Mercedes AMG 6x6 - like truck

[Zerobricks]

All wheel drive, lockable diffs, 2 gears, live axle portal suspension, etc...

More pictures tommorow after i finish interrior.

[cgg199]

I like that a lot. Great work. Have you used the RC Buggy motors for drive?

[Zerobricks]

Yep, 2 of them :)

[z3_2drive]

ah was about to ask... anyway the truck looks huge. does it perform well considering only 2 motors for such a large truck? or does it have lots of reduction in the lower gear?

[Zerobricks]

I ahve tested the model with bodywork yet, but without its climbe quite good. The gear ratios to the wheels are 1:6 in high and 1:18 in low. And remember the RC motors are powered by RC unit, so there is no limitations to relase the motor's full power.

[cgg199]

It truly is a beast. Fantastic!

[AndyCW]

Can't wait to see the delta in performance between this and my project due to the RC unit and its increased ability to supply the hungry motors.

I have a lot of questions, but they will wait untill the rest of the pictures are posted. Hopefully we will also get to see a video of the performance.

v/r

Andy

[Someonenamedjon]

It looks mighty huge! I can't wait until the video!

[Alasdair Ryan]

To be perfectly honest I think it would look better as a 'suv'.

I look forward to the video.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Awesome! Another AMG G! This looks pretty serious. Excellent job so far Zblj! Hope the video features this off road

[DLuders]

Looks real good!

[Zerobricks]

Today I finished the interrior and tried it out. Its not an extremem crawler as my Panther, or the Titan, buts its capable enough for some outdoor fun. Its also much faster in the high gear. I will make a video soon. So far its performance good considreing the weight and number of gears. I am thinking, that the next time i make a simillar truck, there should be no locking diffs, because they add more gears and dont help too much in cornering.

[Crane-Trucker]

Very nice G i like it

[dhc6twinotter]

Nice G, Zblj! I like the white color scheme. You've done a nice job replicating the body lines of the real 6x6 G.

[Lakop]

A nice large scale model. I look forward to more pictures and a video. Please can we have some pictures of the underside.

Thanks

H

Edited April 16, 2013 by Horace T

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

WOW this MOC is a real masterpiece!

Great work! :wub:

[rm8]

Awesome! Video please!

[hrontos]

Looks really good.

I like the overall look of the body in combination with the wheels. It seem to be just in the right proportions. And the white body makes it look even nicer.

Looking forward to see it in action.

[Balrog]

I really like the looks. I am really looking forward to more pictures and video.

The only thing, that strikes me, is that it seems to be a bit to long. Or is it just the perspective from the pic DLuders posted?

Oh and: Do you plan to make instructions or at least a digital model of it?

[Zerobricks]

Its not too long, dont worry. Will see about LDD instructions, maybe for a later revised version, if there will be one.

Here are more pictures as requested:

Edited April 17, 2013 by Zblj

[AndyCW]

Looks huge. The underside shots are good.

Are those three links?

Are those 9:1 axles?

Are they air lockers or mechanical lockers?

Can they be selected individually?

What style of transmission did you use?

Any parts breakage?

Do you think that if you shed some weight and reduced it to a 4x4 it would perform significantly better?

v/r

Andrew

v/r

Andrew

[Zerobricks]

Suspension uses 3 links, yes with one of them an A arm on top

Axles ahve 1:6 gear ratio, 12:12:24, 8:24

All axles lock when transmission is in low gear

Tranmission uses 2 old styled diff casings, one for 1:3 gear and other for central diff. It also has a 16z clutch gear, 16z gear and a 8z gear, totalling 6 gears for 2 speeds, which means there are only 3 gears from motor to axles including central diff.

No part breakage so far, but the central diff did slip once due to used gears. New ones dont slip.

It should perform better in 4x4, but i really love the 6x6

[LEGO Guy Bri]

(pic of real truck)

Holy sh*t, it a real truck?! What kind of price tag does this come with?

Edit: I guess $300k

Edited April 17, 2013 by LEGO Guy Bri

[timslegos]

I love the white color scheme. Do the axles have enough clearance with the diffs in them?

Tim

[Zerobricks]

More clearance than 9398, some 2-3 studs more.