Miscman

Hey, I don't know if this has been said already but you can see in this photo a new technic beam with alternating holes. e.i. hole top, hole side, hole top, hole side, etc... It's in white in the front on the opposite side of the cabin down low. I've started to moc this baby already. Got the boom, body and tracks done. :) thanks to the guy who posted the pic of a working gear box!!

Hey all, I'm nuts for the crane, Not so much for the Arocs. Anyway, I've been playing around with reverse engineering some parts of the new crane. It's much bigger than 8043 in a few ways: The tracks are 25 cm long, using 45 track elements each. 8043 is 21cm long and uses 38 track elements each. The boom with the extension installed is 61cm long (2 feet). The boom on 8288 is 50cm long. You can see there is much more support bullt into the frame that the turntable is installed on. Sort of like how 42009 has. This is to add more resting beams / width to handle the weight of the crane. I can't see if there is a new turntable or not. Now, any moc'er out there want to reverse engineer the gear box for me? ;) Also, what is going on with the pair of strings that lead to the spool for raising and lowering the boom? Is that 2 strings on one spool??

I used 4 white flex axils for the front fenders (from the mindstorms R2D2), 2 on each side. For the rear I used red ones from various sets.

I built the A model last night, using white for green and red for white. 86% of the parts needed came from 42029 and 42038. I stole some white panels from 42025 cargo plane and red ones from 9394. The size is very impressive. I just wish they kept the preliminary cockpit and the area right behind the cockpit. Maybe they'll post the preliminary instructions. :P