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What exactly do you want it for? I think most of what you're looking for can be solved by using these, or if you want to be able to control the steps between +/- 90 degrees, then the aforementioned train remote controller should give you what you want

That looks like it's even less Technic than normal Bionicle...

I don't think you need to worry about the legality of your transformation mechanics. Granted, they are simple in execution, but as far as I can understand, they are within the rules.

That situation looks like it's about to probably produce a green coloured drag line excavator or something EDIT:

Wow, this is pretty damn impressive! Looking forward to the video!

Haha, yeah there should be a big, red lever on the right hand side of the superstructure of that Liebherr as well!

I was told the same thing a couple of months ago. Couldn't understand why the hoses were so damn expensive when looking through the inventory of 42008, so when I saw some fairly long tubes listed at 0.30 NOK (UK£ = 0.03 roughly) I ordered 50 of them together with other parts from Bricks&Pieces. Everything went OK, until I got a secong confirmation e-mail, showing a total price of more than 7000 NOK. Called customer service, and they told me they'd made a mistake in the price listing, and also that the pneumatic parts from the set was sold together as one item. However, I have previously on more than one occasion bought small cylinders there successfully, as they are (brand new) half the price they are on Bricklink

Hi, and thanks for taking an interest in this MOC The reason I put in this annotation, is simply becauseit is, in fact, not needed, and takes up space in the rear that was later needed for the dump bed mechanism. The fact it shows in later steps shauld just be ignored. I don't know if you're familiar with the process of making instructions using LDraw/lpub, but the way I (used to) do it, is I make the stepped model in MLcad, and then the instruction steps are fine tuned in LPub. I then export every step as a -png picture, and use PowerPoint to make a slide show where I add the necessary arrows and annotations, and then export that whole slideshow as a .pdf file. Seeing as replacing every picture in the powerpoint file is a fairly time consuming task, it's a lot quicker to just write a note on the steps that are changed or altered in the original instructions, as opposed to re-exporting the .pngs and re-making the better half of the powerpoint document. If that makes sense. Bottom line is; making instructions like these are quite time consuming, so when I notice something is off after making the initial instructions, I tend to take the easisiest way to fix the problem, as I am at that point pretty fed up with the whole project . This is also one of the reasons I don't charge any money for my instructions, because I know they're not perfect . Hope that answers your question (the axle is not needed, and can be difficult to remove later without major disassembly, if I remember correctly), and I hope you enjoy the model! Unfortunately I won't be making any more of the previously promised attachments to this so-called "modeular" design any time soon, but both the side tipping bed and the logging crane shown in various pictures should be pretty easy to replicate

Synchronized outriggers for a crane truck like this (or pretty much any crane truck I know of, at least) is not realistic at all.. Ideally one would have individual controls for each side, both for extending/retracting, as well as deploying of the outrigger pads. Often you see these kind of trucks working on one side only,so it only needs to fully extend its outriggers on that side. Typically when working on the side of a road etc..

Good to see the set is showing up and people starting to buy it! Anyone bought more than one yet? Looking forward to seeing the new parts used in MOCs, shouldn't be too long now! I still have to accumulate some more money before buying one

Hull is probably as good as any other hull, your problem is the centre of gravity compared to the centre of buoyancy. Also, the propeller is massively oversized. Adding a second hull as you suggest will definitely make things a lot easier for a Lego ship of this type! That being said, I am impressed at the effectiveness of your propeller! Great vid! Made me smile! Looking forward to seeing how you progress on this project!

For models where I know there is going to be a lot of gears criss-crossing and working multiple functions, I find Lego CAD software to be pretty invaluable. Using different colours to keep track of where the different motions go when designing complex gearboxes etc is really a very helpful tool. Also, to keep things "in line", especially when thinking of the spacing between axles that need to be connected with gears and so on and so forth. That being said, I usually find that there is some mistakes, some things that aren't properly braced, or some things that interfere with gears etc when I come to building things in physical bricks. Most of the Technic functions are inside the models, and I find it easier to build a second model, implementing changes that are needed while at the same time trying to keep the initial ideas intact. All the while using digital tools (LDcad mostly these days) to work out how to fix the problems and find doable solutions. All things concidered, a MOC is rarely perfect in its first iteration

