General Part Discussion

[Maaboo the Witch]

Official reveal is up on Brickset! The hubs are definitely green. And yes, it has suspension!

Edited March 16, 2023 by Maaboo35

[gyenesvi]

  On 3/16/2023 at 1:14 PM, Maaboo35 said:

Official reveal is up on Brickset! The hubs are definitely green. And yes, it has suspension!

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This keeps getting better and better! This set does justice to the defender! It's a classic version, it looks beautiful and detailed, customizable, mix of technic and system, it's great scale (the wheelbase seems 13 wide and 25 long, including the axles) and it has suspension. Loving it already, adding in a drivetrain seems feasible :)

[howitzer]

Ok the new Land Rover seems pretty cool. I especially like that it has a lot going on inside with steering & suspension so it's more than just a pretty exterior.

[TexasEngineer454]

Does anyone know what scale it's built to? Curious if it will be the same size as the 42110 Defender? 

 

I really like the right hand drive. Great attention to detail!

[howitzer]

  On 3/17/2023 at 7:50 PM, TexasEngineer454 said:

Does anyone know what scale it's built to? Curious if it will be the same size as the 42110 Defender? 

 

I really like the right hand drive. Great attention to detail!

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It's significantly smaller with tyre size of 62,4 whereas 42110 has tyre size of 81,6.

[LvdH]

  On 3/17/2023 at 7:50 PM, TexasEngineer454 said:

Does anyone know what scale it's built to? Curious if it will be the same size as the 42110 Defender?

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According to the box it's 32 cm long, which equates to about 1:12.7. The 42110 Defender is approximately 1:10 scale.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Does the bar in the part 21445/66897 fit the inside of a 1/2 pin? I don't have that part so I can't test.

[Zerobricks]

  On 3/19/2023 at 7:52 PM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Does the bar in the part 21445/66897 fit the inside of a 1/2 pin? I don't have that part so I can't test.

 

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That would be an illegal connection.

[2GodBDGlory]

  On 3/19/2023 at 7:52 PM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Does the bar in the part 21445/66897 fit the inside of a 1/2 pin? I don't have that part so I can't test.

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I'm pretty sure it would? I don't have anything like that on hand either, but I know I used to have Star Wars speeder bikes that used normal clips on that kind of attachment, which would imply that the diameter is the same as a standard bar. You'd have it under compression, though.

[astyanax]

@Ngoc Nguyen Yes, but no.

I just tried it and as @2GodBDGlory predicted, it fits fine -- a bit of friction but not too much.

But as @Zerobricks said, the 'snaps' at the end of the plate's bar will remain in a compressed position, which for that reason makes it an illegal connection in TLG's book. Whether you care about this, is up to you of course.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Then how can I add the long system piece module to the panel?

 

The system piece module is a sun visor so it can only be attached horizontally in one direction to the roof. Currently I'm using modified plates with pin hole but it's more bulky than I'd like it to be.

[TechnicRCRacer]

  On 3/20/2023 at 2:32 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Then how can I add the long system piece module to the panel?

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If you don't mid a small gap between the panel and the visor, you could use 2x part 36840 and attach the studs to the panel holes.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

  On 3/20/2023 at 2:44 AM, TechnicRCRacer said:

If you don't mid a small gap between the panel and the visor, you could use 2x part 36840 and attach the studs to the panel holes.

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There must be a small gap anyway. The solution you proposed doesn't seem very stable though.

[msk6003]

  On 3/20/2023 at 2:49 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

There must be a small gap anyway. The solution you proposed doesn't seem very stable though.

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Is this thing can't work?

[Jundis]

7L half stud beam?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

  On 3/20/2023 at 6:47 AM, Jundis said:

7L half stud beam?

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How does this work?

[Jundis]

  On 3/20/2023 at 9:47 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

How does this work?

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Just with 1+1/2 pins?

Or is there an offset of 1/2 stud from the pin holes? Hmm it's hard to see, can you show from above?

 

[Ngoc Nguyen]

  On 3/20/2023 at 10:10 AM, Jundis said:

Hmm it's hard to see, can you show from above?

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There will be a one stud gap between the visor and the roof.

I still dont get how a thin 1x7 liftarm can be used, given that the visor is brick built.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Ngoc Nguyen

[m2fel]

Maybe:

https://rebrickable.com/parts/3700/technic-brick-1-x-2-1-hole/

or https://rebrickable.com/parts/18677/plate-special-1-x-2-with-pin-hole-underneath/

or https://rebrickable.com/parts/32529/technic-pin-connector-plate-with-one-hole-single-on-bottom/

[Jundis]

Ah ok I think then I got the problem wrong.

You can maybe go with plate modified and use 15100 on the panel. Then go with 3L bar and 1 1/4 stud friction pin or somthing like that:

[shroomzofdoom]

  On 3/2/2023 at 7:53 AM, astyanax said:

I'm gonna get a handful of part 72008 in Black when they hit PaB in 3 months time (hopefully)!

Super useful part in my experience!

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They are a perfect fit for locking the 28T differential with bevel! They come in red right now (if you don't care about color) 

Edited March 22, 2023 by shroomzofdoom

[shroomzofdoom]

  On 3/10/2023 at 2:04 PM, mla2 said:

I created a small MOC which shows 8 ways to create half stud offsets

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As a relatively new technic builder, I often struggle with perfect triangles and half stud offsets. So, I applaud your efforts. Perhaps you can find a useful application for this part. I bought a whole bunch of them but haven't found it useful... yet.

 

[gyenesvi]

  On 3/22/2023 at 9:28 PM, shroomzofdoom said:

As a relatively new technic builder, I often struggle with perfect triangles and half stud offsets. So, I applaud your efforts. Perhaps you can find a useful application for this part. I bought a whole bunch of them but haven't found it useful... yet.

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This one is actually used in the Bugatti Bolide for half stud offsetting :)

[MP LEGO Technic creations]

I'd like to ask about this part.

If you use both parts of the same colour, it works just fine and rotates smoothly. However if you change one of them to a different colour, there seems to be much more friction because it requires much more force to use it as a joint then.

Does anyone know why this happens? Is it supposed not to use two-tone hinge plate?

[Bricktrain]

  On 3/24/2023 at 9:15 PM, MP LEGO Technic creations said:

 

If you use both parts of the same colour, it works just fine and rotates smoothly. However if you change one of them to a different colour, there seems to be much more friction because it requires much more force to use it as a joint then.

Does anyone know why this happens? Is it supposed not to use two-tone hinge plate?

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It could be that different colours have different sizes, some colours shrink more from manufacturing.

If you use the other bottom and top parts are they much looser?

I found that track links are different lengths for the same number of links, changing from black to grey meant the sprockets had to be moved to keep the track tension the same.