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  1. BusterHaus
    Good start! Looks like your wheel rims have held up quite well - the crack rather easily.
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    Porsche fender panels in purple! And is that a batter box in the back of the Fire Truck?
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    Tight little build! The MiniZip cable really allows for some small builds. I'm excited to get the BuWizz brick, I think the size will be the second closest thing to the MiniZip and SBrick combination.
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    Hah, these are great! I like the theme choice!
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    I made some quick instructions for the 42048 C-Model - Cement Mixer.
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    If you are talking about its usage in MOCs, it's because of the gearing (down) required to get it to move anything heavier than a tiny car. The mounting is indeed an issue for non-studded builds and it also requires an older battery box or a converter cable. I like this motor for sentimental reasons (I built a lot of stuff with it as a kid), but the motors that are currently on the market are much more suitable for most creations.
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    Bummer. I wonder if the color additives are the issue. Stick to white and black, I guess, so you can avoid a phone call from an unhappy client in 6 months.
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    Good progress! Do you have any issues with the quality of the 1x1 slopes? I have a Mixels set that used those (brown color) and all of them split in half after a few months of being assembled. I don't know if I had a defective batch, or of they all do that...
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    I like this creation quite a bit, I hope you get to make the video because I would love to see it in action.
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    That's a nice camera you have. Your lens has a good zoom, which isn't usually required when shooting Lego models. The zoom can be used to blur the background, but in studio work I would move the camera closer to the model and use the lens towards the 50mm side. It will help you keep the whole model in focus.
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    Very nice beginning. There's a lot of detail on the bow, it looks great.
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    Looks great! Very nice photos, as well. The axle falling off in the video was somewhat fitting - an "old" car that's not designed as strong as today's machines.
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    Looking good, but the rotation of the 5th axis is very jerky. Is it the tan driving gears?
  14. BusterHaus
    Simple camera mount using two parts 3738. The screw - taken from a tripod shoe - is 1/4" in diameter so the hole was enlarged using a drill bit. The mount is very solid and gives access to all controls and, more importantly, gives access to the battery/memory card bay without removing the plates. This is the first time I modified Lego parts. The results are very good, but I'm not planning to make it a habit.
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    This looks awesome! It has some very good speed and seems quite solid. I am looking forward to the next update.
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    Very well executed! The mixture of RC and manual functions makes it feel like an official set. By the way, you can avoid snow sticking to your model by cooling it below the freezing point before putting it on snow. Use your freezer or simply put it outside (not on snow). I suggest removing the battery box during the cooling and attaching it when you are ready to drive the model.
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    Very nice models and these tires are a great choice. The six wheeler looks very good.
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    Ok, I see it now. For some reason I thought they were free to rotate.
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    If you hold the carriage in place and turn the worm gears, the 8 tooth gears will rotate and can be oriented to 90 degrees. Edit: It looks like it's possible to align two gears on the same side (if not, it's very close).
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    Shouldn't the blue pins be replaced with non-rotating axles to prevent the 8 tooth gears from turning if too much force is applied to the carriage? Or are they used to prevent damage at the end of travel?
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    I'll bite. There are examples of maze solving Mindstorms robots that use sensors to determine the position of walls. There's also an EV3 biped by Menno Gorter. It uses the IR sensor to detect table edges and the touch sensor to detect low obstacles (the arm with the worm gear under the biped).
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    I am not familiar with this melody, but I like this creation quite a bit. Good idea to move the noisy motor away from the bells. Very cool!
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    Wonderful work, Miha (despite the steering oversight). The steering mechanism is very neat, it seems to have a bit of delay, but I like the design. The automatic latch is great, so is the pulley system. Nice work!
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    If they allow detailed pictures you might as well ask to take the sets to your hotel room for a night (who's looking at them at 2AM?). You could become the ultimate early reviewer.
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    It's a work in progress - I get the feeling that it will be difficult to make it less than 3L wide/thick and strong, whereas yours does the same thing with two beams stacked together. I'm a fan of efficiency, so the connector approach doesn't look great (for now). I'll keep plugging away at it. The other issue I noticed is that the angles of the Pythagoras triangle integers don't correspond to the connector angles. There are some close ones, but if I don't want stressed parts or axles partially inserted into connectors, the build has a non-integer width. I'd love to solve this problem using only connectors, but I think beams are unavoidable.
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