kristl

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  1. kristl
    I believe you are looking for these: https://designer-han.sellfy.store/p/8258-twin-wheel-package
  2. kristl
    A medium-scale RC backhoe with a LA front loader and a pneumatic auto compressor backhoe would be incredibly playable. It would be even better with Zetros wheels on the rear axle, ensuring it stays in scale with the Arocs-sized trucks we've all acquired over the years. 2WD would be perfectly acceptable, and I could do without a multifunction front bucket, side shift, and backhoe dipper extension. Including forks behind the bucket, as some manufacturers do, would be a practical addition. do
  3. kristl
    Hi Steph, I would like to try and build your Volvo FH crane truck truck aswell. I have gone through the topic and saw you had the file posted at one time, but the links do not exist anymore. Any chance you would send me the LDD file like you did to some of the other members? Regards, Kristjan P.S. I have send you my email in PM.
  4. kristl
    Looks good, but how is the bucket tilt working? Is it manual, relying on friction pins?
  5. kristl
    This contest theme is a brilliant idea I am surprised it hasn't been done before. It's great you decided to remaster this set, I have very fond memories of it and I almost feel sorry for selling it but I did get a 8455 instead.... Well, back to the topic, function wise I think you could safely add a pendular front axle to enhance it a bit, otherwise it seems like your off to good start so far.
  6. kristl
    I've been looking at that crane a while ago, but couldn't find instructions so I let it go. If you manage to build it in Studi.io I would be happy to add it to my building queue.
  7. kristl
    Impressive, it deserves to be fronpaged. It really is a piece of work, and on top of everything the presention with different tire types is something rarely seen, most likely inspired by the Spintires game (which I am also a fan of myself) just like the vehicle itself. The hardtop-open top conversion, bull guard, roof rack and snorkel are also great mods, it is obvious you did a lot of planning and designing to get to this stage.
  8. kristl
    8455: Back-Hoe - Theme: TechnicYear: 2003 Image Errors: No hoses Missing one rear light LDR File Studio File P.S. Thanks to @EdmanZA for contribuing the SR3D File which it was possible to convert to Studio .io format. You can view his post here.
  9. kristl
    I think designers should focus on the blade and makesure it has the freedom of momevement of the real machine. With that what I mean is it should have blade elevation control, tilt, rotation and not just simplified up and down elevation and also the same for the ripper or maybe alternative rear attachment such as grapple for instance.
  10. kristl
    Looks the part, maybe enlarge the rear (trunk) window by removing macaroni pieces as, by the blueprints you presented, the rear window is square-ish in shape so I don't see the need for round corners. All in all, excellent work in improving it from the first draft.
  11. kristl
    I believe 8455 does not have the necesary reach to fill for example Arocs high dump bed (I have the 8455 assembled but I don't have Arocs to test). Although 8455 is wide enough for scale, it think it should be made taller. Also when we mention MOC's of backhoe we should not forget to mention the Jurgens bachoe, which I have built and compared to some others backhoe MOC's it is very functional and playable. Also it is probably the only one that comes with instructions. So my vote goes to a backhoe with CLASS rear tyres and new front tractor tires.
  12. kristl
    I agree. I don't think many AFOL's understand or value enough how challenging it is to design a funtional backhoe with proper functions (not even counting sideshift, boom extension and alike) out of Lego. I mean we even only had a handfull of tractors, even they struggling to fit all the components in the narrow nose and space limited rear end because half of it's width is occupied by beffy rear wheels.The 8455 was a masterpiece at it's time but it's drawbacks were at least a lot of pumping and poor steering design. With today parts it could be done better (maybe a compressor on board in case of pneumatics or LA's with a distribution gearbox and accesible controls on the machine) and a bit bigger to fit 1:17 trucks like Arocs. Or go even bigger scale and full RC but I think that would blow the price trough the roof.
  13. kristl
    Hi, it is not hard to fit 8258 crane's last section (which gives you winch and extension) to 8436 crane (I have done ot myself) but 8436 crane was designed with shorter rams, so the challenge here is to fit the newer V2 rams, but that might even be more time consuming than starting from scratch. For me the main issue with your current design is that when folded it is wider than the trailer which in reality is rarely the case.
  14. kristl
    Hi, the crane seems a bit too massive and wide, you could look the 8436 set which has the pneumatic crane and just redo the last section to add a winch. Otherwise very impessive build!
  15. kristl
    You haven't posted in this topic for a while, any progress on the truck?