damian_kane_iv

Burnt orange, tan, or neon yellow would be great colors for this set

Do the portal hubs fit the old 56 x 34 mm wheels? I can see how they dont work with the Defender wheels, but then I always thought those were poorly designed wheels in general, and they even make using the non portal hubs a pain unless you're building some vanilla double wishbone.

Im most interested in the potential for new colors and building techniques. Given that this is a manual model, who cares what wheel hubs it has? There will probably be a lot of RC mods for this anyways, so just swap out the hubs. And given how difficult it is to design a free axle, they would probably just use a power joint instead. Also I wouldnt be too surprised if they put new wheels that fix the hub issue in this one. It's a quasi-flagship model and lego seems more willing to experiment with new wheels and tires these days.

Yeah its tough finding the right mounting points for each component. The problem I've been having is incorporating a differential locker into the axle. Both my upper and lower control arms should be as close to the differential as possible, but they're so far forward that this is affecting how the axle rotates through the spring travel, but changing the upper control arms should help too. Interestingly, upper control arms tend to be shorter than the lowers: https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/23/toyota-4runner-suspension-deep-dive/ , so I dont know how that factors into the axis rotation equation. When I compress the spring all the way, the angle of the axle is actually better/fixed I agree that the upper arms are suboptimally mounted. Im going to need to find some way to mount them so that they dont get in the way of the differential locker. Maybe a longer set mounted further back will help As for the spring mounts, I have a plan for an axle mount that allows some rotation so its not fixed, but ideally they would be mounted on top like the real thing.

I wonder whether CADA will release Pvdb's Koenigsegg Jesko soon too

Wow this is a really unique and well-executed moc! I really like the concept and how you pulled in off. If you ask me, it looks better than the real thing. Any chance we could see the axles without wheels? Im curious how the suspension works/is built.

Wow the bodywork looks both great and light-weight. Functions are nice too

I'm trying to design a realistic 5-link axle for an upcoming crawler idea. I wanted to make a genuine 5-link with as much travel as possible and a differential locker. I think I have the geometry 99% there. I also plan to add pneumatic shocks to complement/dampen the coil springs. Lego's new springs were appealing and compact, but the 9.5L springs have much more travel needed for high axle articulation. Let me know what you think/how it can improve: Here you can see the coils, the shock and most of the suspension links. This is a close-up with the pneumatic cylinder removed. The axle is designed for ~1:9-1:11 sized mocs and can be fitted with either a portal axle mounts (pictured here), or traditional ungeared mounts. Here you can see the lower control arms, the panhard rod, and diff locker. Here's a picture of the underside. I based this design off of Madoca's Dacoma axle. This was originally designed to accommodate a power ball joint for a more trophy truck-like suspension, but I have converted it into a 5-link axle design and scaled it up for 1:10 models. Finally, the underside of the chassis contains the upper control arms, mounting for panhard (bottom), and the driveshaft As you can see, this was formerly a powerjoint setup and can be converted back if desired.

Thanks, I was having trouble getting the front to look like a real 5th generation 4Runner for a while but I think I have it now. Half of the chenge was finding solutions that worked with the given selection of olive pieces.

New updates! https://www.flickr.com/photos/195160890@N03/with/53451468110

Oh, by raunchy I meant fun and out-of-the-box in a good way. It looks like it works pretty well. I'd be interested in seeing if you can put cv axles through it

that's a raunchy suspension

If you're looking to further optimize the front suspension, I highly recommend looking at this example:

is that a yellow shock absorber I spy?

I feel like the price is kinda justified given the motors, hubs, large lattice pieces, and weights/counerbalances. I personally think that lego overcharges a lot for things like motors and large pieces, but they are a company that tries to maintain QC, good working conditions, and licensing agreements. But the influx of chinese clone sets and recent dip in lego quality hasn't helped with perception of LEGO's brand value... If they still do all the quality control that they used to, then it makes sense that large frame pieces are so pricey given that there's probably a higher failure rate for parts given the complexity of the new molds. I'm not so hot on the trend to create new complicated molds though... I always thought that technic should be about creative solutions to problems and the past few years it seems like lego has been making more new molds than new and creative solutions in builds. There's nothing really wrong with that, but people here seem to forget this when they look at price per piece in sets now. My biggest criticism of this set is the intended market. I don't get it. It seems like LEGO is trying to target serious adult hobbyists (or people with too much money) whenever they release these ridiculous $400+ sets, but its these same hobbyists that are going to be the most critical of the sets LEGO puts out, so I have no idea what the intentions behind this set are. On one end, serious hobbyists might be put off by the relative simplicity of these sets compared to their MOCs, but on the other end I don't see many casual/average consumers saying to themselves "I want to buy a $700 plastic crane that takes up a quarter of a bedroom just to keep it on display and maybe play with it every other weekend". Maybe they're still trying to cash in on the lockdown-era market while they still can, lots of people did get into LEGO because of it... I know I made some dumb purchases out of boredom, but I don't see a long-term viability in that strategy.

Much appreciated for offering detailed photos if you don't do instructions! Here is what I'm thinking of for a roof idea. I'm planning on using it for my 1:10 aventador moc, but I think it could be scaled up for a 1:8 car, though it'd probably be pretty pricey...

might be off topic but are you still planning to release the Jesko as a set/model or as instructions?

very aesthetic build

now this is amazing. what are the mechanical features?

Im thinking of building a new off road RC model based on the chassis from my 4Runner moc. I want to design something with serious mods and capabilities and Ive put a mockup together: Sorry for the bad closeups, I mainly wanted to share the suspension and rear axle. Overall design will be hopefully RC capable with diff locks and part time 4WD as well as some type of simple gearbox. I realy like Fedor Kolbasin's FJ cruiser moc (below) so Ive been gathering parts to make one with similar bodywork on top of my chassis. Let me know what you think!

lol can I test some instructions too?

very well done, but yeah headlights could use work

Wow thanks so much! I feel like there might be more people who end up building at least part of it than you assume. I should add that my background is in biology/biomedical engineering, so I'm biased towards open source and knowledge sharing everything (almost all of our research is funded by the NIH in the U.S. and it's required to be available to the public by law). My current projects is pretty rudimentary but I'll probably still publish instructions to get feedback and to share my style and techniques.

Aww that's too bad, I feel like there's a lot we could learn from your techniques. If you're working on a licensing deal and holding off until you get a definitive answer I understand... but the CAD files of your model are just as appealing lol. It's sad cause I feel like a lot of the best designers hold off on publishing instructions for their models. I've been waiting almost 3 years for pvdb to release his 1:10 Jesko either as a set or instructions and so far not a peep

Wow very nice model! How are the front and rear difflocks? Are they stable and robust? Also will you be making instructions?