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I love the little helicopter. Also, both harken back well to the original set. Great job. Also, the pullback for the blade rotation is awesome, and seems to work flawlessly.

Huzzah! Thanks. Like so many before it, this contest was a lot of fun for me. My kitchen scale has never had so much use.

Construction Crew Swingloader Features: Four wheel steering with HOG Boom lift Boom swing Bucket tilt Swingdumper Features: Steering with HOG Bed tilt Bed swing Opening cab Video: Topic:

Hi @Jim, are you able to open the contest entry topic? Thanks.

Thanks! I'm glad you like them both. Thanks again. I'm happy you like it and the simple styling.

I was finally able to get the required parts for this tractor, and take some better photos. Also, free instructions for the Swingdumper are now posted on Rebrickable. Enjoy! Features: Steering with HOG Tipping with HOG Bed swinging with HOG Opening cabin Bed tilted to the side. Bed tilted to the rear. And both of the swing tractors together. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed building them.

Alright, I still have a lot to do for this project so we keep moving forward. Due to the scale of the project, I am completing projects in the order of least to greatest part investment. Thus, the forklift is the next on the desktop. I was able to spend a couple of hours on the forklift over the last two weeks, and the result was significant. I first started with an actual scale document to figure out what space I can use. It was clear scaling up the original 6542 forklift was going to be too short to be able to add the functions I wanted and not tip over. So I'm going a little longer. I used this image from Hyster, and plugged it into Sariel's scaling tool. Note the size of the container is almost perfect when the scale is set for the 68mm tires from LEGO. This confirmed the question I had a couple of posts back about what wheels and tires should I use. I'm going to use this tire. I built two drafts, and came out with a chassis and fork that I think will work. Above, you can see the general idea loaded with the lightest container. The PF battery box is placed low, and as far back as I could get it. Steering runs just above the BB, and has about 50 degrees of pivot to each direction. The turning diameter is pretty great, even if the rear frame could be a little stronger. The gearbox on the top will run an up and down selection for the forks elevation (close in photo) and the fork angle (far in photo). When I tested everything last night, the functions move too fast, so I am going to relocate the clutch and add in a reduction gearset at the back. I was most concerned about the weight the forks could handle while holding a container, and I think it will work. I put great care into the rigidity of the boom mount, and the first stage. The result was worth the care as I think this is going to work. I put no care into the fork stage, so I will pick up some more rigidity of the full assembly with some changes to that part. With a little more work here, I think the complete fork head will work just as I want. Then I loaded up the forklift with the heaviest container and tested that. The forklift tipped until I gave it three tires of counterweight, and cleared another container (a build priority). This tells me this setup will work, and I have some work to do to add more weight on the build. This should be fine. Though as I build the body work, it will be a situation where when there are three or four different part options that will work for the project, use all of them to get a little more ballast. Hopefully the bodywork will be able to reference the original design too. I now feel comfortable enough to start on the Studio file for this build as I will help me optimize the frame, functions, and part placement. This was good day. I was concerned I was not going to be able to get this to work the way I wanted. Next up, I'll show you the draft of the boat, and what I'm thinking for the crane.

Fun little designs here. I hope you are able to finish them.

Some interesting things here. I love the landing gear for the Kamov. I hope you are able to finish some of these.

I love the little tractor, and the snowblower turned out great. I'm happy you were able to finish these.

Thanks, yeah they ended matching better than I though they would. Considering all the starts and stops I had with this theme, I'm happy with where they both ended. Agreed. After all these years, I'm still surprised how just a couple of color changes can go a long way on a build.

The number of times I have done this in the past two months is bonkers. You're not alone in that desire. Thanks @XTN, I'm glad you like the project. I too, hope I finish the whole project, including the harbor. Yeah, the scale was the right decision. Even if I don't finish the whole project, I'm getting some nice MOCs done that match well some of my other builds. I came up with the steering rack orientation a long time ago as it solved a lot of problems with builds with the engine right ahead of the steering axle. I'm not sure if it correctly does Ackermann, but the wheels are not parallel throughout the rotation. Hopefully I am able to continue making fun solutions as the project continues. Thanks for the continued encouragement everyone.

