Jeroen Ottens

Your setup is correct. When you say the clutch gear doesn't slip I assume you see the 8T gear also not rotating, right? For the function of the clutch gear it doesn't matter if you drive the axle and get the output from the gearmeshing, or the other way around. What (obviously) doesn't work is to mesh with the motor to the clutch gear and then mesh with another gear also on the clutch gear. What you could do is place the clutch gear below the wormwheel. You do not have the selfbraking property of the wormwheel anymore, but that might not be an issue for you.

That is moving so smooth brilliant

Welcome to Eurobricks. That is a seriously cool mechanism you've build. Is it all driven by one motor?

Brilliant little bugger, your small builds get better and better

I'm looking forward to that. It is not very often that I get feedback after the model is built by others. The instructions are finished. You can buy the instructions here. Thanks for the positive comments. @Meatman a video is coming, but might take some time.

Well, the wait is over. Here you can buy the instructions. Before going into some more details, let me first thank you all for all the support, constructive criticism and positive feedback I received over the past ten (!) months. A special thanks goes to @legolijntje for making fantastic instructions, to @Blakbird and @Appie for testing them (a lot of tweaks to enhance the building experience have been incorporated into the model because of their feedback). I also want to credit @Didumos69 for his idea of the compact 90 degree limiter, I used it as one of the three different limiters used in this model. Here is a picture of the final model: For those who haven't the whole thread (and I wouldn't blame you) here is an overview of the functions: - Independent suspension on all wheels - Steering with functional steeringwheel and HoG in the back - Swiveling frontlights (right lamp turns right when steering right, left light turns left when steering left) - LED lights front and rear (4 sets in total) - Sequential gearbox operated with paddles next to the steering wheel and HoG in the rear. It is an 8D+N+R gearbox (ie eight speeds forward, one reverse and one neutral). - Highly detailed V12 fake engine - Adjustable front chairs (forward, backward and tilting backrest) - Aerobrake in the back coupled to the gearbox - Opening doors, bonnet and tail The partslist is available here. One part is worth mentioning, namely the yellow #2 connector. This is a relatively rare part. Once the model is finished it is nearly invisible so it can easily be replaced by #2 in any other colour. However knowing that you have this part in that colour inside will add to the fun of this model. As I wrote in my first post, this will be my last supercar for the foreseeable future (allthough I won't turn down commissioned builds). It was a long, sometimes frustating, but in the end very satisfying process, but I have not much left in terms of adding new functionality to my supercar builds. Again, thank you all for your support, that definitely helped me through some hard parts in the build. Leg godt, Jeroen

Maybe not necessarily better, but it definitely feels like the most ambitious project since my attempt at the LTM11200. It is a massive challenge to cram all the functions in, get a rigid structure, proper looks, free of impossible lego constructs and keep adherong to my own 'rules for proper design' Hopefully this project will fare better than that the crane... If it meets my own standards in the end I'll have a chat with Legolijntje if he is up for instructions (to warn you up front @legolijntje : there are 6 pneumatic functions with 10 cilinders in total if I counted correctly, piececount will be 4-6k I think)

Great end-result! It was a lot of fun to see this creation evolve over the past few months. I'd replace the LBG 7L axle in the front with a 3L connector though, for me the axle detracts from the H... The angles on this car are crazy... and still in system. That's a geek's dream

My guess is that a fair amount of the price of Mindstorms goes to the intelligent brick (when bought separately from the LEGO shop it goes for 200 euros). But an equal share will go to the motors and sensors. Sensors go for 35 euros a piece on the official LEGO store, motors are slightly cheaper. Of course you can also work the standard power functions motors, but those do not have servo-control like the Mindstorms motor do have. The one servomotor in the PF spectrum is pricewise equal to the mindstorm ones (in which case I would recommend the Mindstorms ones since they can rotate fully, while the PF one is limited to +/-90 degree rotations) I do know there are companies selling Mindstorms compatible sensors (typically to add new sensor types), but I don't know the prices. Maybe there are also Mindstorm compatible 3rd party motor suppliers...

I've never seen those, that is nice! Probably a little too much detail in the colour to properly replicate without stickers, but definitely an inspiration.

The colour really is dictated by parts availability. I'd love to make the plane in LBG or DBG, but there are hardly any panels available in that colour... Funnily enough the best colour in terms of panel availability seems to be medium blue... The 3x11 curved panel with 10 holes are key to the structure of the plane and these are only available in hard colours like yellow, red, blue, medium azure and black. The only toned down colour is medium-blue (LBG would have been perfect, DBG, tan or white OK-ish). A medium-blue grey scheme reminded me of some Russian MIG pictures I saw a long time ago, hence the reference to the Russians. I have no idea whether the Americans ever used that colourscheme (I haven't found any photo of a Tomcat with such a paintjob though).

Hi, A short update before my travels: I have been able to fit all 6 motorized functions inside and have controls for the joystick running from front to back. I think it is a stiff structure that is buildable (but there is only so much you can keep in your head when building digitally so maybe I have some floating parts or impossible constructions somewhere inside, it is quite densily packed inside... Blakbird will have a fieldday making a cutaway render of this thing ). I even managed to get the motor inside the model . I have made the hull medium blue using only parts that are currently in production. Parts that are not available in medium blue are LBG to invoke some sort of (Russian) NAVY camouflage vibe... The wings can be black, grey or a mix of medium blue and grey I think... The cockpit will most likely be black... So what do you think of the colourscheme? Another colourscheme I have been thinking of is black-orange like on Poe's X-wing... Also completely fictional, but I fear it will be very... well... ehh... black. I'm not sure I'll be able to get enough orange accents to offset the black. The orange might also be visually so attracting (distracting?) that it has to show the main lines of the plane otherwise it will spoil instead of enhance the looks (with the non-existance of orange axles and the limited choice in flexaxles that is going to be difficult).

