Jurgen Krooshoop

This is a good thing IMO. It's better to have some protections and loose performance (a slight bit) than do damage to (or burn) the motor.

Damn, that makes it even cooler!! Unfortunately, the video doesn't show the controlls much, so it was hard to tell in the beginning. And using an external speaker is no problem. The Roland TR-606 didn't have a built-in speaker either.

Thanks, I was looking for a button, that's why I didn't see it.

Small Technic RC-vehicules are great. Because of the small weight, you can make fast or really strong cars. I'd love to see this one in action.

Then what are those parts used for the controlls (the part with the knobs & stuff) ? I've been building for almost 30 years and I've never seen anything like this. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, You're totally right. It seems that there ARE builders with really strong dark idea's. Something I'd NEVER try with my Lego for sure.

Well, I enjoy this big time. The first video impresses by the big number of technical mechanisms to get sound out of all types of instruments. Even more impressive compositions would be possible. And the drumcomputer NXT-606 (named after the famous Roland TR-606 drumcomputer) sounds quite groovy. I'd love to see one made from LEGO only.

Where is this "View" button ?

Cute model. You captured the looks of that tiny old 6512 well.

Big thanks to Blakbird for making very nice renders of this model:

I had one buggy-motor from my 8421 set.

If you really want speed, the Buggy motor delivers best IMO, as you can read in my post about small racecars. Where my yellow racecar (driven by an XL-motor) doesn´t perform on carpet either, the red car doesn't seem to have many problems with it. It might have to do with gearing up the speed of the XL-motorm, while the buggy motor need gear-reduction, which is more efficient. I'm thinking about trying a setup with 2 M-motors.

I've never sold anything and propably never will and won't be neccecary. If people want (to build) my models, they can use the instructions i've made for some of them. They'd have to buy the parts themselves.

It isn't a fsir race, you're right. But until I get my second Buggy-motor (I only have one now) The steering-lock is a bit smaller on the red one and the return-to-centre works aprox equally good on both systems. And those hockey-springs can be easily be found on bricklink, that's where I got two of them. Haven't had any real problems with this setup (yet). The only thing I've noticed so far is that the receicer "drops-out" sometimes for about 2 seconds. This propably has to to with a safety-system, which drops the output-current of the receiver. The LED on the receiver stays on.

Looks promising. Something I will have to try.

The racecar-story continues. After finishing my Yellow racecar I had to make a second car so they could race against each other. Unfortunately, red was the only colour og which I had enough parts to make a second racecar. It had to be the same scale, it has the same wheels and wheelbase, is also powered by the 8878 rechargeable battery and has the front bumper with shock absorbers. It has PF front & rearlights But there are many differences: * The new red car is driven by a RC race-buggy motor with 2:1 gear reductionn, while the yellow one uses an XL-motor geared up 1:3. This makes the red car considerably faster, both in accelleration and top speed. * The chassis is quite different and stronger. * The return-to-centre steering uses shock-absorbers. It's based on a design by Mahjqa. * This represents a mid-engine car while the yellow one was a front-engine car. * This one has wing-doors instead of normal ones. * No rotating steering-wheel this time. The hood was to small to fit in a good system. * It was possible to place the receiver lower, not sticking out anymore. * Although the same scale, it's smaller (35 x 18 x 12 studs. But it's built with slightly more parts (772 in total, also counting the customized handset) In the end, I like this one even more than the yellow one. I hope to make some race-footage in the near future. Instructions Again I've made full step-by-step building instructions. They can be downloaded on my website www.jurgenstechniccorner.com If any of you find some errors in these files, please let me know, so I can correct them. Some more pictures: I hope you like it (and even build it ).

I made 1 Trial Truck so far, using the chassis of Sariel's Jeep Wrangler. A 8466-like body was built around it: The best one I've seen so far is Zblj's Lime-green Avenger.

Oh man, your technical ideas are so good.

This one really gives me an itch (or is it the music ? ). I really like this one even if is a bit high on its legs.

I also visit & post regularly in the Dutch Lego forum: http://www.lowlug.nl

WOW, those night-pictures are really cool !!

I agree. Publishing MOC's will hopefully stimulate other builder's creativity. I would allways encourage people to make their own version of something. That's one of the reasons I make instructions for some of my MOC's and provide them for free. But claiming someone elses design as your own is moraly wrong. BTW Tom's versions doesn't look as nice as the original from Paul. I think the changes were purely made to compensate missing parts.

In normal life I'm a musician, and I know that you automaticly have the rights to everything YOU compose. The only problem is being able to prove this to others. In terms of LEGO I think it's the same. It's very clear that this TOM-guy copied Crowkillers design. A good way to see that Tom copied Paul's design (and not the other way around) is to look at the posting-date. Tom posted "his" model on july 8th, 2010, so it's clear that Crowkillers was the first and Tom made a copy. Ok, Paul doesn't seem to care, so there's no real problem for Tom. But if he would copy eg my Little Devil and would call the slightly changed design his own, that would give me a really akward feeling. I think you are moraly obligated to mention using other people's designs.

@Meatman: I saw that you posted original Crowkillers-pictures and mentioned the instructions in the post of the Brazilian "Tom"-guy. IMO that was the right thing to do.

I allways mention people's names if I use their design idea's. Mostly I try to figure it out myself, but sometimes it's not nessecary to reinvent the wheel. And it's greatly being appreciated if someone else mentions my name if they use my designs. For example I made a 8466-like tr-tr using a chassis that Sariel designed and I even mentioned him in the video.