Ts__ Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) My Mercedes Actros 4x6 was born out of a bit of fun: the question was, could my tractor technology be installed in a 6x4 chassis? Yes! All rear wheels are driven. As always, the Circuit Cube HUB is hidden in the driver's cab. In addition, there is the steering motor with worm gear reduction. The drive motor is located between the steering axle and the middle axle in the floor. Since I don't yet have a suitable load for a heavy-duty tractor, even the Mercedes has to load normal trailers at my Modalohr terminal ;-) 406 Lego parts 1 Circuit Cube Hub 2 Circuit Cube Motors Thomas Edited January 27 by Ts__ Quote
Daiman Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) Now thats some real fun right there, a very happy looking rig for sure. edit: went off and watched a few of your videos and they are great to see, the translation is a little choppy sometimes but I got most of it. Edited January 28 by Daiman Quote
Ts__ Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 Thank You! 2 hours ago, Daiman said: edit: went off and watched a few of your videos and they are great to see, the translation is a little choppy sometimes but I got most of it. Most of my older videos are automatically translated by YouTube, which results in a lot of nonsense. For newer ones, I try to correct the German subtitle track, which improves the translation. But it's really tedious sometimes. I don't want to retype everything either. Sometimes YouTube generates subtitles that I can correct. Sometimes it doesn't work... There is no video for the Mercedes yet, but it will follow once my module is set up again.... Thomas Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted January 28 Posted January 28 When I see such wonders I say to myself, it's Thomas... a guarantee in terms of elegance, beauty and efficiency! Quote
bruh Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Wow very nice! Great job with the looks too! Orange never looks bad! The Circuit Cubes aren't lego, right? How do they perform? I have never heard of them. Quote
Sebeus I Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Very recognizable. To motorize such a small model is truly impressive, I may want to try that myself. Where do you get your motors/ controller? Quote
Ts__ Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 (edited) Thank You all! 19 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: When I see such wonders I say to myself, it's Thomas... a guarantee in terms of elegance, beauty and efficiency! Now you're exaggerating^^ 15 hours ago, bruh said: Orange never looks bad! I like the orange too. My playground is a concrete jungle, so a splash of color like that really works well! 15 hours ago, bruh said: The Circuit Cubes aren't lego, right? How do they perform? I have never heard of them. Unfortunately, the two motors and the Bluetooth receiver with battery are not from Lego. I also experimented with the Lego micro motor in the steering, but the micro motor was too weak. The Circuit Cube controller only supplies 4.5V to the motors, which means that, in theory, a 9V Lego motor only runs at half power. All other parts are from Lego. Performance: Slow, squeaky, but powerful for its size! I use them in trucks and in my KöF. But always because the Mocs are very small. If you have space and need speed, you should use other engines. 6 hours ago, Sebeus I said: Where do you get your motors/ controller? In the EU: from BuildAMoc / Spain. For other or all: Website from Tenka / Circuit Cube USA Technical insight: this was still the first attempt at a three-axle vehicle. The drive motor was later moved one stud further forward so that I didn't have to shorten a two stud axle. Thomas The real one: https://www.autodienst-hoppegarten.de/aktuelles/07062022-mercedes-benz-actros-l-2663-ls-6x4 Edited January 29 by Ts__ Quote
Ts__ Posted March 28 Author Posted March 28 And my fleet keeps growing (I still need more trailers to fully load my train ;-) ) I wanted to build something completely different again to add more variety and color to my layout. The basic idea for the tree trunks with the minifigure parts comes from Klaus / @eastpole77 on Flickr. Klaus had shown a wooden freight car featuring this idea at the NLGM 2024 in Wörrstadt: I thought that was great, so I picked up a few of those parts after the exhibition. They’d been sitting around at my place for nearly two years. And now the time had finally come: I built myself a timber truck for my truck loading setup: (After taking the pictures, I removed another tree trunk. Someone pointed out that it would otherwise look too overload....) I used my Tanktrailer base frame as the foundation. I extended this frame and modified its appearance so that it matches the prototype: Timber transport vehicles from Benalu / Legras in Poland Of course, I need the adjustable support column feature here too: This time, the control shaft runs upward through the central tree trunks, and the protruding branch serves as the knob for adjusting the column height ;-) Color-wise, it goes well with my heavy-duty tractor: and it certainly provides the necessary traction on the forest trails... I think Klaus's idea with the Minifig tree piece is brilliant—it really catches the eye! What do you think? Thomas Quote
boformer Posted March 28 Posted March 28 Amazing part usage, especially with the hidden mechanism inside! I also really like the red bars and the use of the thin Technic liftarms, it just looks right. It's going to look great on the train cars too! Quote
Ts__ Posted March 28 Author Posted March 28 Thank You. 5 hours ago, boformer said: Amazing part usage The credit for this probably goes to Klaus—it was his idea to use the tree trunks. 5 hours ago, boformer said: I also really like the red bars and the use of the thin Technic liftarms, it just looks right. ;-) I thought these items were a good fit, so I chose them. 5 hours ago, boformer said: It's going to look great on the train cars too! I’m curious about that too; I’ll probably have to wait until late April or early May to see it for myself at the exhibition in Wörrstadt. Thomas Quote
Kalais Posted March 29 Posted March 29 Awesome! I like the scale. Match perfect to the minifigure. The trailer with wood also looks great! Quote
Ts__ Posted March 29 Author Posted March 29 Thanks. Exactly: 1:45 is pretty much the “right” scale for me when it comes to Minifigures. That way, the trains and trucks look like they're all part of the same set and fit together. Thomas Quote
ShawnEvans Posted March 31 Posted March 31 That’s a really cool experiment! Fitting your tractor tech into a 6x4 chassis sounds challenging but fun. How did it handle the weight distribution and steering compared to the original 4x2 setup? Quote
Ts__ Posted March 31 Author Posted March 31 1 hour ago, ShawnEvans said: ow did it handle the weight distribution and steering compared to the original 4x2 setup? That was a surprise: without a trailer, the 6x4 tractor handles better than the 4x2 tractors. The 3-axle model has a tighter turning radius than the 2-axle models. With a load on the drive wheels, the situation reverses: the 2-axle trucks handle better. The 3-axle truck doesn’t like to steer as much then. It works, but it’s not as agile as without a load. My heavy-duty tractor truck only likes light loads^^ Thomas Quote
Shiva Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Nice! Steering gets less weight on it than the tandem axle. With Trailer. Quote
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