suffocation

Can't remember if I already shared what must be the fourth iteration of my small(ish) tow truck. Looks like puke but it's tons of fun.

Thank you, @Jundis! I love your version with duallies. What tyres did you use?

The upcoming 42144 set looks like a pretty easy one to upgrade and make more playable. Looking at the carrier alone, these mods come to mind: - 4-wheel steering - tighter steering angle - superstructure-routed HOG - modular outriggers (may already be stock - can't really tell) - drive with differential & fake engine - linked outriggers I've more or less figured out the first four, based on what little I could glean from this pic - so it's very likely I screwed up all the proportions To be fair, the steering angle shown above is actually too tight - some Ackermann would be needed to cut tyre scrub.

Should the track width be 9 studs instead of 11? Completely misunderstood what you meant Sorry about that, Erik.

Building techniques and colours aside, does this look right?

Well, that sucks a golf ball through a garden hose

Most of the members of a certain Italian farcebook page who got the model and built it didn't notice the issue with the gearbox; some of them didn't even realise that jumble of gears was actually meant to be a gearbox. Says a lot about the average Afol, at least in this tiny corner of the world.

So happy to hear you're soldiering on and making a comeback

Not at all familiar with paddle shifters and the like, but could this be incorporated into the Ferrari?

Do I see dis in DBG?

What a superb entry! And yes, as stunning as the System version is, you've somehow managed to make the Technic version even better.

That's a beautiful little build. I'm in awe at how you managed to cram so much mechanics into so little space and still preserve the model's aesthetics.

That's a great start and an ingenious use of the comma panels. Do you reckon it would work with the old PF servo?

I think you're right - I guess I got mixed up with the instructions, which are indeed in English and German (per Racing Brick's review)

My point exactly.

Kinda risky in Italy where the actual minimum wage is zilch Then again, if I'm not mistaken the book comes in English and German only, which speaks volumes about where the Italian market stands on TLG's priority list.

This has come out great! And I love the outriggers - they look solid and efficient. The only thing I might change - and it's just personal chromatic taste 'cause I'm not too keen on red&yellow - is to replace the two yellow half-bushes with one DBG 1x3 half-beam. Overall, beautifully designed and executed.

Took me a while - not the sharpest pencil in the box - but I think I finally figured out how the mechanism works. That's an ingenious solution you've come up with! Looking forward to seeing more - your builds are always full of cool, ground-breaking ideas.

Thanks for the kind words, guys A friend and I shot a quick video between beers in the outskirts of Milan. I cut the audio where our language got a bit colourful.

Is anyone else stuck with BuWizz 1.0 having trouble getting it to connect to the BuWizz app? I can connect to the unit with BrickController2, so it appears to work fine, but I really need the BuWizz interface for my models.

Just threw together a tracked dumper. It's not based on any particular model - I just tried to make it work properly and not look too blocky. The dumper is driven by two independent PU L motors; the bed is raised by a PU L motor; the superstructure is rotated (360°) by a PU M motor. Threw in a very fake engine for bad measure. Video coming eventually.

Thank you so much for the encouragement and the constructive feedback, lads Really appreciate it With all the tips you've given me, I'll probably rework the model giving it locking outriggers and a more streamlined crane (the latter being the section I'm really disappointed with - but my heart wasn't in it anymore). It's 7:5 - the XL connects straight to a z16 that drives another z16 connected to the two z20 gears driving the two differentials. In the belly shot you can also (barely) see a z24 - this drives a z20 connected to the fake engine. I'll try to shoot one as soon as I get the BuWizz app to work - at the moment I'm stuck with BrickController 2, which runs horribly on my dumbphone.

This is a crane truck of suck(itude). I finished the carrier around a year ago, ran out of ideas and eventually got sick of having it sitting there like a dejected turd, so I threw a half-baked crane on it and took some pics before kicking it to the curb. It's got RC drive (1 XL motor), steering (1 M motor) and flimsy outriggers (1 M motor) that couldn't lift a fly. The crane is powered by 1 L motor through a selector gearbox (arm lift, arm extension, hook, rotation). An inline-4 engine has been snuck into the cabin to make the driver and any passengers really miserable. Unfortunately all the functions work really well, which kinda takes away from the model's otherwise extreme suckitude.

"But we'za savin' teh plannit!"