Thanks! I'm glad you like how it turned out. I'm happy you like the shape of the cab. I was struggling with how I wanted it shaped, so thanks for the affirmation.

Thanks @1980SomethingSpaceGuy and @2GodBDGlory. I'm glad you like it. OK, the Swing Loader is done, and you may find instructions for free at Rebrickable.com. Hopefully you may have fun building it, or discover a useful idea. Some photos. A video for both builds. You may notice a couple of parts are the incorrect color, so those are on order. I'll publish the Swing Dumper sometime this upcoming week.

The Truck and Trailer are done! Instructions are available at Rebrickable.com. Now this project is starting to feel like it is more than just containers. The full truck and trailer is just over 60 cm long and features the following: Truck Steering with HOG Rear wheel drive with fake I5 engine Working fifth wheel with spring loaded HOG Tilting cab Opening doors Opening grill Trailer Designed to hold two 6542 Bigger containers Front container locking mechanism with HOG Rear container locking mechanism with HOG Three axle trailing arm suspension Mach Anthem compatible fifthwheel and kingpin And a little video to show all the functions. Also, I posted a little video that show more about the tractor as well. Sorry it was a little late. Now I'm going to get back to the forklift and ship. And the crane.

Maybe! My scale can't measure that small of a difference. I hope you still find it cute. Alright, all done! And I have a gram to spare. I would have liked to do a little more on the front styling and rigidity, but I'm happy with how everything works. It matches the swingloader perfectly too! I really hope my scale is accurate. I have the studio file and instructions done, so I'll post them after I post the 6542 Truck and Trailer this weekend. And here are the two TC30 builds together. I'll take proper photos in the next couple of days, and release the instructions for free so you all can see what I did. I'm happy to be done with these.

Looks much better, and I'm happy to see you are continuing on this project. I hope you are able to finish it.

Cute little builds, and I'm sorry you won't enter them. I love the little wheels for the Chinook.

Thanks, I tried a little rollbar/open cab design, and the proportions looked off. But I do have a little room to play with in terms of the weight. This is a build with the cab, and it's at 259 grams. All the gearing for the HOGs are in. Steering, tipping, and rotation of the bed all work the way I want them to. Next I'll clean up the bed a little more, build out the cabin, and tie it all together. Based on how things are going, I should be able to do that with the 40 remaining grams. I love these contests with a global constraint like size or weight. My kitchen scale hasn't had this much use in months.

The truck turned out great!

Yeah, that is the general idea I have going right now. I kind of want to do one with a cab, like this. But in order to get the bed to work with the tires and liftover of the Swingloader, it looks too big next to the swingloader. I may need to try your idea without the cab with only the roll bar just to make it look a little smaller. It might just come down to weight. I have the chassis done now, but no cab, and I'm at 205 grams.

This keeps looking better. Also, it's nice to see some color from you. I like the street tires myself.

I'm having some trouble with this contest, as my ideas keep starting, stopping, getting stuck, and trying again. This is now MOC draft number 4, but I finally feel like I am getting closer to where I want to be. This is a little site dump truck. And to further integrate a theme between the two, the dump bed can be rotated to each side. Maybe I'll change this entry "Swinging Dirtmovers" or something. The dumper seems a little too big for the loader, so I'll see if I can fix that. It looks out of scale (too big) with the Dump Forward design, but when I switched it to a Dump Rear design, it seemed to look a little more in scale. I'll work a little more on the bodywork and add in the steering, HOGs for the tilt and rotate, and see where I am at. Above is at 188 grams, so I have a little bit to work with.

Great ideas here so far. The little truck looks fantastic, and has some great features. I'm looking forward to see how the helicopter turns out.

Looks good, and good job getting it down to 299g. That must have been difficult when you were at 330 without the tracks.