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    Maybe they'll go in the direction City sets was going some years ago; dumbing it down. Maybe the entire cabin (or maybe the grille area) will be just one huge piece, unusuable for anything but Mercedes Arcos trucks! Kinda like the huge bucket from set 7344 Just kidding, of course
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    I'm still not convinced it has suspension. The gap is big when the real truck is sitting still on a flat surface, it just indicates the travel of the front axle suspension. That doesn't mean there must be suspension on the Lego truck, but it might be just to model the looks of the truck as accurately as possible. Don't get me wrong; I really hope there is suspension! If all the things we hope for are true (double rear wheels, suspension on all axles, larger pneumatics, dumpable bed etc) I'm pretty sure this set will be an all time favourite among most AFOLs here!
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    Way way off topic, but anyone know why on earth it supports FIVE FINGERS at once?
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    That actually looks very attractive!
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    I somewhat agree that the actual parts in existence today, set the limits for the examples you listed, at least for what would pass TLG requirements (8258 arm could be more complex if three functions could be routed through the turntable compactly, and boom of 42009 could easily be longer, as we've seen, but that sacrifices some reliability, mostly due to the LA's.) That being said, I absolutely do not agree that the "system's limits" has been reached and defined (by you) at 2000 pieces. As evidenced by countless high quality Technic MOCs, I have to agree it seems more to be a matter of price (take two examples: Sheo's Terex RH400 and Madoca's Wing Body Truck, both with more than 4000 parts, yet from every review I've read of them seem to work perfectly fine - And both models are purely Technic, no model team-y building techniques used in either). So yeah, the reason we probably won't see a set like that, is not that it can't be done, but more likely that the parts count and type (lots of parts generally, and PF especially) is what will drive the production cost up, thereby drawing the MSRP up linearly.
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    Off to a great start, looks very good so far! Eagerly awaiting more pics!
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    Wow, that's one awesome looking loader! Holy crap that bucket is huge! I'm really glad you found a solution that works better than the original design! Like I mentioned earlier, I myself can't remember having any problems or lock-ups, but I've read some other people complaining about the same thing Perhaps you could make a quick model of the revamped arm in LDD or LDraw, and I could then make an addendum to the already existing instructions, suggesting to redo the front? Also; could you get a picture of the arm in the lowermost position, bucket fully tilted back?
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    Cool, you should definitely make a video! Also, the wheels look awesome on the Mustang (excvept for the orange tyres of course)!
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    WOw! Epic car! The best Technic supercar MOC so far this year!
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    Stunning build! In my opinion one of your your best tanks so far!
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    I think what really makes the older F-1 cars more awesome than the 42000 is the wheels/tyres they used then. The ones on the 42000 just look too skimpy..
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    This was discussed a page or two back. Yes, the 8285 and 8436 had dual rear tyres, as well as some Model Team sets
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    The way I read it, is he wants to have a continously running motor that works to toggle PF switch/switches connected to PF LEDs on/off to create a blinking light efect (warning lights?). IMO this is in effect no different than a continously running compressor (or a self regulating one), if it is connected directly to the battery box. It becomes sort of a passive motorized function, bypassing the SBrick/IR receivers, and once the power is on, it runs by itself.
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    Great MOC! Love the looks and size of this one! Awesome work!
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    I also noted when browsing some Mercede Arocs brochures online, that there is an option for single rear tyres, albeit of a wider variant of the ones used in dual tyre setups.. As far as I understood it, this was only an option for cement mixer trucks though..
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    It probably will be live axle, perhaps with some parts used as leaf springs to save space. If both rear axles are driven, the setup could be similar to what I did in my 6x6 truck. Better yet; they could create something along the lines of pipasseyoyo's recent 8x8 dump truck.. The suspension on that one seems so infinitely awesome and brilliant! Dual driven rear axles with suspension steals a whole lot of space as I have recently experienced, which could maybe indicate a pneumatically lifted bed, as it is easier to get a lot of mechanical advantage in a small space using pneumatids as opposed to LAs ?
