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After introducing my Mini Version of the LEGO Technic 8110, I have to build another Version. A Fire Brigade Truck, inspired by VFracingteam's Unimog. Its main features are as follows: - Front PTO with water cannon - Water tank and pump And this is what I came out with. The Unimog is used in rough terrains and with the snorkel it's able to cross small rivers. The water cannon lets the firemen extinguish the fire from inside the cab. The roof contains some tools and the "water pump" which is an old Pneumatic Spring Cylinder. Its main advantage over the new pumps is the ability to suck in the water. A Pneumatic Airtank is used to store the water.The pump can be lifted to be operated easily and is stored when not in use. The most important part of the pumping mechanism is the Pneumatic Distribution Block 2 x 4 with Non-return Valve. There is the tank insert on the left, pump in the middle and the water outlet on the right. More detailed pictures to be found on Brickshelf and further information on my blog. It's a Fire Truck, so it has to be able to extinguish fire. To proof its ability I made a short video. Best regards, laix

This is another great site for instructions.

Your creation is really inspiring and something special. It's challenging to work in such limited space and still provide such great playability

There were a whole bunch of strange things, just take look at this April Fool's Joke thread

Have you tried Sariel's Gear Ratio Calculator? It's pretty useful in some cases.

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Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad about any comments and critiques. I just added the Unimog to Rebrickable.

I love your model, it's pretty awesome to see such huge models in action and the looks of it are awesome.

Now I finished my MOC and it's, the probably smallest functional version of the 8110, unlike the cute 9390 which is very limited in functions. The whole MOC based on an older chassis I now finished the last evenings, using LDD again. It's main features are as follows: - 7-wide, comparable to the 9390 axle width - 350 Parts - Live axles with suspension - Front and rear PTO with gearbox - Working winch - Working crane with grabber - Tiltable bed - HOG ( hand of god ) steering And this is what I came out with. Unfortunately I don't own that much orange pieces, so I made it Lime Green for the first presentation. To achieve a live axle setting I used the Liftarm 1 x 2 with Ball Joint Angled and realized the suspension with Rubber Connectors. The winch at the Front-PTO, using the Pin Connector (87408). The crane is located on the Rear-PTO and uses the new turntable elements. For switching between Front and Rear-PTO a gearbox slides the axles and gears and connect them with the 12T Gear. The axles get connected by pushing them inwards and can easily be disconnected via the crank on the other side. More detailed pictures to be found on Brickshelf. This Mechanism is also shown in the video, also including the other functins in action. You can also download the LDD-File. And there will probably some Building Instructions in the future. With best regards, laix

Haven't seen something like that with Lego, but this car jumps quite well.

It's the Hockey Spring used for Return-To-Centre-Steering

I checked every set which contains the timing gear and as you said it is purley for aesthetics. There seems to be a connection with the Technic Tread Hub which could be found on the X-Wing. I tried this myself and it works, but not as good as the Gear 16 Tooth

Thx, I'm glad you like it. I would suggest to remove the outer two 9L Liftarms above the chains. This will give it the look of the original. Is there a video of the functions? Would love to see the digger in action.

I'm a huge fan of Mini MOCs and like your approach. But where is the cab???

Here's the tutorial on making the instructions. It was fun and a new experience for me, hope you like it

The friction is generated by the momentum of the fork, the carriage is pushed in an angle against the mast and this works for smaller loads. In the building instructions I use MLCAD's "buffer exchange" for the arrows and this exploded view and save the LPUB file as png's. Then I use PowerPoint to arrange the several steps. I could make a tutorial on how it works if you like.

I really like this approach on implementing such a innovative technique in a Lego model. You even manage to put you're technical builds into great looking hulls

@Philo: Yeah, I just spent half an hour on importing them manually @DLuders: A great tool. This could become quite handy!

After several trials and errors I'm pretty happy with my MLCAD/LPUB experience and hope you also like it Mini Forklift Building Instructions

Thanks for your positive comments. I'm currently working on a PDF-building-instruction, so you don't have to use the LDD-File. @JunkstyleGio: Love to see someone already rebuilding it. But I'm not sure about the scale @timr: It's in my post.

While studying all day I have nearly no time for building and of course even less motivation to sort my LEGO afterwards. So I spent my spare time on LDD, creating this small MOC - a Mini Forklift, to build it afterwards. The aim was to build a forklift with the following features: - 5-wide, comparable to the 8290 - Manually operated carriage with forks - Tilting mechanism to pivot the mast to assist in engaging a load - Rear-wheel steering with HOG (Hand of god) And this is what I came out with. The bodywork is dominated by the two yellow Technic Panels. Like most of the classic LEGO Technic construction vehicles it has the famous blue seat. The cab features some headlights, a strong roof to protect the driver and some levers to control the functions. The steering is simple and direct via a HOG. The rear wheel is centred 1/2 L below the front wheels to be on ground level. I used some Liftarms 1x2 Thin to delimit the steering angle. The tilting mechanism uses a Gear Worm Screw and a Gear 8 Tooth which are connected with the mast via a Connector Perpendicular Triple. After several failed attempts on creating a moveable carriage with chain-elements and ropes, I adapted shockbeton's design, because of its reliabylity and simplicity on this smale scale. To use more common pieces and increase the range, I replaced the Gear Rack 1x10 with three Gear Racks 1x4 placed on Plates 1x2 and 1x8. And this is how the forklift looks in action, lifting a pallet with my Small Fake Engine. More detailed pictures and informations to be found on Brickshelf and on my Blog. And of course I will share the LDD File with you. With best regards, laix

This is pure genius! I love how you implement the features and "hide" the levers in the framework. I will definitely test it myself. Thanks for sharing