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The thing is basically built like this : One connector is missing because not available on LDD. However, there is not steering mechanism here. Note that pin 43093 seems to be back in black color (blue on my pic).

I have 10179, and I don't care if Lego produce a new UCS Falcon or not. But still, it is so hilarious to read how people become crazy when it comes to a new UCS Falcon that I hope this rumor will always remain a rumor. haha.

MT is actually like SW UCS, but for regular vehicles. I hardly see how the Creator shown above could be considered as MT. Some Creator Expert sets are very close to the MT spirit (10220, 10242, and... that's all). Their details and accuracy even goes beyond old MT. They have no steering, but this is the price to pay for more accuracy. Steering on 10220 and 10242 would ruin their look. And as far as I remember, not all MT sets had mechanisms. You are mistaking here. The photo on the box of a Creator (or any set) is a photo. It is photoshoped to clean it, but it is a photo, not a render. http://shop.lego.com/fr-FR/Le-quad-turbo-31022

Really ? It is what you take from this information ? :-/ There are plenty of them on Bricklink. It is cheap.

Lego confirmed that the part will be discontinued as it does not fill the expectations.

Hard to say. There is no problem on mine. Check if you have no micro-crack on your parts. It seems you also added a lot of weight on your model. I think my design is pretty strong (I hate weak MOCs :p ). However, I can not guarantee that my design is not impacted by additionnal weight.

Just try.

What was your first clue ? :-O

You couldn't be more wrong. For example, you don't stack curved parts. Worse : you can't stack wedge parts. Just try to do a N-1 twice bigger. I don't need to see what you will do to tell you that it is going to be ugly.

No problem on my AT-AT. Absolutely no problem. And it was built for almost 2 years.

Precisely not. You obviously lack experience in design process.

But the Naboo ships are preciely not super detailled. 10026 is very accurate.

As far as I know he did 42001, 42027 and 42029.

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Here : http://www.techlug.fr/review-lego-technic/42029/pick-up-42029-lars-thygesen-2014 I liked the model before reviewing it. But the intensive use of U joints instead of regular gears in the mechanisms is pretty lame. IMO, U joints everywhere is typically the thing we see in poorly designed models... :-/ "Those 2 Technic axles don't match ? I will use U joints !" -_________- When the model is carefully engineered, the axles match. Next.

It is a big HD pdf. 600Mo.

The pitch was orginally designed/chosen so that it works at its best with the teeth of regular gears (mainly 24t and 40t, at the time ; worm gear + 8t was introduced with studless) If you change the pitch, I am pretty sure that the worm gear will not work as good. More friction, mainly. And a good worm gear already makes a lot of friction. :-s

Yes, 1L works with nothing on both side. But add a connector like 42003 or 32068 on each side. Maybe there will be a collision between the connector and the teeth. Dunno.

Pretty hard to explain that in English. I will try. A worm gear is about 1,9L. So, when you put 2 worm gears side by side on the same, the spiral of the 2 worm gear match. There is no "interruption" in the spiral. Now, imagine a 2L worm gear. Each worm gear will "more" spiral. And if you put 2 of them side by side on the same axle, the whole spiral weel have an interruption. Because on the axle, you can turn the worm gear only by 90°. But I see that you had odd length in mind when you said out of the system. It is true that 2L is out of the system in that regard (studless). However, I am not sure a 1L worm gear is relevant (it might not even work with 24t and 40t). And if you want to use a 3L worm gear, a regular 2L worm gear + technic bush is fine. And this is what we see in many Technic models.

True to some extent : more teeth of a gear (24t, for example) in the worm gear lead to more friction. In some case, this may not be recommended. True and wrong. Yes it is not 2L long but a bit less. However, make it precisely 2L long and then put 2 of these new worm gears on the same axle : the spirals of the 2 worm gears don't match anymore. This is a curious reasonning. The part can not support high forces => official sets do not damage parts => the worm gear will not be damaged => the part is ok for TLG. You consider a limited use of the part to conclude that it is well designed. :-S I would rather say : The part can not support high forces => TLG can not use it in sets where high forces are involved => the part is not very well designed. A well design force would support high forces. 2L worm gear does.

I asked Lego what is wrong with the part. Hope they will answer within the next weeks.

Cool ! It make me want to build one. I didn't touch Lego bricks for 4 months (Technic sets for reviews doesn't count :o )... Maybe I will try to build an Hailfire.

Agreed. The building process is boring.

20/28 + 8/24. (click to enlarge)