Micro Crawler

[peter_m]

+1 for the red! :)

[VKTechnic]

The top on the Bronco comes off, and the rear hatch opens:

And the gray BOSS has a folding body similar to the original:

[rm8]

Very nice models Victor!

Convert boss to El Camino and everyone will love it;) anyways it is cool!

I like Bronco. I love this scale. Both you and Crowkillers done awesome small bodies last week:)

Going to orders those Losi Micro tires soon

Edited August 29, 2013 by rm8

[VKTechnic]

Very nice models Victor!

Convert boss to El Camino all everyone will love it;) anyways it is cool!

I like Bronco. I love this scale. Both you and Crowkillers done awesome small bodies last week:)

Going to orders those Losi Micro tires soon

Sadly, I have to end this project here as BrickCon is in 36 days and counting...Gotta get prepping!

Looking forward to what you can do with the micro tires.

[rm8]

You can use this idea for small power supply

See, I like to build compact & small. Yet I'm severely limited in this, primarily by the size of certain elements that can't be broken into smaller pieces. The most annoying of these are the LEGO power supplies: the battery boxes or the 8878 batteries. All of them are really huge, while providing just as much power as the small 9V battery. There is, in fact, an old LEGO box for this particular battery, but it's much bigger than the battery itself, and doesn't work with most PF elements.

So, despite my being purist and all, it eventually occurred to me that there is no reason to stick with the bulky LEGO boxes. If the power is the same, why not bypass all the needless stuff and plug directly into the 9V battery? It doesn't affect the performance of the mechanism powered this way - it's still 9V, after all - it just cuts down on the size and weight of the power source. The 6LR61 type battery is roughly 4x2x6 studs big and has a convenient, rectangular shape, and it's just as "juicy" as the LEGO power supplies, except it runs dry sooner due to lower capacity.

I asked the talented M_longer to help me carry this idea out (I don't know which end of soldering is which), and this is the result (click for full size):

The whole thing is really simple and can be easily reproduced by anyone more skilled at tinkering with electrics than myself: it's just the regular PF plug connected to a wire with a switch on it (in this case, a tiny NC contact switch), and with the 6LR61 battery plug on the other end. It's tiny and works flawlessly. M_longer says he's not going to take orders, so you're on your own with this.

Now, my goal is to use it only when necessary - I will be using standard LEGO power supplies whenever possible. Which doesn't change the fact that I already have a whole list of MOCs to use with this thingy...

[piterx]

the red one looks very nice indeed :)

[cgg199]

It looks as if the Bronco could fit a rechargeable battery box in the rear with only a little modification.

EDIT: I mis-counted, sorry. It would need quite a lot of modification, so it wouldn't be so easy.

Edited August 29, 2013 by cgg199

[VKTechnic]

It looks as if the Bronco could fit a rechargeable battery box in the rear with only a little modification.

EDIT: I mis-counted, sorry. It would need quite a lot of modification, so it wouldn't be so easy.

Even if it could fit, it would weight too much for the suspension to function well.

[cgg199]

Yeah, that was a mistake on my part.

[MrNumbskull13]

That red bronco is epic!!

[Doc_Brown]

I also agree the Bronco is awesome! great project.

[Rishab N]

I really like that Bronco!

[VKTechnic]

The rest of the pictures can be found in this Brickshelf folder.