M_longer

Better thanks Blakbird for his infinite amounts of patience. I am a horrible person when it comes to cooperation ;)

Yeeeah, that was my first thought after seeing that Volvo loader :) Many thanks for Blakbird for making those great instructions :)

They look nice, but there are two cars and a trailer. They met contest rules (The three models should serve a different purpose)?

Ok, thanks for clarification, but I have another question... Each model should be different. It means that I can not make two models that represents same type of machine, but not identical or two identical copies? And if two of these models work a bit different, but they do the same work (it is important for me, because in real life they work in pairs), they will be accepted? If not I will search for another set of vehicles...

Does the vehicle load counts as part of the model? For example, 500 of 1x1 DBG plates on a tipper?

I got used to use lots of system pieces to give my models look of real machines. So I wonder if I could built those three models as mix of technic and system pieces (technic frame and mechanisms') with covering of system pieces, giving them more Model Team look? Or it should be a model which uses only liftarm/technic bricks/panels to recreate the shape of machines?

Don't believe everything you hear ;) Their pushing force is the same as normal cylinders with two inlets have. But their pistons are much weaker, because they are made from plastic, not metal. So you have to pay atention to where are you puting them. They work quite well in my Sandvik TH550 mining truck:

Minifig scale model of Liebherr T 282B, one of the largest haul trucks. It's fully motorized, with single M Motor for steering, two M motors for drive and single XL motor for tipping. [/media]

From 7 July to 16 September models built by LUGPol memebers will be displayed at City Engineering Museum in Cracow. We want to try something new this time, so there will be a live transmision showing our preparations and opening of the event.

Black part between lights is not connected to rest of the frame, but it fits tightly, so it does not fall out.

I was browsing the internet for something to build and I have found this... Truck: Trailer: Both:

OK, I'm glad that you like it. And it seems that DLuders again was faster than me... So now I could say something more, right? It took over SIX month to build. It all started in 2011, with an idea of making dump truck that will use small linear actuators for raising the tipper bed. It worked nice, but I didn't had too many time for Lego at the beginning of the 2012, so completed model was ready for publishing late in... March. For no known reason, when I started making movies showing how it works, tipper raising mechanism went down. It can be seen at the end of the video posted above. Sooo it took another month to rebuild whole frame from scratch, leaving only cabin and tipper intact. In the final version raising mechanism include two 13L gear racks, connected with liftarm to the bed. And as you can see it works quite good, but I did not had enough space to gear it down more. In the meanitme I was working on other model, but it will be published in the Town forum ;)

It's time to show another model that stood for too long on my desk. No pneumatics or motors this time, it's purely Model Team build. Since I saw the real machine I love its colour sheme. I thought that it could look good in LEGO colours (Dark Bley and Orange). And sometimes idea changes into model... Real machine: And my model: Front wheels can be "steered".

V-LI-01E I am back in business :D I took a while to complete this model (I didn't had time, pieces etc) but it seems that I'll be posting new models more often now. First, the real machine: And my model: Front wheels are steered by bevel gear located on the back of the grader: Blade and ripper are operated by pneumatic cylinders fed from small pump: And here you can see how it works:

One of our moderators has bought this marvelous set and posted review at LUGPol's reviews forum: http://www.lugpol.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?p=204217

I'm glad that you all like it and don't complain because it's another reeeed underground machine :D Yes, I'm thinking about building hard rock miner, The MH620.

Sandvik TH550 is a 50 ton underground truck built for tough working conditions. It took me two months to build its model, and I'm quite pleased with the result. From the mechanical side it's not complicated, single PF M for steering and single XL motor for drive (4x4). Tipper is raised by four old type red pneumatic cylinders, fed from manual pump hidden behind the side radiator. I wanted to make it fully IR operated, but unfortunately Linear Actuators were to weak to raise the tipper. Anyway, it works good in current configuration. The real machine: General view: Back of the tractor: Tipper up: Load & Haul: Group photos (I think that there will be more Sandvik machines in future...) And a movie showing how it works:

Good question. Maybe with something like this? Ring crane that will be using Lego RC tracks as turntable. Some time ago I have seen a crane that was turned by a diesel locomotive, so it could be a good start ;)

