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    Leonard: it does sag a little.. but good ol' technic beams and system plates keep it stiff.. nothing but the 4 wheels holding it up! Erik: :D unfortunately, it's not as fast as I'd hoped... but the functionality is all there! my engine block project started a year or so ago, but it sat on the (long) shelf, due to all my other building distractions (GBC!) but this competition was a good place to use it! it's quite hypnotising to watch that many cylinders pulsating...
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    Well.. I thought I'd get this finished a lot earlier... but like so many other things - looks like it's a last-weekend sprint to get this finished! Features: Little wheels at the front! Big Wheels at the back! Steering! Evil face! Gold hood ornament! 188 cylinders of pure powah! Turning circle yet to be measured! Slicing mechanism to wipe the competition off the road! Just need to work on the rest of the cabin, and film a video!
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    and just as well... I did try the 2nd variant.. but over a short period of time, the blue axle/pins slipped slightly, and caused the cup to scrape the bottom of the module.. No such issue with my first version.. has worked fine every time I switch it on, and let it run for 20+mins...
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    good stuff... should get them listed on planet-gbc.com since that seems to be becoming a central repository for a lot of them...
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    30mins is a big improvement on 1 min... which is how it used to behave, when a dump of 30 balls was dropped in :) a dump of over 50balls = the odd one flicked out... but a small spill is better than a jam!
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    yes.. noticed the 2 x 8t's and thought that area could do with a bit more bracing ;) ... will try swapping out the crowns, and see how that behaves as for the delay.. I guess changing the gearing on the small arm that flips the knob gear, so it runs slower would be the only option?
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    ok.. despite a valiant attempt at using djm's nifty reverser.... altering the cup pickup, and removing the 4L thin liftarms made this module MUCH more reliable I can now dump 30+ balls in at once, and it empties them flawlessly... no jams at all. This is the change I made to each pickup scoop - note that it keeps the bottom most section very clear... the extra parts at the back of the scoop/cup don't interfere at all and actually.. just thinking about it now, while I look at this post.. I'm thinking that rotating cup 90' might work just as well! Note: I haven't tried this one yet.. but I can't see why it wouldn't work!
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    ok.. I built this last night... and it seeeems to work... but in reality... I had a lot of slipping with the two opposing crown gears... clearly being used in an unusual way! :) I made it drive the steering cup module, which was a regular jammer, when it had a full hopper of balls... and unfortunately, it just didn't react quick enough, or drive in reverse for long enough, to unjam.. very impressed with the build of this little thing - so compact and sturdy!! and excellent instructions! I think if we can find a way to get rid of those crown gears.. and delay the return-to-forward time.. it should work better... Ultimately, I did just go and improve on the Steer Cup pickup.. and now it appears to be perfect - not one jam in 30mins of running... Will post improvements to the GBC General thread...
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    might try to build this, this weekend.. and see if it helps out the steering cup GBC that likes jamming every once in a while...
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    Fairly certain all those large sculptures have an internal steel frame... plus they usually glue them together. And also.. I don't believe there are any moving parts on it... So for 'legitimate'.... 'child-buildable... and within the limits of ABS plastic gears... the BWE really is at the upper limit...
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    Finally got around to building this one - very nice.. thanks for the instructions! However, I've noticed it does jam a bit - mostly when there's a full (30ball-standard) dump of balls at one time... a ball will wedge in between the 2 4L thin liftarms, that the Steering cup is attached to, and usually up against one of the cheese wedges on the outer side of the bottom area Fairly certain I've built it accurately... and with only a few balls in, it works fine (although I caught it jam once, with only 5 balls in play) Will keep tinkering to see if I can solve it...
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    I dunno.. the site looks a bit dated.... almost abandoned... no updates in nearly a year... it's almost as if the owner doesn't care for technic any more... or... more terrifying.... actually has a life outside of Lego! ;)
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    possibly... I don't own 8676, but Bricklink says both parts work on 27mhz... but it depends what channels/subfrequencies they each work on
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    very nice use of those wheels!.. and excellent presentation! always good to see minifigs incorporated into a GBC what do you mean by tight tolerances everywhere? in the gearing, or in that parts come close to each other?
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    you know eurobricks only has a token amount of space for uploads... go to www.bricksafe.com and open an account, and upload there... much easier to store large amounts of lego photos, and link to them in posts
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    funny.. I just did a basic GBC Starter module + digital file, of a conveyor belt.... it's tempting to 'dress it up' like one of these loaders! :)
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    Just out of interest, do these theme problems affect any other of the eurobricks forums? I rarely stray out of the Technic one.. so I wouldn't know! :)
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    Nope.. same as @Milan - Voted.. dissappeared... show results did nothing.. and I could vote again (with no success) Win10, Chrome (even disabled ublock origin adblocker!)
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    Another Australian! :D
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    ok.. so I went and had a look at mine.. I have 6 buggy motors, from 2 x 8376 HotFlames, and 1 8475 RC Buggy hard to see in this photo, but they are all stamped 1353 Note: I couldn't find my other 2 motors, until after I took this pic, but they are both stamped 1312 So I'm guessing they are definitely a production date, not a serial number. and I've had mine for a few years now, and all the parts are mixed up... but I'd guess the 1353 is from the 2 hot flames (released 2003), and the 1312 is from RC Buggy (released 2002) and from that, we might be able to guess that the last digit is the year! :)
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    Can we please ban Akiyuki from using the reflector cups.... soon, only millionaires will be able to build these modules!!!
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    Wasn't able to go to BrickExpo this year... would have loved to see this in person.. any chance of some more, close up photos.. or a video?
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    you guys are crazy fast! :)
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    Yes.. doesn't matter who designs a GBC - there's always room for improvement! :)
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    wow.. thanks for that! I was wondering how much was going to be changed from the old.. quite a lot it seems! I only ever built the train + unloader... but will now disassemble them for parts, to rebuilt v2! really looking forward to this one.. as I have quite a bit of track that will be great to use on a GBC layout!
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