Hello,
after quite some time I have found my way to Eurobricks forum... And even if it's not brand new anymore, in my first post I would still like to introduce my biggest MOC:
The Lego Technic Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) for the Lego Ideas Saturn V with integrated Crawler.
Special feature: For the basic variant, you only need the parts from three Technic sets: 42055 BWE, 42082 RTC and 42098 car transporter.
With the given parts from these three sets, I tried to match the proportions and add details as good as possible.
As I dearly missed some details (e.g. the fuel pipes), I added some upgrades to the LUT. But this means to leave the parts bank of the three mentioned sets, and add some more parts. So far I have upgrades for the fuel pipes, a red crane front, more red parts at the tower, and better looking launch pad surface.
These functions are fully motorized:
Driving forwards/backwards
Steering left/right
Elevator in the tower up/down
Turn the swingarms into start or supply position
Hammerhead crane turn left/right
Hammerhead crane rope up/down
Manually:
Damper arm up/down for the transport position
Longitudinal position of the rope on the crane
Release tail service masts on the launch pad
Video to show the functions: https://youtu.be/pB5tYQBT_tY
(please ignore my errors in the rendering, and: YES, it was intended to not use the real names )
Building instructions and more pics are available here: rebrickable
And the last link: My insta account to follow me: instagram
And now some pics:
The basic variant:
Upgraded variant:
Real picture of my MOC:
Feel free to comment or raise some questions!