Grosse Kind

Hi. Glen here in oz. Been lego'ing a bit over 30 years and still love the stuff. Bought my dream set in 2009 (wanted since age 6) and am still happily tinkering with it and another i bought last year. Love technic and so far have had zero to do with studless. I may come around someday but no mad rush and i fear as to beginning whilst i don't know where it would end. Still yet to regather my older collection but hope to soon. Unlikely to add much of any novelty to the knowledgebase but might post a few details of my babies as i get settled in. Thanks for your time.

Thankyou Balbo, LittleJohn and incomplet also. Been looking around the site, getting pangs of want and admiration from some of the builds i'm seeing and models i wasn't previously aware of. Not necessarily a good thing as the budget doesn't currently run to the unimog i think i'm going to lust after. Will attempt not to be too much of a nuisance as i get into theswing of things. Cheers.

Might i recommend building anything you purchase immediately? Irrespective of size. So far, have only made two ebay set purchases, and am pleased i had a couple of basics around as both had pieces missing. The second of them the seller included a bricklink checklist that didn't match what arrived. All was sorted out in the end with the missing/wrong (some of which i've since learned are pretty rare and model specific) items dutifully rectified but from 20,000 km away, if i'd left it as purchased and sold it on as was or decided to build it months down the track, i'd have been out of pocket to rectify it myself or subject to negative feedback from the next buyer. Nobody's perfect and mistakes get made but best to know sooner than later.

This little girl filled a hole that i nearly forgot existed. She is not pristine (what from Ebay ever is?) and theres a broken fawcet/sparkplug that i should chase down one day but i was ecstatic to have one after a twenty five year wait. The right hand drive bit is pretty obvious. Bar that, all my love has been poured into the transmission. Will try and put a few photos of where that went astray tomorrow. All standard parts are on it plus a few (period specific besides six toothed half width bushes, likely will swap out for full widths when i get my spares back from mum and dads attic one day) extras and one or two i've chosen to alter/bastardize to get the end effect i was after. Can be returned to box stock easily but its lego: its in pieces when you buy it, and i see nothing wrong with adding to/modifying the base design so as to make it more playable or functional. Thanks.

Ungefaehr :) Thanks for the welcome.

Apologies. General protocol on most forums i frequent is to utilise the search function whereby avoiding duplicate topics. Was that where the necro reference came into play by chance? And is this reply bumping it back to the top a further faux pas or forgiveable ;)

Good evening. Bit new to the changed gear designs. Phantom: does 6589 take the place of the three 14 toothers in the differential or as the "pinion" to the crownwheel feeding the gearbox please?