tachiko

Yeah i plan to, i'm just mocking up the shell for the time being so i know what lengths i need for the chassis and where mounting points will be, etc.

hopefully have this finished within a few days, so will be using this thread to post updates. I'm not entirely keen on the semi skeletal look of my 8070, so using the farings from my various sets im going to try and model more or less the entire exterior of the car (within reason). the main side panels are roughly done already and i think they're working quite nicely too! This is the car i'm hoping to make. Heres my progress so far.

Awesome site, will get around to logging in all my parts and sets soon!

I was able to replicate crowkillers gearbox, despite being short on a few parts (i have them, just not got around to stripping down most of the default models i made so far!), do i swapped out a few peices (used some 4140430's instead of 4162857's) then i found that the gear shifter sat a little too loose on top of the gearbox and would slide about, so i adjusted how the top plate attaches, using bracket shift to both place the part in the right location but also drop it a few mm, now sits snug, still easy to select a gear but doesnt slide about on it's own anymore. the rest of the framework added is just to hold the motor and wheel nicely for testing. going to pull it apart again and see if i can make a triptronic shifted next! :o

Thanks! i'll give it my best shot and post some results! Ah i just meant that people with good designs tend to hang on to them (and rightly so), didn't want to step on any toes! I've had a look at that design earlier but i'm not sure which peices are being used to mount the 5x3 L brick on a106.jpg and that's a fairly major peice D: [EDIT] argh wait, it's those sort of m-shaped bridges isnt it!

Hey guys, been messing with Technic since i was a kid, 20 years on i decide to delve back in to the world of technic and notice the trend is now studless, pretty much most of the parts are new to me. Anyway, picked up a bunch of sets to build, take apart and experiment with, as well as two XL motors. Would anyone have any links of good places to start for ideas, or instructions for more complex stuff such as gears and things?, after a few hours of reading about before signing up it seems the current trend is to create something unique then sell it?, i'm not really interested in making any money, i'd just like to experiment with things. Ideally, i'd like a basic transmission to work from so i can strip it down and rebuild it, to similar specs but with different features (electronic shifting maybe?). The sets i have for the record are 8070, 8068, 8069, 8071, 8109 and 8043 (then an 8879 controller and two 8882 XL motors) My past exploits with lego were doing silly things like using normal lego and technic to try and recreate the old model team trucks just from pack-shots alone xD, never really went well!