telecasterman

That's awesome! Especially the idea to use the drum to control the segments...

There's one of Isogowa's creations that flies, albeit on a boom with the power functions battery box as a counterweight. Here'e the link: I had tried to build a flying dragonfly using a similar technique, but it just weighed much too much. (So I cheated and used a second motor to make it go 'round...): (I'll be damned if I can figure out how to embed the videos...)

There seems to be a number of these TJ walkers posted around the internet recently. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! THEY'RE TAKING OVER!!! (I may have to rebuild mine. Purely for defensive purposes, of course.)

Thanks for posting DL. I wouldn't say he "staggers" through. From the front, his gait reminds me more of an old steam powered paddle wheeler. And yes, I have lost my mind.

So he is slow. But the video looks like it was shot indoors. In bright sunlight he'd probably go quite a bit quicker. Cool.

Looks like a fun bug! I'm a bit surprised though that the solar panel could generate enough juice for it to actually walk. Is there a video of it somewhere?

Cool alternate models. I especially like the creatures!

Oh. It is done. Damn. It is awesome. At first I just saw the pictures at the start of the thread and thought it was still a WIP.

That's coming along quite nicely. Looks like the finished machine's going to be awesome!

I can't believe anyone would tell Ralph to lose the studs. His models are great. As to studded v. studless, I like having two different ways to approach whatever it is I'm trying to build. The fun, and often the challenge, is coming up with just the right balance studded and smooth, function and appearance, and so on. Sometimes I want something that's very smooth and technic looking: Other times, I want the studs so as to achieve a certain visual effect or for contrast: And of course, you can mix the two as well...

Wow. That is one fine chopper! I especially like wide chain and all the little details like the use of the minifig levers for brakes...

Nice 8256 Alts! I made a dragonfly out of mine...

Congratulations Z!

Smoooooth!

Yes, a very nice MOC indeed!

Yes, congratulations to everyone on the list! I'm frankly humbled to have one of mine included among the entries from so many of my favorite builders. Good luck to all.

That's one good looking truck!

That's amazing!

Thanks!

"Why can't we have any?" That question, my friend, will just drive you insane. There have been so many times where there just isn't that one piece in the color I need. So, I change the color scheme. Then, there's some other piece that's unavailable in the (new) color I want. Arrrggg!

Just disgraceful!

Originally, for on-line purposes I would always just use "Scott," my real name. And I still do when I can get away with it. But when you go to register as a user somewhere, the username "Scott" is nearly always long gone. The system will helpfully suggest, for example, "Would you like to be 'Scott056943'"? Obviously, that's just unacceptable. One day long ago, when prompted with such a query, I looked about my room, saw one of my guitars, and though to myself: "The word 'telecaster' juxtaposed with the word 'man' would be wholly un-original, but entirely sufficient for the immediate exigency." I was happily "telecasterman" for many years, and used that name here. But in recent times, bands of unscrupulous doppelganger telecastermen have apparently appropriated my username, sullying the reputation of all good telecastermen everywhere. Thus, on Flickr and YouTube, I was confronted with: "The username 'telecasterman' is not available. Would you like to be 'telecasterman736352'?" Thus, I was compelled to resort to that wisest sage of cyberspace--the Internet Anagram Server. There and then "telecasterman" became "arcanemettles." (And with so many more to chose from, may there never be a "arcanemettles946572.")

I've encountered the same skipping/binding problem with the chains on my 8051 also. The new link is fatter all the way around than the older link used for other motorcycles. As such, it tends to hang-up on the edge of the gear. Also, at least on my set, the new links seemed to be a bit un-finished. Each link still had small bits of sprue or residue from the mold hanging off. I found that if you assemble the entire chain, then run the length of it with a very fine grit sandpaper, you can knock off most of the excess plastic sprue, and increase the performance noticeably. However, switching to the older style links makes all the problems go away. Hopefully, TLC will switch back to the old style links...

Good looking truck & nice functions!

That's just outstanding.