I'd stick to the 3-2 wing thickness. It is much easier to build + the additional stiffness of the extra stud will come in super handy with such a wingspan (especially when you start mounting the weight of the laser cannons at the tip). Finally the wings are quite stubby in 'reality'. Having some thickness will optically help to convey that I think.

Ah, I hadn't discovered that feature yet. It is almost the same as the old user interface... You have to wait a tad long for the window to appear, plus you need to click on 'latest post' to see the latest post. And unfortunately you can't see the latest unread post in this window...

Click on the gearwheel before the post, that'll bring you to the latest unread topic The feature I miss is the ability to preview comments in the main page. That way you didn't have to go into each post individually just to see that someone said 'like'...

No it is not. You will have to take the dashboard out, which does require some disassembling of the model. On the other hand, the power consumption of the LED's is so low it will take a long, long time before you drain the batteries...

Damn, you're right... A stack of bricks of the same size as the batterybox will solve this. Luckily the batterybox is also almost completely hidden from sight, so that should be a solvable problem.

You can omit the electrical parts. They do not have a structural function. I guess you can compare the new and old partslist on Rebrickable to find the differences. No rare parts have been added. The yellow #2 connector is surprisingly rare, once the model is assembled this part is nearly invisible, so you can swap it for another colour if you want. But... there is an aesthetic reason why it is yellow which you will appreciated when building the model...

Hi, After some long & hard work from the test-builders (a big, big thanks to Blakbird, Appie and Legolijntje) a final version has emerged. Here is a link to the final partslist: http://bricksafe.com/files/JeroenOttens/parts_list (Rebrickable).csv I'll be traveling the next two weeks, but when I am back I will upload the model to Rebrickable to make the instructions available. So that'll be in a little over two weeks from now.

Amazing speed indeed. I'm happy you start posting these replicas again here What is your impression of the model?

This sounds like heaps of fun Just thinking out loud (what is a competition after all without some hefty discussions about the rules ): Will there be some virtual competition to determine who will win? Something like: divide the entries in sets of two, determine the winner of each battle through voting. The survivors get linked again to each other in sets of two to determine the winners of the next round. Etc. ubest ntil one winner remains... (This scheme obviously only works with 2 4, 8, 16, etc. contestants, so fancier schemes with poules of 3 or 4 can be devised to fit the number of contestants). Hmmm, and then of course, how to determine the best PF and best Sbrick contestant... one is easy (that's the overall winner), but the other one can easily be a tie in the quarterfinals of 4 of the same... Still... some competition with rounds would be fun I recon... Maybe two competitions, one with only S-bricks and one with PF? If it is just one competition with the usual voting mechanism you could end up with a highest Sbrick entry at 5th place still winning the biggest price...

Purple technic parts spotted in the 42069: three 7x3 curved panels two 11x3 curved panels six 4x2 liftarm (could also be four, then add two 1x11.5 double bent liftarms) two 1x11.5 double bent liftarm two 1x7 liftarms three 1x11 liftarm two #1, #2 panels one #21, #22 panel four Porsche fenders In the rear you can see two 6L axles with towball connectors and a bunch of 5x11 panels. Could it be there is some kind of tent-structure inside that can move upwards, outside? Operated by the spare sprocket wheel maybe?

I must admit that the 42069 is growing on me. I still am not fond of the purple and the tracks, but the door mechanism is cool and it looks like it is decently filled with technic functions on the inside... And those jerrycans Still not worth $180 I think, but usually the prices drop a lot in the Netherlands

Hands down the best car you've made so far. But... Some constructive criticism (at least that's my intention. I feel you are entering the big league, so I'll hold you to a higher bar then before): While I am not a fan of the beams over flexaxles as wheelarches they sometimes do work (like on your Landrover), but in this model they definitely don't fit on the front wheel arches. The real car has only a hint of a wheel arch at the front wheels. The bodywork looks messy to me. Different panel styles, some systembricks, beams and connectors to fill gaps in the bodywork... It doesn't flow (for lack of a better word). The whole car looks a bit wide to me, but that may be the original car as well. Your photo and video editing do not do your creation justice. Try using the white background you use for your video for your photos as well and post-process them not as much as you did. The video is too random for my taste, it doesn't tell a story) The doormechanism is really cool, but it could be a bit slower. An unexpectant bypasser could get killed by those doors Once again, this is definitely the best car you have made so far and you are on a steep improvement curve at an incredible pace. Very well done and keep on honing your skills. And congrats with the TLCB blog

Brilliant. Nice techniques used to transport and fold the paper, but for me, strange as it may sound, the LEGO minifigures are really the things that make this creation pop. It gives such a sense of scale to the whole mechanism. How do you ensure that the toplids are properly folded? It looks like there is no support on the inside to create a nice sharp folding edge there, but the end result looks very sharp. Do you make perforated folding lines?