Divitis

Apologies if you felt as being accused. I only described the way your content and its repetition 'sounds to me' and didn't intend to discredit your personal opinions. Have a good day of building :) PS: I would delete personal information such as your income from a public forum.

This. This is off topic in this thread and reads like a marketing push, especially since every other post you make includes it. Let's please now drop it from both sides and get back on topic. I'm personally going to be happy with more 'everyday' cars in the 1:8 lineup as they might help differentiating features. A V4 engine might give space for... valves? 😁

I'd love that. However it'd be quite hard to make it easy to operate as a play function. Even in a cabrio car it's not so easy as I learnt the hard way Can one also dream of a proper clutch pedal?

Hey, I get that you love those other brands and everyone's entitled to their opinions, but it's a bit tiring to hear you blasting at Lego every other post, it's beginning to sound as if you're paid to do so ;)

The Emira has either a I4 (8 gears) or V6 (6 gears) engine. The only 'interesting' thing that it's mounted mid-mounted and transverse. No other interesting feat to hope for with this car unfortunately.

For small builds, something like the C shaped 3x2 beam/frame with holes in different directions from a few years back is a useful and inherently flexible part (which nobody saw coming). Conversely, this s-shaped beam does not truly open new possibilities, rather simplifies what can already be achieved with two 3x3 thin liftarms and some tinkering with the adjacent structures.

My two cents: New Lego technic pieces introduced in the past 5 years or so are generally great as in they open up new possibilities (visual, mechanical) rather than only simplifying engineering or assembly (making it easier to achieve something thanks to a specialized part). This S shaped beam falls in the latter category. Not impressed.

The issue with the headlight brick is inexcusable and smells like 'too much digital design' to me. In Studio the part sits flawlessly flush, of course IRL it doesn't.

In case you missed it, you can lower the render quality from the setting panel for faster viewport interaction and switching between pages and sub-models in general

Hey @Brick900 only seeing this now. I think it's a very nice project, but maybe you went a bit too far on the texturing. The 1x1 tiles sticking out of headlight bricks, the columns build with cones, the wedge bricks with the 'cuts' underneath... all together they hide the building's main lines, which are interesting by themselves and should get the spotlight.

As I'm designing a building, i was looking at color options for the facade, and it struck me that we are stuck with only white - LBG - DBG - Black when for all other hues there are so many more options. Am I the only one missing a 'Warm light gray' (likestone) shade or a 'Very dark gray'? Here's a IRL reference of buildings which I don't feel can be reproduced with what's available. Ps: I couldn't find an existing thread where to post, please move this as needed to keep things tidy.

Definitely two axles, like in the original. In fact, I would go for two axles for the trailer as well, there seem to be real life counterparts: I owned and loved this set, so I'm following this project closely.

Can building around a differential help? First motion happens until the door is unlocked, than that becomes the path of least resistance.

Hi folks, just letting everyone know that sport balls are available on Pick a Brick for 66 cents (at least in Italy). LEGO® Pick a Brick | LEGO® Shop ufficiale IT Maybe everyone knows about that, but last time I looked they weren't there.

Some progress. The motorized contraption spins fast enough for the balls to escape. Now for some better bracing and I can move on to motorizing the sliding of the driving gears on the disc. I'm thinking of using a chain to be have full control over the timing - any suggestion is very welcome! The rails with the wheel on top somewhat visible in the back are the 'ball accelerator' which will propel the balls inside the cone from below. I wanted to use gravity but the tower was going to be ridiculously tall. Will post a video of it once it works properly, the prototype was satisfying but I must have messed up some distances when rebuilding it here.