the chain and the exhaust on wrong sides, will fix it later :-) @johncarpenter, @MajklSpajkl, I’ve checked the photos using a European proxy, and the images loaded fine. I’m confused. I’m hosting the photos on my personal web server, with which I never had any problems before. If the images still don’t load, can you please click the link below and tell if the image displays this way? Otherwise, what kind of error message appears? http://warmland.ru/users/helgi/bricks/IMG_3909.jpeg
  9. Final model photos: ============================= I read the announcement for TC19 when I was frantically finishing my motor grader entry for our local LUG contest (I hope to upload more pictures in a separate thread later). At that point, having no real experience building motorcycle models, I decided I would not participate. But during my short New Year vacation, I ended up in a small vintage vehicle museum where I saw, among other bikes, these two Soviet-period scooters: When I returned from my vacation, I realized that, contrary to my previous decision, I was considering how this scooter can be modeled with Technic. With my limited experience, I asked myself the question: what is the smallest scale I can use and still have steering, suspension, and engine, all while keeping the model at least semi-recognizable? There’s nothing in the rules limiting the size of the model, so I decided to have some small-scale fun. Turns out Corvette wheels do work. This is the prototype I came up with: The suspension turned out to be pleasantly soft. Steering and piston engine are there. The details are quite different from the original, but that’s what you get in this scale. I also put together a red body, I think it looks better: Tulitsa was a Soviet scooter from the 80s, there’s little information about it in English, but you can find lots of images by googling for “Тулица”.
  10. @Milan, @Rudivdk, @Jurss, thank you very much for your support and warm welcome! I’ll create a single new topic then.
  11. I have a question for which I couldn’t find a proper thread. Since my dark ages ended, I’ve been casually building Technic for, then with my daughter. In addition to sets, there was some mods and MOCs which were amusing for us to build and play with, but nothing big by this forum’s standards. Recently, I participated in a local Technic contest with a model of a motor grader, and after the contest ended, I felt an urge to post my entry on Eurobricks. Can you please suggest me what is the most appropriate way: - to start a new thread for each “significant” model such as my contest entry, or - to create a personal thread and post everything, including simple MOCs, in this thread? Edit: In other words, is there an accepted way to share small MOCs and mods on the forum? I surely don’t think they are worth a separate thread each, as they are too simple and insignificant. Example small MOC: http://warmland.ru/direct/buggy.jpg
  12. I very much like the 8860 remake. I'm way too young to remember the original (I'm more of the 8880 generation), but I'd love to have a remake built and displayed for some time. But --- do I understand correctly that the remake can't have a diff because it's not there on the parts list of the three sets? That's a shame :( It's one thing to have an unsynchronized gearbox (retro-Technicky), and another to have no diff. Maybe some modding will be in order. A better steering wheel could also help the looks. By the way, I think TLG could have planned the combo remake all along. When I built Ultralight Helicopter, I noticed it has two gears which are unnecessary, strictly speaking: one of the two 20t double-bevels and a 12t bevel. They are not used in the B model either. Could it be they are actually needed for the gearbox or something in the 8860 remake?
  13. Looks amazing! And I'm intrigued to see studded Technic bricks in the chassis around the rear axle. Would love to know what design decisions were behind this.
  14. Just a little more speculation from a native Russian speaker POV. 42060 "Автомобиль для уборки улиц" for me usually refers to the larger truck-mounted things (like MrTekneex's Street Sweeper MOC — http://mrtekneex.altervista.org/streetsweeper.html). But the 20 price point doesn't warrant a large truck. I hope the Russian name is misleading and we get a compact street sweeper like this: http://binacitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CityCat-1000.jpg (and yes I love these little things ;), but I'm a bit afraid TLC will give us something micro-scale like 42031 Cherry Picker, which would be very sad for me. :( Also, 42064 Поисковый корабль is most likely a rescue ship (and definitely not a research ship). Finally, 42065 Гусеничный внедорожник, from the Russian language point of view, is something like this: http://sdelanounas.ru/images/img/d/3/d3d3Lm5rai5ydS91cGxvYWQvaWJsb2NrLzFjMS8xYzE3MjY5YjhkOTgxZDQ5Y2M5ZGYyMGM5ZDUyNzIxNy5qcGc_X19pZD0xMzk5OQ==.jpg http://www.3dnews.ru/assets/external/illustrations/2014/01/21/796949/trackngo1.jpg All based on an assumption that the Russian names were themselves correctly translated (not always the case with the Technic sets of the past).
  15. Looks like my attempt to, um, cover my 1994 origins failed :D I still don't get panels. In fact, I wanted to use the large white panels for the tippper and couldn't think of any parts to use as covers. Any ideas appreciated :)