Paul B Technic

That is a really touching story.

I can't wait for this :)

Not yet I hope :)

I love the level of detail in this....

I agree, people like "things that move". This is something I am putting more of an effort in to.

Unimog's for half RRP about three years ago :(

Thanks, images dropped down from 1200 to 1024 :)

Another great MOC :)

Unimog Attachment - Rubbish Loader MK2 I have now finished my latest attachment for the Unimog U400. This is a rear mounted rubbish loader which is controlled via the rear PTO. A few years ago I built "MK1" of this but was not 100% happy with it, now with some more building experience and a wider range of parts I have spent some time over the past few days building and testing this. The video and photos below show this in action. Images too big, link added by Jim

This is a whole new level of cool :)

Really nice MOD, looks like it works really well.

I have my "entertainment money" which is mine to do with as I please, this is around $100 per week, the less I spend on other stuff, like take away and red bull the more I have for LEGO so in some ways LEGO is helping with my health :)

I find it easier now as the "LEGO hobby" has become more "mainstream" ;)

Happy to help out :)

The trailer is excellent, maybe too little ground clearance?

Enjoying a small person free building day.

That is amazing...

Unimog Attachment - Front Mounted Dozer Blade I have now finished my next attachment for the Unimog U400. This is a front mounted dozer blade controlled by the front PTO. My research for this started by looking online at the various attachments people have designed and built for this model on the Eurobricks forum: (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=57543&st=1825). I also undertook some research online of the various attachments that are used on real life Unimogs. From this research I came up with a possible idea and I did some rough hand drawings to see what would work. A couple of days later I had some spare time, so I got out my parts collection and started to build based on the drawings I had done. Unimog Attachment - Pull Along Mower - MK3 I recently redesigned and rebuilt a dozer blade for my Unimog U400, since doing this I have been thinking about having another try at a mower attachment, this would fit in well with the "civil services" theme of some of my other Unimog attachments. While researching this I had the goal of using a LA to raise and lower this, I also wanted it to be much more "professional" looking as far as the design and colours went. The first issue I faced was how to make two functions work off the single PTO on the rear of the Unimog. I started thinking about using a simple two way switch to split the PTO at the rear of the Unimog; I played around with this in LDD but decided it would look stupid. My next idea was to turn the blades using the rear PTO and have a handle at the top to raise and lower the mower using a LA. After thinking about this some more and playing around with it I decided I was not happy with this idea either. In the end I took an idea off set 9393 which uses a drive off the rear wheels to turn the blades, in my case the wheels are attached to the mower deck itself. Late last week I sat down and started the building process, this went well and over a few nights / Saturday afternoon I got the mower deck built with the wheels turning the blades. I also built the mounting system to the rear of the Unimog using the "standard" mounting points to allow this to be easily removed if required, this uses the rear PTO to raise and lower the mower deck. This also has a pivot point at the front of the mower deck which allows this to turn as the Unimog goes around corners. While I was testing this I found that the mower deck was being lifted high above the Unimog and was swinging around as it was driven. At this point I left it for the day. Last night while in bed I woke up with an idea, instead of lifting the mower deck the full height I could add a hinge which would allow this to bend as it was lifted, it would still have good ground clearance but would not end up so high off the ground. This morning I made some changes based on my idea and I was very pleased to be able to get this to work how I had hoped. Now as it lifts it bends which works much better. Features are: - Lift and carry of mower deck (rear PTO / large LA) - swivel point for steering - Working mower blades (driven via rear wheels) Images too big, link added by Jim

That looks really interesting :)

Very cool, an excellent level of detail.

I don't use draws as I have found them too restrictive.

Great work to add some many features to something so small.

I love this, simple but effective :)

This is what I am doing at the moment, so many options with using the Unimog as a base for attachments :)

This is excellent :)