Tatra 815-7 8x8 Starkom

[Tatrovak]

I present to you my current creation, It is a mobile jammer on the chassis Tatra 815-7T3RC1 8x8.1R Armoured Double Cab. My model has all four axles driven and steered and also has a mechanically adjustable ground clearance since all Tatra 815-7 are equipped with an air suspension with variable ground clearance and I wanted to give this feature to my 815-7 as well. The drive is provided by 8 PF-L motors. The steering is provided by 2 PF servomotors, one controls the front pair of axles and the other the rear, the steering of these pairs is not mechanically linked to each other because originally I wanted my model to be capable of crab steering but it failed because I could not configure the control in the buwizz application so that it worked as I imagined.
One PF M motor controls the pneumatic supports via autoswitch, another two PF M motors control the change of ground clearance, one on the front pair of axles, the other on the rear, they are also not mechanically connected so the ground clearance changes separately in the front and rear.
And finally two CADA micromotors control the movements of the RCWS on the roof of the cabin. So my model contains 15 motors which are powered by four Buwizz 2.0 .

 

 

 

 

 

[Timewhatistime]

I don't believe that we need any more war machinery in this forum... but apart from this personal opinion:

What's the purpose of the outriggers?

[Tatrovak]

I am also not interested in a lot of topics, which by the way, this forum, unlike military machines, is really overfilled with, but I don't care about it and I don't write it under anyone's posts, everyone can build what they want and I don't know that it would be forbidden to add models of military machines on this forum. I have to say that I am surprised that after all the Soviet and Russian machines that I have added here, someone would write this here under a machine from the armament of one of the NATO countries.

 

The supports serve to stabilize the entire machine to a perfect plane, due to the retractable telescopic masts. (My model does not contain them, I intentionaly used an incomplete piece of Starkom as a template (the one in the first photo) because I can't imitate those telescopic masts from Lego in any way and honestly I wouldn't even have anything to build them from anymore, for the construction of this model, at this stage, I have used up all the parts I have)

[TLCB]

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[Tatrovak]

TLCB, thank you for writing so nicely about my creations, I follow your page and I'm glad that my creations are part of it.

[2GodBDGlory]

That's quite impressive looking, and ambitious with all those motors!

[Tatrovak]

Thank you very much, I used so many motors mainly for propulsion, as I expected the whole model to be heavy, and I was not wrong, it weighs 4.9 kg, which makes it the heaviest model I have ever built.

[Michael217]

On 04.04.2026 at 21:56, Tatrovak said:

I am also not interested in a lot of topics, which by the way, this forum, unlike military machines, is really overfilled with, but I don't care about it and I don't write it under anyone's posts, everyone can build what they want and I don't know that it would be forbidden to add models of military machines on this forum. I have to say that I am surprised that after all the Soviet and Russian machines that I have added here, someone would write this here under a machine from the armament of one of the NATO countries.

Good model!  When I posted my Ural 4320, there was no hint of the armed forces at all. A real war broke out in the comments! Because of this, my model was even removed from the front page. When post tanks and other military equipment, no one writes negative comments. Double standards)

Edited April 6 by Michael217

[Tatrovak]

Thank you very much. While you were writing this, I looked at your URAL 4320, great cabin design by the way, and all I found there was a reply from the moderator that hateful and political comments would be deleted, so I assume that has already happened. But it is generally nonsense, many people admire, for example, German technology from World War II and that probably does not make them Nazis. I am also a pacifist, although I like to build military technology from LEGO.

[roeltheworld]

Impressive model!

Whats the interior of the detachable hull look like? Room for lighting in there?

[TeamThrifty]

What the hell is wrong with people?! "Ooooo its a war machine" - NO. It a lego model, get a grip you wokey snowflakes.

If, as an adult, you can't differentiate between a plastic model and a real world war then you are immature to say the least. Grow up and stop trying to hi-jack the thread for your own bed-wetting agenda.

Excellent model by the way, loving the belly shot and would like to see some more detail around the drive and steering functions. 

On 4/4/2026 at 7:56 PM, Tatrovak said:

I am also not interested in a lot of topics, which by the way, this forum, unlike military machines, is really overfilled with, but I don't care about it and I don't write it under anyone's posts, everyone can build what they want and I don't know that it would be forbidden to add models of military machines on this forum. I have to say that I am surprised that after all the Soviet and Russian machines that I have added here, someone would write this here under a machine from the armament of one of the NATO countries.

Well said. 

 

20 hours ago, Michael217 said:

Because of this, my model was even removed from the front page.

Thats a bloody disgrace. Admin need to grow a pair and realise that rolling over for these shouty bed wetters is foolish and weak. These are plastic models for gods sake.

[Tatrovak]

3 hours ago, roeltheworld said:

Impressive model!

Whats the interior of the detachable hull look like? Room for lighting in there?

Thank you very much.
The body is empty, inside there is only one transverse wall that separates the rear + - quarter of the interior from the rest. There are several reasons for this, the first is that since the Starkom was only recently introduced into the armament of the Czech Army, its technology is still secret and therefore photos of the interior are unavailable, I only know that in the rear part there is some type of power plant, I assume that it is diesel, in the front part of the hull there will probably be only electronics, the operator's workplace should be only in the driver's cabin, overall the entire Starkom is built so that the crew in operational mode does not have to leave the driver's cabin.
Another reason is that I no longer had the parts to make any meaningful interior inside, even if I don't know what the interior should actually be. And last but not least, the model was already very heavy and I wanted to maintain the best possible driving characteristics.

Edited April 7 by Tatrovak

[Tatrovak]

3 hours ago, TeamThrifty said:

Čo je do pekla s ľuďmi zle?! "Jééé, je to vojnový stroj" - NIE. Je to model z Lega, spamätajte sa, vy zobudené snehové vločky.

Ak ako dospelý nevieš rozlíšiť medzi plastovým modelom a skutočnou svetovou vojnou, tak si prinajmenšom nezrelý. Dospej a prestaň sa snažiť uniesť si túto tému pre svoje vlastné pomočovanie.

Mimochodom,  vynikajúci model , páči sa mi záber z brucha a rád by som videl viac detailov okolo funkcií pohonu a riadenia.

Dobre povedané. 

 

To je poriadna hanba. Administrátor by si mal vypestovať pár modelov a uvedomiť si, že prevaľovať sa pred týmito kričiacimi pomočovačmi je hlúposť a slabosť. Preboha, toto sú plastové modely.

Thank you for the support and for the praise of the model, but unfortunately I won't be adding any more photos here because I disassembled this Tatra yesterday.

[Shiva]

That is a nice looking model :)

[Tatrovak]

Thanks 

[Toastie]

12 hours ago, TeamThrifty said:

Grow up and stop trying to hi-jack the thread for your own bed-wetting agenda.

Thank you for this idiotic comment. 

As a native English speaker, I truly believe you could have done better.  

[TeamThrifty]

No actually - everyone is sick to death of these adult babies that are offended by everything. Crying that someone made a lego model? If they don't like it, don't look and certainly don't comment..no one's interested.

If plastic bricks 'trigger' these bedwetters they need telling otherwise they think they're entitled to try and stop people doing things they don't like - They need to grow up.

[Toastie]

Wow, sick to death - and everyone, huh? It seems you know "them" all.

It appears as if you cannot just ignore such posts, don't look and certainly don't comment. 

Whatever.