evank Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) I made a life-sized V-8 car engine. :) It's exclusively from 1970s-1980s parts. Some of them I had already from childhood and many of them I had to acquire, but there's nothing that was not available back then. Obviously the rubber bands (serving as valve springs) and the rubber hoses are not Lego, but my justification is that plenty of official Lego sets in the 80s included rubber bands and rubber hoses, so the company made a precedent. (I tried the 1980s shocks for valve springs, but they are too firm.) An earlier version brought me the "Best Technic" award at Brickfest (Philadelphia) last fall; this version is improved in several ways. I would like to make directions and sell them on Rebrickable. First I have to learn how to use Studio! I estimate there are somewhere around 1,500-2,000 pieces. Maybe more. https://youtu.be/F-x7YFMWnBQ?feature=shared Edited September 5, 2024 by evank Quote
GerritvdG Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Very cool, especially considering the limited types of parts that were available in that era. Those 4.5v motors are still going strong!! Studio is perfectly suitable to model this, use sub models to create the modules which then can be copied or mirrored. Some parts are more difficult like chains and hoses. There are some good YouTube tutorials to help you out. You won’t get rich on Rebrickable but it is fun sharing this MOC! Edited January 28, 2022 by GerritvdG Quote
2GodBDGlory Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 Very cool! The scale is impressive, and the retro style only makes it more interesting! Quote
evank Posted January 28, 2022 Author Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 4:39 PM, 2GodBDGlory said: Very cool! The scale is impressive, and the retro style only makes it more interesting! Expand Thanks very much. PS. I clicked the link in your signature but it does not work. Quote
JaBaCaDaBra Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 Hey great work... But, you might want to observe the valve clearance. Quote
2GodBDGlory Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 4:43 PM, evank said: Thanks very much. PS. I clicked the link in your signature but it does not work. Expand Thanks for pointing that out; I've got it updated now. Quote
evank Posted March 4, 2022 Author Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) I posted here a couple of months ago. Two updates: I replaced the rubber bands with proper springs, and I doubled the power! https://youtu.be/_91beNB1CFU Edited March 4, 2022 by Milan Merged this post with the original topic, and converted Youtube link to be visible as an embedded video. Quote
Milan Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 @evank Thanks for updating and showing the progress. It is better to just post in your original topic, instead of creating a new topic. I have merged your two topics so people can easily see the original and the updated progress. Quote
technicfanatic Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 This is very excellent. Technic at its best: models that educate us about mechanical devices. If I glimpsed it correctly, you also have a "working" distributor. Quote
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