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[MOD] [NOOB] Modded 8030 Jeep
neepheid posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Hi there Painful baby steps alert. I have this nagging feeling that I'm wasting everyone's time with this. I have been hesitant to post this when I see some of the amazing creations that people are putting together, but I guess one has to start somewhere. I don't have much Lego yet, only got sets 8860 and 8845 to play with and old school studded Technic is what I'm used to so I decided to try a simple mod of an existing model. In this case, a super simple/boring model - the Jeep from the 8030 Universal set (a set I used to own). (Picture from Technicopedia - hope that's OK) Because I don't have the right bits, I had to widen the track of the vehicle by 2 studs. I built everything else as per the instructions (except for the rear bit where the steering control pops out - didn't have a 2x4 plate with holes so had to improvise a bit). Perhaps because of the increase in width, the model just wouldn't steer - it went pretty much straight on and skidded the wheels. Not much I can do about the steering so I decided to add a diff to the rear wheels. Yes, I could have simply split the axle as it's not being driven by anything, but what challenge would that be? So I modified the chassis to make space for the diff and fitted it. Immediate improvement - the car could steer properly! I'm enjoying my first differential gear ever, having never got that advanced when I was a kid. After that, I decided to try and make it look better so I had a go at forming a body around it. Tried to go for a Series One Land Rover type of feel at the front, then went a bit mad with spot lights and bull bars :) Anyway, here it is now: I could carry on but I don't have enough parts never mind the right colours (like those annoying black bits in my otherwise grey bull bars and ran out of axle pins so the roof spots are attached with 4 axles and bushes) so I think I'll stop there. It's pretty lame compared to all the amazing stuff I see posted up here, but I thought I'd share and hopefully the next thing you see from me will be a bit more interesting. Onwards and upwards.