Auroralampinen

Allright after a "little break" and night of sleeping i'm again back in business :). 367 pages to go:). This is the last building stage for the first book:).

Allright now i will take a break. I have now constructed this all morning straight, now only 443 pages to go:).

This looks really beautiful. Great job:).

More progress. Now the phace 2 start:).

More progress for the instructions. Only 588 pages to go:). I had to check, while this has 130pcs less than on the 42156 peugeot. This has more building steps than the peugeot(peugeot 611 steps. My new model 651 steps) :).

And now i noticed my Windows decided to update itself in the night. So yesterday's instuctions progress was lost:/. All right time to start again:). Hopefully my Windows doesn't anymore update it self:).

Well, today i received again a new pantasy set(my 8th pantasy set:).). Oh man im now really busy. I have to produce a review for this and make the instructions for the new moc. And i have one pantasy set review on the backlog i need to make/finish that too. And next month i will do next monthly review for pantasy set:). Well, now i have a really busy schedule:).

It feels so good to finally put the final model name on the newly redesigned front cover:). (I won't spoil the full name until the reveal;).).

All right step 15, only 637 steps to go. Then i have to create picture instructions for pneumatics. And finishing touching. So this will take probably 3 day's to finish the instructions, if everything goes to plan:).

Oh mama. I'm really impressed by my rendering skills. This looks so good:).

Allright now the funness begins. Now i will start making instructions. And this has after a little fix. 1620pcs exluding pneumatic hoses. And 652 building steps:).

Hopefully by tomorrow i will be able to start producing the gen 3 instructions. Today's time is going to rendering stuff:). And i have a feeling that the new moc breacked my record for the most amount of submodels. The new moc in total has 107 submodels:).

Well, happy news the 3d model is done. In total 1616pcs(excluding pneumatic hoses) :). Now i will start rendering pictures. This will probably take forever. Because my 2016 laptop doesn't have a graphics card. Only I5 integrated graphics card. And the laptop is completely usable. But some things are a bit slow:).

Well, today was a strong start. Now the rear backhoe arm is done for the 3d model. Only thing left to do is the cab and rear outriggers. And then i will start rendering pictures for the instructions, and then i will take pictures of the cable management and hose management. And then finally i will start producing the gen 3 instructions. So hopefully by the early next week i will get everything done:).

I have noticed. That the 90s blue instructions are timeless design(att least for my eye's). And my instructions looks still modern while using 90s style design:). But att least i have now a trademark, where you can easily identify my moc. Since i have brought back from the ancient ruins the 90s blue instructions cover. And i will stick to this, so i can be different:).

Well, here is the world premier for the new front cover. I did testing for the brand new front cover design on the Miniature Combine Harvester. And oh boy it's soo beautiful. Im really proud of my new front cover. My mocs going foward will use this instead of the previous black style. I thought at the time, that black desing looked good. But im now regretting my choices. Because this is even better:).

Today i builded more the 3d model and studied how rendering works in studio v2. So as with the gen 3 upgrade. Model is build up module style(mostly) and with each module start up there will be a rendering what you are building. Like on lego technic supercars. And since this is my 1 year anniversary model and the true flagship. I will go all in with the instructions design. So the new model will probably have the most premiumest instructions of all free instructions mocs:). And my smaller non flagships will use gen 2.3 instructions which has most of the gen 3 feature set. But some aren't include. But both are easy to follow:). So in short. Gen 3 is used on my flagship mocs. And Gen 2.3 is used in my non flagship smaller models. And gen 2.3 is completely overhauled from the gen 2.1. With a lot tweeking to make the building process more easily to follow:). So stay tuned. And i have now worked really hard for a solution for the pneumatic tube instructions in the new moc. And im really excited to show that model to you. So stay tuned:).

Here is more pictures:). https://revell.com/de-eu/products/009609090-submarine-das-boot-brick-system Plus a product video:). Ok, here is english site:). https://revell.com/en-eu/products/009609090-submarine-das-boot-brick-system?srsltid=AfmBOop8bkFi84O2ze_7WvFWIkPMHN9kYMfiaPpBcPvlLcgwwp2v3KDB Here are the instructions:). https://downloads.revell.de/Brick-System/00960_dasboot.pdf Here are some reviews:).

Well, this is what happens after midnight. You browse randomly new releases on merlins steine. And notice a new lego competitor. Which has not made any brick sets before. Only plastic model kits:).

Well, i never expected revell(Which is know for their plastic model kits). To launch a whopping 6000pcs lego compatible submarine for 229€ https://www.merlinssteine.de/sets/revell-00960/ https://brickcoast.de/Revell-Brick-00960-U-Boot-Das-Boot-U-96?ref=83g15eg8e8f38

Well, i have to be honest. I should not be this confindend about my skills. Because im still human being. And not a magical creature with instant superpowers. Well i now tryed learning really hard about the pneumatic hoses. But unfortunetly my skills aren't improved for those flex stuff. So i will have to create a workaround. For those pneumatics. But i will promise i will try my best to make pneumatic instructions easy to follow. But again im just a human being and we aren't perfect. So we will do what our skills allows we to do the best:).

Ok, interesting i noticed one of finnish retailers decided to call this a science toy(tiedelelu). Well maybe that typer had a bad day in the office. But if this is truly called and marketed as an science toy, technic is really doomed:/.

I decided to little delay the release of the new model until I get the pneumatic hoses made for the 3D model because I'm focusing on quality, not on the fact that instructions and reviews and models come faster when I use picture instructions:). But since i do care for my fan base, the little wait is worth it. If the end product is better:). So stay tuned. I'm really excited to reveal the new model. I have allready scripted its review:).

Well, im still pretty nerveous about those pneumatic hoses. I try my best that they are att least easily followable. But i still have fears they are not easy to follow. And i have had many sleepless nights about this consern. But if you are a craft person. The pneumatic hoses are box standard. And you can find them on 3x 42157 and 3x 42175:).

Well, i tryed to test the pneumatic hoses in the studio v2. And it seems my flex hose skills have improved. But im still not happy. So i will make them photo generated. And i will make a full blown pneumatics operation manual at the first pages. So hopefully you will not make mistakes with the pneumatics. And hopefully the hoses are easy to follow. And i do have a craft work measurement tape(in centimeters) so hopefully that will help with the lenghts:).