Saberwing40k

Hate to break it to you, but those Vex parts are not Lego compatible, at all. Nor do the wheels even have offsets in the first place. Back on topic, I'd like updated gear rack pieces, with half pin holes on the bottom, 3x11 panels, more clutch gears, new steering brackets, some of the parts Efferman mentioned, and some RF control units. This is only a very small sampler, I have lots of these ideas.

You should stick with the portal axles. Also, this design is plenty strong, and I should know, because I made it. Since I know the ins and outs of this design, it can be made narrower without all to much difficulty. Still, I can't think of any vehicles in real life that have independent suspension and portal axles, so if you can tell everybody what you're making, we can help you better. On the other hand, 1:10 scale is kind of big, so compactness will not be as much of an issue. And now that I've stopped being a shameless plug, another place to look for inspiration is to look at Lego Tatra trial trucks. Some of these builds have what you need.

I think that painting parts is a massive cop out. And in regards to the blue Lancia, I think every part you need is available in blue, so you'd only have to improvise a little bit.

It could be a good idea, if, and this is a big fat ugly if, you do it right. I've never done this personally, as I prefer the black models myself.

Oh man, that sucks. By the way, I just noticed some black stuff wrapped around the U-joints in one of the pictures. What is that? I'd kind of like to reinforce my joints the same way.

I'm kind of wondering why you just dind't just buy another one of off Bricklink .

The outriggers are nice, but as for the crane boom I'd reccomend using something like this: A 3 section boom, with the outermost section 15 studs wide, the second being 11 studs, and the innermost being 7 studs. This gives you plenty of room for reinforcements, especially if you want to lift 9398.

I'd kind of like a wire frame view, to save processor speed, a method of camera navigation, similar to the one implemented in autocad, some sort of automatic gear alignment tool, an animation console, so that model functionality can be tested, physical constraints to test models, and, more technic parts.

wait, are you trying to tell us that the boom scales down to 27 studs wide? My question is how long is it. Depending on how much space you have, it could be quite difficult to implement a four section boom, as I've found out from personal experience. Also, it's really hard to make a knuckle boom crane at this scale that has a telescopic section, as I've found out myself as well. I think you'd be lucky to get one extension out of it.

I've actually made my own custom hydraulic actuator out of standard bricks. It was cool, but also kind of worthless.

From a technical standpoint, yes, you can, but why would you want too? The old cylinders are mucl less efficent than the new ones.

While you're at it, can you have them make linear actuators and shock absorbers separate parts as well?

Well, what do you know, I've got the parts to do just this.

In regards to the polarization filters, would old 3-D glasses work? I've got many pairs lying around, and don't know what to do with them.

I've got a few things: L motor and Servo motor Here's the .LXF A revision of the new studless pneumatic valve. The pneumatic air tank. Here's the file for both .LXF With the exception of the valve, all parts are connected, and can be moved with the connected selection tool. Well, that's all for now, see ya!

I'm perfectly aware of this fact, except in LDD you can not normally seperate the turntables. It's not actually a bug so much as an unintentional feature. I've uploaded it to my brickshelf.

That is all. Or not, I've also found a bug that allows you to take turntables apart. By the way, I did not cheat, or edit the .lxf file in any way. All you need is the flex tool and the hinge tool. Oddly, the old variant turntable has all of it's internal detail modeled, but not the new one.

Well, effe, I managed to get your axle with only the outer turntable. Sadly, I can't make this work with tires.

Now why would you do that? I only modify parts if that piece is both versatile, and non existant. I think you should just put the old cylinders together with normal parts and connections, and save the glue for when no other options are available.

you want technic gear rack 1x4 for the first things, and technic triangle 3x5 for the second thing.

My question is why you need a reverse gear. It's a car powered by an electric motor that can be easily reversed. Also, I'd recommend moving the drive motors from under the hood, to the trunk. Sheepo did a similar thing with his MINI model. You could also use his mini gearbox. Also, while I have found a linear gearbox with four speed on Brickshelf, they tend to be huge, and from my expierence, long linear gearboxes have problems with skipping gears.

Mwahahahaha! This is really impossible. And so is another thing that is so monumentally colossal that I can't even take a screenshot. just go to my gallery and download, if you dare...

How's this for a bug? Apparently, LDD will let you do this with old ball sockets, but not new ones.

How's this for really impossible? It's a bug in LDD, don't worry.