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Yair, that stops being fun quickly. The build gets overwhelming, the cost in £$€ (and time) gets ridiculous, and the results aren't that fun (big Technic models don't perform that well, everything is over-stressed). This would have been nicer at 1/4 the scale It's much more fun building throwaway technic stuff with my kids, compared to the over-engineered recreations of real-life trucks I build for myself. @Gzzig nice creations, all of them

Really, some of you are so proud of your anger about a children's toy?

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I had a half-memory that the fire truck took a lot of criticism here. I dug through the thread this morning though and couldn't find harsh words about it. So eh.

Ha ha, I'm very late to that party Has anyone done Kranmobile?

First one to pull this off at 42009 scale deserves a serious prize: Bonus points for doing it all in grey.

I could add springs where the 3x5 L-beams are (one of them is red in the pictures). Some vocational trucks (cranes, mixers) etc have twin-steer walking beams set up that way. Probably won't though, overkill

Going with a simple walking beam + thrust rods. It's preferable that it's unsprung because it's a crane carrier that has no front outrigger (springs would compress when lifting over the front). Here's an ugly mockup, functions well.

Yair, the plate leaf springs are impressive. Won't fit the truck I'm building though Axles might work. Or I need to figure out a walking beam with a wide axle spacing...

Yes, none of us did that, definitely, not ever never.

Sell it, then make a video of burning the money, like The KLF. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid

Yes, I mean exactly that thanks. I've edited the original post. I forgot what a torsion bar is

Anyone tried the wishbone part as a torsion bar pseudo leaf-spring in suspension? http://alpha.brickli...page?P=x136#T=C Would be for trucks around the Arocs-size (would be heavy, with PF and batteries - picture at end of post). Used multiple times as a pseudo-spring in super-heroes sets, desert racers and so on, but they're much smaller vehicles. I don't want to use coil springs, and there's no original Lego part equivalent to actual leaf springs (think Efferman maybe has some from shapeways). Concerned about getting a strong connection at the pinholes, and that because the bar is bent, it will try to twist and rotate out from the pin holes as it deflects under load. Also there's only a single pinhole at one end, makes a rigid connection tricky eh? I could just test it, but eh, there might be shortcuts The steering axles on this are currently unsuspended and it bounces too much on bumps. Rear axles are walking beam, but the front is too widely spaced for that. Suspension can't be mushy, there's no front outrigger, crane will fall over... Yair, I did photograph a black + red truck on a red rug. Yuck 4x L-motors for drive though, it scoots well.

On the cheery side, I stole crane boom ideas from your telehandler, and I copied your pneumatic diff lock. And I didn't even ask you to sell them to me. So we're both winning there.

Ha ha, definitely a first-world problem no? Another saying in some circles is "all the gear, no idea". Just putting that out there. I don't have this problem. I do have boxes and boxes of parts from Bricklink though

I check this thread every now and then, I'm always impressed. I don't use non-Lego parts myself because part of the game for me is making a MOC work with the available official parts, BUT I do think this is very creative work, and it does push the boundaries.

@Sariel, I have just discovered this thread, I am very interested in buying some of your MOCS. Could you DM me to explain your price and shipping times please. I will need you to operate a fan discount though.

Inside the body of the chopper, driving the second rotor, so they both rotate at the same speed? I'm guessing...

It's just neutral / drive, no? Single-speed gearbox, and the lever enages/disengages the dog clutch.

XL motor is definitely not weak It will destroy parts easily in high-torque situations: split gears, twisted axles, shattered liftarms.

Eh, you might be right actually I haven't seen the Arocs bucket, I didn't know they were 7 studs wide Perhaps it's scaled to the small 2015 mining hauler, with town buckets?

If there is a BWE, you can work out the approximate size because it will use the clamshell buckets from the Arocs. TLG won't introduce a new bucket part with that profile for 2015, and then use one of the older bucket parts for a similar role in 2016. It gives the width at least. Other factors are the diameter of the wheel, how many buckets etc.

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Nah, as long as there's a bigger fool to buy them, because values always go up, right? Oh wait, http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636506-how-childrens-hobby-turned-classic-financial-mania-baseball-card-bubble On-topic, this is the best year for speculation in some time, it's nice to see AFOLs having a good time with their favourite activity.