Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Hello everyone, Here's my newest MOC, a Mercedes G-Class. After months of hard work, and bugs and fixes, it's finally finished. It was built to incorporate all of the best elements of high-torque gearing with a compact bodywork. It features: -Drive - 2 x XL, geared 4.5 : 1 -Steering - 1 x Servo -Lights - 6 x LED with hidden switch -Suspension - pendular A video showing all features: Pictures: Quote
rm8 Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Dance, dance, dance...tra-la-la Very good work. But why pendular? You have so much work and gave up on suspension? Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 Dance, dance, dance...tra-la-la Very good work. But why pendular? You have so much work and gave up on suspension? Thanks, rm8! I chose pendular because the car doesn't go fast enough to need up and down suspension, and it's the only way to avoid universal joints which would break under the strain of two XL's. Quote
Rishab N Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I'm surprised this topic hasn't got more attention as this looks like a really clean design and captures the G Class well Quote
Nalyd997 Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I'm surprised this topic hasn't got more attention as this looks like a really clean design and captures the G Class well Yeah I know right? But I have noticed that over the last couple of days the forum has been a bit quiet. Anyway this looks great, I especially like the headlights and wheel arches. How well does it perform off road? Quote
dougstar Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Love your G sires no mistaking Mercedes. You have spent a lot of time this thumbs up Quote
sukagescks Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Love your G sires no mistaking Mercedes. You have spent a lot of time this thumbs up Edited April 5, 2015 by sukagescks Quote
Zerobricks Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Looks very nice. Why are axles just pendular though? Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 5, 2015 Author Posted April 5, 2015 Thanks so much guys for the support! It was a lot of work, and it did turn out pretty decent, and I'm glad it's liked. In answer to the pendular questions, that's cause car doesn't go fast enough to need up and down suspension, and it's the only way to avoid universal joints which would break under the strain of two XL's. Quote
timslegos Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Wow you captured the feel of the car perfectly, great looking video too. tim Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 5, 2015 Author Posted April 5, 2015 Wow you captured the feel of the car perfectly, great looking video too. tim Thanks, I really did try! Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 5, 2015 Author Posted April 5, 2015 Here's a photo of the platform I made to turn this thing, when a normal turntable had too much friction: DSC01090 by teo_technic, on Flickr Quote
Balrog Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Now that's the right scale :D Unfortunately, no video for poor Germans thanks to SME music and GEMA :( Quote
DamonMM2000 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Phenomenal work! You beat ZERO BRICKS building this thing in mere days Quote
Mestari Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 GREAT! Also, looks like having the Unimog gives you plenty of required parts already ;) (yes, this is a hidden question about instructions :P) Quote
Jeroen Ottens Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Very nice, not sure which colour it is. Is it orange? Or is it overexposed red? I like the reasoning behind the suspension choice. Did you decide that before you started the model, or did you first break some U-joints? Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 Phenomenal work! You beat ZERO BRICKS building this thing in mere days That was just lucky, I'd been working on it for a long time! Very nice, not sure which colour it is. Is it orange? Or is it overexposed red? I like the reasoning behind the suspension choice. Did you decide that before you started the model, or did you first break some U-joints? I broke some U-joints a while back and learned my lesson The color is red, just the pictures were overexposed as you say. Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 9, 2015 Author Posted April 9, 2015 Here's the machine that filmed pans DSC01088 by teo_technic, on Flickr DSC01087 by teo_technic, on Flickr Quote
AndyCW Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Awesome. The construction is really robust. Where were the u-joints that broke? v/r Andy Quote
Teo LEGO Technic Posted April 10, 2015 Author Posted April 10, 2015 Awesome. The construction is really robust. Where were the u-joints that broke? v/r Andy They broke at the middle piece: the outside pieces snapped out of the centre hub. Quote
Rum Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Hey, could you please reupload the video without content restricted music? Users from Germany can not watch your video, because it is blocked... Rum Quote
murtaughf3 Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Very nicely done, your hard work paid off. Quote
__________________________ Posted April 12, 2015 Posted April 12, 2015 Thanks so much guys for the support! It was a lot of work, and it did turn out pretty decent, and I'm glad it's liked. In answer to the pendular questions, that's cause car doesn't go fast enough to need up and down suspension, and it's the only way to avoid universal joints which would break under the strain of two XL's. You could use efferman's universal joints, those are very strong Quote
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