DutchLego

Hi all, New on the forum, a LEGO fan from The Netherlands. Primarily interested in Technic sets, last few months I worked on a trailer for the Mercedes Benz G500. (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-239596/DutchLego/offroad-trailer-mercedes-benz-g500/#details) I joined here to get more feedback on design challenges. If someone has a good idea how to handle images, I'd love to hear it. (Neither BrickSafe nor BrickShelf are open for new accounts)

Those slanted lower wishbones indeed look cool. But doing that also requires removal of the vertical 'braces' from the original model. So I'm a bit worried about the stability/ strength. And the upper wishbone is in the same position as in the original model. So not sure yet how this will raise (other than the larger shock) My plan now is to build a mock-up for the rear suspension first. My widened version on one side, portal on the other. Think I have enough material for a rough version. Then same for the front, which will require some more scavenging from existing builds. Then I'll see if bigger shocks will fit. (Probably need to make a new "Work in Progress" topic for that or a workbench post on Rebrickable; there seems to be a size limit for attachments per topic here. And unfortunately Bricksafe nor Brickshelf are allowing new accounts at this moment, so not really sure about correct image posting) And thanks for the advise so far!

Thanks for the suggestions! Building my own portals seemed a bit above my league, but if the rewards are big enough one has to try!

I've seen this MOC with the portal axles. But that setup will be quite hard to implement on the 42177 set. It will require a switch to a rigid axle and the wheels from the 42177 set will still require a spacer to fit on the portal axle. And likely will require the engine to be removed as well. My goal is to achieve as much of a "drop-in replacement" as possible. For the rear, I may have a decent solution to widen 2 and raise 2,5 (with future weight from motors, it will hopefully come down to the desired extra height of 2 studs) Front suspension will be a challenge.

Hi all, New to this forum, so hope I've read up enough of the previous pages. After building the Merc, I first designed and build an offroad trailer (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-239596/DutchLego/offroad-trailer-mercedes-benz-g500/#details) before turning my attention back to the car. Just as many others, I'd like to tweak the model to look more like the 4x4 squared look. Am I correct that no one has had success with the portal axles? I did a mock-up in Studio and it looks like should work technically (effect on steering unknown) but won't look particularly good. It gave me 2 studs lift and 4 studs extra width per side whereas I'd hoped for about 2 by 2... (lift-wider) So my question is: have others found ways to lift & widen with about a 2 by 2 ratio? Was wondering if a bigger shock absorber (79717c01 should give a 2,5 stud lift) would fit. Anyone tried that already?