MariusL Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! I like to show you my articulated off-highway transporter with the Mobile Paper Plane Launching Unit (MPPLU). The features of the vehicle are: - Articulated Off-Highway vehicle with pendulum axles - Large cab with little kitchen and 2 beds - Large storage hold for tools at the rear of the cab - Powerful winch for Self-loading capability of different platform- or skid-mounted equipment Features of the mobile paper plane launching unit: - Catapult 24 studs long for paper planes format A6 and A7 - Knuckle boom crane - Telemetry boom - Large hold for accessory - Control room - Motorcycle For the transporter the articulated, terra-tired wheeled carriers from Foremost, for example Delta 3 or Commander C, inspired me. With the help of the winch, the vehicle is capable to self-load different types of platform-mounted Equipment. Usually the winch is located on the platform but I found one old photo of a Foremost Delta 3 were the winch is located in the aft of the front carriage, right in front of the Joint. The cab is equipped with three seats, a little kitchen and a folding double bed. Beside the MPPLU there exists a simple platform with rear live roll for transport operations, for example parts for the cable crane. Pendulum axles the rear live roll The MPPLU is skid-mounted and consists of the starter, the control room, the engine room, a boom with tracking equipment, a crane and storage space. Plenty of space in the control room. The table can be used as a bed too. The starter can be dismounted easily and makes a lot of fun as handheld paper plane catapult. The vehicle is optimized for playability and no scale model. Loaded with a skid mounted tank Erecting a skid mounted tank More photos you can see on flickr. I am interested what you think! Kind regards Mario Quote
SollX Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 The paperplane launhcing aspect of it is totaly awesome! I would love to have seen this in minifig scale. Now it is to big for my taste Quote
roadstermatt Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 I like this design very much very well done Quote
Stefaneris Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 Great idea, I like the modularity of your vehicle and the technic functions (pendulum axes) in a not so technic looking vehicle. Quote
MariusL Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 @ all: Thanks for your feedback! @ SollX: What do you mean with Minifig scale? 4, 6, 7 or 8 wide? The truck is approx. 1:40, that means the Minifig would be 1,68 m tall. Quote
SollX Posted March 19, 2017 Posted March 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, MariusL said: @ all: Thanks for your feedback! @ SollX: What do you mean with Minifig scale? 4, 6, 7 or 8 wide? The truck is approx. 1:40, that means the Minifig would be 1,68 m tall. yes i do mean 6-8 wide. that is minifig scale. and no it is not a real scale. i grew up with lego system so everything that doesnt fit a standard lego city is to big for me. still tour truck looks really good. Quote
MariusL Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 The designated goal of this vehicle was to build something bigger than 6-8 wide. By the way the cab is 8 wide and so far minifig scale. The rest is a bit wider, similar to the real Foremost Commander. P.s.: I grew up with a "minifig scale" of 4 wide trucks and in my opinion this still would be the best for little children. Quote
greg3 Posted March 19, 2017 Posted March 19, 2017 That's brilliant!! The plane launcher is a great idea and I love the control room too... not too sold on all the yellow (some black detailsmight break it up a bit?) though but that"s just being picky!! Excellent stuff! Quote
ColletArrow Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 I love the playability of this MOC, and the technic-esque pendular axles and HOG steering. How about going all the way, and adding a driven fake engine somewhere? Quote
MariusL Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 @ Greg3: I don't wanted to build it too colourful because many of the origin trucks are single-coloured. I experimented as well with black as second colour (you’re right it looked very well) but inspired by the colour scheme one of my first sets (No. 387) I decided to use red for stairs and hand rails to break up this yellow monotony. @ ColletArrow: Thank you for the (for me new) abbreviation HOG J - I love it. For the Minifigs it must be as if their vehicles were driven by the “hand of god”. In a german forum I called this kind of steering “Manual Top Drive”. By the way the elevation of the launcher is driven by a worm gear and the grey air intake on the rear of the Container. Quote
infector Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 This is awesome man!! Love all the extra functionality and modules for the vehicle. Quote
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