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  1. Jeroen Ottens
    It is looking gorgeous indeed. But I do have the same reservations as @Meatman has on the inner structures. Then again, we all have our buildingstyles and there is no reason to prefer one over the other really. It may feel a bit rushed,but it is amazing what you can come up with in just a month of bodysculpting. So wel done
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    very nice. packed with functions, lovely colourscheme and lines A bit fickly controls and semi-legal techniques, but at this scale that is unavoidable with so many functions, The propellor shaft does look a little flimsy though. Well done!
  3. Jeroen Ottens
    I'd go for Legoland scale. Model complexity goes with third power of scale is my experience. So a 2x larger scale gives you 8x more work. The bigger the scale, the more details you can (and probably want to) add...
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    You just keep amazing me... Be careful you don't create a mini black hole with the density you achieve in your builds
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    Some panels appear in brown (not sure which variant of brown though, it looks like dark brown): There seem to be some dark brown beams as well (rear bottom and below the steering attachments) EDIT: after studying some more pictures: 1x panel 3x5 left 1x panel 3x5 right 5x panel 3x7 left 5x panel 3x7 right 2x panel 2x5 left 2x panel 2x5 right 2x 3L beam 2x 5x3L beam 1x 11L beam 4x double crossblock 2x #2 connector
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    That use of the fender piece in the rear window is just fantastic. I wish I had thought of that in my DB11. The bodywork is a bit too crowded for my taste, but only just. In general it looks really smooth. Good luck with the frontside, I am curious what solutions you will come up with there.
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    It really is starting to take shape That is a lot of SNOT in that cabine, but it does look a little fragile indeed. Especially the black parts will move the moment you touch them I'm afraid.
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    Brilliant, epic This is the kind of things I would love to see coming in this forum. I know the discussion is not completely settled on what belongs here and what not, but I would love to see these kind of architectural scalemodels in this forum
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    I didn't know that (obviously ), one learns every day.
  10. Jeroen Ottens
    Time for another update: The internal design is coming along nicely: The canopy now not only opens up but also releases itself when the seats are ejected. All 6 electrical functions are in and working The joystick is connected to the mechanism that will control the flight surfaces. I m actually not entirely sure what all the control surfaces are on a Tomcat, so I use the vertical surfaces for yaw control (coupled to the joystick left-right movement) and the small horizontal wings in the back will be differentially operated to control roll and pitch depending on the joystick's position (left-right for roll and forward-backwards for pitch). The pneumatic switches are in, but the tubing is not yet (but there seems to be space enough to route them. The main landinggear has the 3D linkage that will guide the landing gear from facing upwards to facing sideways when lowering it. So far so good. The point where I am a bit stuck at is the engine nacelles. As you can see they are quite big, square and ugly. The point is that I want to keep them empty to be able to fit separate jetengines inside, but since Lego is at least one stud thick the outer diameter of the nacelles increases fast. They are now 10x9 studs in diameter and that is just too much. But shrinking them to a more modest 8x7 will only leave an inner diameter of 5x5 for the engine and that is too small I think. A 6x6 engine might be a good compromise, but that will be hell to build... So suggestions are welcome. Compared to my studded version this one feels lighter and stronger so that is a nice bonus.
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    LOL, this is indeed something different, a very Indian vibe is tuning in now
  12. Jeroen Ottens
    Great build I love those engines. The deployment of the S-foils looks a little difficult, maybe a T12 gear or a crank would have worked better? But I am nitpicking, the colourscheme, the clean lines, the rockstable turning mechanism, it is all great
  13. Jeroen Ottens
    Brilliant. Beautiful and functional at the same time. Very impressive. I'm interested in how these outriggers work, that is a lot of load they have to carry...
  14. Jeroen Ottens
    That is superfast incredible And that suspension is just awesome The turretrotation is limited right? Or can it do full 360 rotation as well? I am sure the Blacktron will seize the initiative with this one
  15. Jeroen Ottens
    Beautiful model. It reminded me of a Madoca model as well with the clean lines and supercompact interior with motors and suspension. For me it could use a bit more colour to break the black and grey, but other than that it is nearing perfection
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    A lot of features... How is the drive performance?
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    Ditto, this is looking great, more streamlined, better flow then your other bike welcome to EB BTW
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    great model and than it has all these functions inside
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    It is interesting that so many of you feel that using the pin with pinhole feels like cheating. Why is that? One of the things I noticed is that this is the first part in the technic assortment that allowed for a 1 stud 'distance' (for lack of a better word) between a beam and an axle. All parts until then always needed at least one stud extra in a direction (the crossblock needs an extra stud to mount, the #1 conector gives an offset of one stud). So it allows for a compactness in the build that has never been possible before. Maybe that is the reason for the feeling of cheating. Subconsciously we always have taken into account that extra stud for the connection and now it is not needed anymore. I like it a lot, even with it's disadvantages of the difficult mounting (allthough I use it for extra strong connections on purpose sometimes because of that) and the inability to right itself, still I find myself always using 50+ of them in all my models.
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    Yep, that is what I am looking for
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    Hi, Nothing to show, but I am thinking about investing in a better storage system, so I am looking for advice. The idea I am toying with is to have large cupboards with drawers. Inside the drawers I want to have square containers of various sizes that can be taken out. I have a pretty big workingtable on which I then can put the relevant containers for the model I am making. The less common pieces can be easily found in the drawers. So the questions are: - Does anyone have any experience with such a way of working? - Does anyone have a hint on where I can find a producer of square containers in various sizes (it is amazingly difficult for me to define a search query that yields helpful results on this topic)?
  22. Jeroen Ottens
    No this is the successorproject. The only projects I do in parallel to my own projects are the commissions I get. They get precedence over my own, hence my own projects tend to take long nowadays .
  23. Jeroen Ottens
    Looking good I really like the red chassis. It brings back memories of a cool 6 wheeled truck in one of the old LEGO Technic idea books that I drooled over as a kid. Nostalgia...
  24. Jeroen Ottens
    Me too, I haven't seen his convertible roof move so smoothly yet
  25. Jeroen Ottens
    Ouch, you are so right! I even mentioned it in my post that you should not mesh twice on the clutchgear But it sounds like you need less torque to slip. Then indeed using rubberbands is probably the better way to go.
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