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The motor in the rear sure looks birck built on the last picture...

It will probably waddle around a bit, because its IQ and sense of balancewill be exactly zero I managed to rebuild and stiffen the structure to such a high level, that I just cant comprehend what I made! The body is so interconnected, I had to build it in a correct order or else it will not go together. Even though the body has 4x more movement freedom than the wolf before, the entire assembly is extremely stiff thanks to all the LAs and the frame bricks used. Oh an bye the way I increased the number of LINEAR ACTUATORS USED TO 14, making this a record breaking model. Here are the pictures of the real deal, first the detail view of the underside of each leg pair (up to this point front and rear mechanisms are almost identical) And the underside with all the LA's marked: And the topsite with marked LAs Another thing I also integrated is an adjustable irreversible differential which allows you to adjust the phase shift between front and rear leg movement. This will be very useful once the model is far enough that it can walk. You can see the worm gear which is used to adjust it on the upper picture below the rear spine moving linear actuator. I know this creation may seem a bit weird and all of these LAs and motors used a bit confusing, but given the progress and the level of movement I managed to integrate into this body, I am pretty sure the end result will be one of my best and most flexible animals so far.

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What an amazing model! Do the tracks actually work? I cant comprehend how large this model actually is.

Call me a gay brony furry if you want, but I would love a puple supercar! And given the high number of parts and types used in this model you could basically make any other purple model and not be limited by colors like you are with the go-card at the moment. Also more colors is always good, IF they are in sufficient number of different not-to exclusive parts. Perosonally I would like combine purple, lime and orange to make some really trippy creations

After the realtive succesfull black wolf I think its time to make a new, better and cuter Technic animal. I decided to make a silverfox, since I have some 1000+ of antennas with the gray base. Compared to the black wolf, this model will have many improvments starting with total rebuild of joints. Back in 'ol 2011 the ball joints just came out and were rather a novelity. Now I have enough ball joints, and linear actuators to make a mechanical analougous of hips, shoulder and muscles. Total amount of LA's used in this model will be 10 or more, having 6 large and 4 small LAs. The number of ball joints will be 6, four for legs and 2 for head and tail. I already built a mockup both in LDD and real life. Notice that the body is quite compact even though there are 6M motors, 6LA's and some 30 gears in there. So far it may seem like a unrecognisable shape of bits, but if you looks closer you can see where the legs will attach to the body. The whole body is also double articulated in front and rear. And its articulated to the front and rear can swing not only sideways, but also up and down, so the fox will be able to bend spine in all directions.

I redesigned the layout, those options were only for albums anyway

Is it better now? Thanks for the feedback!

Yes, I know your blog, been checking it out for inspiration About the titles, you mean the ones on the orange bar? I will check into those.

The way you used the differential to power both sides of the gearbox....Wow! And the paddle shift mechanism, its also really well done. And of course the exterrior, and interrior.... this has to be one of the best looking and functional supercars to date! Its really amazing how well Lego has progressed, I mean 5 years ago almost no supercar had paddle style working gearboxes and just look at your and TLG's upcoming car. It seems to be positive loop of building, learning and improving. Personally I am trully inspired, thanks to your amazing model.

To be honest the first time I looked at the model it looked like a color-vomited, way-too squared MOC. But than I looked at the video of the real thing and its very accurate! 80's sure were crazy... Anyway back to the model, I really like the rollcage and the amount of deatil you put in the engine bay. I also noticed you used the big massive shock absorbers, how do they work out for you?

Lots of awesome competition which deserves far more votes, but here's my pick. 3:10 16:6 5:4 7:3 16:2 1:1 Like Jim said competitions are for fun and in my eyes all paricipants are winners

I've created my ever first Lego building plan for first half-year of 2016, which can be found on my blog. Of course you can expect the finished models and tutorials to also be showcased here. What is your opinion for the proposed plan?

First give us more info, what kind of suspension you want? Independent or solid axle? Also what wheel size? And finally what kind of application/torque, you need a powerfull offroad axle, or a compact fast one?

The sorting trays and drawers, lights and equipment to take photos/videos, computer to make/edit/download instructions/photos/videos, batteries to power the models, and like M_longer said...time, which is usually well spent (or else we wouldnt do what we do).

Did you check the video? Here's a list of my SOME models that are included, there are of course more Fox 8x8x8 Motorized wolf Coyote 4x4x4 Rally racer I used for TC9 comptition (All 3 models) Junebug Mini tumbler (TC7 competition) Mini tropy truck Mini unimog Mini AMG 6x6 Mini backhoe: Mini 9398 Dumper Hotrod: Vector racer Arocs 10x10 (not built yet) Blue 4x4 (built but no video yet) Oshkosh 10x10 (not built yet) Dumper truck Rage: And many many more models!

Was just looking at the brickshelf and noticed it. The drum is really well made, does it also have a screw inside?

I think the cab lifting mechanism simply slides over tilted structure and lifts the cabing... Just slopes and gravity, you can see some tilted #3 connectors in the video.

First of all I hope this doesnt sound too much an advertisment... For the past few weeks I have been gathering and categorising my Lego digital designer files and I managed to prepare a package of 250+ files, which ranges from technic motorcycles, supercars, off roaders, lots and lots of axles, suspension systems, mechanisms, gearboxes, reference files and so on... The package can be downloaded here: http://www.bricksafe...r-model-package And for more info please check out the following video: As you can see in the video I also made a new blog and decided to offer costum model support in order to expand and improve my activites. Thank you for all the support over the years

You could make the steering mechanism using a diffrential and blocking either axle...But dont know how the crab steering would work than...

On that video the tires look as hard as stone, I am affraid they are out of really hard rubber...

There is no way it can use portal hubs, when the turning circle is already that small due to the tight fenders. Besides why use portal hubs when there is no fake engine?

I am pretty sure TLG wont rely on phones only and will use a dedicated remote, since its their way for things to work out of the box. I do hope it will be compatible with phone though.

Hello and welcome. Nice to see more Slovenians here! I do wonder what you are working on though.

I cant be sure, but I THINK it should fit from the rear side... Your risk though.