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  1. sm 01
    Hello everyone, I made this pick-up almost two months ago (before I joined Eurobricks) and I would really like to hear your thoughts about it. It is 50 studs long, 28 studs wide, 15 studs high and weighs 1285g. Motorized and remotely controlled - 2L motors (driving), stereo motor (steering), 8878 battery, V2 IR receiver. Front tires from 8070 supercar, rear from 42000 Grand Prix Racer. Working V8 fake engine with some details to make it resemble real V8 engine, connected directly to the driving motors - works at the same speed no matter what gear you choose (in neutral also). Suicide doors with working door handles, Rear doors and roof window can be opened. Fake fuel tank and chrome stripes in the cargo area. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels through 4 gears manual gearbox. Leaf spring suspension with height-adjustable rear (manual with levers in the cargo area). Working turn signals (front and rear) - connected to a servo motor via coupled PF switches. Working steering wheel. Other details and functions that I would like to point out: Retractable license plate (simple manual mechanism). Lights (front and rear) manually controlled with a lever behind steering wheel - connected to a speed dial of 8878 battery (on/off and low/high beam). Working radiator fan, connected directly to a V8 engine. Video of functions: Video of driving outdoors (added 14 August 2014): More photos can be found at: MOCpages - http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/391803 Flickr - https://www.flickr.c...57645075634267/ I hope you`ll like it…
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    Hi guys, 8043 was THE SET that ended my dark ages and, until now, I was very reluctant to make any modifications to it. But, like many of you, I’ve just received my BuWizz and decided to use 8043 to get my first impressions of BuWizz:
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    Thank you all for your comments!
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    Congrats!!! :thumbup: Looking forward to November!
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    Hello everyone! This is my newest creation: It is a result of a strange process - I usually know what I want to build before I start building, but with this one it wasn't the case. I was tinkering about limited slip differentials – trying to find some compact solution, one that can fit regular LEGO differential. Then I needed some vehicle to test it… One thing led to another and I had this top fuel dragster on my desk. It is build for speed - has great power (RC 5292 motor) to weight ratio (weighs 450g). It is rather simple creation. The only function, besides motorized driving and steering (servo motor), is manually adjustable rear wing. Dimensions: 48cm long, 12 cm wide, 14.5 – 16 cm high I hope you'll like it! More photos: http://www.flickr.co...157669238024110 Please check the video to see more about its speed - after all, it is the main feature of this model (I filmed it in my building's garage - my apartment is too small for that thing ) and tell me what you think about that limited slip diff. Also, now I'm wondering, do you always know what are you going to build from the start or did you have similar experience like me with this MOC?
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    Thanks to your feedback, I've made a new version of that LSD - check it out and please tell me what you think:
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    Ufff, it is hard to compare performance of those two in terms of speed (they are made in different scale and use different motors). Here is more about my VW T1 in case you've missed it: http://www.eurobrick...4
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    Yeah, I understand it now - TheMindGarage, nicjasno and Max, thank you very much for your comments! If it weren't for you, I could look at it for days and not to see the most important thing – it has to be open at the start to be LSD and to lock only if the slip occurs (great explanation, Max). I guess I was so excited with compactness of this solution that I missed the obvious - I'm sorry for that!
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    Thank you! No, unfortunately, I haven't measured the speed. Related to that here are some additional info; Rear axle is connected to the faster output of RC 5292 motor with 1:1 gear ratio, tires are 56x28 and model weighs 450g (most of it is placed around rear axle).
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    Thank you all for your comments! Give it some slack, it is just an old VW T1
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    Nice job!
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    I remember discussing with my friend numerous times how great would it be to have more powerful rechargeable battery for our LEGO models. It’s been 7 years now from the release of LEGO 8878 rechargeable battery and technology has surely improved so we were convinced it could be done… Long story short, you can imagine my excitement when I saw this yesterday! It has great potential for compact and efficient creations and that’s way, after seeing Sariel’s video last night, I decided to back it on kickstarter (as I did for SBrick).
