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Thanks for responding, Having gone to get a screen shot I found a couple of unwanted code blocks that had slipped in somehow - careless user no doubt. Deleted those and it worked. Why is the visible work space so small!?!

For better or worse I thought I'd take the plunge and make a custom Powered Up control program using the Powered Up app. It' is already proving to be a mistake. Late to the game I'm powering my Defender and I want two motors for drive, one for steering and one for a gear change (just hi/lo), however before getting carried away I thought I'd make a controller with four slider controls to individually drive four motors just so I can fiddle with motor positions and do noddy testing during this and future builds before doing a proper code; a development tool if you like. I've followed youtube video guides from RacingBrick and Sariel, which make it look clear and simple and I cannot see that I've missed anything. I've got four sliders with four code blocks appropriately linked to slider and motor IDs, just like the videos. The hub is connected, but nothing happens. Move any of the sliders and zilch. Is there something stupid I'm missing?

This is amazing!

Cool idea, and a great little car. Not everything has to be 50 studs long!!

Wow! I am absolutely blown away to have won. Never thought for a moment I would, so thank you very much everyone who took part, who voted, and Milan and Jim for running another great competition.

I like the new voting site and rules - I'm guaranteed at least one point!! I'd also leave it up for two weeks, as some of us don't visit the forum as often as we'd like, so a fortnight gives busy folks a greater chance to vote. As always, thanks to Jim and Milan for arranging the competition.

Hand of god or not, that's awesome!

You don't have to have a differential. You do have to support your driving axles though. Might be worth buying some more complex sets to see how Lego do it. Alternatively Lego host all their official instructions on their website, so you could browse those to see how they build axles. For the size of car you are producing, I'd suggest some of the trucks such as 42112 or 42128 for a guide on how to build a powered axle. These sets take drive from the wheels to power functions on the vehicle rather than being motorised like you are doing, but the principles are the same whichever direction power is going.

I'm enjoying the totally inappropriate weather for the subject :)

That ferries wheel is amazing!

Looks great. We just need three more last minute entries to complete the theme!

I love the trailer addition. I keep pondering things to do with a unimog. A trailer has never crossed my mind, but opens so many possibilities.

How to make something simple really complicated...

I didn't take any pictures during building, but when I disassemble it I'll take a few pics if you would like. I'm still enjoying releasing penguins for now! Thanks to all for the kind words. I'm delighted it's had such a positive response!

I was hoping no one would notice that. Unfortunately my ten year old son pointed it out about 5% of the way through the build. I then hoped no one here would notice.... I'm choosing to interpret "Artic" in the competition title to mean more broadly "Polar". If we want to play that game, most of the tracked machines in the contest so far would likely fall through the Arctic ice!!!