keymaker

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  1. keymaker
    After second thought I think it is not that useful...but we'll see. I still don't think this part will allow me to prepare narrow independent suspension, but I hope I will find good use for them.
  2. keymaker
    2:18 it looks like 5 stud axle with endings like part 32494. It looks useful, very useful.
  3. keymaker
    I thought for a moment that mouldking thieves designed something by their own, stupid me...
  4. keymaker
    Great trucks, great shots, I simply love it. I'm still gathering experience building smaller models, but I think this is my ultimate goal to build capable trial truck in this scale which will be able to compete in such championships. BTW where can I find more info about this red truck with hubs made from big turntables (visible for example on last video at 0:53)? I wish to take a closer look at this solution.
  5. keymaker
    It depends on what group of people you consider as "us". But in some sense you may be right. Because as far as I know, in case of numbers of people in particular groups, I think it looks like this: people who collect Lego sets, build them and putting on shelf >> people, who buy sets to use it in their MOCs So based on this, I would say you are in the first group which is larger that second group. For me I don't know if I will buy it, it strongly depends on what parts it will contain, because I'm pretty sure I do not need next crane on my shelf. I have one on my shelf - my beloved set from childhood - 8460 - and it is all I need from this category :)
  6. keymaker
    @Jundis if you mention Sariel, you should also be aware about number of tools he provides for AFOLs, one of them is MOC Manager - http://mocs.sariel.pl/ I think this tool can help you out with organizing many MOCs. In my case, I have already 3 MOCs planned in my head and 4th is emerging, so yea... Many plans but so little time. But for me I try to finish current MOC before I fully get involved the next one. Finishing the MOC for me is the moment I publish it.
  7. keymaker
    The model is beautifully designed both from inside and outside but what I want to mention is choose of colours. If I remember correctly is not the first time you choose such mix and I have to say, it has something in it. Four different colours, highly contrasting yet not overly bright - they create great look and I love it.
  8. keymaker
    Thank you and other people for kind words :) I do not have plans to add steering to the rear axle. And the rules deciding which MOC will be featured on main site and which doesn't are completely beyond my understanding, but quoting famous Palpatine sentence: "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one" :D
  9. keymaker
    Buwizz is a 3rd party equipment, it serves for power and remote control. But to steer the truck you need PF servo or C+ L motor or whatever Lego motor you have and know how to use for the purpose of steering.
  10. keymaker
    Because PF servo motor was present only in 3 sets where one of them was in limited edition. And all of them are around ten years old. Buwizz 2.0 behind the cabin. But you can use any hardware you want, to drive, steering and controlling the truck. It is easy as it gets in this truck
  11. keymaker
    Yes, that is why I love those new small rims. This one stud deeper connecting point does the job.
  12. keymaker
    Each axle has own drive shaft connected directly to axle for maximum efficiency. And all of them are connected to axles at an angle for better GC and ramp angle. Rear axles are connected via upper common links and single bottom links. The last axle also has a panhard rod. I need to to prepare render of internals, then it will be better visible. I decided to use cardans and 5,5 stud axle to have better angle and to be sure, that no matter what, I do not lose the wheel even in rough terrain. It doesn't look good, but when you play outside, it doesn't really matter. And you can always use 3 studs axles for better look (I did it for photos and indoor part of the video)
  13. keymaker
    Don't be pessimistic, give us off-roaders a chance to try :D
  14. keymaker
    Oh yeah, this IS the missing gem in TLG collection. We have small one, we have big one, there is high time for the medium size version of such rim.
  15. keymaker
    It looks great. I know all this parts are wishful thinking. I see that this small hub is probably not possible to crate simply because lack of space. There is no enough room there to have port for CV joint which would be in hub with ball connectors for swing and steering arms. There is simply no room for all of this. Maybe this is the reason that basically there are no parts for small, driven, steered and independent suspensions.
