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This is awesome! You have done a great job so far. I'm looking forward to the rest of your build. My Toyota 4Runner has a drivetrain similar to yours. Body on frame, V6, 5spd tranny, part-time 4wd (no center diff though), solid rear axle, and independent front suspension. Are you building a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado? Or maybe a Nissan Patrol or Pathfinder? Maybe a Mitsubishi Pajero? Looks great! Nice to see another Technic builder on the forum.

Excellent! Nice job, and quick too!

Yup, the motor that switches the gearbox uses knob gears. The motor just stalls once switcher hits it's limits. It's not a design I would use in my mocs, but I guess it works ok. Welcome to EB!

Nico71 is da bomb.

Marcus, welcome to the forum! 8053 is a pretty good set. The build was interesting, and a bit different than some of the other sets. It was fun to build. 8258 is probably my favorite Technic set that I own, but I have yet to buy 8110. 8043 is also a great set. Also, your english is very good. English is my first language, and I can't even get the hang of it.

Awesome! I'll have to pick up the crane when it is stocked in stores. I need that mini turntable for my project. The tow truck is a bit more expensive than I anticipated. I'll have to think twice about buying that, or wait for a discount.

Looking great! I wish I had some of those pneumatic brackets.

Very cool. I like the fact that it is 7 wide. I get to drive these buses every now and then at work when we are doing mass movements. The ones we drive look like the one dluders posted, except for ours are white with seperate low/high beam headlights and no caution/stop flashers. Our buses also have AC, barn door luggage area in the rear, and some have airbag suspension with knealing front ends. Ours are Cat and Cummins powered. They are fun to drive, on the rare times that I get too. Anyways, nice work there!

While the timing and valve system isn't realistic, solde1 has created a clever and compact system for moving the valves back and forth. Pretty cool!

Thanks for the review! This is an awesome set, and one that I really wish I had. I hope LEGO makes another plane in the future.

I'd like to see PF remotes/receivers using RF instead of IR. I vote for servo motors. A PF pneumatic valve would be nice as well. Having 4 channels doesn't really bother since there are ways around this. Models become more complicated with more than 8 functions, but that is all part of the fun.

I don't get what the rubberbands are for???

Hey, hey! It's nice to see a Technic model on the front page! The Technic forum is getting some love after all!

I like it! I think the only change I would make would be to switch the position of the pin and axle hole, so that the pin hole is the lower one. The pin and axle holes could also be used for outrigger mounts, but I think having a pin or axle hole mid-way on the cylinder would be much stronger. Having a pneumatic cylinder outrigger supported only from one end would be too weak, imho. I actually don't mind the 2 stud wide base of the cylinders. I do like the idea of a 1 stud base, but I think having the base narrower than the cylinder may, in some cases, make it harder to mount. Just my $.02.

I was just thinking an axle or pin hole in the middle would make it easier and stronger to mount pneumatic cylinders when used for outriggers. Also, having a pin hole and axle hole at the bottom would make it easier to mount two cylinders together for an even longer stroke. I agree that the valves should be redesigned with the ports on the back. It would be so much better.

I like it! The transverse drive-train is really great.

I'd like to see a pneumatic cylinder with a 7-9L stroke. Also add an axle and pin hole at the bottom (like the LA's), and an axle or pin hole about mid way up the cylinder. And we need a servo motor.

Awesome! This has old-school written all over it.

Heck yeah! I'd be all over some XS motors. I think a motor with return to center and built in clutch would be even better.

Interesting idea. So, you are going to use 4 or those hockey puck springs? They aren't cheap, unless you have a secret stash somewhere. If you have a secret stash, I'd be interesting in some.

If you go to this link, and look at the pictures, it appears that the tank uses a "torsion" bar suspension made from axles. I've seen a few other people do it as well. One of the PF pneumatic valves I've seen uses axles as torsion bars to return the valve to center. And just an interesting (to me) side note that has nothing to do with LEGO: My '90 Toyota 4Runner uses torsion bars on the front suspension. No coil or leaf springs. The cool thing about my torsion bars is that I can give them a few cranks with a wrench and gain an inch or so of lift. I still like the coil sprung front suspension on my '00 4Runner better though.

That's an event I would love to go to. I really like the portal display. I agree with the Technic theme not being as popular, and I too noticed many people leave Technic stuff out of their photo galleries. I get the feeling that even EB overlooks us Technic folks. I've seen some amazing Technic creations posted here, but I have never seen any posted on the front page. Model team stuff yes, but not Technic. Part of the reason I enjoy going to the conventions is to try and get people interested in Technic. I have a blast answering questions about Technic. Last year at BrickMagic, a kid was walking towards my Technic tractor, and the mom pulled him away and said, "that's not LEGO, don't look at that". CRTLEGO, it would have great to have another Technic fan at BrickFair. We didn't have a big Technic turn out. Paul and I had some large mocs, one other guy had some moded sets, and there were a couple of kids with some smaller mocs. Not much else. Anyways, just my thoughts on that.

Sometimes I listen to music while I build, but when my brain gets fried, I watch a bit of TV before getting back into my project.

I used an articulating joint on the tractor I built. Sorry, I don't have very good pictures of the joint itself, but these pictures may give you some ideas: If you go to my youtube video , you can see the articulating joint at the 30 second mark.Hope that helps! Daniel

I like it! You've managed to fit a lot of features in a small space.