Zantza Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) Hello people of EB, this is my first post here. So, this is an army truck used by the Finnish military. The building process took about a month for me. The drive motor is of course an XL-motor, which is hooked up to Sariel's 2-speed trial truck gearbox. I'm sure you can find it on his site. Shifting gears works with remote control, and so do drive and steering of course. Inside the gearbox are the gears 12/20 and 16/16. One XL-motor has plenty of torque to drive this thing, especially with the V2-receiver. Both axles have 3-link live axle suspension. Front axle has hard yellow shocks, and rear axle has soft red shocks, for obvious reasons. The real truck has leaf springs, but as you all know they are rather silly to do with Lego. The steering M-motor is sitting on top of the front axle and is geared 8/40. The doors can be opened and the 5-cylinder engine in the cabin is attached to the XL-motor. The real Sisu has a 6-cylinder engine, but I couldn't fit that. At the rear of the truck you can find a spare tire, which is a lot smaller than the other tires due to lack space and saving weight. Sorry for the bad pictures :/ Edited July 13, 2014 by Zantza Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 First welcome! What a great truck! Do you have any video footage? Quote
grum64 Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Welcome to Eurobricks Zantza Love your work. I too would like to see a video of it 'in action' Quote
Black-Build Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) Looms like a great truck, i would like to race it! I could be wrong but are u using 8 teeth gears in the drivetrain? And whats the thing behind the cab? Edited July 13, 2014 by Black-Build Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Welcome to EB really nice build, it's nice to see more military builds here. Quote
Hrafn Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Welcome to Eurobricks, and this is a great truck. The ground clearance is impressive - I'd love to see it in action. Quote
Zantza Posted July 14, 2014 Author Posted July 14, 2014 Thank you for the positive feedback guys! Looms like a great truck, i would like to race it! I could be wrong but are u using 8 teeth gears in the drivetrain? And whats the thing behind the cab? Yes, there are 8-tooth gears in the drivetrain, in the portal hubs near the wheels. The thing behind the cab is what you would put the "roof" of the bed on. Google a picture of the real one, I'm sure you'll understand. I'll see what I can do about the video, but I won't guarantee anything Quote
pluto7443 Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 FYI, it's known that those 8t gears are very weak. However, I've used them in portal hubs without any problems. Make sure they are very well secured. Quote
Black-Build Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 FYI, it's known that those 8t gears are very weak. However, I've used them in portal hubs without any problems. Make sure they are very well secured. In portal axles they are fine. Quote
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