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The problem is, in the render I posted, as you said. the box of the one rear wheel was rising the whole model above the ground. But I fixed that in the .lxf. But, now it is still not working. The problem now is, that the rear wheels are flat on the ground, which is ok. But the front wheels are in the air, since they are positioned higher on the model. The real model is leaning forward a little bit. To fix that, I would need to rotate the whole model a little bit, then again fix the wheels. But it won't let me rotate it. If you want, I can upload the .lxf. Perhaps that helps to clarify it.

Haha lol ... I totally overlooked the Pause button. Btw. I will totally steal your 8258 lxf file and set up something tonight to render when I am back home, so my computer won't be sitting idle when I am away for the week :D

I tried this and it doesn't work. It won't let me rotate the whole model. This was just a test anyway, so I don't really care anymore. That is something I could let run this week, because I will not use my PC at home that much :D

The radiosity for this render took roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes and the trace time 13 hours. I wonder what times you needed "roughly" for the crawlers in your signature. That would be quite interesting. Here is the pic: I know it is somewhat flying. I have to adjust this. I'll let it render again until tomorrow and keep AA enabled and hopeflly can fix the ground clearance before that. But for now, I really like the result. Edit: Found the reason why it is flying. One of the back wheels was angled and thus it has clearance in the back. I had to fix the drive train and the differential. Though, it is still flying on the front side. The back wheels are the lowest parts. The model should stand slightly angled to the front. And I somehow cannot fix that in LDD. So, most likely I'll treat that as a lesson to learn and keep it at that.

Today I just finished a Technic model in LDD. I wanted to try out PovRay rendering. I got the setup done and rendering starts. Then I thought of how stupid and genius I am. Why do that on my laptop where LDD barely works fluently. My PC at home is alright for the job and mainly idle anyway. So I remotely set up everything there. I started my first render. Desktop resolution, standard AA. After a hour I cancelled it. I disabled AA, because it is very intensive on processing. I doubled the resolution values as suggested and gave it some time. After 4h, still this thing isn't finished. I cancelled. I chose the desktop resolution again. Right now it is running for 3 1/2 hours and at 37%. I wonder if you other guys still have some tipps to optimize settings. But mainly I have a theory which needs some proof. I figured, that visible bevels are enough to render. That was already like that when making maps for half-life or counter-strike. So, lots of bevel means lots of renderwork. So is it just common for larger Technic models to take ages to get rendered? I have not yet made any comparison rendering though. That will happen tomorrow I guess. Perhaps hrontos has some details on this "issue"?

That might just mean, that we will get to hear more songs from the characters :) After all, The Hobbit was a book for kids afaik.

That should be due to vibrations. Since the axle for driving the front and rear function is the same and the clutch gear not sitting completely free on the axle. Once you have built the attachments, there will be enough resistance in the drive train of the functions so it doesn't turn anymore except if clutched in.

You are right, the steering wheel goes in the wrong direction. This is mostly depending on the mechanism that is used. With spur gears, the direction will always change. But if you use bevel gears to translate force "around the corner" it depends on the side where the follower gear is placed. It seems the mechanism for turning the wheel is directly connected to the steering. Most likely he used 2 spur gears to position the steering wheel more on the side whereas he should have either used 3 gears or no additional spur gear. Either this, or some similar reason.

Wow. This is very cool.

That could be. Anyways, who cares? If it is guaranteed to get the figure by pre-ordering the game as the special edition, why not do that. Better than the GameStop pre-order.

I pre-ordered directly on Amazon.de. It's a Amazon-exclusive special edition. Here it is

Well, here in Germany, it is not a pre-order bonus. They sell two types of the game here. The regular edition and a slightly more expensive special edition which includes the Elrond minifig. So I cannot imagine, that we don't get the minifig if the pre-order was for the correct edition. i just implied it was the same in the US.

Ah ok. That info should have been in the first post :) But too bad for those who pre-ordered the game because of the figure. From what I heard, GameStop is pretty lame anyway.

I pre-ordered on Amazon. So I am pretty sure I'll get the Elrond minifig.

I see the same. It doesn't seem as if you can click anything, except the "Play" button. And there are no instructions or anything to find out how to play this game.

As a firefighter, I especially love your firefighter Unimogs. But of course, all your MOCs and Mods are wonderful!

I wonder if that happens for Amazon here in Germany as well ;)

This is really a masterpiece! I'd definately get one if this was made into a set. Build it and never take it off display!

Is there an old PF Motor L at all? I believe not.

Made my day :rofl:

That's right, but still, no Lego motors ;)

There are several points to mention, why something like this is very unlikely: 1. Lego Motors don't have enough RPM. 2. Lego electric components are not designed to provide enough current to provide enough power for really powerful RC motors. 3. Lego is too heavy!

Since I am trying to get back into Technic, seperately to getting back into Lego in general, I had the same question in mind. So I decided, a big set would be a good start (my old Technic is all Technic bricks and no liftarms). So I put my choice between 8110 and 8043. In the end I made a good deal on the Unimog. It is fantastic. So many parts, Though, around half of the parts are pins. But it teaches you so many techniques in one model and has such a good variety in parts. Next, since I have LOTR finished and before The Hobbit sets get available, I want to get 8043 for another bunch of motors, techniques, gearbox parts, LAs, remote control and track parts. And of course, as recommended: a book. I pre-ordered Sariel's book.

Mostly, they make a USD price. And to get the Euro price, they usually just delete the "$" and insert "€". That is so crazy.

You didn't get a "the book is ready, take a look" print?