MattTheTubaGuy's creations

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

I have decided to start a new thread for my creations.

I have made a few things in the last few years, with my latest creation being my large tower crane.

here are photos of some of the creations I have made.

The crane, my most recent creation, fully remote control, and over 2 metres high.

By mattbennett at 2011-06-24

By mattbennett at 2011-06-24

I will post more photos soon showing the modular construction.

an attempt to make a Dodge Viper. I will probably make something similar with suspension and remote control sometime.

By mattbennett at 2011-01-28

my bus, with pneumatic doors.

By mattbennett at 2011-01-28

I will probably build an updated version of this.

a 4 metre high model of the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

By mattbennett at 2011-01-28

As you can see, it is fairy large!

I intend to build something even higher, probably an observation tower though, which would be more suited to Technic.

A couple of other things I have built are a tank, which uses tracks made from technic pieces, rather than the link chain tracks, and several other attempts at making cranes, all of which didn't really work.

I find it hard to think of things to make, so any ideas would be great.

[GuiliuG]

But there are so many things to build :)

By the way, great constructions ! Did you have more pictures of the bus and the viper?

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

some more photos of the Dodge Viper:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

I tried to make a decent interior, which turned out pretty good. I did plan to make the convertible roof, but never got round to it / couldn't figure out how.

more of the bus:

the other side

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

size compared to a yellow pages book.

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

with the roof off

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

the control panel

By mattbennett at 2011-06-28

as you can see the picture quality isn't great, which is one reason I want to rebuild them, so that I can take photos of them with my fancy new camera.

also here is another couple of the Burj Khalifa with more panels on it.

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

[bord4kop]

Must say; really impressive!

BIG things (the crane and tower) and very beautiful things, the bus and viper

Keep it up, nice variety

:thumbup:

[technicmad]

LOVE the bus! Haven't seen one of those built before :)

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

Some more photos of the crane, but first my tank:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

now here are some photos showing the different parts of the crane.

first, the tower.

the base:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

would be better if it was bigger, or if it was heavier.

the sections:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

I could make more of these, but I ran out of pieces.

the top:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

note the half turntable. the first time the crane fell over, it disconnected, so I decided that connecting the crane to the tower by clicking the two halves together would be easiest.

all of them together, secured using the 3 long pin with stop bush (56 of them)

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

now the crane mechanics:

the base:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

this contains the motor for rotation plus the IR recievers.

the base with the large triangle structure (not sure what it is called)

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the wheel with the string for the hook

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the wheel with the string for the boom angle

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

all of them together.

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

next, the boom:

the bottom end:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the top end:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the sections:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the parts that connect them:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

there are two different ones because I ran out of parts to make one kind.

all joined together:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

once again, all joined with the 3 long pins.

putting it all together

connecting the boom to the rest of the crane:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

this uses an 8 long axle with stopper.

the adjustable counterbalance:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

with swing parts:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

connecting the counterbalance:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

this also uses an 8 long axle with stop.

the attached counterbalance:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the battery boxes are attached using the 3 long pins with stops, and are rather important for counterbalance.

connecting the boom to the boom pulley:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

putting the crane on the tower:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the hook:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the load I made for it to lift and extra counterbalance weight:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

attached extra counterbalance:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

the completed crane:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-29

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

I have decided what I am going to make next: a bus!

I started rebuilding the bus I made several years ago, but then decided it would probably be better starting from scratch.

I Have decided to make this, although it is tempting to try make a bendy bus like this

It will be in the same scale as the 62.4x20S wheels that a lot of Technic trucks have, which is a scale of around 1:16 (wheel diameter of 1m), so the first bus (14.5m) will be 90cm long, and the bendy bus (18m) would be 112cm long.

considering that my second bus (the one in the first post) was about 75cm long, and that was HUGE, either of these ones will be ridiculously huge! (entry into Technic challenge for biggest LEGO bus perhaps?)

I will be building it with the usual engine and steering, plus opening doors (LA controlled possibly so it will be remote controlled), full suspension, and possibly a kneeling function (also LA controlled).

I will try make it fully remote controlled, although it will probably be horribly slow because of how big it will be.

If I decide to do the bendy bus, the connection will be interesting.

I think the bendy bus will be my choice.