afol1969

I've made it! Finally now the complete instructions from the TerexRH400 Mining excavator The instructions are divided in 2 parts: - Superstructure - Base + Boom Download here the compressed files: http://www.bricksafe.../TerexRH400.zip http://www.bricksafe.../TerexRH400.z01 Enjoy Greetings Alex

Is it needed to use the old type of tracks? I haven't much of them, and they're not cheap price. But I think it needs a huge modification of the base.... Greetings Alex

Congratulations! So that gives me motivation for future instruction projects. And there were no errors? And you're right, arrows are a big help in complex technic creations. My intention is to make instructions as clear as possible for everybody, often I'd make mistakes in some other's MOC's because of missing arrows. The final instruction version I'll publish soon, I've made separate electric and mechanical schemes to document which motor belongs to which function. And for the wire cabling I've made photos while disassembling the model. I hope it will be also a help. Just to note: disassembling you have to do the steps backwards. But even following this some parts are very difficult to remove. I had to sacrifice to pins and one axle. But anyway: It's a very impressive MOC, IMHO the best excavator model. But it was too my biggest challenge, not only for the instructions, also in building! You have to be very careful to place the parts correctly, otherwise you risk to disassemble a big part to remove the part from the wrong place. Myself I'd placed a thin lift arm with the wrong hole on the pins, and I'd to disassemble half of the superstructure! Now to the problem with the ladder motor: The connection was correct. But it does not work with RC. But connected directly to the battery, it works! So I don't know whats with the motor.... Greetings Alex

Outstanding construction The best braiding machine I've ever seen. Does there exist any LDD/LDRAW file Greetings Alex

o_O! You're right! I'll correct it in the next update. I don't know why I've had the TH400 in my head,,,,

Thanks I know that the electrical wiring placement is very to document, I don't know how to implant it in the instructions that everybody can follow it . I think about following possibilities: - taking Sheo's LDD pictures with the wire tracings (difficult to follow) - taking the photos from Therion (maybe uncomplete?) Whatever, I maybe had made an connection error with the m-motor for the ladder, it doesn't work. I've made now separate electrical/mechanical schemes for the Subtractor (drive/steering), boom, engines/lights, slew/ladder, and a electrical parts scheme in separate colors. I'll add them in the next instruction update, it's a lot easier to follow and you know which motor is for which function. In the instructions the ladder motor seems to be correct. Whatever, I've to dismantle the superstructure partially to know what's the motor problem. Or I dismantle it complete to make photos from the electrical wiring. But before doing this, I've to take some more photos. Please see regular in this topic, I'll make updates whenever I add new information in the instructions. Greetings Alex

For pushing 1/2 pins and axle pins out, I use a cross axle. To place electrical wires in small place, sometimes I use a paper knife or a match. For plates a brick separator. I never use sharp metal tools or my teeth. The old black technic pins without slots you often cannot remove them without damage. I remove them with a plier and throw them away. For making tired parts shining, I get good results with alu polish from a car shop. Greetings Alex

Hi, Hans-Peter, Thanks for the information. I'll check this. And I'll upload an update soon, when I'm finished with the arrows at each step. And I know, where I've forgotten the gears; They belong to the base when connected to the superstructure. Update 23.12.2015: Files for download see post #331 Arrows, notes and some more errors corrected. So everybody can build it now . A final version with electrical connections informations will follow within next month. Greetings Alex

I've found the set in a Technic parts convolut bought at ebay. There I found it like new, never assembled, still in plastic bags! Interesting are the blue parts, especially the rigid hoses and the rust/red engine parts. Greetings Alex

Hi Jurgen, Great to hear news from you - with a impressive MOC! The electrical scheme looks really complex, so a must-build for me I think I've 90% of the necessary parts. Greetings Alex

Hi Afolegofan66, Great that you build the MOC, it would me help very much to control the instructions from errors or other problems. I regulary update the instructions if necessary. Now I've uploaded them on Bricksafe, Because of the big size I'd to split the file in 2 Zip files: http://www.bricksafe.../TerexTH400.zip http://www.bricksafe.../TerexTH400.z01 Update: 23.12.2015 Contains now arrows and notations. There are now part lists and the electrical scheme included. And here the latest LDRAW file: http://www.bricksafe.../TerexTH400.mpd And still the electrical parts to document.... Happy building Alex

I think I've to save some money for some more Bricklinking.... Greetings Alex

Same here That will be a lot of work. But this MOC is one of the most impressive I've ever seen. It deserves also to be in the HOF. Greetings Alex

The best Hexapod I've ever seen! Very amazing look. That deserves....instructions? Greetings Alex

If you build it, so today I'll upload in next hours an newer file with part lists and corrected boom instructions. I've the electrical scheme to. Just to find how to show the placements of the electrical wires, maybe I extract some pictures from sheo's instructions. Greetings Alex

Same here. At the moment I'm sorting all the grey parts by separating in DG/DBG and LG/LBG. I have some rare older sets, and want to have assembled them in original parts, I hate mixing the old/new grey colors. To see the color difference, an can do the sorting only in clear day light, from late morning to late afternoon. It's nearly impossible to see the color difference in artificial light. Greetings Alex

Hi all, Finally I can present you a first impression of the instructions. There are more than 300 pages, an the file has >205mb, so even I compress it, I cannot upload it on Bricksafe (file too large), so I can only give the link in my dropbox: ***UPDATE*** 10.12.2015 : Now with part lists and electrical scheme PDF file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uznj7l2jhombeph/TerexTH400.pdf?dl=0 LDRAW file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/djg2ax66e977tch/TerexTH400.mpd?dl=0 There is still some work to do especially the tracing of the electrical wires, notes, etc. But the step/part order is accurate, and with some help of Sheo's LFX instructions, you can build it. Any suggestions which I can add to the instructions are welcome Greetings Alex

http://www.bricksafe.com/files/afol1969/Instructions/remorque_5571.pdf Greetings Alex

Thanks for the instructions. I've unpacked the file and created a PDF file. Greetings Alex

I cannot build it either, but I've made some instruction pages for testing. The stepping is well made, so if wanted, I can make the instructions at least that the steps are clear enough to build it for everybody. Especially there's a lot of rotation angles to do to see all parts where they belong. Greetings Alex

Awsome! A big project you've started, blakbird That will surely take a lot of effort and time so I very appreciate it. Even if I cannot build the modules in future because a lack of parts, if you need some support, I can do it, like converting LDD file, creating or stepping a CAD file. Greetings Alex

I'm thinking about to make my own christmas present: Buying the parts to build it...... Greetings Alex

I'm interested on the instructions too. Some time ago I would download them, but the link seems to be broken.... Greetings Alex

Absolut phantastic!!! Sheo, you have a rival! Incredible work to create a MOC like this. And many thanks to blakbird for the instructions work. Surely it will be on my build list.....but I've still lots of parts to buy, I don't have much of green ones. Or I'll build it in an alternative color.... Greetings Alex

Hi, Ingmar, Just to say: All models are excellent which combine the best of Model Team an Technic. I'd like to build all of them, but I'll never stop by bricklinking parts..... Greetings Alex