Ldon13

G’day all, I just finished building the Galaxy Explorer, and I’m completely blown away by the size and how awesome it looks! Here are my improvements: I swapped the Flat Tile 8x16 with a Plate 8x16 that includes 4 or 5 Round 1x1 with Bar and Pin Holder 20482 inserted on the end rows of holes of the plate. When sliding the plate out with the space buggy parked, its not as smooth as the Flat tile.. but it does help the astronauts walk up and down to enter the ship. Added more head room for the astronauts to enter the cockpit by removing the computer display screen and adding 2 extra Blue 1x3 plates.

Im sure TLG is heading in that direction when providing the Lego Life app installation instructions on the first page of the new recent lego sets booklets. But the app needs more work to include things like a pdf bookmark and a double page view, I use digital instructions only for RHD conversions.

Hi Jim, fantastic reviews on both the Bugatti and the Porsche, very well comprehensive review! Im glad the Porsche got my attention after my dark ages and was blown away by the details and the size of these Technic models. Great work on the photographing of the build process and the slideshow! I love that Chiron USB leather case that was apart of the gift bag if thats what it is. I just uploaded a Youtube video demonstration of relocating the key slot closer to the drivers seat and more information on the Mods & Improvements thread.

G’day everyone, I previously commented on suggesting changes to the Top Speed Key slot to be relocated beside the drivers seat, I decided to have a go at it as a first contribution to the thread and in the end after many attempts I was able to make it work with the available space in the chassis, by only removing 1 Beam Frame that doesn’t require the support to keep it stable. Before we go any further I wanted to say that the building experience was fun while listening to the Podcast made it a unique experience overall. The details were impressive in person next to the Porsche especially the back of the Chiron When @Seasider mentioned the Chiron is only in LHD, it wouldn’t feel appropriate for a RHD conversion as it doesn’t exist in the real version. So I decided to follow the instruction book instead of image flipping every page on book 1. The following images has all the modified sections to recreate in your Bugatti with the provided images. There was a lot of limitations with the left-side Beam Frame supporting the spoiler, I spent most of the time on the MOD using the limited space until removing the Beam Frame which helped me continue further. v1.0 - Relocating the Top Speed Key Slot Cross Axle Sizes Cross Axle 9 (60485) - Spoiler connection, Left-side Cross Axle 5 (32073) - Spoiler connection, Right-side handling gear 32269 Cross Axle 5 (32073) - Behind the shockies handling the gear 32270 Cross Axle 4 (3705) - Connecting to the Universal Joint Cross Axle 7 (44294) - U-Joint to U-Joint This MOD is fairly simple that requires minor rework on the spoilers supporting Cross Axles by replacing only the left-side yellow Axle Extension 2M with a Hole w/ Pin 15100 and a Angled Connector 32013 on the left-side of the wing bracket not shown below, this helps to keep it stable when the Technic gears are in use. (The Beams were positioned the wrong way when rebuilding it) There are two Cross Axles of different sizes connecting to the middle Beam 2 x 4, both Cross Axles share the same cross hole as the Cross Axle 14M doesn’t seem to exist in the Technic database. Image below: Cross Axle 5M (Left) and Cross Axle 8M 9M (Right). Beam Frame removed in yellow and added parts in red. There are 2 Technic gears 32270 & 32269 that help raise the spoiler to its height but it cannot be tilted forward . As you can see in the image below, there is a gap between the gear 32270 and the yellow Half Bushing piece... Both gears will not connect to each other properly when the 32270 is pushed against the Half Bushing. No problems with it like that but I was thinking of cutting a Half Bushing to fill the gap. I’ve replaced the 8M Cross Axle with a 9M after completing the connection to the key slot, as the 32269 gear wasn’t stabled enough when raising the spoiler. I added in a Beam 5M vertically to prevent up/down movement of the 32269 gear. I pushed the 32270 gear against the Half Bushing piece and tried raising the spoiler second time, it was unexpect for it to work perfectly now than it did before with both gears barely touching each other when the 32270 gear was against the Half Bushing peice. Behind the shockies, the Cross Axle 5 can fit through the cleared hole with a Axle Extension 2M (I’ll replace it with a 3M) in between the two beams and on the left is a Axle to a universal joint to another universal joint. I made a MoC in the image below (Updated) up close has 3 10928 gears next to each other to move the slot further forward to not be hidden behind the blue panel. This MoC is connected to a Steering Knuckle Arm 33299 that the other end inserts in the black bottom panel hole below the Top Speed Key to keep this thing stabled on the frontend, the backend is a pin connected to a Angled Beam 4x3. Universal Joints placed on 3rd gear in order to work at a 45° angle. The Top Speed Key inserted into the slot. Video demonstration, I apologise for the poor quality. If you have any questions, you can PM me here or in the comments on my demonstration video.

The speed key is stored between the drivers seat and the door in the real Bugatti, I haven’t looked at much photos of the drivetrain but it would be nice to relocate the speed key slot to where it is in the real Bugatti instead of under the back wheel. Right hand conversion is on my todo list (Already done on the Porsche)

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