designer-han

Very interesting! Notice the claw and the 4 section boom in the models who did not made it... But, I'm very curious about the written text. It clearly states that the model had to be much bigger to provide space for all the functions. Would be nice if we could have unvealed the photos of the text on the display... If they do exist....

@ Lasse D You are not the only one. I must admit that I have many many faults as well. I could say it's because TLC designers not always take the most logical way to design a model, because they have to use certain parts which are cheaper to produce or are on stock then other ones. But, my rear section is totally wrong, and I could have known this by taking a better look to the B model. As well locking the engine was a tricky one. One 'complaint': why are there no rear lights?? Anyway, it was fun to do the reverse challenge. Next year new challenges hopefully :-)

@Richie, There just there at the last section of the Articulated Hauler page, it's a WINrar file containing all the pdf files.

BI ready and published on my site. For those who want to rebuild the model, enjoy! For everyone: Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2012!

Nice to see the results of other participants (or almost participants due to the lack of time). I really liked this TechnicBrick Reverse Challenge and found it hard to deduct how the fake motor was attached to the frame. As you can see on the pictures I used a kind of 'spark plug' to keep the engine in place; the reason to use the Technic Angle Connector #1 is based on the picture on the top right (red circle). I did not use this part for the whole 9293 model...... and thought that TLC never puts such parts as 'extra' for the 2nd model. It's a guess..... And, last year the rear lights were forgotten. So, I added them. It's again a guess. I used for the right-rear wheel an axle 7; but I think this is incorrect now. Let's see what the real model looks like, can't wait... :-) PS: it's a pitty that LDD had no chains. Maybe there's an excuse for LDD submissions.

I noticed that the function in MLcad-Extra-Reports-Parts does not correctly reflect the 'color scheme' of the LDconfig.ldr files for the more recent colors as 71-Stone Gray, 72-Dark Stone Gray. In the reports-parts these colors are mentioned as 'unused', or even 'chrome_black'. The strang thing is however, that these colors are mentioned correctly in the MLcad Project Part list (i.e. type-color-position-rotation-part nr...) Changing LDconfig.ldr with the most recent one of the ldraw.org website do not solve the problem either. I was wondering if anyone experienced the same, and what the mitigation is? I guess that editting the LDconfig.ldr with extensions for these colors will solve the issue, but how?

Never read on this topic that someone build the 8043 without buying the set, and sees if the same problems occur. Well, I ordered at TLG the new parts and the instructions booklets (this set is not comfortable to build from a laptop screen in my opinion). I did rebuild the set the first time exactly as TLG designed it. Outcome was. All functions do work, except that the main boom is lifting very very slow (all known by you). I used rechargeable batteries, no problems. However, you can hear on the motor sound that this models 'drawns' the batteries very fast. I did never wait for the motors to stall.. if they turn to slow (after 30minutes!) then I recharge before damage occurs. As well no problems with tracks running out of sync. Yes, when both tracks are starting to crawl on the same time, one has a start-up delay (but that's due to the usage of clutch which couple only on 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees). Changes applied: I did correct the gearing on the main-boom (as mentioned by Jurgen and others), this improved a lot. Still, the LA's do have a tough job. The out-of-sycn of the LA's is minor and not the main problem of lifting IMO, so no changes. Other change I made was to prevent the 16 tooth gear for shift down on the axle/pin (see booklet 1, page 45). Therefore, I applied a beam-5 underneath the gear (I recall that this was mentioned before by someone). Remark: old-gray axle/pins turn smoother into beams then the tan ones... has everyone noticed this before? So, my thoughts are that TLG will revise the 16 tooth gear step (what explains why booklet-1 is unavailable for download as I read somewhere on this site). And I can imagine that TLG already did work on a LA-upgrade; set 8258 was struggling as well with the load... so this can't be a suprise to them... so that explains why a Service Pack can be available that fast. Must be on the radar already but speeded-up.

Interesting conversation to read... 1) Selling MOC's of someone else: I don't have a problem if people rebuild my designs and sell it. Yes, it would be nice if they mentioned my name as credit.. but everyone who buys such a MOC will need the building instructions. That's why I made a background/footnote on every page with the 'copyright design, my web name and real name, and the Lego disclaimer' on it. So, it's absolutely no doubt who is the real designer. Basically, this is what will happen if you share 'on the web'... and you know it in advance. 2) Selling MOC's for a profit? I don't think so. I have been in touch with webshops who like to sell my designs.... but until know it never worked out. Reasons are: it takes a significant investment to have multiple sets on stock. People don't want to wait 4-6 weeks after an order (so that the webshop could collect all necessary bricks in the meantime). As example the Dump Truck: 2500 parts; assume 100 euro/dollar to get all the parts (I think it's an under estimation) means an investment of 1.000 euro/dollar for just 10 sets. 100 sets, 10.000 euro/dollar. And, these sets are not for kids, not for their parents for Christmas to spend. So, are there 1.000 AFOLS out-there which want to buy it? I think most of the AFOLS who rebuild such a set will only buy 20% on Bricklink, the other 80% bricks they already have. Time: it takes a huge effort for collecting all the bricks for making up a set. The dumptruck has 14 wheels. Most webshops can only deliver <100 wheels, meaning 6-7 sets. And, some bricks (pneumatics) are not widely available. So, if the hour-rate is taken into account, it will drive the set-price up. My belief is that only one company can deliver quanties, and that's TLC. I think if TLC manages it to improve LDD, AND have a fully automated warehouse for ordering picking per brick.... it could be possible to sell MOC's profitable (i.e. certain percentage per sold set for the designer). 3) Intellectual Property. I investigated this. Legally you can sell your own MOCS. The essence is that the bricks in your MOC were already sold by TLC in the past. This means, that TLC can not judge you for selling it again (it's just 2nd hand). I checked this by lawyers. The only thing what is not allowed is that your use the Lego logo or make a reference to any other official Lego set, or that you use significant sub-models of an official Lego set (thus: use 8258 truck chassis, or just recolor an official set). Curious to read your views on this.... Regards, Han