miguev

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  1. miguev
    I just realized you're using 8070's portals with CV joins in the Inverno, no? How is it doing with high torque stress, do CV joins pop up often or rarely?
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    Yes, and so did rm8 (Double Trouble). Needless to say, I didn't aspire to be at their level, this is only my 2nd finished MOC
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    Oh I can't wait to see what this is all about... things with wheels that turn into things that need no wheels? Looking forward to it
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    I found something weird today: many stores in Switzerland have it for around €170 but Toys'R'us still has it for €220, significantly more expensive than the Volvo Loader (42030). I guess it's still a highly demanded set so they're trying to be the last ones to lower the price?
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    Totally with you on that SBrick is not for fast vehicles, I've had enough pain with mine to start considering getting a complete Lego RC buggy, in the hope that steering has much less latency. I think another good use case for SBricks is when IR receivers are too big or will make the model look odd.
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    Great truck nonetheless, pretty impressive for a leisure build. I was frankly hoping for a better bodywork and more slow-mo action shots, you've set the bar pretty high in previous works
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    Impressive! Makes me feel like I can't park a car anymore, and I did park in reeeeally tight places back in the old days.
  8. miguev
    Stunning functions! I wish you'd publish instructions, could learn so much from this truck
  9. miguev
    Holy cow! Never seen such an amazing Baja Truck, and I did look closely at every one I could find.
  10. miguev
    I'm speechless, your robot plays guitar so much better than I ever managed! Seriously, I can't for the life of me do that with the right hand.
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    Thank you for one more nice comment, appreciate it! I find it hard to feel proud of my work when I start looking at the works ( of others, specially in this case since rm8 and Sariel are doing the same! Anyway, I won't drop the project, I posted a teaser and now I own it to you all. Video will take some weeks at least, I think. Filming near home is just impossible, so I'll take the truck to work and try to film it during lunch break with help from the 2nd SBrick's owner, so he'll have some fan too. Meanwhile, I might be able to put together another teaser trailer with what I've filmed at home so far.
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    Oh, just found you can pre-order for SFr. 229 in Switzerland. Only one shop, and they're using one of the "CONFIDENTIAL" photos of the box
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    I had never heard of silicon spray until you used it for your Mercedes C... would this one work?
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    Yeah, the A pillars spoil the whole thing. I'm still trying to do better but can't find a way with steering links, they're too short or too long, and all my flex axles are too long. Besides, I do want the roof to be really sturdy, the whole truck is stored upside down on its roof, to avoid compressing shocks for a long time. I just tried removing one of the 20:12 with a 16:16 so there is not that much reduction any more... it's scary! Even the slowest it can drive is a bit too fast for the steering latency, plus the climbing power it had seems to be gone (indoor test only so far). Still, I think I'll leave like this if it can still drive through bumps, it'll be even harder to drive and film but if I do manage to film something it's gonna look more impressive. Thanks for the suggestion
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    Can't wait to see it!
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    Yeah, I think the 3 stages of the RC system, plus the fact that you can feel the lever in our finger/s, help a lot. Why remove the caster angle entirely? I already have a reinforcement here, it's a thin 5L liftarm betwen the A arms, look for the red 2L axles in the arms. It's weird, but it works. Yes, batteries being lighter and smaller are one of the reasons to use them, it allowed me to build 2 seats in this truck, both suitable for Technic minifigs. It wasn't like I needed that, sure I could have filled the cabin with 2 lipos, but as I noted they're expensive and may shut down under stress. There are also 600 mAh batteries, but I've read too many horror stories of such batteries being fakes: they're labeled as 600 mAh but in fact are 200 mAh. Besides, I couldn't find them anywhere where I live. A green apple from 2115!
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    Thank you so much for your kind comments! I've been rather frustrated by my filming attempts. The truck looks decent, but drives terribly, it drives me mad! I don't have large scale locations near home, and so far don't see a chance to go anywhere with it. It's so hard to drive I can't even film what I want by placing the camera on the ground and driving near it, the truck always goes in a random trajectory quite different than intended. I may have better luck taking the truck to work and asking colleagues to drive it while I chase it with the camera I have a question for those of you who have the full as well as the SBrick, and have tried driving fast vehicles with both: should I just buy a full RC set (8376, 8475, 8366) for better driving experience? (re. steering latency).
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    My Red #3 connector hunt....

    miguev replied to Richard Dower's topic in Buy, Sell, Trade and Finds

    +1 on using Bricklink. I realize now how "lucky" I was, when I got 10 of them from bricksy ... by mistake! For "only" €4.14 each.
  19. miguev
    Priceless! I wish you'd mounted a tiny camera between the eyes. And yes, please, make it jump / quickly shift forward in the next version
  20. miguev
    Something like that happened to me, it wasn't my first Bricklink order but still a pretty big WTF moment when I see a Friends box where I expected EV3 batteries...
  21. miguev
    Holy cow I really can't wait! I've been working on a very similar project for the last ~9 weeks, and your specs tell me this is gonna be... what I wanted to do, damn well done.
  22. miguev
    Can't wait to see it running! I've been working on something similar but I'm afraid it grew too heavy to drift or jump and it seems impossible to drive straight, even with SBrick. Yours is looking so good and promising, I'm not feeling like filming mine as much as before. Anyway, I'll try put my sh*t together, some day. Meanwhile I really can't wait to see your truck in action
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    Great helicopter, I love the EC-135 and dream of building one some day, but will certainly not be anywhere near your level of sophistication. The interiors are spectacular!
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    Not only title and tags, the link is also broken! Correct one is http://rebrickable.com/blog/2015/05/interview-with-madoca
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    :laugh: :laugh_hard: :iamded_lol: :roflmao: :thumbup: