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Now make it Maersk Blue :-)

Very nice monorail! And PF inside, that makes it even better! Personally i would speed it up a bit, even if it is not to scale, but you have taken the choice.

It's not just a new hood, reading through the LEGO blogpost on the previous page tells us that there is one more M-motor to power the winch and PF-lights as well. In my opinion it is a truly great model and such collaborations should continue!

sorry to bump thios thread, but I was looking for th einstructions on lego.com and could not find them through the normal customer service portal. So, I went to EB and tataaa! there is a link to the LEGO online building instructions, but on the Technic "mini-site" Any idea/guesses why those instructions are not available through the normal portal? Gerald

In Tal there is Müller, see at Google Maps Obletter is basically Müller since 16 years. A "true Obletter" left in MUC is at Stachus, not too far from Tal at the other side of the pedestrian zone. Look here

That gives a whole new meaning to the U in BURP...

There is an interesting thread over at the German 1000steine forum. A guy (Axel) made the 9396 fly by putting a Heli-RC Unit into the body. So it is basically a naked RC-Heli with a 9396 body! The RC-Unit is covered pretty well! Complete with video: [media] [/media]

Finally my first MOC-post here in this forum! Since some days we've got some snow again and that calls for some LEGO outdoor activities. As my snow-groomer is in a state that would require serious work, I decided to go on something simpler, a snow-mobile. Problem with LEGO motors is that they are a bit slow. But hey, there was the RC-Buggy in the corner! So the RC motors and the unite became the base of the snowmobile. Dry tests proved it to be quite powerful and drive the track very fast! The RC motors are mechanically coupled and interestingly I had first issue with this coupling. Putting the speedometer on them I discovered that some RC Motors have less RPM than others, but those two "flavors" of 5292 have among them pretty stable RPMs so after swapping them to two of the same, it drove perfect. So here's the first result of the outdoor capable Snowmobile. Working right now on the steering which is a bit tricky. Due to the slanted steering column the skis cut into the snow aleady, which is good. But to have it turn properly it should shift the weight a bit, i.e. lean into the turn. In real life the human on top help to perform this feat, here, something simple needs to be developed. The first tries nearly achieved this as due to a short rod, it pulld the legs up when turning too far! Here are some pictures and a video:

Cool Stuff! Very original!

That caught my eye as well! Finally some appreciation for one of the most AFOL-loved products!

Please show it!

Very interesting, thanks! In general, this EV3 looks like it is going to be a great product, love it! Some of the already included functionalities will make it harder for HiTechnic and others to claim their spot, i.e. with the supposedly included PF-IR support which currently is all done through third parties. fW BTW what's the limit on picture size

Thanks for your replies! It will be removed tomorrow from the shopping center, I try to get some more shots of some details, trees and such! fW

Just as the year closes I like to post my largest MOC so far! It is a diorama of the surroundings of the biblical events of Jesus' birth. It is around 250 x 160 cm. You can still few it live for a few days in Munich at the Riem Arcaden till January the 6th. XMas_01_Overall_9330 by 1wave, on Flickr It started from small core of 2 x 2 large baseplates I initially built for the Briking Bavaria exhibition in 2010, inspired by the Prince of Persia theme, it grew a further two plates by the KidsFest in 2012. Then, I was asked to re-build it and first of all expand it to a larger Nativity Scene, so I agreed to put the Holy Family at the center, started thinking, removed the Mosque dur to the setting in time and started by the end of September. First of all on paper: XMas_00_Plan by 1wave, on Flickr to judge what I need to build and can fit into the available space. A lot of drafts both in paper and bricks followed and the logistics started with Bricklink! A bit later also with the bricks and plates put into place to get a feeling for the size: XMas_13_Entwurf_9037 by 1wave, on Flickr An additional challenge was to make it easy to transport, power and the ever shortening lead time. I needed a plan! Putting this also into Excel, added completion steps and adding targets for each remaining week, here's a sample of how that looked with approximately a month remaining till setting up! XMas_00_Status by 1wave, on Flickr The power-supply of the camp-fire and the spot-light in from tof the family is taken over by a 9V train regulator. It is hiddenin the modula mountain. The flickering LEDs were taken from teelights and they are wired directly (shame on me) without and resistors to the regulator which is set to abpout 4 volts. The low voltage contributes to a big loass over the thin wires and initially poses an issue make all LEDs flicker. Better connections solved the issue right before the exhibition! Thank god! Camp-fires flickered, the spots stayed steady! XMas_04_Engel_9341 by 1wave, on Flickr Cabling was done along the sides of the baseplates. For the support of the landscape I kept one stud free, allowing the cable to be hidden between the plates, so there is a space about 16mm wide and 5 mm high for the cables! The LEDs for the spots are hidden pretty well, they are a bit of a pain when taking pictures, but when viewing ti is perfect. The shopping center is pretty bright and in retrospective they might not have been necessary. Especially when considering that the S.Oliver store has a pretty good lighting :-) Some more to the constructions! The landscape consists of a mountain around 30 bricks high when a small river has its source. The river has a foundation of 1x1 round plates but when exhibited the river is also filled up with loose 1 x 1 round plates like the lake, it give a bit more realistic surface. XMas_12_River_9272 by 1wave, on Flickr XMas_08_Lakel_9447 by 1wave, on Flickr In the upper picture you can also see a new technique I tried for the small palm-tree, I think it makes them look pretty good. Unfortunately I do not have a detailed picture currently of the Ghaf-trees, I will supply when I dismantle the diorama! A further overview shows the trees and also the watersupply of the fields between the palm trees. XMas_07_Overall_9351 by 1wave, on Flickr Now to the core! I wanted to build it as detailed as possible, therefore I wanted to have a ceiling that shows the bricks it consists of: XMas_09_Stall_9258 by 1wave, on Flickr Also the plain white of the upper part would be too bright, so I was on the search for a lot of "yellowed" bricks. It became a quite nice "patina" giving it a distinctive look, I am interesting in you opinion. XMas_03_Krippe_9338 by 1wave, on Flickr As you know the birth has not gone unnoticed, the angels told the shepherds and also the big bright star has risen that led the way for the three wise men. XMas_02_Krippe_9334 by 1wave, on Flickr It is really interesting which parts you can find on Bricklink! XMas_11_StarofBeth_9450 by 1wave, on Flickr Finally the late-comers! I had to built and install then a few weeks later as I was not ready with them in time and I was out of town! AS the exhibition is in Bavaria, the three Kings are bringing some Bavarian inspired gifts! XMas_05_3Koenige_9441 by 1wave, on Flickr Unfortunately a few pics of scenes are missing, like the people-counting by the romans and some market-scenes, I try to post them once the exhibition is over butI hope I have given you some insight and risen your interest in this big MOC! fW

Good Luck! That inspires me to put the speedometer onto the RC-motor and go up to 20 - 25Volts Have also a look at some Helicopter lift equations fW

For sure IR was chosen mainly because of the price, second thing might have been the radio regulation. The required components are quite cheap. Bluetooth on the other hand is very expensive. An average module goes for about 20+ $. A viable option on the cheaper end of the spectrum (2-3 $) would be an 868 MHz transmitter/receiver duo. This spectrum is in large parts of the world not regulated...

The BL Admins will for sure find an appropriate (remember: Medium Dark Flesh) name, they christen it somehow in the direction of "Plate, Modified, 1 x 2 with Pin Hole (horizontal) (on top)" if they follow the nomenclature of parts like the 2444, 2817 or the 92280. fW

----------->>>Dear Admins... please change the title to "...2013" .... forgive my ignorance to proofread the title... When going through the new Galaxy Squad pictures of Flickr user "Cupishalfempty" I came across this one which shows an interesting part getting System and Technic together. Look in the top row of parts: fW

The largest set I bought multiple ones for own use was the Battle of Alamut. I 've got seven of them...love the parts...

Bonaparte, You need to amend your introduction post, by the time the event takes place Munich will have the luxury of having not one but two LEGO brand stores! One at the Riem-Arcaden and the other at Pasing-Arcaden due to open in December. So you need to detail the program which one to take!

I can't wait to see the Horizon Express traveling on a large loop done with the straights (Holger Matthes)

I anyway do not understand the point of having a highly automated production moving to China or some other low(er)-wage country. Which, at the same time rises concerns about protecting your IP and molding HW. Apart from the packing I do not see many people watching over the molding HW. I know of countries that require you to set up shop (in the past) to enable you enter the market. They will produce some localized models due to the required specifications. This might even not be economically feasible (from the production side) but it opens a market. Now I cannot imagine that this would be applicable for a product like LEGO. More often this happens for labor intensive products, car assembly etc. I would consider it good news became it true.

What about of using a kinect to do it?

It would make (a little) sense to me in a kind of head-up-display...But still having a nearly 360° field of view is the best point in avoiding damage or getting the job done. The best AR-Apps I have seen so far is the flight tracker which you point in the sky at a plane and the app gives you the flgiht number and plane information and the ones for the Alpine panoramas that give you the summit names. May be this give you the information where to drop the dirt

This is amazing and unbelievable! A very beautiful creation! still speechless He painted them as stated in the beginning of the post.