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This is very nice! Do you have a picture of the Jaktviggen next to any of the other aircraft in the "Grohl Air Force" (F117 Nighthawk, F14 Tomcat, KA-50 Hokum, Mi24 Hind, Sea Harrier, & Su-47 Berkut), or are all those dismantled?

I like the simplicity of the design, and the great manueverability of the quandramaran. I was wondering if that kid with the stick was going to wack the boat!

(Bart Simpson says) "Dudes! Get a load of this Lego Wacky Racer on a skateboard made by Erik Leppen! He's yellow like me, and has blue hair like my mom. You can build your own from the pics on his Brickshelf gallery. There's a single PDF document of the Building Instructions available here."

On his Brickshelf gallery, Fabsail posted 6 pictures and a stop-action YouTube video of his alternative Front-End Loader 8453 design: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDVPIrrjOE

If you scroll down to the bottom of this 8070 set inventory, you can see the "Extra Items" that was not used in the construction of the 8070-1 (A Model). Compare that list with the extra parts you have from building the 8070-2 (B Model). I would imagine that the B-model would have many more unused parts than the A-model.

Fabsail also made an alternate for the 5867 set, and posted photo-sequence Building Instructions on his Brickshelf gallery:

Philo (Phillippe Hurbain) posted three YouTube videos of his Lego Technic Cuckoo Clock. He wrote that it was his "SeTechnic May 2011 competition submission. Rules (in French): http://www.setechnic.com/Forum/topic4361.html . Purpose of this competition is to build a purely mechanical cuckoo clock. I choose to use two wind-up motors, one for the clock and one for the cuckoo. This clock runs for a bit more than 6 minutes, and the cuckoo is designed to go out every 3 minutes....The escapement is borrowed from BenVanDeWaal W4.3 ." There are 24 images on his Brickshelf gallery. This shows the detail of the Cuckoo Clock: The next shows the making and testing of the clock mechanisms: Philo's submission video to SeTechnic: . The cuckoo bird comes out at the 2'35" and at 5'35" points of the video. Read more about this clock on the original SeTechnic post (in French) or this English translation -- scroll 1/4 the way down the page.

On his Flickr photoset, Latvian AFOL Rolic posted 19 pictures of his Lego SAAB 9-5 Wagon. He wrote, "This is custom made LEGO SAAB 9-5 Wagon model....I am a fan of SAABs. I drive one currently (9000 CS) and I wish my next car to be a SAAB too.. particulary this one - a 9-5 Wagon. I love the quality of Swedish cars, I love the look of this car and I really like that it is roomy, as I have a growing family.... "This model was very tricky to build. It's body is 23 studs wide, but the nose is 22-21 studs wide. It also has half-stud mudguards. So building in odd numbers gives you the whole new set of problems. Also that nose angling was a tricky thing to do, but that was necessary to achieve the proper look. Other challenge was steering! There are no LEGO parts in this steering arm that is originally meant for steering cars. All is done with help of axles, pins, Technic connectors and liftarms. But by using all this, the wheel doesn't hit the arch; however the gap between the wheel and arch isn't that big." The car has folding rear seats, various trunk compartments, and a detailed engine bay.

starbager1 posted this of a very quick, capable Lego Technic Liebherr 944 Excavator with swiveling Gripper. It is playing in the sandbox and moving rocks and sand with ease.

MySnailEatsPizza1 posted this of his Lego 4x4 Intimidator -- "This is a robotic 4x4 car that I built a few months ago. It performs pretty well and has some interesting features. It is not too complicated though. It uses three NXT motors, two Power Functions XL motors, one PF Medium motor, two battery boxes, one NXT [intelligent brick], one ultrasonic sensor, one light sensor, IRlink sensor from HiTechnic, one pair of lights, one switch, and two IR receivers." The car can drive itself around obstacles. Has one every seen a Truck Trial in which the car must navigate itself? Ax3Effect posted this of a small Lego Mindstorms NXT car being controlled by a cell phone using FunkNXT software.Is cell-phone control of Lego Trial Trucks allowed in competitions? One would now have to point their Power Functions RC Controller so close to the vehicle to overcome the sun's IR rays....

On his website, Sariel (Paul Kmiec) posted his Lego Monorail Network Planner Tool -- "It lets you design a layout of a Monorail network, using all types of the Monorail track sections....I needed it, I developed it, and I want to share it. You can access the tool directly at http://www.monorail.sariel.pl . "The tool is quite simple and consists of following elements: * A toolbox with track sections divided into categories; you can select a track section by clicking on it, and the toolbox maintains its position on top of the screen * A grid area where a single grid unit represents a single Lego stud; any track section selected from the toolbox appears in the upper left corner of the grid area and can be dragged around it while being snapped to the grid * The settings area where the size of the grid area can be adjusted as needed (it’s 200 x 100 studs by default) and where there is an automated counter of the track sections used * A trash area; any track sections dragged and dropped on it are deleted." His Brickshelf gallery shows his various Monorail creations to date: Oversized Image removed by moderator -TheBrickster

I'm old enough to remember these driving around town when I was 8 years old. They were big "land yachts" that wallowed around each corner and offered a pillowy ride. Good job in creating the Lego model -- "they don't make 'em like they used to!" Your car got pulled over by "The Fuzz" for going 65 MPH in a 55-MPH zone:

On MOCpages, MortalSwordsman posted 19 pictures of his Lego 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C3 "With Hand of God and in-car steering. Everthing opens to reveal a detailed interior and engine bay. Front lights pop up too. Check out the door handles - I dont think this technique has been used before. De Tomaso Pantera and I came up with this new technique using the ice skates from the series 4 mini figures. I have taken inspiration from many builders - Nick Barrett, Hot Rod and Patrick L to name a few. My second entry for Dan The Man's 3rd Car Contest. Hope you like it :) "

