[CADA] CADA General Discussion Topic

[gyenesvi]

2 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

Yeah. But then why the 18+ line up excist if it's not for the advanced builders but for the casual builders. Lego should bring back the 14+ and 16+ age rating for the casuals. Or overhaul the 18+ lineup. Because 18+ should be the pinicale of complexity and advanced mechanics. Not something a casual builder would be able to build;). 

I don't think that's true. Above a certain age, say 14 maybe, older builders are not necessarily more advanced. I think around that age, people already have the necessary mental skills to comprehend complex builds if they practice it enough. And if they don't practice it, that skill won't arrive just by age.

Even quite the opposite can be true; I think it might even be that between ages 14-18, more children build for the challenge (to discover and learn) than grown-ups do, who simply maybe need a hobby to pass time outside of work. And most of those people just want an easy time, not really looking for challenge, because they are already tired after all the work.

55 minutes ago, Xfing said:

It might seem like a hot take, but to be perfectly honest,  I don't think there is such a thing as building difficulty. There is only such a thing as instructions clarity.

That is partly true, instruction clarity helps a lot, that's why Lego instructions got more detailed over time. On the other hand there is such thing as build density, which does make things more complicated, both comprehending how parts should be placed and aligned, as well as the actual dexterity required to assemble the dense, complexly locked things.

[R0Sch]

https://cdn7.fireworktv.com/medias/2025/11/15/1763191990-ynearzbw/watermarked/720/redpandacompress_64008E58588E5AFBCE78987E6A8AAE5B18F1112.mp4
https://cdn6.fireworktv.com/medias/2025/11/15/1763201469-poyejdcf/watermarked/720/C64008W20AMG20GT3E6B289E6B5B8E5BC8FE68BBCE690AD.mp4

Gotta love these CaDA presentation videos.

[aFrInaTi0n]

They are getting better yeah, the last ones had some audio-glitches with picture&beat not going well along, but yeah they are improving :D

[R4ph]

On 11/8/2025 at 6:31 AM, MarkyMark42 said:

The only thing I don't like which I only noticed today (and no I can't unsee it). The lower black stripe on the side that goes all the way into the air duct on the real car stops at the door on the model

It seems AMG had it the same as the Cada model originally, then extended the stripe later
https://www.motortrend.com/features/2020-mercedes-amg-gt3-race-car-review

In the  cada set review, we can see a photo of the real car that seems to come from that review

I think this set looks awesome, functions are great, it's definitely going to end up in my collection !

 

Edited November 16 by R4ph

[gyenesvi]

On 11/15/2025 at 9:31 AM, R0Sch said:

A technical masterpiece! Don't know how TLG will compete with this. Maybe in 10 years from now...

What is that wheel mounting technique at 2:02 in this video? Is that something that form locks the wheel on top of the 3 pins? Or is it just some gimmick?

[efferman]

1 hour ago, gyenesvi said:

Or is it just some gimmick?

By far not. It is a physical lock. Without removing, it is not possible to remove the wheel from the hub.

[gyenesvi]

32 minutes ago, efferman said:

By far not. It is a physical lock. Without removing, it is not possible to remove the wheel from the hub.

Now that's really interesting! As far as I see, it works by rotating the gear, maybe 90 degrees, I can imagine that on the inner side it is asymmetric (wrt to 90 degree rotation) and then it either holds onto the wheel hub or not, depending on the rotation. That would mean that the axle part going in to the central hole and the gear on the end have to be a single piece, right?

Is this something new to this set or has this been used before in Cada cars? I've never seen it, but the review does not really talk about this, even though it seems like a pretty important novelty to me.

[Auroralampinen]

18 minutes ago, gyenesvi said:

 

Is this something new to this set or has this been used before in Cada cars? I've never seen it, but the review does not really talk about this, even though it seems like a pretty important novelty to me.

The cada yangwang u9 was the first to include this:). 

https://decadastore.com/products/cada-1-8-yangwang-u9-supercar-c64011w?srsltid=AfmBOoqDYFy4MYXJdmHIPLWNQPzrYHaEg6QgOcqfzYLvznmq8zREy19T

 

[efferman]

21 minutes ago, gyenesvi said:

As far as I see, it works by rotating the gear, maybe 90 degrees, I can imagine that on the inner side it is asymmetric (wrt to 90 degree rotation) and then it either holds onto the wheel hub or not, depending on the rotation.

