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  1. Ivan_M
    My main gripe about current sets is that they are way too large for what functions they have. "Build as large as you need, not as you can" is comunity "rule", but i think guys at TLG should take that in mind. For example - extreme adventure shoud be way smaller, on the other hand, Mack is perfectly fine (and would be way too big with 62mm wheels). As for B models - I have already spoke my mind in next topic: I would be VERY surprised to see youngsters building anything near B models out of the pile of parts. Studless building is much more difficult than studfull used to be. That is why I think B models are important. I wonder where TLG sees Technic in 5-10 years..
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    I do not build B models at all (not even A models..) but I remmember from my youth that B models (and BI from various ideas books) were wery important at that time. MOCing (and esp. studless) is not an easy job for kids so I think that the B model should be something better than the one from this set. Take an inspiration from BWE or Mack, those ar good B models and proof, that TLG can make them right.
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    That B model is so pathetic, 4000 parts and the only thing they manage is to make slightly different superstructure..
  4. Ivan_M
    old extension cannot mesh with double sided clutch gears (red 16 tooth and new blue 20 tooth), only with older single sided 16 tooth
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    I was checking B&P regularly later for other new pieces, this is BIG surprise, so early!
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    There is an interview with TLG designers and Bugatti representatives published at New Elementary: http://www.newelementary.com/2018/06/press-conference-lego-bugatti-chiron.html#more Some questions are from this topic I believe. the most hilarious is this one:
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    Lime = Lamborghini, beside that: it is VW (licence), it would fit along with other two when displayed on shelf, no new molds required
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    You have to aim for similar dimmensions - length around 45mm, overal diameter around 10,5mm, wire thicness around 0,8-1mm and of course force. If I remember correctly the total travel of 9,5L spring is 10mm and extra hard spring need around 1-1,2 kg to be compressed fully. So you need spring with R~1N/mm.
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    No need to be as extreme as that. I have bought only 3rd party springs and shocks with soft springs, in the end each was less than 1€ in total.
  10. Ivan_M
    Interesting, thanks. The big question is what kind of other bits will TLG serve us, given the last motorized sets I think there is incline to less motors - ie technic BB will be the same with different form factor and motors will get new connector only. I do not think there will be new motors at all. If TLG decides to make RC set with more than 2 channels i think they might produce some kind of splitter, but I'm sceptical about it. I would like to know what happens if there are two remotes and one BB and vice versa.
  11. Ivan_M
    This is indeed much better, very nice scale model. The stickers are nice finishing touch. Are the pontons easily detachable? Care to take a picture without them?
  12. Ivan_M
    You cannot compare them by retail or aftermarket price. When you produce such motors in huge quantities price is VERY low, I would say internals of both motors are below 1,5€, casing is nearly the same in terms of manufacturing costs. L motor is indeed better for pump operation due to its better mounting points, one pump is usually causing a lot of vibration due to its cyclic motion
  13. Ivan_M
    That is again a missed opportunity, that monstrous engine in multiple layers is the most ugly part of this car.
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    I wouldn't be looking for a reason to use L motor in the model, but somewhere in TLG account books/warehouse stock/ suppliers possibilities. The reason might by that they have overstock of L motors or something like that. The price difference for TLG between M and L have to be less than 1€.
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    There is only few new parts and we will see them in a lot of future sets, the only part that is not "universal" is new wheel hub with brake disc, but I guess it will re-appear in future car. There is quite a lot of reclors, but they are cheap to make nowadays, not like in 00's. Beside that there was a big shortage of new parts in technic range through whole 2017 and first half of 2018 so I guess they kept the budget low in order to come with some new parts later.
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    What part is the yellow panel-like with hazard triangle? (between the dbg 3x11 panel and yellow #2)
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    Don't know if it was mentioned already, but it seems like diffrential on front axle
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    Difficult to say, every part that has (through) axle hole is prone to crack. Mostly perpendicular connectors and thin liftarms (3x3 L thin liftarm is my worse). Some colors are more prone to cracking than others. I have ~350 pieces of the basic perpendicular connector and I would say 40% have signs of cracking. I still use them without problem and only throw it away when the friction on axle is too small or when it breaks into pieces. On the other hand I don't have a problem with bushes at all.
  19. Ivan_M
    Almost everything was answered in various interviews with designers so you might look them up before posting such questions.
  20. Ivan_M
    Exactly my thoughts. On the other hand I like the color consistency (and usage of "basic" colors) and small amount of stickers. I'm more interested in new parts rather than models so I'm quite happy so far (red 3x11 panel, black bwe rings, other red panels, etc.)
  21. Ivan_M
    The #4 LBG connector is already at B&P, around 0,42€ per piece, more important is black 5x7 frame, available at 1€ per piece. \\edit: 92907 in blue is also there for 0,5€
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    What I like about Leviathans model is that it clearly shows that regular blue color would be perfectly fine and that the different shades of blue are not necessary to produce at all.
  23. Ivan_M
    I have recently bought ~15 yellow liftarms marked as new from one BL shop and one of them was very odd - different color and material. I have looked on it with magnifying glass and there were no marks on it. The seller was quite helpful so I left it, but it can happen
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    It seems you already have .dat file, so it is necessary to place the files into folder with custom part, the path is something like C:\program files\studio\ldraw\custom parts than restart studio and PF motors should be in folder with custom parts. They will of course not snap automatically, you have to position them yourself. For fine positioning you have to turn off auto snapping and select smallest grid. Then it is fairly easy to get it into correct position.
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    Stud.io is useless in recent versions for technic builds, unfortunatelly. They have changed movement of parts in Y axis to plate height and that doesn't work with technic. And using different grid is pita. Other than that it is great programm, I'm still at some older version just to avoid the grid problem, but I'm afraid that the developemnt will not lead it to state to my liking anymore . Sorry for OT
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