Jeroen Ottens

Hmm, I am finishing my newest MOC and it has scissor doors as well... Is it the time of the year? I'm looking forward to progress pics on your model... I'll post some pictures of the mechanism later today now: A 6L link with towball ends needs to be inserted to connect the two balljoint pieces.

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Yes you are right

Had I known that I would have made my version earlier The landinggear is looking very slick. Can it carry weight, or is it still a prototype?

Very cool. I just spend 15 minutes figuring out the linkage system... I hope the rest of the model will show the same ingenuity as you have shown so far

Great site. :thumbup: I spent too much time yesterday reading through it (again)... I have no other errors found, other than others have already mentioned. So thanks again for the hard work you put into this

Brutal! Simple, but effective styling. Very interested in the frontaxle design as well, that's an ingeneous solution to prevent U-joints.

Wow, that is a pleasant surprise! This model was my inspiration for my version,. I tried for a brief time to make it at the scale you are building, but I found it to be a too difficult scale to work on. Make it work! I'm sure you'll make it a.wonderful model.

Great model, fantastic photography I love the medical support units you built. Welcome to Eurobricks, if this is the standard you are building to I am really looking forward to your next MOC! The only thing that caught my eye is the tail rotor housing. Is it really supposed to be this bulky? I think it looks a little out of proportions, maybe thinning it a stud at both sides would help? And of course I am also very interested in the rotor mechanism.

Beautiful lines, it's a pretty good compromise I'd say. I prefer the gearbox over perfect aesthetics.

Wow, that is huge Excellent photography and the technic minifigure really helps to appreciate the scale!

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Beautiful, somehow the stacked beams don't overwhelm the bodywork, very well executed

Hi, I posted this creation on the technic forum, but I suppose it might interest people on this forum as well. Here is the original topic in the technic forum And here is a picture of the MOC I'm talking about: @Moderators: I'm not sure whether or not I'm allowed to crosspost (couldn't find it in the guidelines), but feel free to close this topic if crossposting is not allowed

This has been introduced quite some years ago. The same happened with the 2L black friction pin, but there they also changed the clutching power by adding the middle slit, so that became a new part in bricklink. The pin with axle got the change when they changed the colour from light grey to tan. The blue pin with axle was already designed with the round hole, so that gives you an idea when the switch started...

Great video of a very inventive MOC.

Thx, I'm glag you like it. It is not the first SW technic model, search for drakmin and you'll find his snowspeeder and X-wing ( which was a direct inspiration for this one). I don't think there is enough appetite for instructions for this model. It will be a hell of a lot of work for a model that is quite pricey to build due to the amount of pneumatics in here. It has also ~2500 parts is my estimate (but all (or at least almost all) of them are commonly available) So unless there is overwhelming response of people that want to pay for instructions of this model I'm afraid it won't happen. I'd rather spend my time on my next MOC ;)

Hi, I have solved most of my leaks now (after many, many hours of frustating trial and error searching. I still don't know where the leaks were , I just replaced some hoses and some cilinders and now it works). There is still a tiny leak somewhere, but it is not big enough to prevent the landing gear from operating so I have stopped searching. Here is the video: May the 4th be with you

Stunning

Great MOCs, I love the roof of the cabin and hood. You really captured the rounded shapes of the original.

First of all thank you all for the replies. It looks like I have to get my act together and solve those pesky leaks... The reason I suspect the hoses is that I found already two hoses that were punctured. One of them even teared apart when I pulled it. There are hoses in there that were from the infamous airtech claw rig... I have tried to isolate the issue by closing parts of the circuit and see whether it leaks or not. At some point I thought I found the issue being located in the pneumatics for opening the landing bay doors on the right wing. But when I disassembled that nacelle and tested the pneumatics in away from the structure (I hadn't loosened any pneumatics at that point) it didn't leak anymore . The only explanation I can think of is that bending the hoses somehow opens a miniature hole or something (I even suspected the humble T-pieces at some point). I will post more pictures once I have solved my leaky problem. At the moment it looks more like a gutted bird... The laser cannons do bend down, but the wide angle lens is distorting it even further. The stand is a quick prop, the X-wing can actually pivot a bit on it. I wouldn't recommend to use this stand, but for now it is good enough (I am more a builder then a collector so I tend to rush my stands). Cleverly hidden in this photo isn't it? I am using the studless one, I think it betters suits the rest of the model. No I won't make the model full. I wanted to have a technic look, not a model team look. Again thanks for all the comments and encouragement. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot the pneumatics is very much appreciated. To give you an idea what I am up against (this is a shot of the underbelly with the backside and the bottom removed):

Hi, It is time to stop teasing, sorry for that. Here is my latest creation, a lego technic X-wing. All functions are pneumatic: 1 canopy 2 targetting computer (moving forwards & rotating) 3 hatch (in the sloped bottom of the hull) 4 wings 5 photon torpedos (tilting outwards & shooting) 6 landing gear + landing gear bay doors The 6th function is giving me the most headaches. It is a pneumatic sequence function. That is, if you select to deploy the landing gear it will first open the landing gear bay doors and then deploy the landing gear using two switches operated by pneumatic cilinders. If you choose to retract the landing gear it will first retract the landing gear and then close the doors. Unfortunateley my ~20 year old pnauematic hoses appear to be somewhat leaky, so halfway through the sequence all air leaks out . I have a half dismantled X-wing on my desk now . All other functions do operate as they should Edit: I have solved most of the leaks now (only one nacelle is still a bit rusty and somewhere a last tiny leak is still hissing). Some pneumatic facts: 2 air tanks 8 switches (old type) 7 big cilinders (studded type) 16 small cilinders So again, I am on a crossroads. Should I continue trying to solve my leaking tubes, or should I leave it at this and work on my next MOC?

I have one function not working properly (fixed my other headache today). I hear a hissing sound halfway through the operation :( My guess is that some hose is leaking, or does anyone have experience with hissing sounds from faulty cilinders or switches? Either way it is pretty difficult to repair, since this function is deep inside the ship :( I promise my next picture will be of the real thing and hopefully operational...

Wow, beautiful model and a beautiful presentation. It will be very hard to choose a winner in this competition. I saw some amazing entries already and this is definitely one of them.

You are indeed in the minority with your opinion . The trouble I have is that the 4L hemisphere is too small I think for the scale, a 5L dome would have been better... So the studded version is better to scale, but it clashes with the studless build below it IMHO.... I have been thinking about making a technic version with these: , but I haven't found a neat way to keep that within 5 studs ... So still some creativity needed... Here is the final teaser picture: