falconluan

Working on the front suspension and chassis now and this is what I got so far: With the 44309 tires, this setup is wider than 15 studs, but it is 15 studs wide with 30699 tires Both the shock absorbers and the steering links are in asymmetry setup. The steering link is parallel with the wishbone arm which is the correct geometry I believe, but still the overall setup has a large backlash. It is caused by the ball joint connection and the use of 3 8 teeth gears. Since the car is not powered and the size limitation, I choose to live with that.

TLG is generous about releasing new colors on beams and panels these days but still not so generous on the technic connector side. Strictly speaking, the full dark azure version is not available for now and that's why I chose the gulf version. The color vomit means the built now is just WIP. I like using random colors during the WIP period since it can save the "formal color" parts for the final version later on. I don't have a very big part storage(less than 40K part number) , with some big guys assembled, even the quantity of black connectors are running low . At the same time, some colorful parts which currently I don't have a big thing using them are in high storage. It is handy to use them in the demo version. Also, the color vomit can show the shape better sometimes.

The exterior is almost done, moving to the chassis now and getting rid of the rainbow color at the same time.

Some update, the rear body, rear bumper and roof are done. The overall height of the car is a little bit taller than it should be, will lower it by 1 stud. @Silvavasil since you like rainbow

Yes, I'm not used to virtual building. Instead, I build mock ups like this one and iterate both sides in turn to get the better solution. Also, by doing this way, I can easily have save copies of previous solution. It's cool to own a 944 in real life

The MOC is finished and put into the entry topic. Instruction is finished too, the free download link is: Rebrickable link of MOC-42447 porsche 944 gulf This is my first time using the Studio, so apology and please let me know if you feel the instruction is hard to follow. Video: Some render pics: Some real built pics: (More pics here) Together with 42093: Hope you like it! ================================================================================================================================== Original post: Looking at so many topics so far, this will be an epic contest in the tech contest history! And I know there are already many Porsches under building now, still I want to add one more: A Porsche 944. Here is my progress so far: My plan is focus on the exterior look first. After finish that, will try to figure out if I can create a chassis with suspension or not. As to the color scheme, I prefer a pure dark azure version. However, due to lack of some azure parts, will end up a gulf scheme, like: Hope you like it and happy building!

After watching the 2019 "Midway" movie, I tried to build a technic version of SBD Dauntless. I wanted this project to be a light and quick one, so I decided not to build the plane from scratch, instead, I wanted to mod from some exist MOCs. Then I found this master piece plane MOC on RB: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/150206-aircraft-fighter-bomber-mkii-lego-technic/&tab=comments#comment-2791893 https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-9602/NikolayZubov/aircraft-fighter-bomber-mkii-lego-technic/#comments It's @Nikolay's wonderful fighter bomber MK II, a beautiful fictional plane packed with tons of features. This MOC has more than enough features I want to add to my SBD, so I removed some of them and adjusted the shape of the plane to make it look like a SBD of course, and here is the result: Featurewise it has(left over from original): Control surfaces controlled from cockpit: Ailerons Flaps (Unfortunately, it doesn't have any of the SBD's famous giant speed brakes) Elevators Rudder, connected directly to the tail wheel Other functions: Retractable landing gear; Wing folding mechanism, I know real SBD can't fold its wings, I keep this function to save space.... Rear machine gun Central retractable bomb pylon Sliding openable cockpit Some details: The olive green parts introduced by 42110 fits very well as the interior color here. The white belly: A closer look at the bomb: For paintjob , I chose the SBD-5's typical paintjob instead of the SBD-3 which appears in the movie. Some comparison with real SBDs: In memory of the already dissembled prototype: More pictures Thanks for watching, hope you like it. Many thanks again to the original MOC author: @Nikolay

I like this set and may pull the trigger buying it in the near future. It will be the first bigger set I bought after 42054. Generally, I keep skipping the sets recent years, instead I just collect the parts with new mold/color to keep my part list up to date. But 42110 seems to be a good part donator to me this time, because it has plenty of olive green and 4 big useful wheels. Despite there aren't many kinds of olive green parts yet, olive green is better than any of the other for military MOCs especially combining with dark tan. For the wheels, despite it is customized for Defender, its geometry is more realistic and it can be used with different existing tires unlike the wheels of 42056/42083.

Just finish building this baby, I would say, @Madoca 1977 kudos, it's yet another masterpiece you've designed! I chose the blue body work with due-wheel version simply because it looks epic! I guess this is the color scene you were referring to, in fact, I think the whole MOC is based on this one. You chose orange as its primary color to keep the parts easy to find, am I right? As always, the instruction is wonderful and absolutely flawless. The building process is pleasant, very clever structures while very easy to put together. Haven't actually run it on ground due to lack of AAA batteries, but only by looking at it makes me happy. Here it is along with the marauder by Lforces which I built a few days before. Now, time to build some smaller cars for the monster to crush!

The blue one with dual wheel looks epic! Will definitely build one once your instruction is done, great work!

Welcome back! There is a huge difference between you are in your dark age and you are here in the technic world!

Wow, welcome back! Another great MOC from you. PS, your 300 SL is the only model I keep in display today.

Nope, it was because of the rear end and tailgate. The project lasted too long and I just ran out patience, ideas and interest in it....

Actually, it was in my mind before: jeep renegade I stopped building it a while ago.

The 3*3 frame can swing around motor output axle. I think it acts like the universal joint. Yes, each motor powers one side of car. The 5.5L with stop axles are used to prevent wheels to pop out. The travel of suspension is a little more than 1L.

Back to mid in the last year, I started a MOC project. The goal is to MOC a Jeep Renegade. Link is: My jeep renegade The project lasted for an unexpected long time. I just lost my creation and interest after finishing the chassis and most of the body work. After a long break, I decided to give up the MOC. I think it is mainly because my love of Renegade is rather limited. I chose that car as a MOC target simply because I think its square shape is easy to build. So I grew more and more bored with it and finally made up my mind to stop the project. During disassembling it, I came to an idea to make a standalone car chassis MOC. Since like its real world counterpart, the difference between chassis of a same class is not as much as body works. Especially the car makers today are prone to have a generic platform for all their products to save cost. It makes sense in lego world too. It will benefit a lot if I have a generic chassis which works easily with different body works. With that, what I was trying to build a chassis which has: Adjustable riding height Manual/PF powered configuration Adjustable wheel base 3 drive configurations: FWD/RWD/AWD Besides, it has: Compact size which is "only" 18 studs wide 62.4 mm wheels McPherson front suspension Multi link rear suspension Working steering wheel rigid framework As a result, it fits best as chassis for compact SUVs or sedans. Instruction: RB link. Pics: A closer look at front and rear suspension: Riding height has an adjustable range of 1 stud, as you can see, the white one is lower. Thanks for watching.

Hi, @Jeroen Ottens, Thanks for your advice as always I think so. OK, now, I need to BL some more 3x3 dishes #3 connector is used to keep the structure strong. But yes, you are right, they do look a bit too much inwards. I'll try to use some beams to form a triangle structure with less inwards instead. Of course, some room for seats will be sacrificed though. Thank you!

I like the front look of it very much. Keep up the excellent work!

Some more updates: The rear end still needs to be improved, it's too bulky right now. I enlarged the head lights. Don't have the 3x3 dish in black yet, do you think it will look better with black dishes? Another round of checking the fidelity: Hope you like them.

Hi, all, long time no update. Lost the idea and passion when building the rear end of the car for a while. These are some pic taken about one month ago. There are many updates recently and I'll put more pics soon. Still, tail gate, roof, seats, dashboard are things left to be done. Also, front bumper, rear bumper, rear wheel arc need some more iterations...

Hi, yes, I have and will show them here soon. The progress is very slow recently, since I had little time to build it. Anyway, please stay tuned. Also, looking forward to see your version.

Thanks everyone for your comments. The McPherson strut and the whole front suspension each took about 5 times to end like what it looks like in the photos. The rear end where connects to the body still needs some reinforcement now. Thanks and advice taken!

Thanks, and blame that on Jeep!

Hi, Jeroen, Thanks for all the good questions! The axle above has some contact with the lowest 3 rounds of spring. It has little impact to the compression of the spring I think. For the upper rotation point of front suspension, yes, they should have aligned to the lower ball joint. It works thanks to the play of the part. The upper part of the suspension has some back and forth move during turning, I'll try to find a better pivot point if possible.

Hi, this is my current WIP project, a jeep renegade. The goal is to make a mid size MOC which will use 62.4mm tires. The setup will be: Driven by 2L motors; Steering by servo motors; AWD; McPherson front suspension and multi-link rear suspension; I have been working on it for 2 months and here is the progress so far: Front axle: The whole car is supposed to be 19 studs wide and the lower arm ball joint distance needs to be 13 studs wide. The narrow width constraint makes it hard to put a normal differential in. So I chose to drive each side of wheels with one motor. I don't want hard coupe the two motors so a pair of 12:20 gears are used between motor and wheel. I have a little concern of the increased gear ratio as the weight of the whole car keeps increasing everyday... A compact built McPherson front suspension is used, the custom hub is small enough to be put most of it into the wheel. Combining with the king pin inclination, the suspension setup has a small scrub radius and can be fit in a compact wheel arc like real cars. There is no caster angle, no Ackermann steering. Also I failed to put the steering link behind the wheel hub since there is the 20 teeth driving gear. What's more, there is no room to put a typical inline 4 cylinder engine. I think I may use some fake cover in front of the servo motor to represent to engine bay in the end. Rear axle: The rear wheel hub has a very similar setup with the front. Uni-body: Like my previous MINI countryman MOC, the car has a uni-body setup like the real one. This time, thanks to the smaller size, the body is more stronger that the MINI's. It will have structural A pillar and C pillar. They are probably the most difficult things for me to build in the whole car. Front end: In fact, the motivation of the MOC is the idea of the face building. I tried to build a 75th anniversary edition here. All the things that I have so far: The size of tail light is little too big and it won't light up as the head light. Last but not least: As part of the iteration building process, another version is being built at the same time: The color scheme will be like this, of course, I need some more orange pieces... More pics are at: http://bricksafe.com/pages/falconluan/jeep-renegade Hope you like it and looking forward to your feedback. Thanks for watching