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That's cool. I bought two 42050, I have plans on one day building a Nascar model.

I'm no noob, but what 14 tooth bevel gears, or did you mean 12 tooth?

They are for the different types of turntable, the type 2 has the inner gear ring on the base that type 3 doesn't, and type 3 has bevel gears on the top outside, also different number of teeth, type 2 meshes with an 8 tooth gear, type 3 with a 12 tooth, either as a spur gear or bevel gear if you look here you can see the complete turntables, and on the following page http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=4&catString=36&catType=P

Lime has always been bad for different shades of colour. The steering system is quite simple, but well done.

Much like a gold dredge

This is it with the five rows widener behind it

yes some of them in the background of this pic http://www.brickshel...439006665_n.jpg

Could we please have these posted on the front page. Thanks Have you altered the hubs to fit them, they look further out than the stock rims, or are the rims wider?

I have ordered a BWE so should have the quadrants in a couple of weeks (with building the B model there is 12 spares) and will begin rebuilding it. I have decided to base it on the AC300, one of my favourite cranes to work with, so will mean a few less functions (no steering on centre axles, drive on 4 axles 2,3,5,6) but it will be scaled from the AC's specifications.

Could you change your design a little, looking at the pic, it appears your axle is offset from the kingpin, if you could move it over 1 and down half you would have the axle in line and you could use a 12 and 24 tooth gears to give the same ratio.

There are 374 of them for sale new by 23 sellers?

Any guesses to how many parts left over from the B model, should be still a good few frames and 12 quadrants by the looks

If your stores are anything like over here they only receive small shipments, our stores are always running out of stock, we are holding a show soon and the store which is to have a stall is struggling to get any stock to sell.

Nice pics Anio, but I skipped my French reading classes

My only wish is for more useful new parts, I have so many unbuilt sets now that I wont build, it is only a few that interest me that I build, the last one was the Volvo loader, next will be BWE, B model first, maybe the A model. The crawler crane I build in full PF in different colours. I haven't got room to keep sets and MOCs built so don't bother with many sets.

It is probably more of a problem for set builders, it is only an issue for MOC builders when the supply of certain coloured parts becomes low.

I think axles, they would give a slightly wider gap than beams

In the old days screening was done with just a mesh the required size, it doesn't take much to separate the large from the small. The difficult part is to prevent the screen from being overloaded and the small parts overflowing onto the chute for the larger. I am interested in whether the Volvo loader will reach the bin, and how much would actually fall into the bin, I am thinking it may need a conveyor to load it.

mine has 7 m motors, 4 winches, luffer and superlift, track frame lengthened 4 units and widened 2. Full RC. need to get some later pics, this one is when I was waiting for links for the pendants http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6409801 I have also added extra bracing into the boom sections to lessen the twisting.

It will be completed, probably next year as I cant see me getting the Quadrants early enough to do it sooner. Some pics with my other models displayed at last weekends show on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/705729046227914/

Its available on S@H but not yet in stores, expected in a couple of weeks. Pre-order from toyco for 15% off.

According to rebrickable (which is not a full list) I have over 15000 black pins, so probably more like 20,000+, yet last week I ran out.

They do hold the weight with the help of the crawler tyres stuffed inside them. As Adam, Kiwi_builder, has mentioned the chassis is not complete, I had started to dismantle it to use the new quadrants from the BWE for the slew ring. The cab was the one off my previous 5 axle crane. The steering is not complete or the pneumatic pumps for the suspension. It is 4 axles driving and 6 steering with crab and countersteering modes. Drive is two L motors with appropriate gearing, that way most of the reduction is after the diffs and reduces the stress on the driveline. I have lifted the crawler on the auxiliary hook with a single part of line, the main runs 4 parts. In total it uses 56 weight bricks for counterweight, the boom extends to 3m. I have assembled it enough to add to my display at our LUGs show next weekend. Overall width is 300mm, length as pictured without counterweight is just under 1500mm When its completed I plan to take a video of 42009 on the hook, 2m off the ground.

Looks Great Ingmar. Nice collection too. I keep thinking of building a tanker trailer, probably Chrome, one day.

Already a few being parted out on Bricklink