Therion

Yeah, the roof is a bit flimsy... I used 2 rigid hoses inside it to correct it, but it still shows a bit

Just finished it last weekend. I think yellow rims look a little better

Finished! Kudos to Sheo! I can't imagine how difficult it must have been designing this beast. Despite it's size and weight, all functions work seemingly without effort. Good luck to everyone who is trying to build this! It's a real challenge but it's definately worth it. More pictures here.

Made some good progress last weekend! ;-) I decided to break down the superstructure to the point where I could adjust most of the electric wires. Knowing beforehand where they had to go was really helpful. One problem I encounterd was de routing of the cables from the receivers (see page 1600). At this time it seemed there was plenty of room, but later on when installing the m-motor for the fake engines and fans it became clear that this wasn’t so… (see page 1647). So I had to reroute one of the receivers (#1) to the left. This also meant that the placing of the receivers was different than stated in the manual. Because I had to place receiver #1 all the way to the left, I couldn’t connect it to the right batterybox, because it was too far away, so I connected it to the left one. Luckily The extension wire for the lights was long enough to reach the right battery-box (see pages 1810-1813), so everything worked out ok. I connected all the motors randomly to the receivers btw, because of the available length of some wires were just too short to reach the receiver where it supposed to go. Anyway, I tested all functions, and everything works ok! Except for maybe the tracks are not really running smoothly for some reason, they seem to stutter a bit. Getting the rear cover on also was a challenge (page 1989) btw… I’m at page 2062 at the moment, 400 to go. So I guess next weekend it will be finished. edit: just noticed I made a mistake with the axle sticking out of the back. I used a 8L axle with stop instead of a 4L one... More pictures here (when public)

Some more progress: This time I ran into some problems... At the point where you have to insert the first white 16L axle, it got really stuck at about 2/3, because of too much friction. I had to take apart almost the whole thing to get it back out. I replaced the axle with 2 8L ones, which I could insert from both sides. Second problem is the wiring, it's a nightmare... There's almost no space to guide them, and it's very hard to tell home much length you need at the connector end. So one of the pf-lights is now too short to reach the appropiate connector... I'm not sure if I want to fix this or not... I think you really should build this model two times... second time will be so much easier More pictures here

Thanx sheo! Yes, I happen to have lots of black 3L pins etc. laying around, so I figured why not... Can't wait till it's weekend again, so I can continue building this amazing beast More pics on monday, I hope.

so far so good... More pictures here (when public)

Just started building this beast last weekend. I'm about halfway the base, but already i'm starting to worry about how I ever get this thing taken apart again... Maybe there should be seperate disassembly instructions?

Absolutely no clue... I already had most of the pieces so it's hard to tell... I've already broken down the model so I'm not sure how big it was. The table I took the pictures on is 90x180cm so I guess the width of the model was about 80-85 cm.

For example page 15 step 7. There's no callout which shows that you have to add 2 outriggers. (like step 8 on the same page) edit: It's called "Add assembled image to parent page" in Lpub.

I'm not sure if I used the latest instructions (I think I am), but there were some minor errors, like for some submodels (the outriggers for example) you had to build them 4 times, but the 'times 4' was missing in the instructions (page 14), also 'times 2' was missing on page 114. Also, submodel-callouts were mostly missing, but that may have been intentional? And I replaced the red 2L axle below the cabin (page 62, step 6) with a black 3L axle, because the axle was too short when attaching the cabin. That's all I remember for now... no major errors anyway

Just finished it last weekend: More pictures on my brickshelf I had no problems using the 2L axles on the wheel hubs btw.

Does anyone know if the partslist on Bricksafe is up-to-date with the latest version?

You can also download them from Rebrickable, if I remember correctly...

The LDD-file also has about 500 more pieces than the excel-file. I tried locating the differences, but there are way too many so I gave up on that...

@Bob: Awesome build! I might give it a go myself actually so I was wondering: did you ever update your LDD file after building the Zenith with real bricks? I have looked at the LDD-file from your other thread, but the partslist doesn't seem to match your excel-partslist from this thread.

Just to be clear, the design is from Lasse Deleuran not mine, I just built it.

A while ago, I recognized the pictures from the opening post were taken from my Brickshelf. I always regretted that I didn't made enough pictures while building the Executor, so about a month ago I decided to build it again! Actually this is the 4th time I'm building it, but the first 2 tries I gave up halfway... It is a very challenging build indeed. Below are a few pictures during building. A lot more pictures are on my brickshelf.

Can't believe I didn't notice this awesome model earlier, I accidentally stumbled accross it on Rebrickable, and I just had to built it! Lots more pictures on my Brickshelf...

Looking good! I believe the V-shape on the boom is called "Y-Guy".

I built this thing last year, and it's very cool. Although very difficult to steer with precision. Also, it scared the sh*t out of our cats!

Finally had time to build Jurgens Ultimate 42009. I also added the bigger boom by Christophe Moittie Unfortunately I didn't have enough yellow panels, but still I think the combination looks awesome! More pictures on my brickshelf folder

Finished! More pictures on my brickshelf (when public). I promised to take note of the hose-lengths I used, so here they are: (in centimeters) black: 2x2, 2x3, 3x4, 6, 3x8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 29, 38, 41 (total 227 cm) blue: 2x2, 8, 2x12, 18 (total 54 cm) lbg: 3x3, 12, 31 (total 52 cm) Some of the hoses are still a bit too long I'm afraid, the side stabilizers get a little stuck when rectracting...

Almost finished! Lost quite a bit of time when I found that the motor that lowers/raises the hooks wasn't working... had to open up the backside to fix the problem (a connector got loose).

The rear axles have them installed as you can see in my first post with building pics (2nd pic), but I ran out of rubber bands... monday I will do the front axle. Without the front rubber band, the steering axle will sometimes pop off because of too much play.