Is there digital mosaic software that can model 1x1 round plates centered on 2x2 round plates? Behold this BIG Lego mosaic of actress Halle Barry (photographed at the TwinLUG table at SpringCon 2011, and posted on Garth Danielson's Flickr photostream):

On his Flickr photoset, Mainman posted 11 pictures of his HUGE Lego AN-225 Mriya cargo plane. He wrote, "The Soviet Union built the massive An-225 Mriya as a transport for their Buran shuttle and booster rockets. It was largely based on Antonov's already-giant transport the An-124. Once the Buran program fell through and the Soviet Union broke down, the single completed An-225 passed eventually to Antonov Airlines, who now operate it as a heavy cargo lifter. The An-225 holds the records for heaviest gross weight and takeoff weight, so even though the Spruce Goose had a wider wingspan, the Mriya is widely considered the largest aircraft ever made." "This model is 1:100 scale. At 106 studs long and 110 stud wingspan....Built for the [Flickr] Military Group's 2011 contest." "This project was a beast in many ways. I made a basic cross section template last year, but upon building I realized that one cross section doesn't cover much of the plane (in fact that cross section in its unaltered form only constitutes six studs worth of fuselage length). Using this drawing I made a similar "frame" template for each of the cross sections shown. Then I just had to combine the frames and work the transitions. This was the first time I've really had to do much sculpting on a fuselage. Also the first time I've had to make a technic frame for one of my scale aircraft." "It's hard to see, but this jet's wing's trailing edge has three angle changes. That was the reason I put wing plates on the trailing edge rather than the leading edge like I usually do. That left me with a 'straight' leading edge which allowed me to do an elegant taper along the whole front of the wing. I really liked the result." "I love the unusual tailfin layout of this jet. I ended up lucky that the blue line worked. It's all actual tiles except for a strip of electrical tape on the nose. I also now understand Lino's love affair with curvy slopes." "The wings were another trick. I ended up using my usual hinge technique for the wing root area, but made the whole thing three studs thick which allowed for both a studs-forward leading edge, and some technic connections inside. The real aircraft as a noticeable anhedral which begins at the inboard engine nacelle, so that's where I put my break. The only connection between the root and the rest of each wing is some beams pinned together plus a single 2x3 wing plate. The anhedral didn't come out as prominent as I had hoped, but having removable wings did make things simpler to work with."

Babasorhum posted this showing the "Rotation of my future ring crane frame powered with caterpillars." It uses Lego Monorial tracks for the central ring. That Ring Crane 02 is discussed on SeTechnic (in the original French and English translation). From the pictures, one can see that it is going to be MASSIVE (5-6 meters high). There are many pictures of it on his Brickshelf gallery. :thumbup:

funfen0 posted this of a clever "Lego Technic Porsche Independent Suspension with 4cyl engine."

roboleo92 posted this of "A PFS [Power Functions System] remote control Access platform with driving and steering crawler chassis, stabilizing outriggers and articulated rotating arm. Works with one XL and 3 M motors."

Yoraish/ dLostBrick posted this of "The third version of Tatra 813 6x6 truck. It features 2 changeable gearboxes. One with XL motors and one with NXT motors. 3 speeds or 2 speeds. More: http://bit.ly/yoraish/ ."

"Choking Hazards" posted Building Instructions for the skull on his Brickshelf Gallery.

On his Brickshelf gallery, TecWolf posted Building Instructions for the "Lego Version of Mega Bloks 96807" (the UNSC HALO Scorpion tank). He posted a .DAT file there too. The instructions have been compiled into a single 6-MB PDF document available here via MegaUpload SkyDrive.

On Brickshelf, Erik Leppen posted a Lego Technic Fantasy 4-Axle Compact Crane with photo-sequence Building Instructions. He wrote that the "Boom is not in center, to make place for two mechanical cylinders on sides. Six wheel steering, piston engine. Superstructure functions, raising boom, extending boom, cable and rotating, driven by two 9V motors." I compiled the individual JPG images into one 6.75-MB PDF file which can be downloaded here from MegaUpload SkyDrive.

@ Drakmin: You could possibly adapt the side-by-side Technic Tread design used in Han's Primoth Leitwolf NT Snow Groomer. If you want to connect each set together, one can use 1x7 Thin Technic Liftarms spanning across the pinholes in the Technic Tread pieces. He has a clever 3-speed transmission (which is handy for controlling large Lego tanks). Just for clarification, The Lego Group has Lego train TRACKS and Lego Technic TREADS. You want tread links for your huge tank.

On SeTechnic, arhthra08/ vttdirty08 recently posted his Lego Technic Xerion Saddle Trac. In the original French post (and English translation), he wrote: Functions: - Fake L4 engine driven by the 4 driving wheels - Steering on both axles by a standard "Hand Of God" (HOG) knob - Disengageable Hitch - Pneumatic attachment Power Take-Off (PTO) that can be raised and lowered The shows it with the mower and manure spreader attachments:

roboenthusiast posted this of his "LEGO PNEUMATIC AND ELECTRIC PALFINGER CRANE ON FREIGHTLINER TRUCK." The Freightliner has a motorized V8 engine with SQUARE (2x2 brick) pistons. The Palfinger Crane has a rolling base which slides up and down the length of the trailer, and deploys its "landing gear" and outrigger stabilizers pneumatically. The compact crane unfolds into an impressive size. It offloads the white "concrete" slabs on the trailer one by one.