Cardboy

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  2. Posted

    8 hours ago, astyanax said:

    Delightful project! @Cardboy have you considered putting two actual white air tanks on the sides? It's probably overkill, but I'd be soooo tempted to make those white cylinders actually functional! :pir-grin:

    My aim was to be as faithful to the 8868 as possible so i didn't add air tanks I haven't measured the gap so not sure they would fit. With the new V2 compressor and the power functions motor it seems to deliver better rate of compression from the original and will probably make the turntable even more uncontrollable.

    Back when i first got this I tried to tape up the fuel tanks to make them air tight how little i knew back then about air pressure :roflmao:

    2 hours ago, amorti said:

    That's brilliant!

    How about control+ motor and hub? If you're making it modern, may as well go the whole way.

    The lbg #1 connectors on the claw might pull apart in use, a 5L beam would fit just the same.

    I did think about it. Though I would probably consider the the dumb box and a motor as control + would be overkill for one "on" function. As i like to make all these models for real when i build them and don't have access to that part, like many I'm not paying £30 for it and would have bought the Osprey but we all know what happened to that :roflmao:

    2 hours ago, Jurss said:

    Nice project. Like it.

    You need reconsider turntable connection to chassis, it will be pretty weak, even wobbly, especially back/forward.

    Actually its quite robust as the crane superstructure is not that heavy. The claw doesn't have too much closing pressure and that will fail before the turntable. This could be why the original never had out riggers as its not a heavy lifter.

    The other issue is the tubing there are 6 pipes that need to feed past the turntable and it needs to rotate freely.

    As i said before I do build all of these for real but I show you the CG images for two reasons. 1) I don't have a good set up for tacking pictures and I'm quite rubbish at photography. 2) I don't all ways have the right colours available so my prototype looks a bit odd.

  3. Posted

    1 minute ago, Jeroen Ottens said:

    This looks really good. It was the model that brought me back from the dark ages, so I have fond memories about it. What is the part count compared to the original?

    The part count at the moment is now 1213 this will go up with all the tubing and T connectors required so possible 20-30 parts Brick set has the original as 954 so a bit of a jump up

  4. Posted · Edited by Cardboy

    Finlay finished the instructions you can now download them for free here Air-Claw

    With a new Pneumatic truck possibly on the horizon, I decided to give the Redux treatment to one of my favourite models.This is due to its complexity and that it was the first large model that i bought for myself that was not a Christmas or Birthday present.

    And judging from a recent post on the forums a lot of you like it as well.

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    I have still to model the tubing from my IRL model but  I may have to switch to LDCad as stud.io is still not the best at this.

    As with most of the models of the old studded times, to convert to studless you have to switch the width from even to odd so the truck is now one stud wider. I have tried to keep as many details from the original and made changes where the new beams demand it or where newer parts allow a better build.

    With the redux models I make I always try to use the most current parts available so people who don't have the original have a chance to build it as well.

    Please let me know what you think especially the front of the truck as I have employed a few odd techniques to keep it looking like the original.

    Plans will follow eventually when i get the tubing done.

  6. Posted

    16 hours ago, allanp said:

    At least there's one pneumatic set (pneumatics live one... YAAAAAAY!!!) but it seems they stuffed LAs in that one also, and no motor? And like 42080 they made it an ugly colour scheme to put people off buying a pneumatic set!

    I know what is it with the pneumatics and horrid colour schemes i need some of those new switches.

    Volvo 42053 was so good, reasonable price great functions even had a compressor and easy to motorise

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    5 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

    Well done, except for the steering linkage. Surely you could use thinner 5L suspension arms to squeeze the front suspension tighter, so that the steering links can be parallel to the arms?

    Looking at the model now it looks so simple and empty, but back than it was the pinnacle of Lego Technic. Makes you wonder where Technic will be some 30 years from now...

    I though about using them but the original uses double wishbones so felt that this should have the same. The original also has a much longer arms on the hub which also give better clearance for the front shocks. My original design extended the hubs and made them more parallel but these rub on the chosen tiers it's OK if you use a larger rim but there not in white and more of a road tread.

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  12. Posted · Edited by Cardboy
    Instructions Added

    I have made a stud less version of the classic 8865 Test Car

    Instructions can now be downloaded free here

    I would like some feedback and your opinions.

    I have tried to keep as many features from the original as possible including the clunky 3 speed gear box.

    The parts I'm least sure on is the engine also the front grill I have only used parts which have been produced by Lego in those colours which limits some design choices. I would love to have  63869 in red seeing as the Lamborghini got some in lime hoping there may be some in the new Ferrari.

    The front wishbones are only in grey now and you cant place the shocks in the same place so it now has a more positive rake.

    The original had more off road tiers and there rims are hard to get in white but it looked closer to the original than the the new ones for the current 1:8 scale cars.

    Some of the Blue parts are very expensive so i don't know if i should include some alternative colour schemes or can AFOLs figure it out themselves :grin:. (i don't have all the needed colour parts to build it but i substituted some of the blue for dark grey whilst working on it)

    One thing i have noticed building it from new beams compared to my original its a lot lighter but has more flex in the chassis the suspension is still light enough that its not to much of an issue.

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    Here are some close ups of the engine

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  16. Posted

    25 minutes ago, J_C said:

    "Hello, is is TLG, Denmark?"

    "yes"

    "I am calling from Texas, USA, from Bell Helicopter company, you are using one of our designs without valid licence, precisely, you broke the agreement we have had and we are not happy about it (we are actually pretty f*****g mad), I would like to speak about that"

    "eh....well...you know...wait a minute..."

    Not so simple

    I would assume they would still be paying Bell the licence fee as that will have already been negotiated. Renaming the set they will lose any tie up marketing and may have to pay Bell more if part of the licence cost was brand advertising for Bell.

    Stopping the whole set would be a much bigger financial hit and they will still have all the costs and no sales plus more cost if they have to dispose of the set's they have already made.

  17. Posted

    So with it only 2 weeks form it's original release Lego must be sitting on a large stockpile and some must have went to stores that's a lot of money even for Lego to have tied up.

    They can't just dump all that plastic. a recall will be even more expensive even if they can get that info to all stores in a week.

    I think at best they could drop the licence name and just call it a generic rescue plane as the before with the 42066 they got away with that as it's not a named machine.

  22. Posted

    On 6/13/2020 at 7:28 PM, dhc6twinotter said:

     The Technic sets always seemed to be buried towards the back of the catalogue.  It's nice to see Technic on the cover and first six pages of the catalogue.

    I think Lego are making more of a push of Technic in the US as it's been weaker there than Europe. I think that's the reason we got Dom's charger in Technic not as a creator as an avenue to bring fans of the film to Technic. Also a lot more American licenced sets the Corvette, Mac and now Bell.

  23. Posted

    17 hours ago, Gray Gear said:

    Nice refresh, and  I did not even know this model existed... It is older that I am for sure :wink: 

    Do you have built it irl too?

     

    I did build in irl just my photo skills are worse then the CG render also I don't have all the right colours so it's using Blue seats atm.

     

    13 hours ago, myvideo000 said:

    I don't see the problem. (I know, the yellow seats are still missing. After my order arrives, they will be available to me) 

     

     

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    Very nice i was looking at the original 8845 and yes it starts grey then black so you are correct but i quite like the black to finish on the grill