Thank you for comments :) It's quite simple - steered axles are transverse pendular modules, and axles that are not steered are placed lengthwise. For example, undercarriage of my LTM 1300:

It took a lot of... Bricklink ordering ;)

Long time ago, when I introduced myself here I said that I'm thinking (well, dreaming could be a better word) about making large minifig scale lattice-tower mobile crane. It took me a lot of time to gather specialized parts for it, especially lattice modules used only in 7632 set. Of course, it couldn't be possbile to make that type of crane before gaining some experience by making smaller cranes. My first crane was small, six axle crane loosely based on Liebherr LTM 1200. It all started with it, because its steered/suspended axles were used succesfully in all my mobile cranes. Of course I couldn't make a lattice crane without required quantity of lattice parts :) I proudly present my biggest crane so far, Liebherr LG 1750 lattice-tower mobile crane built in minifig scale. As you can see, the carrier looks like massive outriggers with attached wheels. It looks that because slewing crane platform, boom and jib systems are shared with the LR 1750 crawler crane and the only way to provide similiar stability to crawler chassis was to make "four extremely rigid, folding arms". It has eight axles suspended pendulary, six of them are steered. The real machine. The recipe for a crane: Take a carrier, add slewing platform, that is fitted with three motorized winches. Those winches are powered from single rechargeable battery box and steered by three PF switches. Main counterweight trays: Derrick: Suspended ballast tray: We add all available ballast and mount it on the carrrier: Main boom: Back mast: Luffing jib: The last step requires adding some links and dozen meters of rope: The result is almost 2 meters tall crane: This configuration is based on the first image from LG 1750 PDF file. Motorized winches: Back winch, responsible for moving all three lattice modules: Front winch, responsible for moving the jib: Middle winch, responsible for raising and lowering the hoock block: In this configuration is also used one manual winch, responsible for moving the main boom: And a movie: Flickr Brickshelf MOCPages Thanks for watching :)

I know. And this is the reason why tomorrow a full presentation will appear, in english (I am aware that my english is not perfect, but it's better than reading a google translations, don't you think? :) ). Look for it at Town forum, because it is minifig scale model and it belongs to Town/City theme ;)

Hello, M_longer (or M1Longer, whatever) here, since you have made the presentation topic for me, I think you can describe all the functions for me. Thanks in advance! M_longer, one of the Eurobricks members. Ok, I'm glad that you like this crane, but I have only one, but in my opinion very important question: DLuders, why are you doing it again? I'm asking, because I do not see sense in posting MOCs of other EuroBricks member? It took me few months to build this crane (especially gathering those lattice parts in proper quantity took a lot of time). I also spent some time on taking pictures and filming this model. Making a proper description will also take some time. But this time it is not the problem, because you have only posted a movie. When my Liebherr R 944C Tunneling excavator appeared on EB, you have mixed some pictures in random order and some google-translated description of it. In my opinion, it wasted a lot of my work, because I did'nt had a chance to present it properly. Of course, I could make a description under your post, but what's the point of making my own topics with descriptions then? Maybe I should just upload some pictures of my bigger MOCs here, and just say : "hey look, I made this and this, now try to figure out how it works"?

Thank you. The scale is ~1:19. I will not build a mountain, because these loaders are working underground, not inside mountains :D

First of all, it's not the same loader that I have built few months ago :D Some time after finishing LH517L I thought about building a fully remotely controlled underground loader (of course a Sandvik one), with Linear Actuators instead of pneumatics. I have chosen the LH209L because it is a smaller, low profile machine which can go where the larger LH517L cannot. Unfortunately, sometimes ideas must face reality. First version had 94mm wheels, four Power Functions motors, and other PF components. Lego bricks are not capable to carry lot of weight. Due to exceeded weight of bucket and engine part of the loader, where the PF components were placed, I was forced to give up. But I still wanted to make LH209L, so I decided to build smaller, Model Team version. End product can be seen below :) The real machine: And the model: I used fake "pneumatic" cylinders, they are strong enough to keep arm and bucket in different positions: Comparision with my Sandvik LH517L model: And a bonus picture, different projections of LH209L: Galleries: Brickshelf Flickr MOCPages