Milan

Saw this on almost every Lego blog :) Out of this world, literally.

I was just going to say that. And flying robot is mr. Handy! :)

There is almost none flat surface! I love it!

Thanks! They are really strong! Impressing you is always a great thing, thanks! Hope it wont disappoint you :) Thanks! :) UPDATE: I get back to my apartment after straight 5 hours of 5x(building, rebuilding, testing)...and DRIVING and STEERING this monster :) I have the rolling chassis! Sorry again for terrible photo, my camera is way in my apartment, and i rarely took it down with me in the basement. So. i have attached live axles, attachments to the chassis, shocks, steering, drive, bracing, pneumatic slots...and it fits in a stud. I am glad i spent nearly 3 weeks carefully testing and compacting everything so it can fit in tiny space. Please not how test mudguards fit next to the tires. It cant be seen on the photo, but tires has only 3mm clearance from the mudguards. Proportionally, like on real crane. Driving work flawlessly, wheels were magnificent in all test, they hold even with weight more than the crane should be, and easily drift when i hit the wall. Steering...oh the joy, all four modes work great. My favorite, crab steering is funny to watch. Suspension. Hard to test yet, but the chassis has 6 Hard yellow shocks and it did not compress them a bit. Still lots of weight need to be mounted. Pneumatics will be installed tomorrow, but I will leave this for the very end. If all fails under the weight, I will put big pneumatic cylinders, but i guess it wont be needed. 2x hard shocks and 4x small pneumatic per axle should be fine. I can always add more hard shocks until i balance it perfectly to be able to raise and lower on pneumatic. Tomorrow or on Monday I will post a small video showing it driving and steering on a pile of bricks. Turntable is done, outer shell of the boom is 80% done, i hope I can start on the superstructure on next weekend. And i hope I will have enough time until deadline...

Yay, you took my advice for that 1x2 thin liftarm. It looks even more cool now with opened doors!

This is awesome! Use of that tires gives it some good old vibe! I have obtained quite a few of those in the last few years, and they are great for 1:13 trucks and machinery. For this crane they fit perfect for some 1:15 scale! I like the smooth surfaces and colors. I am curious how it will perform in the video. Looking forward to it.

Its cool!

Perfect match to the back section of the truck. Doors wont be openable? Can you post a front view of the cabin? I am thinking, how it would look if you replace red1x2 thin liftarm above the headlights with the white ones.

Welcome!

Welcome to EB!

Thats the usual story :) Welcome!

Only the display is a Moc by itself :) Wow!

Thanks all guys for your great comments! It means a lot! I hope they will be able to get enough grip to drive the crane, as I wont have time to make them one size smaller and add rubber ring. My first idea was that it is a good thing that they don't have very much grip, as i wanted to play with locked diffs and in that case, better to have some slippage than broken gears. Main chassis is done: Around 60cm long, still without front bumper and back engine cover. It has 3 technic brick layers and 7 plate layers in height and is extremely strong. Fat section in the middle is the massive turntable location. At the very ends are the outrigger boxes. I have connected tonight two axles and suspension so far is working as planned. Everything fits in a stud. Will have to wait for all the weight to catch up. I am working on superstructure section, too, when i get tired from the carrier. I got cabin 90% done, and it is aesthetically the best part. Main and cabin cylinders are also 95% done. Next stop - mounting outriggers, axles, suspension cylinders and hoses, then attaching drivetrain.

Rotator is a recovery vehicle, a beefed-up tow truck. its main function is to recover and tow vehicles. It contains a crane. Its crane is a tool which can pull, lift or turn back on the wheels crashed vehicles, but at the end, it is a tow truck used to tow vehicles. A truck with crane without tow equipment would be great!

Hello, welcome, why don't you write some more info? What themes you like, where you are coming from...

Welcome and hope you and your son will have a great time!

Welcome back!

Yeah, it has that brick-feel, which i really like! Good job mixing both new and old!

Same as for all entries, if it was not shown before, it is ok to participate.

If the design is yours, and also new, never posted before, it is ok! If so, good luck with it!

8880 is one of the best sets ever! Welcome!

Welcome! Have fun!

Yes, it is perfectly fine! Have fun building it!

I saw your moc, i went to The Lego car blog! Well done! Have fun!

Welcome! And thanks for commenting my crane in Technic forum! :)