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  2. Posted

    15 hours ago, gvo25 said:

    I think a three-stage boom on this crane would have been better. This boom, when lowered in travel position, will be way too long for a rough terrain crane.

    Really? What's too long?

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    rough terrain is a bit of a misnomer. No crane is made for crazy terrain - that's why they build roads to get them in if required. You need a fundamentally flat(ish) and firm surface to put them on. You can use the crane to modify the surface somewhat by outrigger jacking to level a surface, but you still need to key the mats to the surface, otherwise they or the strut sitting on them will slide down the hill.

     

    Rough terrain, in crane terms, really only means a dirt surface, which in turn means nothing more than low pressure tyres. 40/50PSI tyres are the only thing separating a 'rough' terrain crane from a city crane with 120psi road truck tyres. You won't be off-roading any of these things in the sense of a four wheel drivers version of rough terrain - their centre of mass is far to high for reliable safety.

    You might find this interesting reading

    http://www.cranestodaymagazine.com/features/rubber-matters/

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    9 hours ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

    That will depend a bit on the interest I get and on whether I think the quality of the build is high enough.

    Wow - very impressive carrier so far. You certainly have my interest - they other models i've bought from you have been very impressive - this is shaping up to be equally amazing. Please stick with it in amongst your other works. I've no doubt it will be as exciting as your other works.

  7. Posted

    On 4/20/2018 at 7:32 PM, kancs3118 said:

    What is the difference? Price wise, I find that the newer one (lighter weight) is more expensive. Which should I opt for?

    By the way, for the flex cable which is broken - I am planning to use glue to connect both ends. What sort of glue ? Super Glue? or those glue used for plastic models?

    Both motors function the same - the newer one was just an internal production modification. Pick the one you can find or is cheaper.

    You can glue the cable into the end fittings - any ABS plastic cement or superglue will work. I was under the impression you were trying to glue the little broken end onto the inner flex cable (the milky coloured bit). If you are happy to glue, you can use the old one and just glue it into the end fitting if it's only the end that has come off the flex cable. Obviously if the flex cable is broken in the middle somewhere you'll need to replace it.

  10. Posted

    the PF extension cable is one direction only. You can connect a PF battery box to a 9V motor, or the other way. You're after a cable with a 9V connector at both ends. In other words, the conversion between old and new is at one end of the cable only.

    You can remake or shorten the cables, but you'll find the insulation on the old rubber ones will perish and fall apart, creating short circuits. You can replace the wire with new stuff - I ended up soldering mine. The connectors can be a little tricky to get apart without breaking them but it can be done. Once pulled apart, the 'how' should be quite obvious.

    Checking switches can be done using a lamp/light, or with a continuity meter or multimeter to check resistance falls to nothing when you push the sensor button.

    The flex cables are tricky. They have a notch in the end - gluing them together probably won't work, but you might get lucky. If you buy a bit of plastic, you'll have to make the notches yourself which will take some care, but go for it.

  12. Posted · Edited by bonox

    I'm only a technic buyer so the movies don't influence me one way or another, but anecdotally I and many others i've spoken to though that Batman was a very poor lego movie. It was a kids story using batman characters, but from a lego perspective, it was just a movie where most of the bits had studs. Big deal - meh!

    The lego movie on the other hand was all about the lego - the different themes, ideas about instructions versus doing your own thing, part identification numbers, seeing 'the matrix' of lego parts around you, and ultimately a battle of creativity between generations. That, at least to me, is what made it a lego movie and not a movie about a kid and his dad, and what encouraged lots of people to go and buy stuff - both kids and adults reliving their own past experiences on their own and with their children. The batman one was just a crap tie in, selling stuff to kids who'd probably go after anything related to a theme, whether lego or not. But in terms of the first lego movie, the merchandise was not only not substitutable by other types of toys, it was substitutable across the entire range of what TLG makes. You weren't restricted just to TLM branded sets, but the entire shelf of stuff at the local shop. It's not surprising to me that the focus on those movies with intent to sell merch may not have been particularly successful.

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    47 minutes ago, TechnicRCRacer said:

    My 8880 wheels only have a pin hole. I checked the 8857 instructions and I can’t tell if the wheels are any different.

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    the stock image even shows them - the two lugs that split the curved slots appear to have the function of locking a bush to the axle if you don't want the wheel to spin freely.

    A close-up photo of the wheels of the 8880 will show the grey little lugs of the inner mount poking out of those slots in the white wheel.

  25. Posted

    On 1/5/2018 at 9:01 PM, Lasse D said:

    You can just join rebrickable, add the part to you "loos parts list" and search for MOCs where you already have some of the parts needed. This should give you a list of MOCs.

    https://rebrickable.com/parts/89536/motorcycle-fairing-modern/#parts

     

    You can just search by part - no need to register an account or add loose parts.

     

    As above, that part is used in two MOCs in white and 1 in red.

    https://rebrickable.com/parts/89536/motorcycle-fairing-modern/15/#mocs

    https://rebrickable.com/parts/89536/motorcycle-fairing-modern/4/#mocs

     

    There is also note of an unofficial yellow release in a MOC which is the sae as the red one.