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    I don't keep anything built for long, but in the past I've built the following SECs (I think I'm going to stick to this one, Jim ) in no particular order Ultimate 8043 by Jurgen Krooshoop Lamborghini Gallardo by Paul Boratko Pony Car by Nathanaël Kuipers Land Rover Defender 110 by Sheepo Small RC Yellow Race Car by Jurgen Krooshoop Supercar (the small one) by Madoca Lately. as I've become better at making my own creations, I haven't built many SECs, except for Madocas AWD SUV Mk 2, which I built in the holidays, just to do something else EDIT: I too made the Spirograph, and had a lot of fun with it! Maybe the model I kept built the longest (until I needed the parts for something else)
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    I have finished the instructions for the promised Dump Truck modification, and they can be downloaded here (19 MB). I noticed during the process that there were a couple of minor things that needed to be changed for things to work as smoothly as possible, so I have dedicated a couple of pages early in the instructions for that purpose. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures and renders (more and in higher resolution can be found here) EDIT: Submitted for Rebrickable approval of course. Aaand it's up on Rebrickable
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    We're all adults here, aren't we? Or at least we're supposed to be
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    Thanks! I know some of the angles as well as proportions are a bit off, and I will try to get it as accurate as possible (I have a lot of reference material lying around). Like I mentioned, my stock of studded bricks is really limited, not to mention outdated.. couple those two facts with my limited experience building in studded, and I really don't know the techniques and styles needed to achieve my visual goals When viewed directly from the side, the entire hull of the real vehicle slopes gently upwards front-towards-back, but at this scale at least, that will be close to impossible to build nicely. That being said, I hope to in the future build this same vehicle in a larger scale with a lot more details and functions Thanks! And it works really great! As more weight is added, the strength of the suspension must maybe be higher, but that shouldn't be a problem. Twisting the rubber bands increases the stiffness for each turn, and routing larger rubber bands to act on two sets of swing arms further improves the customization ability. I'll have to see how much the final version weighs before I can make the definitive setup
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    Haha no shit!
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    It's the only way I have been able to fit in a reduction in the gear train, and yes; it uses an enormous amount of space!! I think I'm going to just have the motors geared 1:1, and use the variable speed control the SBrick offers to regulate speed.. high top speed is nice as well you know! This is a very early rendition of the layout, I'm pretty sure I'm going to move the motors further up front as well as drastically reduce the number of gears, thereby freeing more space. I'm thinking of using micromotors for turret traverse and elevation due to the lack of space. The placement of the IR receivers is also something I haven't decided yet, we'll see where there is room
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    I've been wanting to make this since I got back into Lego roughly two years ago, and had just started playing around with a road wheel setup for it when [TC6] was announced! Firstly here are a couple pictures of the real vehicle in Norwegian service If you google CV9030 you'll find tons more Obviously building this in studless Technic is out of the question, so I am currently in the process of building my first studded MOC in around 20 years! It is also an all time first building a military tracked vehicle, as well as something studded based on a real vehicle, as well as building PF into a studded model. I want to make it fairly small, so small track links it is (I hope to one day make a properly detailed model of the same vehicle in larger scale using the new style tracks). Anyway, seeing as 99% of my studded brick collection has been sat in the same place collecting dust for the past 15-20 years, I'm rather handicapped both in parts selection as well as colour: As you can see, it's not ideal by any standards. Building studded is so different from studless, it feels almost like two completely different toys! I'm going to have to redesign the transmission, and possibly relocate the motors. The space inside between the suspension "rubber band arms" is only 4 studs. Although the real CV90 uses torsion bar suspension, using that at this small scale would be way too stiff, and thus not make any sense. I will much rather have functional, soft suspension, as you can see in the above picture. So, that's it for now, still quite a way to go as you can see I will do a lot of tinkering in LDD with regards to the turret design, and hopefully the final physical model will be either LBG or white (like the ones in UN service).
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    Looking great! I can only imagine how much fun it must be to build a model like this! In the future - when I get rich - I really want to buy all the parts for one of these truly excuisite model team/technic hybrid MOCs and build for display!
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    Dafgek81 likes to plan ahead!
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