This is more or less the concept

[R0Sch]

1 hour ago, gyenesvi said:

Now that's really interesting! As far as I see, it works by rotating the gear, maybe 90 degrees, I can imagine that on the inner side it is asymmetric (wrt to 90 degree rotation) and then it either holds onto the wheel hub or not, depending on the rotation. That would mean that the axle part going in to the central hole and the gear on the end have to be a single piece, right?

Is this something new to this set or has this been used before in Cada cars? I've never seen it, but the review does not really talk about this, even though it seems like a pretty important novelty to me.

[gyenesvi]

Thanks @R0Sch for the images, so the axle and the gear are actually not part of it, they can be built however needed, nice.

[2GodBDGlory]

6 hours ago, efferman said:

By far not. It is a physical lock. Without removing, it is not possible to remove the wheel from the hub.

Wow, that's cool! Sounds like just what some of those high-speed 1:8 models need!

[efferman]

18 hours ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

high-speed 1:8 models

Brickbuilt and highspeed? btw, imagine an offroader with wheels which are not popping off under high torque.

[R0Sch]

17 minutes ago, efferman said:

Brickbuilt and highspeed? btw, imagine an offroader with wheels which are not popping off under high torque.

Is that your next model you are working on in collaboration with CaDA? I see you already have the new bevel gear CAD models as well. ;)

[efferman]

9 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

I see you already have the new bevel gear CAD models as well. ;)

It makes no sense to make new parts, and dont spread it under the designers. And no, iam do not working actually on any offroad related things. Even when i will have a project for CaDA, I would not have the permission to talk about it.  Iam only have ideas for something like this

 

[R0Sch]

12 hours ago, efferman said:

It makes no sense to make new parts, and dont spread it under the designers. And no, iam do not working actually on any offroad related things. Even when i will have a project for CaDA, I would not have the permission to talk about it.  Iam only have ideas for something like this

That is cool that you receive new parts with every update. And that speedy offroader MOC of yours is also great. Reminds me of the good old license-free days of 9398 from LEGO.

[MarkyMark42]

On 11/16/2025 at 8:45 PM, R4ph said:

It seems AMG had it the same as the Cada model originally, then extended the stripe later
https://www.motortrend.com/features/2020-mercedes-amg-gt3-race-car-review
In the  cada set review, we can see a photo of the real car that seems to come from that review

Interesting, now the real car has been updated and the set hasn't I can't unsee it :)

[blondasek]

Soo. I am a bit dissapointed and happy at the same time for the new CaDa AMG GT3.

First, dissapointed because of the lack of pneumatic suspension - it is just a jack-stand.
Second, happy because Lego is not that far behind. CaDa is gettin more and more pricey, specially that they are inflating sets with pieces (like an engine jack-stand which does not reach to the engine).

I think we are getting closer and closer to the sunset of bigger sets. I really do wish for a proper, remotely controller backhoe with pneumatics from CaDa, before they will shift towards smaller but good looking models.

[R0Sch]

And here's the the speedbuild:

 

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, apparently the gt3 is selling like hot cakes because now cada website has this weird shipping paused warning:). 

CADA GT3 C64008W –Channel the spirit of Mercedes-AMG!

"SHIPPING PAUSE: ORDERS PLACED NOW WILL SHIP FROM NOVERBER 27TH."

[msiminski]

I've been gradually creating LDraw digital versions of a selection of Cada special technic parts, for use in Studio. I'm pretty bad at 3D CAD, and some of the parts look better than others. But all function very well within Studio. Not sure if anyone's interested. Getting an actual 3D CAD person would be the best idea.

BTW: Do NOT upgrade to the 2.25.11_1 version of Studio unless you want your files corrupted and/or deleted. There are already a couple of threads on this in the Studio forum.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

54 minutes ago, msiminski said:

BTW: Do NOT upgrade to the 2.25.11_1 version of Studio unless you want your files corrupted and/or deleted. There are already a couple of threads on this in the Studio forum.

I thought my laptop was going crazy. Fortunately I saved all my Studio files on Dropbox so I was able to recover the files I was working on.

[gyenesvi]

5 hours ago, msiminski said:

BTW: Do NOT upgrade to the 2.25.11_1 version of Studio unless you want your files corrupted and/or deleted. There are already a couple of threads on this in the Studio forum.

Oh, luckily I stopped updating Studio a while ago since it always broke something.. it seems they managed to elevate it to the next level.