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Blakbird

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  1. Blakbird
    My wife shares your question of "what happens next?'. I am not allowed to have my collection sprawl into the rest of the house, so that space is it and you can see that it is completely full. I formerly had all my Star Wars UCS on display and that has been put in storage with the exception of the Millenium Falcon. I have also not assembled the landmarks (Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, etc). That room is now strictly Technic. Unfortunately, if something has to be disassembled it will probably be MOCs. Even after I have written about something on Technicopedia, I still need the official models assembled so I can take the category pictures. For example, if a new crane comes out I need to take a picture of it with all the old cranes. I can imagine the Robo-Riders and similar models going into storage since I don't really like them anyway and there won't be any new ones coming out. Sadly, those cars are probably on the chopping block. They are incredible, but they take up a tremendous amount of space and they don't actually belong to me, so if something has to go (back to Chase) it would probably be those. However, as you can see I added another whole shelf in the middle of the room to avoid taking them apart so they have a reprieve for now. I need a bigger house. My wife laughs at me because I am always thinking about it. Whenever we walk by a vacant office space or building for lease, I say "that would make a great LEGO room!".
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    That's Skyliner's Vector W8.
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    OK, ok, I'll do my best. The problem is that my LEGO room is now so full that I can't step back more than 0.5 meters to take pictures, so it is virtually impossible to get good shots. I tried an experiment in which I took a separate picture of each shelf straight on and then tried to stitch them together (shown below), but it didn't work very well and it took forever, so I just took terrible pictures for the rest of the room. You can see them at my Bricksafe account.
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    I did a comparative parts list between MK-I and MK-II to see how many parts I would have to get to do the conversion. I need 668 new parts which is almost a third of the total number of parts in the model! This helps show just how many changes you made.
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    I love this model and built a replica of the MK-I edition several years ago. Here is a revolving animation and a render I made at the time. At the time there were no building instructions and I worked with a CAD file reverse engineered by Richard Brown. I am sure there were some mistakes in the file, but it still an incredible model which has been sitting in a place of honor with my other trucks ever since: I can see that you've put an incredible amount of work into the instructions as well as the upgrade of the model. This means I have no choice but to rebuild mine into a MK-II! The addition of the servo is very welcome since the old model was very difficult to steer. I already have the sand blue parts from the last build, so I will probably use them again. If I recall, you also used a non-existent blue grille behind the cabin that you found in some unique way. I used a black grille on mine.
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    Absolutely beautiful machine. Looks totally Model Team, but underneath it is all Technic.
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    This ratio of pins to "good parts" is typical of modern Technic sets, but the ratio has certainly increased over the years. I think the ratio is pretty constant of the years of pure studless models. However, if you go way back in time to "Expert Builder", there were virtually no pins at all in sets because parts were held together with studs.
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    Jurgen Krooshoop writes and records his own music for his MOC videos which I always found very impressive. I was in a heavy metal band when I was younger, but the music is not suitable for MOC videos!
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    There are no Technic parts currently made of Nylon (Polyamide 6/6) that I can think of. It would be obvious. Nylon is much softer than ABS. You can put a permanent dent in a part with your fingernail. However, it is very good for very small gears because of its relatively high strength and the fact that the softness means it will absorb impact without breaking and run quietly. The ABS used for Technic gears is actually much stronger but less resilient.
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    You didn't say anything about your truck, you just posted some pictures. Please tell us about your MOC and its features so we know more about it!
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    I finished converting this to an LDraw MPD file and also arranged the model in a couple of different configurations to show the articulation. Here are low res versions of my renders. Bigger files at my Brickshelf (once moderated).
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    No. Andrea is a female name in English but not in Italian.
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    Grazi's monster truck is an example in which he made his own links with ball joint ends. You can see the links supporting the suspension under the front wheel well. He used the old A-arms as ends on a beam.
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    I will try to convert the files to an MPD for you.
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    The jagged edges are not from the original LDView images. LPub's instructions files are based on PNG images, and for some reason Acrobat does a terrible job of converting PNGs when making a PDF so these bad edges are added in the PDF conversion. I have tried many different settings in Acrobat trying to combat this behavior, but the only time I have found a good looking result is using more than 300 dpi which is bad for file size.
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    Right. Although the NK supercar has the same type of double wishbone suspension as other models, the modular construction is actually pretty similar to how a real car is assembled.
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    In the case of this model, I recommend just buying a 10 meter spool of tubing from one of the aftermarket sources and cutting each piece to length on installation. I tried using predefined lengths, but I found that as I added wires and made routing changes the lengths didn't turn out to be right. I would guess that each builder will end up with slightly different lengths.
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    Another amazing model. Do you have pictures of what you used for a controller? Since this has two extra functions compared to a normal excavator (boom rotation and second boom articulation), I'm not sure how the controls work. Regular 2 stick CAT controls would not be enough.
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    Great job on all the model, the pictures, and the video as usual. Do you have any information on the suspension rig that holds the whole thing up and moves it around? I'd be interested to see how that works.
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    Would you mind sharing the LDraw file you used for the instructions so I can make some renders?
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    How are you going to transport it? Did you build it so that the superstructure is removable?
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    That someone would need to be Madoca. No one else can upload his model. I have a CAD file for the supercar (which I made myself), and I have Brickstore parts lists for both models. I am willing to share them if Madoca says it is OK.
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    Keep your eye on this topic. You may be finding more available soon!
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    Even if I were to have such a file, it would not be appropriate for me to give it out. You'll need to get it from the original builder. If he has not made it available on his own website, there's probably a reason for that.
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    Nylon gears are perfect for this application. Metallic gears would have much higher friction and be noisier.
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