Johnny1360

I do like this, good job. I think the reason I like it so much is the relatively simply looks.It doesn't look overdone.

Long gone are the days of me randomly buying LEGO sets on a whim. Pricing on current sets make it so I am a little more attentive of what I am getting. As such I find it very easy to figure out the sticker situation long before the set is even readily available, in most cases. I have built some Speed Champion sets that have ridiculously high sticker count and in such cases in can be tedious, however lately they have moved away from such sets. I have noticed there are more prints and less stickers in the newer ones. No one can deny this is a step in the right direction and hopefully the trend continues. Personally if it really bothered me I would avoid sets with high sticker counts but it doesn't. To be clear I do not buy big premium sets, where it may be more of an issue, rarely spending more than $150. I did buy the Orient Express though and although it had few stickers some of the prints were off, which is a little harder to fix, unlike repositioning a sticker. I do wish you luck though, as it seems to matter to some.

Looks very good, I am curious how the windshield part is attached though. It would be nice to have a more modern sloped windshield part, that doesn't also include the roof.

So now that city vehicles have received the Speed Champions treatment and have been much improved actually fun to build, I think it's time for city buildings to get the Modular building treatment, instead of the facades we get. Obviously not full blown Modulars just an upgrade like the vehicles. I really feel like we need more structures for all these Great vehicles.

Long ago I was a forest fire fighter in the western US, so I especially like what you have done. It very much reminds me of a Unimog I once saw, always thought it was the coolest fire fighting vehicle I ever saw, it actually had a flame thrower mounted on it for starting back fires. Really like what you have done here, one minor thing though. In all my time working forest fires I never saw a truck with a ladder on it, even though they are quite common for structure fire trucks.

I have always been amazed how prolific you are as a builder and think most of your builds are very well done. I assume since these are alternate builds they only have parts that came with the original model, that makes it even more impressive. Whenever I try this I end up using some elements from other sets, so I understand how difficult some of these builds can be. Great work and I much appreciate you sharing your handiwork, thanks.

Is it possible to make one motor run in reverse and the other forward? If not this won't work as one gear spins counter clockwise and the other clockwise, under normal operation. I actually wanted to do this with a current project of mine.

I actually do like the red contrasting colors, doesn't bother me a bit. I also think it is funny that it constituents color vomit to some.

Seems to have been resolved, for the time being, as I can actually navigate the site. Yay

I have been unable to view the site at all for at least a week now, the only way I was even able to post this was to wait several minutes for the page to load. Hopefully it gets cleared up soon because as it is I consider the site unnavigable. I am using my phone maybe that is part of it but I have used this phone for years and have done all I can think of on my end.

I do enjoy building with a mix of System and Technic. It may be easier for me since I grew up with System, there was no Technic then. What's cool is that I am building a City set right now, 60478 Cement Mixer and it has given me an idea or inspiration on a steering solution for portal hubs in Technic. Now I want to drop what I'm doing and build a proof of concept, while the memory is fresh, lol.

Not sure we really needed the entire parts list posted, lol but I am anxious to see what the set sticker free looks like.

Yes I stand corrected, reddish brown, regardless, as near as I can figure the parts in question are, as near as I can figure 6 to 8 years old. However they became brittle over a period of time, they didn't start out brittle, that is what I find concerning. They were not subjected to harsh environments either and the failure rate is close to 50%, so far and I am sure the degradation is continuing.

Yeah I wouldn't want to go much more of an incline. Also like the use of road plates because you can easily replace some of the smooth 2x4 plates with their studded counter parts. That way you can stick a vehicle on the incline without it rolling down to the bottom of the hill.

After my recent experience with dark brown, that is one vehicle I would steer clear of, nothing like watching your parts crumble like potato chips upon disassembly to avoid usage.