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Great model, too sad you missed the deadline, it would have been a very worthy competitor!

10: 10 9: 6 1: 4 5: 3 7: 2 8: 1

Great technique! You just answered the question that was forming in my head before, which is how to spot the most important details to model more carefully.

Stunning! The driver movements feel very natural indeed, and the level of detail of this model is breathtaking. Well done!

Cool! I'd love to see a lot more of Creator alternates, they're the closest today to Model Team and IMHO the best for small kids.

Thanks all! I'll try have more fun and fewer concerns :) Will sure post the MOC here once finished, it just might take a few years to complete :D

Hi there, I'm starting to think I might be being too strict and would like to hear your opinions. When building for fun, not for a competition with rules, how strict should one take the scale of a model? More concretely, how much is it OK to deviate from the original proportions in terms of width? I mean, how much is it acceptable to make a model proportionally wider than the original vehicle you're modeling? Early one when I started my BMW R-12, I figured out the scale from blueprint to tires and totally gave up on the idea of keeping the same scale for width as for the other two dimensions. It may be possible to model it's frame keeping the same scale for width, but it seemed too damn hard to me and didn't even try. After that, building was lots of fun, despite several cycles of getting stuck and having to rip it apart. I'm now building a relatively simple truck, which I understand should be easy since there'd be plenty of room to build, and I'm finding the width scale particularly problematic. It'd be a 1:16 model if a Volvo FH Globetrotter XL Cab L2H3 (tractor), something like this: The 1:16 scale is based on 62.4mm tires and it would lead to a width of 19 studs. With that constrain, the front axle is killing me. I've spent this morning trying to rebuild the whole thing because I had inadvertently built it 21 studs wide, using parts 57515 (Steering Arm 6 x 2) around a 5x7 frame. This worked well but it'd make the front wheels protrude 1 or 1.5 studs from the bodywork. Reducing width by 2 studs with the same steeting arms didn't seems like a good idea, so I tried with the parts 15459 (Steering Arm 5 x 1) but I'm running into problems around where to place shock absorbers. After I while I started thinking: I'm building for fun, not for a competition, is it really worth all the additional difficulty and frustration? I mean, one has to strike a balance when taking challenges for fun, and since we're expecting a second child I'm looking for a way to make LEGO a stress-reducing hobby, not the opposite 0:)

Lovely model, in lack of dark blue pieces I think it'd look good in pretty much any color, I'd try in red :)

Awesome build, I love the double swashplate! I dream of building an EC-135 with a realistic swashplate one day, yours will surely be a big source of inspiration :)

I think I'll spend most of my 2015 budget in Bricklink. I'll write my impressions down so that I can read them again by the end of 2015 :) 42035: Cute, I'll probably get my daughter one if she likes it. 42037: Nice, I'll put it in the list of "things friends can get me in lack of a better idea" 0:) 42031: Super cute! I'm sure I'll get my daughter one, I'm sure she'll enjoy lifting the crane. 42032: meh 42036: Very Disappointed. I was hoping for something innovative, but it just looks like 8051, only uglier! 42038: Looks really nice, but not much fun to play without a carpet floor. 42034: Cute but nothing special, already got the 2 pullbacks from 2013 and not feeling like having more. Wouldn't deny it to my daughter if she really wants it though. 42039: ¬¬ ('nuff said)

Amazing buggy, I'm even more envious of all of you how have the whole RC buggy gear (not just motors, but receiver, etc.) Do you think something at this level will be doable with the same motors, SBrick and powerful 9V batteries?

That's exactly all I bought from 2014 Technic sets :)

Get the 2014 snowmobile if you are looking for making an independent suspension that size, it comes with 2 parts that I love as alternative to the one in the quad, they can cope with more weight and allow for really big arms too, see sariel's trophy truck for example.

Wow, well done! Oh the things teens do for science week at my highschool... I can't wait to see what my kids will do, I'll probably be very envious... I am already! :D

Love it! Never seen so many hard-spring shock absorber per wheel, can we see a video of this beauty in action?

WOW, just WOW. Impressive, I couldn't believe it was still climbing up after the 4th axle got on the smooth wood surface. I wanna build something like that when I grow up

Amazing, very well done!

Wonderful! I think I'll try to build one for my little one/s to play :)

I love it! Never saw a MT model with such good suspension :)

Thanks for this! It makes driving some things easier :)

That is exactly what I expected in Sariel's Batpod, but I'm not disappointed :) I knew you'd do this as soon as I saw the new tires.

Amazing truck! Video coming soom?

Looks from another world! Can't wait to see it come to life :)

Nicely done, I too prefer the yellow, then the red. Well done on the video too.

Cool! Well done, makes me think again about my 8070 which my 2yo liked more than myself.