Some of my MOCs :) new builder

[LegoGBC]

Hello,

Im a new builder in the technic system and I wanted to share some of my first MOCs,most of them are inspired by videos iv'e seen,but their design is different.

I only have the 8043 set and some pieces ordered from bricklink right now (I have a lot of lego from other genres)

So please check them out!:

claw vehicle:

gantry crane (preety shaky,I know)

a simple RC car:

and the claw vehicle 2:

inspired by isogawa's.)

I have lots of mocs planned :)

Thanks and please leave me some tips,im a beginner! :)

[Alasdair Ryan]

Welcome to Eurobricks.It's great to see more new technic fans joining the site.

I like the gantry crane.

Thanks and please leave me some tips,im a beginner! :)

Start small and work your way up in size.

Always build your gearbox first and then build the rest of the vehicle around it.

Its good to break up your moc's into modules.

Edited August 7, 2012 by Alasdair Ryan

[LegoGBC]

Welcome to Eurobricks.It's great to see more new technic fans joining the site.

I like the gantry crane.

Thank you! :)

Edited:

Thanks for the tip! Very useful especially because I noticed its hard for me to start a model,I never know where to begin with :D

Edited August 7, 2012 by LegoGBC

[Alasdair Ryan]

I have also made a vehicle with a grab what do you think?

Edited August 7, 2012 by Alasdair Ryan

[LegoGBC]

I have also made a vehicle with a grab what do you think?

Wow,nice!

Im not very familiar with the pneunmatics right now so im a little confused about all these hoses :D

[D3K]

I have also made a vehicle with a grab what do you think?

Very nice!

Are the two opposing pneumatic cylinders for telescoping the boom?

Correction; three cylinders (?)

Edited August 7, 2012 by D3K

[Alasdair Ryan]

Very nice!

Are the two opposing pneumatic cylinders for telescoping the boom?

Correction; three cylinders (?)

Welcome to Eurobrick's D3K.

Yes, more info can be found here:

http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=72356

Edited August 7, 2012 by Alasdair Ryan

[TimH]

Hi legoGBC, and welcome to the Eurobricks community. Its good to see another technic on the forum.

Nice MOC's by the way.

[Edwin Korstanje]

All new members,

Welcome to EB and our forum

[SheepEater]

Excellent MOCs. Your little claw vehicle is almost identical in looks to the alternate model of set 8275 bulldozer.

[LegoGBC]

Thanks everybody!

SheepEater: Just seen it,yes there is a little imagination :)

Edited August 9, 2012 by LegoGBC

[SheepEater]

I don't hunt sheep. I just eat them

[LegoGBC]

I don't hunt sheep. I just eat them

Haha,Don't know why I wrote hunter instead of eater :) Fixed

[sqiddster]

Welcome!

Is it just coincidence that your name is legoGBC, or can we expect some Great Ball Contraption modules from you?

Nice GDI avatar too, perhaps you can build us a Mammoth MKII?

[LegoGBC]

Welcome!

Is it just coincidence that your name is legoGBC, or can we expect some Great Ball Contraption modules from you?

Nice GDI avatar too, perhaps you can build us a Mammoth MKII?

Its not a coincidience,the first thing that returned my intrest in lego was a GBC video :) and yes,there will be GBC videos :)

mammoth MKII? well,new builder.. so probably more around the "pitbull" area ....

[sqiddster]

Its not a coincidience,the first thing that returned my intrest in lego was a GBC video :) and yes,there will be GBC videos :)

mammoth MKII? well,new builder.. so probably more around the "pitbull" area ....

Hooray, another GBC builder!

Also, just remember, pitbulls are nice, annihilatior tripods are nicer.

[LegoGBC]

Hooray, another GBC builder!

Also, just remember, pitbulls are nice, annihilatior tripods are nicer.

Eradicator Hexapod seems to be even nicer!

[timslegos]

Thanks and please leave me some tips,im a beginner! :)

I never start in exactly the same way with my MOCs.

Going from this:

to this:

is often extremely challenging and time consuming. Start with deciding on what to build and go from there. Then begin building the frame (with similar scale dimensions as the original). Next start adding the functions in. One of the most important things when building a large scale MOC is testing functions EXTENSIVELY as you go. Just because the drive works when its only pushing the frame doesn't mean it will work when there is a body and other pieces piled on. The more you build the easier it will be to start building a new MOC.

hope this helps.

tim

Edited August 10, 2012 by timslegos

[sqiddster]

Eradicator Hexapod seems to be even nicer!

Hexapod is too easy. A tripod is much harder to do right in Technic ;)

Also considering the close-range EMP blast, a tripod will beat a hexapod every time

[LegoGBC]

I never start in exactly the same way with my MOCs.

Going from this:

to this:

is often extremely challenging and time consuming. Start with deciding on what to build and go from there. Then begin building the frame (with similar scale dimensions as the original). Next start adding the functions in. One of the most important things when building a large scale MOC is testing functions EXTENSIVELY as you go. Just because the drive works when its only pushing the frame doesn't mean it will work when there is a body and other pieces piled on. The more you build the easier it will be to start building a new MOC.

hope this helps.

tim

Thanks tim! ill keep that in mind

Hexapod is too easy. A tripod is much harder to do right in Technic ;)

Also considering the close-range EMP blast, a tripod will beat a hexapod every time

Well,how about we agree the APC is the best unit out there?

[sqiddster]

Well,how about we agree the APC is the best unit out there?

Attack bike is better ;)

[jadedomg]

Your mocs look great, the version 2 of the claw track is excellent.

[LegoGBC]

Attack bike is better ;)

How about we agree on the rifleman squad?

Your mocs look great, the version 2 of the claw track is excellent.

Thanks