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Did you know Bens compact gearbox? (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-6824/MrWoo/unusual-and-compact-5r-gearbox/#parts) it builds up to high for 8880 but it inspired me to this idea for a gear lever: this should be as flat as possible. and if the whole gear box is build tight enough the (dbg colored) driving ring will press from underneath against the round plate modified (in dark turquoise) preventing it to slip off the bar.

Ah I see. I am very much looking forward to the result.

I'm definitely going to try that with a future creation. And I like that look now. ...and also asked myself how fence 3633 (https://rebrickable.com/parts/3633/fence-1-x-4-x-1/) would look like. Here is a Renault Truck using that piece in the front. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-134368/Don_Santos/renault-magnum-solo-with-lift/#details ...i prefer the liftarms.

nice mechanism! would it be too complicated to have both mechanisms controlled by just one knob? By using a differential maybe?

Damn there is so much going on in this cabin. especially how you wrap the red side part around at the front. It looks really amazing to me. The single 7L liftarm looked more connected in combination with the other liftarms one picture up. It looks (really just a very tiny bit!) random now. I'm curious about the fact that you build from the outside in. How come? Doesn't it make building more complicated? Best wishes

How does the quote go again? In space no one hears mosquitoes buzzing?! i like the filligree look. It looks like an ion storm could crumble it within seconds. But what i can tell from your videos it seem pretty robust. And then there are those details. Like the claws on the communication dish. Not to mention all the mechanisms. In my opinion the mosquito theme is very well implemented. Cool thing!

Yay it's back. i celebrate this monster! Would it be possible to fiddle some liftarms to the tracks to create more support surface?

<joke-on> a friend of mine recently became a father. I will recommend your build to him. Is certainly quite useful to transport bulging diapers. <joke-off> The table in the background. it looks so tiny next to your model. I did a quick recherche and the tip height of the crane is 171m. if that value is correct your model has a scale of 1/50. Awesome!

hm, this discussion is more on the meta level i would say. I wouldn't get specific at all and talk about simplification, but stick to the term abstraction. In my opinion everything, be it mechanisms, design, size, stability, proportion, color, etc. gets translated into the lego vocabular using semantics (techniques to combine parts) which is slightly more bound to one's fantasy and syntax (using the best fitting elements) which is more a creativity thing i would guess. These categories are not well thought of course ;) ...and creativity and fantasy are (at least in some degree) involved into both fractions (syntax and semantics). I have to mention: the question is not if a person has a lot of fantasy or creativity but how is it used in building things. Building the thousands "formula 1 car alternate build" can be pretty boring (lack of fantasy?). But this car can be cool if the artist has a unique stile and comes up with a rock solid and amazing build showing the artists creativity. Building simple or more complex is just a result of creative abstraction while translating real stuff into legos. It's comparable to real languages. Things you can say in one or two words in one language need much more in another language. And sometimes normally things get "lost in translation" (good film btw). Every person is sometimes simplifying or complicating while translating. So i wouldn't categorize that way. But it's a very good question every artist could keep in mind when doing art: "Am i simplifying or complicating things & do i want it that way?" @DrJBthank you for that question - it's amazing to think about Best wishes to all of you.

That is so damn overengineered. I love it! You put so much knowledge into your rc stuff. i am totally baffled with what you came up. My brain is still trying to cope with all that information. I am watching yt videos on this topic in literally every minute i can free up to really understand what you are doing. ...and why.

the rims are beautiful. my question (to everyone maybe): how complicated would it be to get torque vectoring (using self programmed ic?) with such a setup? did i mention that the role cage looks very trustworthy?

Brave little mower. i like the packed format. is it modeled after some existing mower?

Dat song, haha ;,D. Very well played. The movement is very round. Didn't expect that at the beginning of the video.

one of those cars where you can't tell in which direction it drives away. you could built it without a windscreen at all. like the tesla semi that passes it's rounds trough the forum some days ago. I like your car with soft axles as windscreen. It looks very energetic that way and not so tank-ish.

