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  1. Void_S
    Bricklink also listed them, and many shops have them on their "shelves" already: BrickLink - Part 81346 : LEGO Technic, Gear 20 Tooth with Clutch on Both Sides [Technic, Gear] - BrickLink Reference Catalog
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    Awww, I literally feel the pain that the frame is suffering from. It looks hardly bent under the cabin weight Have you considered sacrificing a bit of authenticity and making the frame ticker, to better handle the stress caused? Besides that, the truck is really great!
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    @GerritvdG, you can export your parts to a custom parts list at Rebrickable, and then compare it with set you wanted to be able to build - it will show you the difference, as a parts list you need to add to your collection. I tried to solve the same problem before but didn't succeed because of some objective reasons that forced me to loose my collection. My plan was to start with several parts, then compare it with the 1st set and adjust the "wishlist", then add the wishlist tot he collection, compare with the 2nd set, etc.
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    It was, yeah, but also, because of its controversial story with gearbox complexity, achieved the "best technic set of the year" and "worse customer satisfaction" awards simultaneously. The best authentic model includes all the features in the 1:10 (not in 1:8!) scale but due to LEGO limitations experienced a huge axle twist, gear friction, and other unavoidable effects; all these features were the best designed but performed not as best as they could be expected. I do not want to say it was a failure, no, it wasn't obviously, but it wasn't such excellent as it was presented. Due to these things, I think it was mostly a Proof of Concept model, and I don't believe we're going to get a Defender 2.0, as pure successor. The recent sets show complication in electric functions, while pure-mechanical things remains for more or less legacy (convenient) models, like Tow truck, Excauator, etc.
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    Sorry for my ignorance, but was it expected to be printed? I may miss it... Besides this moment, I find nothing critical if such a small and cheap (yeah-yeah, "new meaning of cheap", thanks TLG) set has stickers rather than prints that are common among expensive sets. Returning back to the topic, did we get any tips if some "49.5-tired" or "62.4-tired" trucks will come? The last time 62.4 tires were presented in 2018 year (4 years ago!) and never appeared again.
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    I was initially presented in Technic (8226 - Mud Masher, 8252 - Beach Buster, etc) but still with various track widths due to conventional hubs+steering rack parallelogram scheme rather than a fixed tilted axle. However, the "tilt-axle" scheme now appears in System/City sets with the use of simple and compact part LEGO PART 69964 Vehicle Axle with Steering Clip and Pins - Black | Rebrickable - Build with LEGO.
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    Well, anyways it was table-flat so technically it was no issue (but aesthetically...)
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    Well, the mudguards are too curved to have stickers applied (yes, they were presented only for a relatively small area, not the whole surface), so such parts can have only prints, not stickers.
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    That sounds interesting - I tried to put Corvette's engine into Mustang and when overlayed them, it was somehow similar to your idea - "brick-brutal" Mustang's nose with no clue of aerodynamic slopes and inclined rear part to push the rear axle down.
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    It is true for the most recent molds of this part, it feels kinda loose in a pinhole sometimes even. But for the first-old molds, it was sitting so tight, so it could be called "super-friction"-ridged pin with a pinhole.
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    But this setup is harder to assemble - these "pin with a pinhole" are known as "hard-to-insert somewhere, as require really bigger force than a regular pin, so it is always better to put them to the parts and places are easier to access. Plus, I remember some technics when it was preferable to use its part "pinhole" rather than the "pin" to merge the assemblies - it will require a less force and attention to part orientation.
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    Yeah but its shapes also quite closely resembles the pull-back Porche set, so it could be just an aero-shaped pullback chassis. However, I don't mind getting new panels in balc and blue...
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    Finally, I've beat it: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-120866/VoidSerpent/moc-42078-mack-anthem-dually-double-tires-mod-70490-tires-full-set The truck and trailer now have "duallies", with a slightly changed truck's rear and narrowed trailer's axles to fit the duallies within the same total width of 15 studs (shorter liftarms were taken from the trailer). I didn't measure but I believe with a bit wider track width (at a few MMs) and a bit bigger weight it feels also as slightly more stable during the container unloading.
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    Too expensive is politely said. It looks nice but the price is nothing less than a real Ferrari... I understand Sian was a damn luxury set but a comparable set with the same gearbox but +50% price together with declined sales of the new parts... I was a purist but now all these things sound more and more like "I'm sorry, LEGO, I would wait for L8P1N's release..."
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    There are several triangle tiles now available but they don't have so many variations as studded wedges do. BrickLink Reference Catalog - Parts - Category Tile, Modified
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    I believe it depends on how you use it. Mine is more a "static model", stays in its place, and its tow-superstructure is in use only. I just have no space to roll it somewhere so hard to have such worn marks. However, I was also surprised by this crossing of the steering rack and counter-steer upper shaft - they really move in different directions so it causes bigger wear than if the upper part was static. I would replace it with a plain liftarm, like other models do.
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    Would fill the 1-stud gaps behind the doors (these recessed places for windows) with plates, the wedges ideally, so they will remain recessed but not so deep.
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    Well, even half-bushes may have "decorative colors", not ordinal LBG or yellows only
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    With stickers applied: https://bricksafe.com/files/Void_s/studio-models/42128 - American Tow Truck.io
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    Here the new "spiked" tires from the RC buggy or Raptor will work the best! Actually, I had an idea about making such a setup for 42125 Ferrari but it should work as well for 911 too: put the suspension lower and make it softer with a more considerable articulation optionally, add the FWD (or enjoy the RWD burnouts) optionally, add RC+motors. It will really blast the track, rather than the low-sitting normal set which barely can travel between rooms.
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    I'm not sure if it was noticed here (if was, I'm so sorry) - the friction 1/2 pins recently appeared in red (as the Megalodon's teeth holders) are also available in DBG too: BrickLink Reference Catalog - which Contain Part 89678 in Dark Bluish Gray Color If only it appeared a bit earlier, to hold Max Destruction's spikes stiffer and follow its DBG main color...
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    Wow, is it a motorized belly-dumper? I love these triangled bars
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    Were the old-good 16T clutch gears (red and DBG both) chain compatible? I have no parts right now under my hands and can check and curious if their "bulged" inner part, where the clutch is located, may prevent the chain placement, like new-styled 8T gears.
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    Has anyone noticed such a "part" by TLG? <img src="https://static1.nordic.pictures/17602635-thickbox_default/lego-eraser-2-pack.jpg"> lego-eraser-2-pack.jpg (800×800) (nordic.pictures) (sorry, for some reason the JPG URL won't appear here as an image) It looks like a well-known "dish" but with studs and an axle hole. I wonder how good or bad its traction is for possible use as a wheel.
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    Well, having all payload weight distributed across only rear fixed axles, I am afraid the front steering axles will just slip and won't turn the vehicle. I would make all the axles steered, like heavy-load trailer platforms, so no one axle will have any stress during the cornering. Heavy cargo will easily turn the rub-n-scrub steering into break-n-stuck... Just imagine an infinite grip and traction between the ground and rear tires, so they can only roll and never slip.
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