Doc_Brown

OMG that is huge! I would love to see some closer pics. How you constructed it to withstand its own weight is very impressive. Do you know how much it weighs?

Sweet! Such perfect lines. Outstanding! awesome performance as a well! :thumbup:

Such a beast! I have a whole new impression of cranes and excavators now. Love the teeth on the bucket. Great job! :thumbup:

Excellent review on the cargo plane and hovercraft. These have been available in Australia for about 2 weeks now that I have noticed maybe longer, on sale price was $149 at Myers.

WOW, thank you so much for the amazing feedback guys!!! Sorry for the late replies, but I have the flu now. Thanks, it will be qued on the LDD to-do-list. Thanks for your critique, I appreciate that. A few reasons why I went with axle connectors are, there are no 11 long axles and thu 12t would be next to the body making it harder to turn and thus would require 3 more bushes, 2nd they sorta look like exhausts, 3rd you can put ur finger in-between 2 axles whist you turn the 3rd for full manual control. Thank you so much! Cheers guys on all the great feedback, I feel its going to be a really good competition, with some awesome awesome entries!

Ahh but he is a member and he is active, he replied just before you! I take it you are the owner of this beast? Amazing job, simply stunning, shame tho it only gets displayed.

That is a massive truck! Amazing job man. :thumbup: I love love that crane too, just a shame about the dam turntables being so weak. Nicely edited video as well.

Hello everyone, Here is my Menck Cable Bucket Excavator for the Mini contest. The part count is 198. Promo Image Parts Image <Original Post> Hello everyone, Here is my WIP Menck Cable Bucket Excavator for the Mini contest. So far part count is 202, but there are plenty of places I can save on like pins with axles in their place. I started this project yesterday by searching dock cranes, but spelt it d#ck cranes in Google by mistake, LOL.(dont do that) This eventually led me to HO scale cranes and I saw this beauty. I then researched Menck and discovered they were the first to make a shovel excavator with cables, and unfortunately went bankrupt when hydraulics became more popular in the 70's. A bit like Kodak then...... Anyways here is my version in Technic. It features a fully functional arm just like the real thing and rotating body with tracks for movement. I still need to do some minor improvements to the design, especially trying to work out a nice relationship between the extending and lifting of the arm utilizing the clutch gears to resist the urge of gravity. Of course you can still just slide the 8T red gears and have complete manual control of the arm, which proves to be very very fun and challenging! I was very surprised at the range of motion the arm has, and never thought it would be so good, I guess that's why these cable excavator design lasted 70 odd years! Tho I should note the bucket I used isn't the right shape for this excavator, but its as close as you can get in 1 piece. Any questions please ask. Cheers.

Thank you very much, but how did you do that? I tried to get the BB code, but it wouldn't allow me. :(

Yes but I don't own the images you see, I would have to upload them to my flickr channel. This is his flickr account. http://www.flickr.co...@N06/6826114764

Very good looking MOC! Great functions and appeal. I could see this as a real set, great job!

Fantastic model! I love that it is in white too. :thumbup:

Such beauty! Looking forward to seeing more.

Very cute! And the functions are spot on! Great job.

I'm still in awe over this hehe. I wish I could post the very nice pics of it. It has 4 XL's for power.

Apologizes if this model has a thread already, but after picking up my jaw from the floor I realized that I just had to make a thread and nominate this for the HOF. Quite simply I think this is the best Lego Technic model I have ever seen ! Its looks are perfect, beyond perfect and its functions are exactly as they should be, with flawless movement. The YouTube profile is Scharnvirk, and his predator tank is just as insane as well. http://www.flickr.co...@N06/6826114764

Awesome MOC! Fantastic lines. :thumbup: Reminds me of this video I love to watch, only cos my car comes 2nd to an F40 tho it had a lot of overtaking to do.

HAHA, I don't have a problem with GM, only Holden! ehehe. Nar all good. Tho I did convince my friends not to buy a Holden and get a SRT 8 instead. They did! A vette would be cool but most have been done before quite well. :) Decisions decisions decisions....

Thank you very much! Worked fantastic. Just one more question, the trans-clear and trans-orange texture I used shows up very dark with black lego under them. Is there a way to brighten them up? Thanks in advance.

I have searched and searched, and just can't find much info on increasing the quality in POV-Ray, can anybody please help? Mostly I just want to increase the Anti-alias amount. I have added lines of code, but they do nothing, I just don't understand. Under the quickres.ini. [1920x1200 16:9 AA 0.7] Width=1920 Height=1200 Antialias=On Antialias_Threshold=0.7 Antialias_Depth=4 Antialias_Threshold=3.3 Can someone please help? Thanks in advance.

Thank you very much! I can't wait to build an off road crawler now, should work just like the real thing. Cheers!

That is a very cool car! Thanks for the suggestion. What about a lexus LFA Thanks! It will be 8x8, to be honest its a little flimsy, but from experience if you can place the weight of the model on 1 of front wheels and it bearly collapses it will be fine off road. Also there will be 2 rails above to stiffen up things too.

Really? Oh sorry, the sliding u joint. http://www.shapeways.com/model/2006141/u-joint-with-slide.html?modelId=2006141&materialId=6

Awesome! So not enough police MOCs.

Hi effe, I'm really interested in buying these. But they are a little pricey, would they be cheaper if you offered a 4 pack? Thanks.