As promised in the white excavator topic last month, here is a closer look at the red four axle truck from that topic. The trailer is nothing special, just thrown together for the fun of it. Now let's unload that loader and have a closer look at the truck! Key features: -Pneumatic crane boom raising -Pneumatic crane jib lifting -Manual crane jib extending -Manual crane winch -Mechanical crane rotation -Pneumatic dumping of bed -Tilting cabin -Proportional steering with Ackerman geometry and good pivot point (more details later) -Manual outriggers -Bed walls can be lowered As you can see, the outriggers are of an extremely simple design. Their geometry and the way they are stored is pretty accurate to real life, but they are entirely manual, not very strong, and there mostly for looks rather than function. At this scale, to make something mechanical or pneumatic that actually works, would have taken way too much space. I tried to make a detailed equipment tower, with an ACU, some tools and some storage compartments etc. The bed is dumped with a normal pneumatic cylinder. It also has the ability to dump sideways, by sliding a mechanical switch that frees the bed on the rear right hand side, while at the same time locks it for rotation around a point on the front left-hand side: The red parts in the above picture are part of the switching mechanism to from rear tipping to side tipping. The cabin tilts to reveal, well, not very much really. Due to the steering setup, I had to ditch the fake engine I originally had mounted. As you might spot, I had to use the old stye 14 tooth bevel gears for the steering. This because I used the older style 8L gear racks, and for the gears to mesh properly, this was the best solution. Last picture show the steering setup. While it provides a very good pivot point and fairly good Ackerman geometry, it is not as rigid as a more standardized solution. But I prioritized a good pivot point to keep the aesthetics of the wheel arches as nice as possible. Again, I reccomend taking a look in the appropriate Bricksafe folder for higher resoution more detailed images. Hope you like it!

I have finished an LDraw model of this truck, that can be downloaded here for anyone interested. And some quick (LDcad) renders of the internals: Higher resolution renders can be found in the appropriate Bricksafe folder

Thanks, and yeah.. not so much from this angle:

Looks great! Wouldn't mind having one or two of those myself! This topic inspired me to pull out the ol' hacksaw and a tube of superglue, and I just made this: Absolutely no precision work here, done in less than ten minutes, but it might look better than the original bucket on the 8043? I don't know, thought I'd just show it off. Given some more time and precision, it could prove a viable option for those willing to sacrifice a 10x18 bucket

Face it; mine is better Check it

On a positive note, I have through this website found a (the first?) video of my Swingloader Mk II. Pretty bad though, not much juice in those batteries! It's on a chinese video site, and even that seems to be a rip off off YouTube (it's called YouKu.com) On topic: I frankly don't get too worked up over this kind of stuff, as I am aware there is absolutely nothing me nor anyone else can do to prevent it from happening. Feel bad for those poor souls being conned into paying for instructions that they can get for free legitimately elsewhere though, and of course I can see it as being a bit worse for those of you who charge people for your instructions.. Hopefully, making people aware of this issue (by making topics like this), will not make future potential instruction buyers take the cheaper, chinesier route to obtain them.

Jesus christ, how can you see that as an attack on your person?? All the replies in this topic have been meant as help or advise to you, so you don't need to spend too much $ on parts you can get cheaper elsewhere. Remember; you're the one who started this topic! Get your act together! If this is such a big problem to you, then take it elsewhere, as the solution is dead simple: use Bricklink!

That would indeed be awesome, and with the release of the "V2" pneumatics, I think if we're ever going to see RC pneumatic valves, now will be the time. Unfortunately, I highly doubt we'll ever see such parts from TLG.. but here's to hoping! That has been one of my biggest issues with LDD since I started using it quite a long time ago! However, having used LDcad a lot lately, I don't think I'll ever go back to LDD! LDcad does all the things I wished that LDD would do, and it has the complete LDraw library of parts, including unofficial ones

Do it! I am wanting to build one of the rather unusual Mecalac wheeled, articulated excavators, but I need to "finish up" with all my existing MOCs (video, LDraw etc) before parting them out for new projects

I like the model, but unfortunately I can't view all the pics nor the video as I am (as you stated in in the uppermost topic on your blog) automatically redirected to your radio site, which I frankly don't care about. Sad to see you go (again), but I think we all know by now that you'll be back Hope things work out for you, and I can only echo the other guys' suggestions regarding YouTube, Bricksafe, etc See you around!

Awesome! Love the frequency of updates as of lately!

That looks fantastic for the scale, immediately recognizable as an H2! Very good work!

With the obvious investment that went into the new pneumatic system, I am absolutely sure we'll see more pneumatic models in the coming years. An advanced grader with lots of pneumatic functions would be pretty awesome, but I don't really see TLG going "all in" and releasing a set with 10+ cylinders. I think 8455 was a one off, unique model in that regard. That being said, I hope I am wrong, and they do do it! However, I think it is far more likely we'll see a good pneumatic excavator, maybe even wheeled, as that haven't been done in a very long time! Orange?