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    After all the buzz about tiny MOCs pushing themselves into first row and the community-stress that came along with it, I thought it would be a good moment to raise a question that invites you to tell something about how far your LEGO-hobby - or should I say addiction - goes. Hoping that sharing some light-hearted personal stories will add to the community-spirit. The main question boils down to the following: Do you actually go as far as to get down on your knees to play with your build to feel how it performs or inspect how it behaves while pushing the buttons on your RC? And of course, any other story or anecdote that shows us how far your addiction goes is welcome too. For instance: LEGO has cost you your marriage and you're fine with it. Share it with us. Anything non-AFOLs won't understand. Let me be the first to speak out. I'm a push-along type of guy. I can sit with my build for hours, pushing the suspension over and over again, seeing the gears function over and over again, and then suddenly, after re-thinking one aspect over and over again, I take half the build apart to refactor only a very small substructure of the entire thing. And when the whole build is - once again - finished, the delight of the accomplishment is tremendous. Until I start testing the suspension again, or start pushing the car once more to feel how the steering behaves. Then the whole process starts over again, and I'm perfectly happy with that.
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    I think the camouflage was only presented to add to the buzz of a new model coming, just as with real cars. And given the number of posts on this forum TLG is doing a good job, for that matter. But to come back to the actual question I would like to continue the comparison with real cars: I would never buy a car that has been blurred with stickers that distract from its actual appearance and details.
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    Tiny Tatra - HoG steering - Solid axle suspension on all axles - One steered front axle - One trailing front axle - One fixed rear axle - One trailing rear axle Pin-axle connectors with friction (blue) for rear trailing axle to prevent the body from tilting to the side too easily. 95 parts, LXF-file here.
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    Very nice! Inspired by metulskie8's tractor and KamalMYafi's grave digger, here's my tractor (green is trending ): - HoG steering - Solid axle suspension - Rear wheel drive - One-cylinder fake engine - Tow bar 33 parts, LXF-file here.
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    Okay, sorry. I have this part with friction and when using that one the small belt wheels won't turn. But if the wheels turn, the tractor is brilliant!
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    Now that you've caught my attention with the front suspension setup, I also took a look at the LXF-file to examine it even better. While doing so I noticed that the bottom side of the front module lacks width-wise stability. Right now the lower wishbones entirely rely on connectors that are being stressed in the same direction as they connect. Once the setup is going to carry weight, the lower wishbone will want to move away from the chassis. Connections are much stronger when forces are applied orthogional to the connection itself. One way to improve on this is to incorporate one or more width-wise liftarms that help tying together the left and right lower wishbones. See bright yellowish green liftarms in image and LXF-file (sorry for messing with your design).
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    I have been studying these front axles a little bit better, especially the angles. At first glance caster angle seemed okay, but the 2L offset between the lower ball joint and the upper ball joints would give too much kingpin inclination. However the setup of the upper wishbone (with two links) gives an effective rotation point that lies about 1L (rough estimate) more to the outside of the setup. This reduces the overall kingpin inclination offset to about 1L, which is perfect given the whole setup. Altogether these front axles result in an effective steering axis that lies almost completely - if not completely - inside the rim, which is actually a quite impressive accomplishment. Together with the kingpin inclination and caster angle it makes this a very realistic setup. Theoratically spoken of course, as I can't draw any conclusions on the stability of the whole thing.
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    Come on guys, this is a technic theme forum, where are the technic features? Although these are very creative builds I'd expect at least rotating wheels! LXF's micro tank - for instance - can actually roll. The tractor comes close, but I'm affraid the wheels won't rotate as the -- has pins with friction.
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    It is always hard to build front axles with proper angles. My experience is also that you have to build it for real to see how it performs. One thing I immediately noticed from what I can see: the shock absorber can easily push the lower wishbone out of the ball joint. And with caster angle it will prove hard to apply liftarms between the upper and lower liftarms. What you could do is try to place the lower wishbone upside-down, that is with its cusps facing downwards.
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    Very nice how the upper deck comes over the lower deck. Don't need much imagination to see a London bus in it. This is more fun than I could have thought. The best quality / size ratio so far, in my opinion. Very clever!
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    Very nice! And a good thing that you're using this thread. I'm affraid that in real life this crane won't keep standing. You could give this crane a basement to avoid it from falling. And when you use Ctrl-K to make screenshots in LDD you'll get rid of the LDD background.
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    I don't know if I can handle this much appreciation, but thanks!
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    I did an attempt to start such a single thread: http://www.eurobrick...opic=130522&hl= Anyone who feels the need to post tiny mocs could consider doing so under that thread.
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    You will have to contact the original designer. Maybe his youtube about page helps: https://www.youtube....seyoyoMOC/about It has adjustable height (designer also refers to this as adjustable ground clearance). Start watching from timestamp 3:00 2:53.
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    Thanks! If this is not the general Tiny MOC Collection than at least it will be mine. Here's a tiny school bus inspired by the tiny schoolbus topic from KamalMYafi: LDD-file here.
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    ..and prefix the category indicator from now on with a small n, like [nMOC], [nLDD] and [nWIP]. This is a common way to abbreviate nano.
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    Could make it 2L longer:
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    Then the front wheels would bump into the +00+ liftarms. This won't steer further than about 10 9.78 (EDIT: according to LDD) degrees.
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    I see some resemblancee with: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=130522&hl=
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    Haven't seen a post about this one yet. Builder is not active on Eurobricks, but this appears to be the follow-up of his impressive Subaru Impreza. I especially like the adjustable ground clearance, a very practical feature for an AWD supercar: Reproduction of the fast french supercar. Built in the classic Lego Technic Supercar style. Features : - HoG and steering wheel - W16 fake engine - AWD transmission - 6 manual gearbox (not sequential...) - Independant suspensions - Adjustable ground clearance - Adjustable spoiler - Detailed interior - Everything openable The half stud offset between the 3 driving rings in the gearbox is an idea by Thirdwigg (http://thirdwigg.com/2015/02/26/cadillac-ats/) More pictures : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=561659 Full review (in French) : http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic10504.html 3D model used in the mechanical overview : http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pipasseyoyo/Bugatti-Veyron-SS/z_bugatti_veyron_ss.lxf (LXF file openable using "Lego Digital Designer")
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    Perhaps a moderator could move all this tyoe of posts to a single thread.
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    You're welcome!
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    See:
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    This looks much better! Although some might say that the shockabsorber placed on one side of the wishbones causes too much friction in the whole setup, I think the combination with the vertical lift arms makes this a good setup. The only thing I would be worried about are the slightly angled steering links. This is not sloppy or so, but it could cause some toe-out. If you could manage to move the tooth rack half a stud closer to the wheel axles (or move the wishbones - or A-arms if you like - half a stud closer to the tooth rack), then that would align the whole setup perfectly. In addition, you could consider widening the A-arms upto 3 studs by placing 2L or 3L thin lift arms to the sides of the A-arms. That would reduce play in the A-arms even further. But I wouldn't move the shockabsorber further away from the wheel axles. If in the end the single shockabsorber would turn out too weak to carry your vehicle, you could also use the axle holding the lower A-arm as a longitudinal torsion bar. Good progress!
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    Maybe all smallest MOC topics should be merged to a single 'fun' topic. Here's my contribution: - HOG steering - Rotating wheels - Trailer with rear axle steering LDD-file here.
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