MangaNOID

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  1. Interesting to see what you come up with! Im also molding some tyres but not for LEGO (yet) and taking a similar but slightly different approach. polyurethane seems to be a big hit for casting tyres. cornstarch and silicon? Does cornstarch make a catalyst for the silicon?
  2. Yep, it sure does look like an amateur setup now you mention it. It works but… maybe I’ll take another look at the setup. Surely I have a few more skills building than I did 3 1/2 years ago 😅 to come up with something better.
  3. In theory yes, but the worm gear is clamped by 3 half bushes/liftarms on the weakest side and that requires quite a force to slip that many off an axle. But after you said this I did try to see if it could slip with force but no matter how hard I turned the steering, and also held the wheels from turning, nothing slipped. Well the weakest link seemed to be the 8T skipping on the worm gear sometimes. So I’m happy to carry on.
  4. This build wasn’t conducive to pleasant building after rebuilding what I had in correct colour scheme, so I decided to change so the chassis was a bit more modular and easy to assemble disassemble and make changes if need be. The ‘gearbox’ now is somewhat a standalone unit and can slip easy in and out with a couple pins. Same for rear subframe/suspension. front engine bay is also separate by a few pins. Engine of course will be similar but I need a small bricklink order to complete I concentrated on mimicking the 240z chassis as best I can and I think it looks pretty good comparison with chassis rails, gearbox ‘tunnel’ engine bay etc. I think I care more about the chassis than the outside 😁 Small bricklink order when I can for some brown interior parts then try to get some body lines to finish.
  5. Well done worthy winners! Also, those prize amounts are very generous!! Well done for organising this and the contests…maybe a few ‘sick’ days off work next contest to make sure I get something finished next time 😁
  6. Does this link work?? https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-mx-5-2015-roadster-vs-datsun-240z-1970-3-door-coupe/?&units=metric This is for a current mx-5 I couldn’t figure out how to get the NA (assuming that’s what you’re doing?) interestingly the two are very similar in size. I thought the Datsun was way bigger but is only 300mm or so in length longer. I don’t have any LEGO 1:8 cars so seeing this Datsun grow and siting on the table the 1:8 really have quite some size to them! Also interestingly (perhaps) if you see back on page 2 of this thread I noted that getting the body work wrong produced something that looked like an MX-5 a bit 😅 😄 Rey spooky indeed! so much gets in the way of everything these days. We are lucky really. I hope you post something, I can’t remember if you had a thread started on that.
  7. Not sure I’ll ever have instructions the way I’m slowly going. back on to this though after 3 and a half years (coincidentally exactly the same time as my youngest is years old) Dusting it off literally and reacquainting myself with where it’s at. Bit by bit getting all the red bits red and chassis black and other bits LBG then start to finish the design. Will be plenty of gaps in this as said before.
  8. I look forward to hopefully seeing a video (?) of the link system working for the blue deck that goes up to the roof. It looks very nice.
  9. Name change and now I have final direction on what I’m building 😅 Here is the progress so far. a bit more structure rigidity to the rear chassis needed. and I’ll put two stretcher beds on the back that will be lifted on and off the responder by a crane (for lack of ideas for any other idea) Pneumatic functions will be cabin lift and the crane.
  10. Ooo! Lots more entries popping up so I have to put in extra effort now Small update… getting the tracks moving independently for better traction on uneven surfaces, crests or troughs. Simple but I think it works?? Design wise I’m struggling a bit as usual but I think Inhave a can sorted and I’m now going for a first responder first aid with a stretcher on the back. I’ll take some photos in the morning with better light and I’ll hide the gif so we don’t have to look at it all the time…
  11. Haha, kids painting… gears are 2 16T stacked each side like a portal axle to lift the diff higher as the tracks are very low and also I needed to align the driveline to the front diff. One extra thing I quickly did today was add in-cabin tank steering linked off the articulated steering, can’t believe how easily it hooked up! Hopefully see a gif in the hidden contents below. I'll try get a photo tomorrow of the link for anyone interested as you cant see it in the GIF :(
  12. I was thinking more of a tray back for the dead hunted porpoise but a sling and rescue might be better! Although I might change idea as I go, but at least a basic chassis is complete… The tracks ended up being lots bigger than I expected to get an engine and diff in so I’ll change the overall scale a bit. I may change this to be a first responder medic vehicle single seat drive and a stretcher thing on the back…who knows.
  13. If I didn't have enough to do in life already, so I started another TC26 build. The other one is disassembled not to be finished as I was having no fun with it and had no real direction and was becoming too serious a build. So start again with something more fun for me and relevant to the arctic area (perhaps...I don't live there so no idea really ) a porpoise carrier towing rig...or hopefully will be if/when I finish it. I never built an articulated steering rig before so I started with that as I want front wheels and rear tracks. I also wanted suspension and driven wheels linked to the tracks so for me this was a nightmare (enjoyably challenging) to come up with in a smallish scale. suspension travel goes up, 'down' and 'angled'? like a solid axle (?) took me ages to figure out the shocks and worked like crap until I realised I needed a pan hard rod There will be extra support on the 8l vertical axle at the top to stop things sliding off under suspension compression and bending under load as per the below photo. and of course turns, hopefully like an articulated steering should. That's all for now hope I can get somewhere with this...
  14. Looks really good and I like the technical dedication for this walking but it’s probably good you can’t photo in snow as it might sink with no feet??
  15. Too many worry about big MOCs winning but I don’t think it’s true true, visual appeal will be the most/first vote grabber I believe, whether big or small. Anyway I like your approach to this and really look forward to see what you make if it!