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    Looks very interesting and works even better - great job mate!
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    Hello everyone, I present you another motorized and remotely controlled hot rod – Black coupe. My goal was to make mid-sized model with realistic suspension and working engine. Regarding size and functions it is somewhere in between my models “Fire bucket” and “Lucky 13”. Dimensions: 41 studs long, 19 studs wide, 13 – 14.5 studs high and weighs 804 g. PF components: 1 L motor - driving, 1 M motor - steering, 1 8878 battery, 1 IR receiver As you all know, with motorized creations, it is always a problem to place PF parts so they don't influence overall appearance of a model. In my previous hot rods, I used place under the false engine to put PF motors and as a result, false engine had to be higher than in a real car. That was a little bit frustrating but I didn't see any other option. So with this hot rod, I wanted to avoid that at any cost. Some compromise had to be made so I decided to use just one L motor for driving (accepting the fact that it won’t be very fast) and to put it under the driver’s seat. M motor for steering is placed next to it, under the passenger’s seat. As a result, smaller custom made V8 engine is placed lower on the chassis - right where it would be in a real model. Other functions: Working suspension - I wasn’t 100% satisfied with the suspension of my previous hot rods (they worked but weren’t realistic enough) so I really wanted to make improvement in that area. Development of the front solid axle and rear live axle, leaf spring suspension (with all the links and dumpers) was, at least for me, most important and most challenging part of this model (considering the scale). Front: solid axle, leaf spring Rear: Height-adjustable, live axle, leaf spring Working steering wheel – drag link steering Development of the small custom V8 with moving parts (working pistons, radiator fan and a generator) was the most satisfying part of this build Working door handles – openable suicide doors Trunk door can be opened – behind it is a mechanism for adjustment of rear height of the vehicle (manually controlled gear) and battery (easy to turn on/off and charging). Roof can be removed easily Retractable rear license plate – controlled with a fake handbrake lever inside the cabin I just love this function, I had it already on my Lucky 13, but for this build, I wanted it to be controlled from the cabin (driver's seat) for more realistic appearance. Features: Custom chrome parts – wheels, headlights, radiator grill, door handles and rear view mirrors Interior – red seats and dashboard I hope you'll like it, please comment and tell me what you think More photos: http://www.flickr.co...157666582891052
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    Thank you guys so much for all your kind words! It really means a lot! For the better inside view, here are some photos of the chassis (body is easy detachable - connected to the chassis in 6 points)
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    Thanks! Here are more detailed photos of the adjustable rear suspension mechanism that I promised to make: and the license plate mechanism:
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    Thanks! Here is the photo of the underside:
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    Trunk door are made out of the liftarms which are connected with 7L red soft hose axels - more clearly visible in this photo: Soft hose axles are bendable and they keep curved shape to a certain extent, that’s way trunk door remains curved even when they are opened. As for the rest of the rear end of the car – it is underneath connected to the rest of the body so upper part can be curved. This will be more clearly visible in the photo of the underside – which I will hopefully take later today. I hope this was helpful.
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    Amazing work - one of the best looking MOCs I've ever seen.
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    Thanks guys! Suspension is adjustable just for the rear part of the vehicle - it is simple manual mechanism with worm gear... I'll take more pics later today and share it here.
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    Fantastic details (I especially like doors) and great overall appearance!
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    Regarding wheeled version, I think it could look much better with a different wheel/tire combination. For example, something like this (custom tires 1.9" 108mm*36mm with black wheels): All in all, great work!
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    You had me at first photo... wow! It really looks beautiful! Nice to see a snow racer that isn't a ripsaw. I only wish it could be a little bit faster but it is hard with that weight...
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    Compact and powerful, nice work!
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    Amazing alternative build! Front part is absolutely gorgeous and the number of leftover parts is just incredible. Great work!