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I like them all. You got great accuracy and level of details even in such a small scale. I especially like buggy with its ludicrously big rocket lunchers.
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[C-model] 42106 - Pullback Plane
Tomik replied to Tomik's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Thanky you. You welcome. Thank you for your comment. I was thinking about this wheel setup too but no wheel in back would cause too much friction when plane is running so I use this uglier setup. I didn't and I don't plan to make video for it - it is pretty simple model and making video takes too much effort and time... Thanks. -
I haven't been building any plane from LEGO Technic for a long time so I decided to build new one. I built it from set 42106 and it became my first twin propeller plane and also the first plane with pullback motor. Pullback motor is connected to both landing gear and propellers so after pulling it back you can let it run forward or lift it and let propellers spin during flight. Building instructions are available at buildinst.cz Any comments are welcomed.
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Thank you guys for your comments and for appreciating my acting skills.
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[C-MODEL] 42066 - Shark Mk II
Tomik replied to Tomik's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Some of you were curious why I mentioned compactibility with Mindstorms EV3 medium motor in video - you can check this topic to see the reason. -
Few years ago I built Jason Allemann's LuuMa EV3 (LEGO Ultimate Useless Machine) and started taking it with me to local LEGO exhibitions. I found out that it has one structural problem causing frequent failures and in general it does nothing (since it is called "useless" it is not very surprising). So I got idea to modify it into switch that could control external motor. And I also wanted to fix that structural problem mentioned above. Now, let me introduce you LuuMa 2.0 - "LEGO Ultimate UseFULL Machine". It is improved version of original LuuMa EV3 built and programmed by Jason Allemann. His LuuMa didn't have any real use but my version 2.0 works as switch that can control large or medium motor connected to free cable in port D. You can see it in action in video bellow. Building instructions are available at buildinst.cz
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My wife asked me to take apart set 40171 I gave her few years ago. When I did it I got idea to build something from it. And what is the best alternative model from any set? Helicopter! This one is even little bit special. It features opening windscreen, both rotors can freely spin and it still keeps appearence of original hedgehog - snout, thorns and four legs. So this is what you get when you crossbreed hedgehog and helicopter - Hedgecopter Building instructions are available at buildinst.cz And this is original model: Any comments are welcomed.
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I like it especially head and body with their "stud-texture". I also have to say that hands and legs looks odd with their flat texture and sharp edges.
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I own this set and I bought it because it reminds me buggies 8829 and 8048 (8829 was my very first LEGO set and 8048 brought me back to LEGO from dark age). It is good set if you don't expect much from it. Since it has limited number of parts it is really difficult to build good alternative model out of its parts. And about your review - I wouldn't call it review. You just copy-pasted official description of set from lego.com and added few more lines with almost no additional information about model. It would be better to add some information about toughness of suspension, steering radius, solidity of model, some interesting building techniques and parts (for example this set contains just one gear), pictures of model without stickers and pictures of B-model...
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Thanks.
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Thank you for your comment. Yep, this was more about original usage of shock absorber. Thanks. I also like this model much although I didn't have big expectations at the beginning.
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Thank you for your comment. I hope you will like it in reality too.
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This deer is my second alternative model built out of set 70827 (Ultrakatty & Warrior Lucy!). It features big antlers and moving legs, neck and head. My goal with this model was to find some purpose for different thorns included in big amounts in set 70827. This model is my fourth entry to TLCB Lock-Down Competition. When I was done with deer I built simple turtle from leftover parts to give Emmet something for riding too. You also might remember my first alternative model from this set - Alien queen. Building instructions for both models are available at buildinst.cz Any comments are welcomed.
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Few years ago I built dune buggy from set 42075 (First Responder)... ...now I am back with second alternative model - Pullback Helicopter. It features opening windscreen, engine with moving piston and cool spring loaded mechanism for spinning rotors. It works similarly to pullback motor but it uses shock absorber to store energy for spinning. I took inspiration for this mechanism from Isogawa Yoshihito's book "LEGO TECHNIC Tora no Maki". I also built this model for TLCB Lock-Down Competition. Building instructions for both models are available at buildinst.cz Any comments are welcomed.
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This is really impressive model. I like steam engines very much and this is the first one built from LEGO that I would buy. I am amazed how it works and by your engineering skils.
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I like your story much. It had to take a lot of effort to take all those pictures and make story. And I don't have to forget funny ending. Good Job!
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Thank you all for your comments. Thank you for your comment. I've already submited another model to TC18 that is better than this buggy (at least I think so). Back to these two alternative models - I did my best to make them look as good as possible but they would look better with other parts... I tried to build helicopter to look similar to one from MASH.
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I tried to build my own alternative model from set 42061 several times in past but all my attempts failed. When I was decided to sell this set I got idea to give it last try. My initial goal was to build some kind of buggy. After few hours I built working steering and in-line fake engine driven by rear wheels. Building car out of parts from set 42061 was painful (it has pretty bad assortment of parts) and I am not totally sutisfied with look of buggy so I call it "Ugly Buggy". By the way it fits to TC18 contest but I think it is too simple to submit it there. So I use it for TLCB Lock-Down Competition instead. When I finished building buggy I decided to build more - to build something easier. So helicopter was the best choice. I took little bit of inspiration from @BusterHaus - I like how he used gear rack for tail of his helicopter. My helicopter has both rotors connected by gears so you can spin them together by turning gear on bottom of helicopter. This is also my second entry to TLCB Lock-Down Competition. Building instructions for both alternative models are available at buildinst.cz Any comments are welcomed.
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[TC18] Hot Rodster
Tomik replied to agrof's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
It looks cool. I am just bit disappointed by no connection between wheels and fake engine... -
It is awesome how you caugth Trabant is such a small scale. I can remember these stinky cars from my childhood and it is still possible to see them on roads. Anyway Trabant with tent on roof and Trabant caravan are really crazy ideas.
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I can't say it in other way: your truck is perfect - body is excellent especially front. It has just one wrong feature that bothers me - too small wheels...
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I like that you chose small scale of your model but with enough details to make it instantly recognizable. And choise of autumn colors for trees moves it to next level - good job!
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It is amazing how many cool details you put in this model. I like that bottle with blue luquid, shower and bathtub. I also must mention that you did great job with corners of bathtub - they are nicely round.