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This is the first time I've come across GBC and I must say, WOW! What an awesome concept! That basketball module blew my mind!

Thanks for the pointers! I've got an XL motor, M motor, receiver, remote and box, so could easily PF this set, although I probably wouldn't bother as it doesn't add much to it and looks very odd. Another set I'm considering that fills the above criteria is 9396, plenty of useful bits. Hopefully I may be able to pick up both of these sets in the post Xmas sales. I'd have bought them before, but they're both sold out on the LEGO site and I like to collect my VIP points if the sets are the same price as elsewhere.

Good to know, I'm considering this set for a first larger studless build and also for the parts.

Generally speaking, I'm wrong 90% of the time (according to 'er indoors at least!).

Aha, I see. Typo. Obviously I wrote the noun instead of the company name. Sheesh, pedantry! It's a crappy American bastardisation that uses zeds (not zees ) in words where there should be an "s" anyway and Energizer should know better!

Neat!

42006 would be OK, but I'm not fussed on the LAs or tracks for the time being. Also at the same price, it's got nearly 250 fewer parts than 9395.

Having seen what a PITA it is to build the PF stuff into studded builds I'm keen to get a studless set to give me experience in building studless and also give me a stock of parts. I have my eye on a medium set for the following reasons: - Price; can't drop any big wedge on LEGO in the near future. - I don't want PF stuff as I've recently bought the motors, box and remote separately and don't want to duplicate. In studless I have only 2 sets - 9391 and 42005. I do have a shed load of studded stuff inc pins, axles and gears. So, with that in mind, I have my eye on 9395 (Pick Up Tow Truck). Seems to be a good bet for a load of liftarms (of which I have hardly any) and nearly 1000 parts for £50 seems to be a good deal. What's your thoughts? I may pick up either 9392 (Quad) or the new Snowmobile in the near future for the smaller steering arms. [i know I could have posted this in the "what set shall I buy" Topic, but seeing as though Jim created my own Newb thread, I thought what the hey!

Very cool project, I'm very interested by LEGO 3 wheelers. I shall stay tuned!

The colour change gives it a whole new persona. Kinda special forces now.

That is cool! 8868 is my favourite set!

Excellent! Great performance on the white stuff!

Hahaha! You're too kind Technyk!

I like it. Functional as opposed to pretty, which is cool in my book.

I think that I will end up getting a servo motor, but I bought the M motor for steering, so I wanna get some use out of it first. I've got a worm gear, but that added another level of complexity to my first attempt!

As what? Crappest MOC ever?! Yeah, the steering is too quick and you can't get it back to centre. I couldn't pin the motor on the sides due to lack of thin liftarms to sandwich between the motor and my technic bricks. Ended up pinning it to the 1x6 brick. Worked OK.

I'll defo be keeping an eye on this topic.

I changed the pic to the biggest allowed (800px I believe). The remote is crude as didn't spend any time on it. It works, of course, but I was more concerned with the actual vehilce. I have a feeling that if I were building basic remote cars in studless it'd be a lot easier. When I decided to get back into LEGO I was adamant that I was going to just buy PF motors and use my pile of studded Technic bricks. Now I see that I'm going to struggle to make the kind of vehicles that I want (cars, crawlers and trucks) with studded. I likely enjoy it a whole lot more too if I'm not trying to overcome additional issues of compatibility, if that makes sense.

I remember how finicky it used to be to get just 2 opposing pistons into cylinders. This must have been a nightmare!

Here's my first ever attempt at a PF MOC. Go easy on me, I know that this is very mickey mouse compared to some of your builds, but we've all got to start somewhere. Some issues I noticed: - Fitting the PF stuff that doesn't attach to a plate is tricky, it's clearly designed for studless. - The steering is crap. This would probably be solved with RTC steering - again studless. - The differential in Alistair's photo was different to my old one, on which the input gear was slightly too big, so I had to use a 24 tooth gear instead. - I did have it geared up but it clicked like buggery so I had to swap the 8 and 24 over. - The remote is crap, but that's a minor point. Of course your comments and criticisms are most welcome! Edited to add bigger picture.

I see what you mean piterx. Looks bloody super either way!

Thanks for the advice guys! @hrafn: I'm no mathematician, so that had my brain smoking! @Alasdair: Thanks, I'll have a go at building that! I see that you have overcome the odds vs evens problem by adding thin liftarms onto the side of the XL motor. Is the motor attached to the 1x6 technic brick by pins or is it attached by the sides to the chassis rails? @VMLN8R: Those look pretty manageable when I get hold of some more studless bricks. Thanks for posting. @dhc6twinotter: I've seen a couple of the axles with stops, they look pretty useful, it would certainly eliminate having to put bushed on the ends.

I meant that the rear fork is 3 liftarms wide (the middle one is a gap though). Can you not make it just 2 wide? I'm probably not explaining myself very well, I'm not down with all the proper terminology yet!

I managed to power the rear wheels. Considering I've not played with LEGO for 20 years and the PF stuff is totally new to me, I figure that's an achievement in itself! There's no steering yet though!

Thanks for the link man! Very very useful. I'm sat at the moment with a pile of studded lego in front of me and an XL motor. All I want to do is get drive to the wheel, but can I figure it out? Can I buggery!