Mind blowing!

Hi @SylvainLS , thank you that's brilliant. I debuged studio using the command lutris -d (as i'm using lutris on top of wine) It gave me those errors when opening the Instruction Maker (clearly somethings wrong with fonts): InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains no elements at System.Linq.Enumerable.First[TSource] (System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[T] source) [0x00010] in <ad4a992768794363ade575f9e564f6e6>:0 at Ins_FontManager.ChangeFontForLabel (UILabel label, System.String fontFamily, UnityEngine.FontStyle fontStyle, System.Int32 fontSize) [0x000a7] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_TextItem.UpdateContents () [0x00077] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_TextItem.UpdateAll () [0x00000] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_SlotItem.AddContents (Ins_IPageDesign_ContentItemMeta meta) [0x00408] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_SlotItem.UpdateContents () [0x0004f] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_PageItem.GenerateSlots () [0x00245] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_PageItem.UpdateAll () [0x0000a] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 at Ins_PageDesign_PageItem.Update () [0x0003b] in <e9f0eb738a904c05b65aacf8a30d08f6>:0 Solution: I've just copied all files from the Fonts Directory(C/windows/Fonts) of my Windows installation into the wine directory as you mentioned and everything works fine now. Thanks a lot!

The white parts where dark tan on mine too. I (very carefully) chlorinated them a year ago. But how often can you do this? may be two times before the finish is ruined? have heard the car has become bit cheaper lately(?). But hey congratulations that you at least got one.

Hey a lot of good(demotivating) comments I'm not the first trying this solution. @Jurss guided us to another digital 8880. Here is a render of the steering configuration used: May i point your intention how the developer fixed the issue with the different height of front and rear gear rack (the 8880 uses 8 teeth gears to drive the gear rack at the back and 16 teeth gears at the front, meaning that the gear rack at the front is mounted slightly lower). And yes @amorti i was using 89678 (1/2 Technic pin with friction) within the gear rack. But i took your comment serious and added some support under the gear rack (the 8 stud long yellow and red tiles). There are also (by default) two gears on top of each gear rack. Yepp i expected that. At the moment i'm just brute forcing to all lego parts that look useful. A completely different car it is. Damn you people are very kind At least it is important to mention this part. Because it may fix the issue with the different heights of the gear racks, mentioned above. But there is one issue with that part. The last set utilizing it ...is from 2003. And in my opinion ALL(!) Technic sets should be built using technic bricks underneath and liftarms for sculpting the exterior. I'm finishing the day with this setup. The one of the things that is wrong with this setup is the lack of ackermann (despite hitting the knob at the wheel mount nearly perfect). And you can't use the blue liftarms at the front but leaving them out at the back. Because the rear wheels will start to rotate the same amount than the front wheels when steering. But here are some shots with both 12L long gear racks at front and back: 1.) Front 2.) Rear wheel mount ...and a last one from behind (the "exhaust" looks to modern, to detailed in my opinion). I like the white steering wheel pretty much. And i removed nearly all old parts except some 4L Universal joints, the old shifting mechanism and the rotor (Rotor 51138 isn't available in studio). What do you think? BTW: link to the current state studio-file... https://bricksafe.com/files/wop/studdstuff/8880 of 2023 based on 8880-1 - Super Car by Orion Pobursky.io

The gear rack is very well supported by the surrounding structure. I am rather afraid that it will get caught on the edge between the two lift arms.

