[MOC] Technic Carousel

[JamesJT]

I have enjoyed checking out all the amazing technic MOCs on this site. I thought I should share some of mine, starting with my small carousel.

Carousel 1 by jamesjtillson, on Flickr

Carousel 2 by jamesjtillson, on Flickr

Carousel 3 by jamesjtillson, on Flickr

Edited January 19, 2015 by JamesJT

[Jeroen Ottens]

At first I thought: A nice little caroussel, good try, like the colourscheme

Then I saw the video with the moving horses. That is really neat!

Two things to improve maybe:

Have a picture from a lower angle, it is all a bit top-down, that doesn't do your model justice.

Mention the functions you have in the model in the post, this is after all a (dominantly) technic forum.

[MrTekneex]

It is very beautiful, I love it!!!

I can't stop watching it.

[Edwin Korstanje]

The moving horses .

This carousel rocks :thumbup: and please show us how it's works

[JamesJT]

lego 007 by jamesjtillson, on Flickr

The colour scheme probably took longer than the design, I used 10196 as inspiration.

I just wish it made the carousel music (like in the video) instead of the constant whine from the M motor.

The 32269 is fixed so it turns the four cranks and makes the horses go up and down as the carousel turns.

Carousel 5 by jamesjtillson, on Flickr

Spoils the fun when you see how simple it is.

It has been on Cuusoo (now lego ideas) for a year and only has 22 votes.

[aeh5040]

Wow, that's a really neat model!

I would try to make the horse color contrast more with the background. Eg. horses white, center section black, no other white anywhere.

[BusterHaus]

I'll join the choir of voices singing praises for the moving horses. Sometimes the simplest mechanisms are the most mesmerizing.

[Omikron]

This is awesome!

[darksheep]

At first I thought: A nice little caroussel, good try, like the colourscheme

Then I saw the video with the moving horses. That is really neat!

Two things to improve maybe:

Have a picture from a lower angle, it is all a bit top-down, that doesn't do your model justice.

Mention the functions you have in the model in the post, this is after all a (dominantly) technic forum.

I had the same though , then watch the video , really cool well done dude !

[Balrog]

Wow, this is so cool

If you scale it up a little, you could even let some minifigs take a spin!

[valis]

This is great!

I love it's simplicity of the moving horse mechanism yet it translates into something quite wonderful.

[nerdsforprez]

This is really great. I love it. Recently, (too lazy to look up), there was a whole discussion lamenting the fact that nearly all Technic productions were some sort of wheeled invention. This one breaks outside that box while remaining functional. Nice job.

[DrJB]

... there was a whole discussion lamenting the fact that nearly all Technic productions were some sort of wheeled invention ...

You mean this one?

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=102657&hl=drjb#entry2060117

[Paul Boratko]

I really dig this.. Many cool ideas you came up with...

[Chilly]

Why doesn't this (Eurobricks) forum have a "like" button?

Then instead of filling up page after page of comments, likes and praise we could see all the likes beside the original post.

[miguev]

Super neat! :)