My mocs weird mechanisms alternative builds and more

[Auroralampinen]

Allright now the newest member of the Soapbox Collection has a 3d model. Soon i will start producing Gen3 instructions:). 

Final piece count, 535pcs:).

So the newest model is medium tier by complexity, a little step up from the Road Roller. Which is the simplest Soapbox Collection model:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Well, now the instructions for the newest member of the Soapbox Collection are done:). 

260 building steps with 185 pages. These are the new Gen3 instructions just like on the Mechatech Logging Truck:). 

[Auroralampinen]

A little haul from Prisma and Kärkkäinen:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, my newest model fleet looks really good next to a couple official lego models:). 

[Auroralampinen]

A little haul from kärkkäinen:). 

And yes, i did have the city unimog 60083 when i was a little kid and my grand parents bought me that. When we were a holiday trip to tuurin kyläkauppaan the famous vesa keskinen shopping palace in alavus etelä pohjanmaa finland:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Well, now the huge mysterious set arrived, finally. It was lost for a week in Jyväskylä DB schenker terminal. But yesterday they found it:). 

[Auroralampinen]

A little haul from K Citymarket. Yes, i love cactuses and this was on my wishlist. And currently it is on slight discount on K Citymarket hypermarket stores:). 

[Auroralampinen]

New project:). 

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A lot more engineering later:). 

[Auroralampinen]

More progress:). 

And yes, this is a frankenstein monster. The gearbox layout is from 42082 and the boom is from 8043:).

And now the mechanical side is done:). 

Edited February 9 by Auroralampinen

[Auroralampinen]

Rear end sculpting:). 

[Auroralampinen]

More progress:). 

 

I have tested the "Frankenstein" excavator and it works really good. Yes, superstructure is a bit back heavy. But the the 8043 boom does counterbalance it enought. And this model is powered by 1x XL motor so this is more powerfull than the sad 42215:).

And if you have questions about the boom. My gearing is different to 8043. The bucket and second part of the boom does move similar speed to 8043. But the lower 2 sylinders move slower than the 8043:).

I was really happy that i was able to hide nicely the chassis and superstructure functions switch. So the exhaust pipe switches between the chassis and superstructure functions:). 

[Auroralampinen]

The newest model includes my first easily removable battery box. In the previous motorized model. The battery box was part of the structure so it was imbossible to change batteries. Luckily the newest model fixes this:). 

[Auroralampinen]

For benchmarking purposes(Pls note i don't own the 42215). The 42215 has 3 really slow lineactuator functions and  1 meh useless slow bucket unlocking function. My newest moc has 4 "slower" functions and 2 slightly faster functions. My model uses 1x XL motor with slower gear ration. For maximum power and torque;). While the 42215 uses 1x C+ L motor. Which is painfully slow and slightly weak for it's setup:).

And unlike the failed project which was on instructions table when i noticed that had a major flaw. The new moc has been tested more deeply and thruly and it doesn't have any serious issues so far. Im really happy and proud how my new flagship model turned out:). 

The new model includes my first Ackermann steering setup:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Allright my first upper gearbox design had few weird quirks. So i had to rework the gearing. Now it doesn't anymore have any quirks:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Little bit of testing. The 1x XL motor can handle 3 boom functions at the same time without any issues. So even thought this has only 1 motor. The 8043 boom is as playable as on the real 8043 set with 4 motors. But since the 8043 used M motors the 8043 isin't as powerfull as this one. Because my model uses XL motor:). 

[Auroralampinen]

Allright now the free Gen3 instructions madness begins:).

Let's see how well i can replicate the 8043 boom instructions. Because im noob with u joints;). 

Edited February 10 by Auroralampinen

[Auroralampinen]

More progress for the instructions. Now i will take the much needed break. I have builded this 4-5 days straight and i have not gone outside or grocery shopping. So now i will take much needed break from this:). 

And in case you are curious yes, my fingers really hurt yesterday evening when i stopped for the night, because i had builded 4-5 days straight about over 12h a day. With minimal breaks:). 

Edited February 10 by Auroralampinen

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, i do like reading old posts and reviews and apparently this is illegal connection:). 

Luckily it's 2026. So i will be a good boy and i will replace this ancient relic with modern legal solution:). 

Thanks to this pin:). 

[Timorzelorzworz]

1 hour ago, Auroralampinen said:

Ok, i do like reading old posts and reviews and apparently this is illegal connection:). 

Some people say its illegal, some say its not. There are several MOCs on RB using this. You are good boy not doing it :)

Edited February 10 by Timorzelorzworz

[Auroralampinen]

And since i do care for my models to hold up. I do a rough handeling test. And this again holds up perfectly:). 

And i will tomorrow get back to creating the 3d model and the free Gen3 instructions:). 

Edited February 10 by Auroralampinen

[Auroralampinen]

Now to the obligatory final part count quiz. I feel like this model has around 1500-2100pcs:). 

And yes, i do a lot of playability testing with this one. Since the previous "flagship" failed miserable and it had to be scrapped. But this one does deliver on the promise of fun playable technic model. Without any compromises. Yes, i can agree the superstructure rotation might be a bit too slow. But i wanted to make sure it does work without any hiccups. Since the tracked outback dumper had a few quirks for it's rotation and this one fixes all of those quirks. But other than that the rest of the functions do work much better and faster than on the poor 42215:).

And my building and engineering skills might be slightly improved again. Because the gearboxes were pretty easy to design, without any gray hairs;). 

[Auroralampinen]

Little bit more progress for the instructions:). 

Pieces so far 562:).

And my previous mocs used 2L axles in black and red. But with this one and future mocs i will only use the black 2L axle:). 

And while my models are mostly black and white. I do use subtle color coding some times to make sure the final builder doesn't botch the build;). 

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, i don't know what black magic i used. But while the chassis is much smaller than the 42082 chassis. This chassis has already 895 pcs. Even Though it's not completed yet:). 

So my part count estimate is around 1800-2500pcs:).

I really hope i can finish these instructions. Because my 2016 laptop struggles with the bigger models and some times corrupts the file. But someday i will buy beefier machine. But currently the laptop is my bottleneck and i cannot make over 3000pcs mocs because my computer don't have enought power:). 

[Divitis]

19 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

I really hope i can finish these instructions. Because my 2016 laptop struggles with the bigger models and some times corrupts the file. But someday i will buy beefier machine. But currently the laptop is my bottleneck and i cannot make over 3000pcs mocs because my computer don't have enought power:). 

In case you missed it, you can lower the render quality from the setting panel for faster viewport interaction and switching between pages and sub-models in general

Edited February 11 by Divitis