42181 Alternate - V22 Bell Boeing osprey

[TGBDZ]

A long time has passed since I made a new proper Technic alternate build. Stumbled upon the 42181 VTOL set on clearance sale for 60 Euros and thought that it was too good of a deal to pass on so I bought it. At first I didn't have an Idea what alternate should I make but reading comments about the original set a lot of people talked that this as close as we will get to an actual Osprey set. Probably a lot of You remember the cancelled 42113, so I took an inspiration from it and started on making the best possible Ospray version that I could manage. In the end alternate turned out much better then anticiapted. 

 

Looks were important, but so was the functionality. The alternate retains the core features of the cancelled 42113, without any motorization of course. 

Functions: 

• Flying and landing mode - rotate engines using Blue bevel gear on the top.  
• Moving rotors using the second Blue bevel gear on top (Rotors work all the time, in all the engine positions.)

• Retractable landing gear - by pushing or pulling the central lever all 3 landing gears work at the same time. 
• Manually opening rear ramp - ramp is there, although the space is limited due to the  internal mechanisms.

Instructions are available for sale on my Rebrickable page. 

Cheers! 

Edited 14 hours ago by TGBDZ

[msk6003]

Looks much better than original model.

[Paul B Technic]

This is very cool, excellent looks and features.

[idlemarvel]

Very clever. As it happens I found a new set on eBay for £60 so when I've made the "A" model I'll maybe have a go at this. Would be nice if it could be motorised.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Very nice!