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  1. JonathanM
    Excellent work! The panelling looks great - it's instantly recognisable, and the features - wow! I love the use of the propellor blade in the scoop behind the front wheels.
  2. JonathanM
    Wow, it looks great - the way you've captured the shape so well - very nice work! It is on my build list for sure.
  3. JonathanM
    Genius. Am totally using this trick! Hmm, I thought the newer V1's (e.g. in 42065) used a similarly spec'd motor driver as in the V2's?
  4. JonathanM
    Nice! I like the way you've used the bent liftarms to shape it.
  5. JonathanM
    What might help is to group the parts from step (n-1) once you've hidden the new parts one by one. Then you can recolor or hide the group so the new pieces are easier to make out.
  6. JonathanM
    If you mean just in front of the front wheels, I think it's just DBG 32039 instead - it has a 4L axle through it. You can see them in the B-model A pillars as well. Last seen in 2006.
  7. JonathanM
    This shows it's an 11x5: http://cache.lego.com/r/dynamic/is/image/LEGO/42077_alt3?op_sharpen=0&resmode=sharp4&wid=4000&fit=constrain,1&fmt=png-alpha (All the images are there - just change the suffix in the URL)
  8. JonathanM
    Isn't it speed that is averaged rather than frequency? Thus, you'd average 1/2 and 1/4 to get 3/8, or 8/3 Hz. At 6Nm of torque, that'd be 8/3*6 = 16W as expected. (It'll be less due to friction etc).
  9. JonathanM
    Hmm, I hadn't seen the helicopter on the 42076 B model before. That set is looking more and more interesting. Quite a playable one, similar to container yard from 2017 in some ways. Interesting that 42084 contains the 1L beam 18654 in white as well as 32039 in DBG, unused since 2006, plus the smooth 3L axle connector as in the Porsche in LBG (like carousel and the new dozer 42071) while 42071 contains a DBG #2 connector (previously expensive) and the 1x2 beam with axle hole in white (new in 2017) as well as the DBG 11x5 panel ofcourse. Some nice recolors this year.
  10. JonathanM
    Or just an 11L axle I guess.
  11. JonathanM
    I havent tried getting two 5.5L axles in to a frame from the inside. I guess would need only a small amount of bend to get the second in? Looks great. Love seeing how you put pieces together so well.
  12. JonathanM
    Pricing will depend if they're available widely from lego parts maybe? That's still the cheapest way to buy a lot of the orange parts from the porsche.
  13. JonathanM
    Yup - 42024 was 13 studs wide for the cab, 15 at wheelbase. Same as this.
  14. JonathanM
    Dark azure I think? If so, it'll fill out the parts collection even more (panels, liftarms, and the 3L 2pin and axle hole crossblock). The yacht had some new dark azure panels and liftarms as well, so they already have some of the parts in use. Unsure which blue the compactor/dozer is using this year as well - that might be dark azure as well??
  15. JonathanM
    Shadow - you can see a similar effect in the LBG axle and pin crossblock on the lift above and to the right (compare pieces on the left and right sides)
  16. JonathanM
    Nice spotting! You can see the frame just behind the front wheels on the A model as well - it's mounted horizontalyl lengthwise with a blue pin to the red panel and a black pin 5 studs further back from that through the 15L black beam: The corner pinhole has a 3L blue pin in it through a 1L beam (in black as well?) into the beam above it.
  17. JonathanM
    See inset in top left: Full size image: HERE
  18. JonathanM
    This is really great. I liked it so much I built it in LDD as practice. Hope you don't mind! Let me know if you'd like the LDD file - it's grouped so should be easy to build from. Thanks to your great video + photos, the only bits I am unsure about was the 4x2 black L beams under the seats which don't seem to be connected to anything other than the seats.
  19. JonathanM
    Nice - the brickset images confirm a brick built inline 6 on the Mack. Is this a first?
  20. JonathanM
    B model for the rally car looks pretty good too. Reckon I have 2 purchases at least (Rally car, Mack)
  21. JonathanM
    Hmm, hard to tell if the rally car is also dark azure? The red looks quite dark as well. EDIT: Curved panel in white is 11L, not 7L as I'd hoped. All the sets are *looking* great. Some less functionality than looks though, but I like the trend to use system bricks to create nice detail (as seen in 42069 this year).
  22. JonathanM
    Is that a brick built straight 6? Hard to tell from the pics, but it seems too small to use the standard engine parts. On my buy list for sure. Very cool model - all the DBG panels! The green as well! The LBG rack housings. The shipping container with proper opening doors. Awesome.
  23. JonathanM
    This is awesome. So many functions packed in to such a great shaped plane. I look forward to the video once you have time to do so. Kudos for being open about experimenting with custom set sales - I genuinely hope you have success selling a bunch of them to those with deeper pockets than me! :)
  24. JonathanM
    The Lego instructions clearly show the blue pins have been inserted from the inside - you can't see the shoulder of the pins. Not that it would matter in this case, other than for some more wiggle room maybe. I guess at least it's possible to slip a sharp knife under the stop of the 4L axle. It's interesting to me how many mistakes such as this (or simpler, e.g. in 42065 the 40th anniversary part is black in one spot instead of white - see below) are found in lego instructions even with their presumably very good quality assurance. I guess even with that mistakes like wrong coloured or mislabelled parts are easy to miss. Assembly mistakes must be even more easy to miss maybe? I wonder if the people testing got lucky and the 4L axle wasn't inserted all the way or something?
  25. JonathanM
    I had a play with this one today as well. It's a great little set to experiment with. I threw in 2 L motors geared up 3:1, while trying to leave everything confined to the existing body. Fairly quick and easy to do. It loses a bit of torque geared up, but is super fun on a wooden floor :) I also did up a quick steering joystick that makes it a bit easier to control. Jonathan
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