[MOC] Toyota Hilux N40

[Epic Technic]

After months of construction, it's finally done. The Toyota Hilux (N40 generation) is one of the best pickup trucks ever. Often thought of as tough (that's and understatement), Top Gear failed at killing it by drowning it, setting fire to it, and putting it on top of a building that was then blown up.

It took me around 6 months of on and off building to perfect this truck. It originally intended to have a two speed automatic gearbox, but it proved to be too inefficient. Then I got the 42043 and thought of creating a manual high-low range gearbox instead. This gearbox came out much more efficient than the previous one, so I stuck with it.

Specs:

- Power - AAA Battery Box

- Propulsion - 1 XL Motor

- Steering - 1 Servo

- Control - V1 Reciever

- High Range Gear Ratio - 1:2.334

- Low Range Gear Ratio - 1:3.89

And of course the mandatory shot from below

Thanks

Edited February 11, 2016 by Epic Technic

[Sylvian]

Cool! Looks like alot of fun aswell :D

[Epic Technic]

Cool! Looks like alot of fun aswell :D

Thanks, it's a lot of fun!

[Epic Technic]

Here is the video:

Edited February 11, 2016 by Epic Technic

[JJ2]

Looks and performs great! Any chance of chassis instructions or disassembly process pictures?

[Epic Technic]

Looks and performs great! Any chance of chassis instructions or disassembly process pictures?

Thank you. Yes, I will be making instructions but they won't be out until 2-3 weeks from now since I am on vacation away from my LEGO.

[JJ2]

ok thanks!

[Joefraser]

This is a great build, it looks great and the performance from the video looks like it matches.

Good job!

[Epic Technic]

This is a great build, it looks great and the performance from the video looks like it matches.

Good job!

Thanks for the support!

[Epic Technic]

Well I posted the chassis LXF file on rebrickable for people to use. I also made this nice render of the chassis using Bluerender.

[2LegoOrNot2Lego...]

Cool build!

[Epic Technic]

Thanks 2LegoOrNot2Lego