Ngoc Nguyen

The general impression towards the original 42145, or at least my impression, is that it is an excellent Technic model in terms of functions and building experience, but not a really good replica of a real H175. Take the name away and it's hardly recognizable. Hence I've been working on a smaller 42145 that aims to capture the accurate proportion. The original model I worked on is motorized, and that's the source of the fun. The design challenge involve fitting a battery box + a motor + a two-function gearbox in a very tight place and building a form locked structure around them. It was very challenging and very satisfying to have arrived at a satisfactory solution. But TC25's rule does not allow electronics, and faithfulness in terms of color to the original model is one of the scoring factors. So I hollowed out its inside and changed it to this. At the moment I'm not sure of which color scheme I should go with. 42145's original color scheme is not very inspiring to me, and the color scheme I originally used is based on this, which is much cooler to me. Another thing is that without the gearbox and electronics the model is very boring inside. The winch is already manual. Now I only need to add a driving crank to the landing gear mechanism and the rotating blades. I guess in the end I'll just have to roll with it.

Does the shrunk model have to be in the same color scheme as the original model? Some colors only appear in big panels and not small panels.

Another month has passed. Feels like either we're conned or we're tested #pun

I wouldnt mind if TLG just write this off as a loss and move on to the next flagship.

Honey I shrunk the prospects of a contest

700$ is a great price because it allows me to not have to feel like missing out on something cool when I don't buy it.

TLG's putting the development cost into the price.

I'm almost finished with my alternate model. I'd love to publish it ASAP because I think you guys would love it, but I'm not getting my paws on it until the middle or even the end of the month. :(

At least the Sian gets the hunching pose, the fat face, and the basic lines correct.

I know right? It looks like a bunch of panels put together and claims to be a Lamborghini.

Jim has gone completely silent :(

This set costs 170$. Seriously. It's just a glorified 42124 with a license.

Am I the only one who does not feel any excitement towards this thing

That looks nothing like this.

I dont keep them anymore sorry

It's already the end of May. Any idea on the next contest?

Wazzup guys, this is a local representative of Racing Brick

Red 7L flipflip beams appear in the Firefighting Aircraft already.

My honor

I'm not RacingBrick

Hello everyone, this is Balazs from Racing Brick.

Oh and it has no gear rack either. Very barren set for alternate models.

I'm working on an alternate model, and this set is a pain to work with. It has: - 7 15L beams - 3 flipflop 15L beams - 5 13L beams - 3 11L beams The wheels are too big while the structural elements that match the scale of the wheels are too few. There's also the problem of gears. This set has: - 1 bevel 12z gear - 1 bevel 20z gear - 2 bevel thin 20z gear - 12 bevel thin 12z gear - 1 spur 20z gear The lack of bevel gears make it hard to route drivetrains around so that the manual input is at the desired place and hard to gear down drivetrains.

If I make some minor changes of the design for the sake of building experience I can claim that it's a mod can I not