[MOD] 42138 Mods and Improvements

[apachaihapachai]

Now I'm happy with the looks of the set

[Void_S]

I was keeping them until official release but postponeded a bit due to high workload... There is my variant of the rear side that I made when the leaked images incuded only the front of the car. 

 

It a bit longer than official model due to 5*3 fairings panels mounted horizontally to make the inclined taillights panel and also inclined bottom of the bumper. 

Edited January 7, 2022 by Void_S

[2GodBDGlory]

1 hour ago, apachaihapachai said:

Now I'm happy with the looks of the set

Nice job! That makes a big difference!

[Void_S]

2 hours ago, apachaihapachai said:

Now I'm happy with the looks of the set

 

Did you change something at the front? Looking at this angle I would say it looks amazing, not such a donkey as other reviews show it. 

[apachaihapachai]

3 minutes ago, Void_S said:

Did you change something at the front? Looking at this angle I would say it looks amazing, not such a donkey as other reviews show it. 

I moved the whole headlight assembly 1 plate higher. This, combined with new a-pillars and mirrors, makes a difference in overall look of the model.

[Void_S]

3 hours ago, apachaihapachai said:

I moved the whole headlight assembly 1 plate higher. This, combined with new a-pillars and mirrors, makes a difference in overall look of the model.

With hinging the upper "eyebrow" a bit higher? Now I see it has a different position but possibly I'm just visually mistaken. 

[davidzoli]

On 12/28/2021 at 6:17 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

You can see it here.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-96351/nguyengiangoc/42138-manual-version/#details

Thank you for the mod. This will my next project :)

Could you please check the part list on rebrickable?
I cannot see the house of the differential, I don't know if are there others missing in the compare list.

When I try to import the XML to bricklink, it complains about the part "65304". Is that ok to repace that with "32054"?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

6 minutes ago, davidzoli said:

Could you please check the part list on rebrickable?
I cannot see the house of the differential, I don't know if are there others missing in the compare list.

Thanks for the notification. Indeed the differential is missing. It was unrecognized when I imported the model from Studio. I've added it.

 

7 minutes ago, davidzoli said:

Is that ok to repace that with "32054"?

Yes they are the same. The 65304 is the code for the new mold of that same pin with bush..

[Auron]

On 1/7/2022 at 10:00 AM, apachaihapachai said:

Now I'm happy with the looks of the set

Would you know the part numbers for the A-Pillars and the parts to connect them to the roof and hood?  I'd like to order these parts but not sure how to find their names.  Thanks in advance.

[msk6003]

42138 mod - Mustang RTR drift

After buy 42138, I remember TLG relesed lime green wheel before. And I also remember mustang RTR drift car's wheel is lime green.

Huh? Is there a reason not to do it? I can't stand this!

So I did. I finished chassis few weeks ago but in that time I wating custom sticker ordered from https://forwartsticker.com/

Now my order is arrived in home, I quickly made whole car.

Function

4WD RC with buwizz and RC buggy motor(gear ratio 1:1)

Front wheel steering

[Void_S]

Does it steer somehow? I doubt such bug wheels could steer here. At it it looks like it 

[whitepen]

22 hours ago, msk6003 said:

42138 mod - Mustang RTR drift

After buy 42138, I remember TLG relesed lime green wheel before. And I also remember mustang RTR drift car's wheel is lime green.

Huh? Is there a reason not to do it? I can't stand this!

So I did. I finished chassis few weeks ago but in that time I wating custom sticker ordered from https://forwartsticker.com/

Now my order is arrived in home, I quickly made whole car.

Function

4WD RC with buwizz and RC buggy motor(gear ratio 1:1)

Front wheel steering

 

That looks awesome! You have inspired me to make a formula drift ford raptor!

[R0Sch]

I received a new replacement sticker sheet after complaining to customer service about the color mismatch and to my surprise there is now a brighter lime and darker blacks version with a new ID: 6362705. Sadly the print quality is not as sharp as the initial version.
This shows that if enough people complain about the NOK quality they are willing to improve it. I don't know whether or not this sticker sheet will be included in newer batches or only available as replacement parts, but I wonder if other sets will get the same treatment (e.g. the Vespa which suffers the same problem).

Edited March 28, 2022 by R0Sch

[mpj]

The 

1 hour ago, R0Sch said:

I received a new replacement sticker sheet after complaining to customer service about the color mismatch and to my surprise there is now a brighter lime and darker blacks version with a new ID: 6362705. Sadly the print quality is not as sharp as the initial version.
This shows that if enough people complain about the NOK quality they are willing to improve it. I don't know whether or not this sticker sheet will be included in newer batches or only available as replacement parts, but I wonder if other sets will get the same treatment (e.g. the Vespa which suffers the same problem).

The question is: is this new lime color of the stickers actually closer to lime color of the parts?

And why do they need our complaints to do them better, having already a quality control office who should do this job?

[Void_S]

On 3/28/2022 at 1:25 PM, R0Sch said:

I received a new replacement sticker sheet after complaining to customer service about the color mismatch and to my surprise there is now a brighter lime and darker blacks version with a new ID: 6362705. Sadly the print quality is not as sharp as the initial version.
This shows that if enough people complain about the NOK quality they are willing to improve it. I don't know whether or not this sticker sheet will be included in newer batches or only available as replacement parts, but I wonder if other sets will get the same treatment (e.g. the Vespa which suffers the same problem).

I got my box today (yes, I'm tooo late ) and it has the "old" number on the sticker sheet (10100106 / 6400575), like yours on the left side but I cannot complain about the Lime Color quality:

• The Lime is now a perfect match for the ABS parts (I see no "bluish-lime" shade as was shown here by other builders) - like the right image
• The Gray-shaded images are light enough, like on the left image, I see no "deteriorated print quality" in comparison to other sets.
• The "paper" is somehow different - it looks like not glossy white paper but more like a kind of very thin white plastic.

To recap, it seems TLG made a 3rd variant - a new revision of the 1st one, but with corrected lime color.

[SNIPE]

I may pick this set up for christmas, I have 4 low profile tires (85345), and they are slightly larger than the sets original tires.

The only problem is, it's a duplo part so there's not many rims that fit the tires and look nice.

The rims need to be exactally 4L in diameter just like a 4x4 round brick is.

They will still fit under the wheel arches and should look cool.

Edited December 8, 2022 by SNIPE

[apachaihapachai]

Made yet another set of modifications:

• The pull-back system swapped with the remote controlled system
• Front end swapped with the custom design
• Small changes to the design throughout the model

Free Stud.io model at Rebrickable