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And that's where the real Technic is truly alive. Certainly not in the umpteenth Ferrari or Lamborghini supercar set. Great job, Mahjqa, thank you!

No, not 'could'. MUST :) . Please, go all the way. With all the details, all mechanics, all lights, including the ones in the cockpit, in landing gear bays and on the wings (a lot of them!). If you need reference for those, you might wish to visit my flickr feed: You, my friend, are building THE definitive LEGO X-wing fighter. You've invested so much time, money and effort - please, do not hold back in any way!

So many possibilities with such a huge model! Thus the fantastic detailing in the cockpit. Kudos, my friend. Just don't forget the extendable targetting computer with coiled wire ;) .

Thank you all once again! They can't and they won't, fortunately. I mean, they have strict rules - mostly about sturdiness and safety of the models - not to mention the potential price of sets with Model Team looks, Technic functions AND remote control. That's why comparing MOCs and sets is... you know, apples and oranges ;).

And a micromotor :) . Still can't believe they hadn't come up with that before the Chinese did.

Keen eye, my friend :) . Yes, indeed, it has 6x6 drive - just as the original, with motor in the front, transfer case in the middle and two parallel drive shafts (see the schematic drawing above). Yes, they are :) . I wish they were some 2 studs shorter for my purposes but still... They seem to work pretty well :) . Thank you for your kind opinions, gentlemen.

Thank you very much, fellas! Sorry, I didn't make any "guts" photos this time. My "trial and error" method of building isn't exactly picture-friendly - I would probably end up with hundreds of useless photos to get just a few pics of the final version ;) .

Thank you all once again, guys. Well, the schematic below (kind of) shows the original military truck chassis. It had leaf springs where I put the red lines - for the excavator they replaced them with rigid beams for stability.

Thank you all for your kind words, I'm really glad you like my model. Well, I like them old, that's true :) . Re-visiting childhood memories is the main reason, I guess. But I also appreciate how old style mechanisms - such as this cable operated excavator - lend themselves perfectly to LEGO modelling. Simple machines, simple solutions... Believe or not but on my to-do-list there's a cable operated bulldozer, too :) . No hydraulics.

Hello there! I'm back with another 1:13 Technic/Model Team/Scale Model. This time it's a military 6x6 truck (Star 660) combined with tracked mechanical excavator (Waryński KM-251) and, so predictably, named KS-251. Perhaps Medium Azure does not seem to be the most popular color for construction equipment but actually my model is based on existing machine, photographed back in 1968: I daresay the model is fairly similar to the original, both in form and in function. Speaking of which, it is equiped with CaDA RC and motors, which may not suit the purists among you :) . Anyway, it drives, turns and digs as a decent wheeled excavator should and that's what's important, I think. The rims were painted (thanks, Misterzumbi!) and stickers are custom made (thanks, Eric Trax!), of course. If you'e interested, you may find more photos in my flickr gallery (dmaclego) or take a look at this short video here: Thank you for your time and please, feel free to comment! Maciej

And this, my friend, looks uber-cool. Please, keep up the fantastic work and have it finished while I'm still alive ;) .

Well, this cool part is much older. I believe I received some of these (in black, not orange) even before I started to adapt my Tiger tank for CaDA back in 2020.

Hello again, Nobody asked for my opinion, so why not chip in? ;) 1) Fantastic work with the launcher. 2) It looks a tad too thick right now but this (and the thickness of the whole hull) may be just an illusion caused by color scheme. I mean, as long as you keep only the thin red stripe on the side off the hull, it's hard to judge the final look. Buy some red liftarms, do the stripe and then we'll see. 3) As for angular proton torpedo launcher - the cut corners are clearly seen on both Yavin IV full scale X-wing and the original studio model of Red 3 (of which I have lots of close-up photos). I'd go for angles.

I'm so glad you persevere. What a fantastic nose! And fits the fuselage like a glove. Please, don't stop.

You, my friend, are insane and I mean it in the most positive way :) . Went back through this topic (some 7 years) to find a photo of the nose and I have a question, as your fantastic model constantly evolves - albeit somewhat glacially ;) : that version of the nose, although perfectly shaped, had a large rift in the middle - did you manage to cover it or re-designed/plan to re-design it?