TinkerBrick

@ OmiKron Great MOC and entry for the competition. Loads of functions. I especially like the look of the cockpit, one could think there would be an acrylic glass sphere. Although one feature doesn't make sense to me at all - the V6 engine one the bottom. Such exploration vessels use batteries or if more advanced fuel cells, since it's hard to get the required air in such depths. You could have left the engine out and added a small battery box in that place. That would make it appear more realistic. I'd love to see it shrink wrapped/sealed water tight (if this would be possible be any means) and see it working under water. Note to myself: Suggest watertight PowerFunctions on Cussoo Anyway - mind blowing Vessel.

I like your boat. Why not try adding i cylindric housing for the propeller: Technic Cylinder 4 x 4 x 1 2/3 with Axle Holes - BL Part 2745 It might increase the efficiency of the propeller.

@ DLuders: Many Thanks for Deeplinking the images. @ dfs473: For starters i'll set up the original crane, although my mind boggles with setting the up the extendible part of the structure with micro motor as well as the winch. I Don't know yet were to place the small AAA battery box. But first of all, i need to fix the gearbox for turning and lifting the crane.

Hi Folks! This is just my 2nd post regarding something i'm building myself. My dark ages ended about 14 month ago and the 8258 was the first "new" set besides the 8043. The last lego set before my dark ages was the green code pilot truck. Good set, but now i have to learn everything new, since it is all studless now. So, please be patient if some solutions to my mod are not as smooth or technically sophisticated. During last year a added a couple mods to the 8258, especially Han's. But i wasn't quite satisfied withe the outcome - Han's mod had dual wheel on the rear axles but only one differential. I found a solution to that at BrickShelf to set. Anyway, i wanted a 5th axle really bad, and it had to be steered! I wanted it to be mostly remote controllable, but when it comes to driving, i wanted to keep the V8-engine. I started on the a couple weeks ago. I adopted some ideas i found around the web (Eurobricks, MOCPages, Brickshelf, ...). I'll make a bibliography when the project is done. Well, here is the first result. I set up a BrickShelf Folder: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=TinkerBrick13 Unfortunately, i'm not allowed to deep link images yet. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397655 5 axles in total http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397656 Axles 1,2 and 5 are steered http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397657 Cab doors open http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397658 Motorized Steering (1 PF M-Motor) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397660 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397661 Separat Motor for the outriggers. Located above axle 3. Gear down with a worm gear, a clutch gear and bewel gears. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397662 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397665 Axle 5 is steered, above axle 4 is a XL-Motor for driving. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397663 Driveshaft for rear steering http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397664 Axles 3 and 4 are driven What needs to be done: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5397659 Rebuilt gearbox to fit 3 more M-Motors to power the crane. And of course, a complete rewiring. For completion i need a few more parts anyway, such as extension wires, LED-Lights and one more IR-receiver I'd be grateful for any comments, suggestion or ideas. Regards, Tinkerbrick

Nice!

This is so cool, but i think it really needs a "Hello Kitty" or "Snoopy" sticker on the back.

Great Moc, i like it a lot.

Hi there, the folks over at TechnicDelicatessen (http://technicdelicatessen.blogspot.com/) have new footage of the 2h/2012 Crawler from Nuremberg International Toy Fair that started yesterday. It looks quite good. Regards, Tinkerbrick

Hi There, i just took an hour of fooling around a bit with my unimog. I might have a way to putt an XL-Motor into the mainframe without changing to overall design. First i replaced the two rear 13-hole liftarms on the upper frame with two 9-hole lift arms - please disregard the dark bluish gray, as they just came to my hand first. This leaves fairly enough room for the xl-motor. When looking from the rear of the unimog towards to gearbox you can spot the engine driveshaft below the steering shaft. The axle sticks out 1 length unit so i attached a joint an a 3 stud-axle with a large 24 tooth gear. The motor also has a 3 stud axle with a small gear attached. The motor is lowered into the frame - leaving the pinholes of the motor exactly on the level of the upper mainframe. Well, the mod is far from begin finally, but a first test showed it works, and the 4x4 feature of the unimog remains untouched, since the engineshaft is connected to the main differential. However, i'm planning on gearing down to torque within the portal axles. Another aspect that needs to be change is that the platform needs to be raised by on one unit as the motor sticks out of the frame to far.