@DrJB hm, using the shifting mechanism of 8466 is a very good idea/inspiration. i immediately checked to see if i could build it that way. I already thought I had it easy with the gearshift. But... ... there is an axle of the steering mechanism interfering. I intend to remove all the old bushes. That seams to be only a problem with the headlights so far. But to keep the spirit of the old model i would use gray gears for the folding mechanism of the headlights visible at the front. @amorti hey, that is a good hint! So no problems with the wheels anymore! Looks nice and tight now. @sebulba56 damn that is a fun idea to mix the chassis of the studdless 8880 with technic brick exterior. May be i come back later on this. I would not be able to develop such a beautiful model. A lot of talent and patience went into your car. It looks very tidy and captures the character of the classic 8880 almost perfectly in my view. I have already planned to build your model someday. By the way, the price is very fair. An absolute recommendation! My project just a windy idea to keep the ancient model as true to the original as possible. It is a patched version, so to speak and not meant to be a new construction. @aeh5040 thanks for your comment. i will elaborate on this. My goal is to rebuild the old model as true to the original as possible.... a) so that owners of incomplete models can rebuild them and b) so that TLG can release a 30th anniversary model in 2024 - just kidding. I'm trying to minimally invasively replace the components that are no longer available from Lego with available parts. I'm a little careful not to use parts that are too specialized or too expensive. But my main goal is not to put together the cheapest model possible, but for owners to be able to repair their models. Let's say it should be possible to buy remnants of an 8880 used to rebuild it with moderate costs. @Aleh i just learned that TLG discontinued the old 3L pins a year ago. The new 3L pins are only available in blue. I have now solved it so that pins remain black as long as they pierce through the outer skin well visible. So there should be some old pins available for building. But in the end, everyone can decide for themselves. I do not pay attention to whether a color is available in the year in which I locate the model. As long as the color ever existed for a particular part, I use it. That makes the project manageable. Here are a few renders. I changed all parts to the new ones that were easy changeable. I used spacer for the Defender rims. We need rims in white. A first approach on the gear rack: Thanks @Jurss i will take a look at this model later.

@Zerobricks the Defender wheels are Plan B but definitely my favorite. The Mounting points on those rims are move outwards compared to the used rims and also to the original rims. There are two colors to choose from: - black from the defender and a rally ferrari - gray used in the relatively new AT-AT -> hard to obtain. These rims tend to be the joker if running into problems with the steer rack. The last time TLG delivered a 10 stud long rack was in 2010. And as they are blocking my steering extension on the wheel mount i started to use the rims mentioned earlier. @msk6003 the gears get changed. BTW. did you know that changing this gears is also contemporary tuning? Because TLG started to use them when the 8880 still was sold.

Most of you know Lego set 8880. The well known super car form 1994 uses a lot of parts designed only for this car. Because lego isn't lasting forever some parts tend to break. especially the wheel mounts are known for breaking. You can get a lot of incomplete heavily used models on auction sites. But how to preserve this set? What is the best way? There are some studdless builds. But in my opinion the technic brick is a major design element of this car. So the idea came up to make people reuse there incomplete sets transplanting modern parts exchanging missing or broken ones. A dude called Orion Pobursky [OrionP] made a 3D version of 8880. Link: https://omr.ldraw.org/files/1067 That was good news to me. Because I was reluctant to completely rebuild the set myself. What is the best approach to rebuild this set? Say: according to which rules should I proceed? Let's say using only bricks from a specific year like something within 2016 to 2024. ...2024? Yes I'm not in a hurry. But already the first attempts led to, let's say, decisions. It is not (easily) possible to fit new wheels to the correct wheel spacing of the 8880 from 94. Original: With new wheels: What do you think. Is the wheel spacing acceptable? Luckily, most of the parts are in production till today. There will be some slight struggle with the shifting mechanism and the steering. Another question is what to do, if a color isn't in production anymore. Or to be more precise: Do i have to use blue pins?

Damn, that could have been a very useful part. The closest could be a combination of an axle pin without friction (3749) + pin with pin hole (15100) ...instead of ball pin + magnifying glass.

@AutoBacon Ever since I saw the build, I've been haunted by that one part you use on the rear axle as the swing arm. I mean the part that connects the red ball pin (6628a) to the 2L axle connector (6538c). I mean this magnifying glass with the cross axle(?). I can't find that anywhere. Does this have a Lego part number? Greetings

...which would make the build even faster or brakes the blades ... and if @Jumhansen also puts two hulls in a row forming a real catamaran this thing will become ridiculously fast and less jumpy on waves (length runs) or just a nightmare to drive