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I see. I take it that worse steering geometry (and needing more room inside mudguards) is the least bad. I was dreaming of using the 42000 portals in a trial truck, but it seems I should stop dreaming (and start building 0:)

Great video! Thanks a lot, I love how much I learn every day in this forum Portal hubs lead to terrible steering geometry while your old solution looks like it does a lot better, why/when would you ditch it favor of portal hubs? Trial trucks (with live axles) is the one application I'm thinking of, and not sure which one to use.

Wonderful model, cute and mind blowing! I wish Lego would also do this more often, we just "booked" a Creator set for our 3yo because it had a car, a helicopter and a DINOSAUR

I personally prefer PDF instructions, and find it sad that the ones for A models suck so much (low-res). I can only build on my desk, and there's very limited space, no room for a paper book of any thickness, but the screen is always there so it's the perfect support / media for the instructions. So for now I keep all my paper instructions stored for my kids to maybe use them in years from now, it's true there's something that feels great about paper pages

Nailed it. This is actually used in the Hot Rod (42022) set, using thin 6L liftarms.

I didn't know what a CV joint was, and still don't know why that name Searching for images of these, I found this strong joint from Zblj, how does it compare to the others? (apart from taking up more space)

Yeah, and we orange-black-suckers gotta put 42038 at the top of the wishlist

I always thought buying sets is the cheapest way to get lots of parts, and Sheepo agrees, which I take as an authoritative confirmation Once you've got a few and you're finding yourself with "plenty of parts but still missing a few", then Bricklink is a great source to get exactly what you want.

Really good! I love the seat and the fake flame Suggestion: lotsa slow-mo in the video

Hi! I just got my 2 MiniZip cables and tried it on a small chassis with 1 RC Buggy motor, but only had a Duracell 9V battery, the only one I could find locally. I'm regretting not getting the batteries you offer! Despite being 4x heavier, the bulky 6xAA battery pack delivers more power and makes the thing run faster, so I'm in the market for 2 batteries like yours. Could you please help me balance between a few options? EBL 600mAh 6F22 Li-ion Rechargeable 9V Battery (in Ebay and in Amazon, both ~$8 a piece) was the first result searching for "EBL 6F22 9V" which I copied from your batteries. Is that 600mAh realistic / believable? Ansmann E-Block (Akku, 9V Block, 200mAh) available locally (Switzerland) for ~$15 a piece (in digitec, best electronics shop I know here). I'd take the 600mAh but I'm wary of them claiming such a high power, also not sure I'd really help power RC Buggy motors anyway. What would you recommend? Thanks!

I'm gonna put the arctic vehicle in my wishlist even before seeing any review, I'm sold! :)

Hi! I’d like to present my entry to the C-model contest: an orange buggy. I affectionately call it Weird Buggy and you may as well call it Yet Another Buggy :) 296 parts, 300 grams, 32.5 studs long, 18.5 studs wide, 16 studs high. Features: independent front suspension live axle rear suspension RWD with fake V2 engine positive caster angle that helps steering return to center steering wheel openable bonnet fake gear and handbrake levels tall rear to make up for no rolling cage Inspired by The Dawnbreaker, the positive caster angle allows for the steering wheel to be directly connected to the front axle, which is anyway just the one from the 9392 Quad Bike. With available shock absorbers, it feels like the front suspension is a bit soft and the rear suspension is a bit stiff, but as you’ll see in the video is not too bad :) Built out of 9392 Quad Bike and 42007 Moto Cross Bike, because they are in the same color scheme. I thought I’d need many lift arms to accomplish anything, but it was black pins with friction that I run out of! Parts left: 154 parts (including 57 chain links and the bike’s wheels). Given the color scheme and tires, an orange buggy was the only idea I came up with. Here’s a sample of inspiration (found here): A few more photos (~1000-1500 px wide, there are also full-size originals and extra shots). If you’re still reading, you deserve a reward! I hope this video will make up for it (to see it in HD 720, better click ) Apologies if the video looks unfinished… it is. Photos are also JPEG straight out of the camera, I’m having several issues with my computer so need the time to fix it. This is what happens to computer guys when on leave! :D

It's a private playground, so you won't find any more kids than those you bring with you. I think I 3yo is the top user there, and my inner-child is probably 2nd Oops, fixed, sorry!

23. Orange Buggy Alternative model built from sets 9392 Quad Bike and 42007 Moto Cross Bike. 296 parts, 300 grams, 32.5 studs long, 18.5 studs wide, 16 studs high. Features: independent front suspension live axle rear suspension RWD with fake V2 engine positive caster angle that helps steering return to center steering wheel openable bonnet fake gear and handbrake levels tall rear to make up for no rolling cage More photos and details in the discussion thread.

Well, you've seen how this buggy bounces without hitting the ground upside down, that should also compensate for the lack of roll cage I've taken it apart already, but anyway I don't think I had enough parts left for a windscreen, barely any pins left other than 3L and nearly no connectors left. Glad to hear the shooting location looks good to you, that's literally the back of our apartment block and I think I'll seldom go any further away to film MOCs, not at least until kids grow up

My daughter is pretty excited about Christmas lights and trees, so we put the tree up today. In the process, I found a small battery-powered, outdoor string of lights and figured the LEDs fit in pin holes...

Just realized, hadn't seen the video opening this topic, which features I few things I hadn't seen (e.g. top rear wheels). Also realized, some of you might not have seen GRIP's review of this car. It's in German but what you can see is probably enough

Best batpod I've seen, never liked the military ones. Actually considering buying a 8420 after seeing this

Nicely done, I kinda like it better than the 8049 A model. Last pic is best :)

Any hard, flat of slightly convex surface should work fine, but make sure to get really, really down. If the model is on the ground, your camera should be nearly on the ground too. Also, if you can, take the pics on a slightly sunny day when the Sun is low (early morning or late afternoon). Those phew tricks should help getting better pics

Lovely, my 3yo would also enjoy playing with it, she got the 42020 last Xmas and still plays with it :)

Nicely done. Smart parking FTW!

Something big with pneumatics would come in handy, I missed the Unimog.

Very nice truck, lots of functions and beautiful design. I'd very much build this rather than the B model.

An HTML IMG tag can have its src attribute pointing to a URL, like the one I posted in my first reply, or it can have the image content encoded as you were seeing in the opening post. The former requires that the image is stored somewhere and served over HTTP to all users who want to see it, while the latter does not and aims to guarantee you will see the image as soon as you have the page, no need to separately download the image. I suspect the forum software doesn't support the latter, it asks for a URL when inserting an image, so beware of long strings starting with data: when inserting images :)