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42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
So the BWE will be about 50L high. That's approximately the same width as the Mobile Crane MK II. When I come home I'll put the MK II upright to see how high it is. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Does anyone has the count in studs/modules of: - The length, width, and height of the base (width not counting the tracks) - The height of the turret (not counting the base) - The length of the arm from the bucket wheel to the battery box Many thanks! -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
1) One axle goes down and then up again to drive the lower conveyor belt (the one that can be turned manually) 2) One axle goes down to turn the whole super structure 3) One axle goes way down to the base to drive the two tracks that are connected to one axle. But, but, but, the presenter said "included" -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
At 2:39, the end of the video, I heard that "we do have another instruction included for a second model". ALL HAIL THE LEGO GROUP (/' ')/ TLG \(' '\) -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I'd say extending the lower conveyor belt (one without the bucket wheel) would be more reasonable, as doing so makes the model more realistic and proportional. If possible, you can add some panels to make the tower look leaning, slanting to the back a bit. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
If you have the Cargo Plane and have managed to find a place for it, then BWE will pose little problem. -
Poor Uxar flopping on the ground and Terak just plain knocked out. At least Akida has a stand.
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I've always wanted something like the Unimog (different attachments at both sides, big tyres) but not the Unimog set itself because I find the Unimog set pretty lame. But now I've found what I wanted: the Xerion! The Xerion is like the Unimog but way way way cooler: - It's a farming machinery, not another truck, so it adds diversity to my collection. - It doesn't have lousy pneumatics. - It doesn't have a lousy crane. - It doesn't have a non-functional dump bed. - It doesn't look like a downgrade from another set (MB Arocs) - It doesn't have lousy suspensions. - It doesn't have boring winch. - It has way way way cooler steering. Definitely a must-get for me.
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42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Wait what the model can actually SORT bricks? :O My mind is blown... -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
That B-model is not as good as I hope. Why wouldn't Lego choose a trencher... All the more reason for me not to buy this set. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Even the box shows that the base of BWE is bending: https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1589/24331317000_51cdf15a81_b.jpg -
42053 - Volvo EW160E
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
So, when upgraded, where can the BBox and the motor be? -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I see what you mean. So the accurate description should be: Center switch: - Going up: Move bucket wheel and two conveyor belts, enable upper switch, disable lower switch. - Going down: Do nothing, enable lower switch, disable upper switch. Upper switch rotates the superstructure. Lower switch move the two tracks which are linked by the same axle. In other words the BWE can not steer. The question now is that why Markus made the rotation of superstructure dependent on (happens only) when the bucket wheel is rotating? -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Not sure if because of shooting angle or because of the weight, but the base is bending significantly. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Upper switch rotates the superstructure. Center switch control bucket wheel rotation and two conveyor belts. This switch can only be turned one direction because it doesn't make sense for the bucket wheel and the conveyor belts running backwards. Lower switch move the two tracks which are linked by the same axle. In other words the BWE can not steer. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
3 motorize functions, the switches change the direction of functions, instead of changing the functions. Upper switch rotates the superstructure. Center switch control bucket wheel rotation and two conveyor belts. This switch can only be turned one direction because it doesn't make sense for the bucket wheel and the conveyor belts running backwards. Lower switch move the two tracks which are linked by the same axle. In other words the BWE can not steer. It seems like the switch on the battery box can only be turned in 1 direction (away from the wire). -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
300 EUR is way too out of my league. I'm not very sad to say that BWE won't find its place in my house. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
From what I saw in the video, I think the BWE only has THREE motorized functions: - Spinning the bucket wheel, which is connected to both the upper and lower conveyor belts. - Spinning the super structure. - Moving the tracks back and forth (tracks of both sides are linked). There are 3 separate switches, so I think the setup is similar to that of the 42042: turning a switch changes the direction, not the function. The bucket wheel switch can only be turned in 1 direction, though. -
42055 - Bucket Wheel Excavator
Ngoc Nguyen replied to Jim's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
BWE's B model: Mobile Aggregate Processing Plant! -
IMO, Volvo is a joke. A big joke. It's supposed to have a excavator bucket, not 2 clamshells... The clamshells don't rotate also... *big sigh of disappointment* About the BWE, it's funny that Markus went all the way to make various motorized functions, but moving the boom is manual... It's even more absurd that the BWE uses the standard excavator bucket, but Volvo doesn't.