  16. keymaker
    I have those parts in my hands at the moment, I know what I am talking about :) 3 studs steering arm just next to standard 30mm rim (56145 or 56904) will rub (and I am talking about "shallow side"). The same goes with new 30mm rim (42716) even with 1 stud distance used between rim and the part. But to be more clear, the part I proposed, without any offset to the rim, but with 3 studs long steering arm as you proposed - will rub. No question about it. The part you proposed, exactly as showed, with some offset, I think it is one stud there, will not rub when connected to the standard 30mm rim on shallow side. But the whole point, or at least very important aspect of such hub, is to have pivot point as close to the center of the rim as possible. You part, with unremovable offset, is killing this idea. Quite simply, the part which will move steering links will be in the front of the links, so lets say in that order: 1 line: axle, 2 line: steering links, 3 line: steering rack or whatever you wan to use to move steering links. Second thing is problem of distance of steering links to the diff or gears. The solution here is also simple - shorter steering links :) They ware mentioned here multiple times. I agree.
  17. keymaker
    Well, no :) Options 2, 3 and 4 are for medium and big rims, where there is more support needed besides the axle - pins. And in this category there is I would say some usefull choice of already available parts with great Wheel Hub with Planetary Gear Reduction. And because of that I think there is no chance for such kind of new part in nearest feature (last option is great, but the same thing you can have with mentioned new wheel hub with some sort of small, new, and very usefull also in other places conector with tow ball holder - such parts were already mentioned here). The first option won't work neither with standard nor with new 30mm rims because of simple reason - steering arm will rub the rim. If you have those parts and rims in hand, check it, you will see. That is why this is my suggestion, great both for small sport and off-road cars:
  18. keymaker
    Ah and I forgot. Those links would be beter having flat central part, just like present Technic Link 1 x 9.
  19. keymaker
    I consider myself quite good in Studio, but I'm a completely noob in Part Designer so sorry for what I'm going to show you :D But I tested it with old and new 30mm rims and it would be a great part. For sports cars, you put it all way down into new 30mm rims and you have perfect pivot point and small range of motion (but it would be enough because sport cars don't need much). For off-road cars you are using old/standard 30mm rims or new 30mm rims but with one stud space between part and rim (you can use it for adding details like disk brakes). And in such case you have bigger range of movement, perfect for off-road.
  20. keymaker
    It is a bit strange to me, because we all know and understand, that there is a limit how small lego parts can be to be useful. But still we have quite a choice of wheel hubs for bigger rims, where there is enough space to build own ones from available parts. But in case of small rims, like 30mm there is not much to do and we need to rely on available, specialized parts, which aren't many.
  21. keymaker
    Yes, exactly. It would be a game changer when making small independent front suspension with driven wheels. Because to be honest, there is a gap in lego parts catalog when it comes to hubs for 30mm rims. I mean with drive. I think TLG is not interested with preparing a type of parts which are available and updated (even lately like new wheel hub 46490) for bigger rims.
  22. keymaker
    Great threads @gyenesvi! In case of parts, most of the most desired parts are already mentioned here, so I won't repeat them. The only thing which comes to my mind is wheel hub, so imagine a hub, like this: but it has 3 studs and fits to 30mm rims, so a mix of (or eventually) and
  23. keymaker
    Yeah... And without it if you want to build somehow reliable front driven axle, the solid (for example live) axle is what you are forced to use. It's pity we don't have access to some smaller technic parts with tow ball holder. Such small part could be used with various standard technic parts to create whatever size of suspension you need.
  24. keymaker
    I would love to see some new element, which will allow to build some narrower double wishbone or just independent front suspension with drive. Because at the moment the narrowest independent suspension (with drive!) I can imagine can be build within 15 studs, which is far to much for small scale models. And even this I'm not sure because I didn't even try to do this due to part size limitation.
  25. keymaker
    I agree that taking whatever torque we can from CV joints is a good thing to do. That is why I'm looking for opportunities to use new CV joints especially where torque is transferred to whole axle (I found out, that old CV joint/cardans are fine, when they need to drive only one wheel - 30mm rim, even with big tire with aggressive tread like 56mm tractor tires). Your model can have some weight due to brick build style, probably even more than my original KrAZ 255 which is below 1kg. Do you know already what will be the weight of the model? Based on simulation even?