tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21625031652382854872024-03-05T11:32:28.767+01:00MOCs by bj51bj51's Lego Creations.Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-50962496574925601522018-03-19T17:20:00.000+01:002018-03-20T20:06:44.125+01:00[MOC] Nissan GT-R NismoOverview:<br />
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<li>Speed Champions MOC</li>
<li>Started February 2018</li>
<li>Completed February 2018</li>
<li>208 parts each.</li>
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After a few attempts with LDD to create cars at the Speed Champions scale, here is my first real MOC to come out of these : the infamous Nissan GT-R Nismo.<br />
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This is one of my favourite cars, so it was a natural choice for MOCing. I love that red Nismo line around the entire car.<br />
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These were presented for the first time in Reims 2018 Brick en Bulles expo, which I attended. Here's a picture of the whole Speed Champions family:<br />
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If interest is high enough, I'll make instructions. Parts ar quite common. For newest parts, if I recall, the grey car needs the cut slopes from the 2018 Technic Mack Anthem set, and the white car needs the same parts from the 2018 Speed Champions Ford Fiesta set.<br />
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-18114027284622587412015-06-30T16:39:00.001+02:002015-06-30T16:41:07.414+02:00[MOC] Case Steiger QuadtracOverview:<br />
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<li>Technic MOC</li>
<li>Started May 2015</li>
<li>Completed June 2015 (for now)</li>
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This is my Lego version of a Case Steiger Quadtrac Tractor.<br />
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I wanted to build this tractor since Top Gear UK episode on tractors back in 2007 (episode 5 of Series 9), where Hammond brought one on the show. It's a massive 25t Tractor with four tracks instead of wheels and an articulated chassis. It's used to drag very heavy or large agricultural machninery in fields.<br />
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The scale of the MOC is derivated from the size of the tracks. It's somewhere between 1:21 and 1:22. This makes it large enough to be motorized but not too large, thus not overweight.<br />
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It uses an XL motor for propulsion (4 tracks, 2 differentials), with a 3/7 reduction (3/5 and 5/7). This gives it a nice speed. A fake engine is linked to propulsion via a rubber band.<br />
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Steering is achieved with a servo and a steering mechanism similar to the one found on #42030, which is very robust.<br />
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Regarding the design, I've made some compromises in order to get the best result possible with the existing Lego parts. I've used panels to close as many gaps as possible, using liftarms only when panels wouldn't fit. The cab isn't finished, I just built the basic shape.<br />
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Here is a short video showing the MOC's capabilities on gravel.<br />
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After a few tests, there are several things that will be changed in the next version:<br />
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<li>The tracks will be rebuilt. I wanted to be as realistic as possible. Unfortunately, putting those 3 small wheels makes axles pop out at the back and they catch in the track when reversing (very noticeable on the video). The best way to correct this is to put only two small wheels with 1.5L pins.</li>
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-26343830223159740132015-05-22T23:25:00.001+02:002015-05-22T23:50:30.839+02:00[WIP] [Part 2] Star Wars Minifig CollectionHere is an update on my Star Wars Minifig collection.<br />
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I've made the tiles engraved (Thanks Efjie!): the 1x4 for the names and the round 1x1 for the episodes. The results are very satisfying! See for yourself:<br />
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I'm now at 49 Minifigs for the Original Trilogy and 27 for the Prelogy.<br />
Next step is the background, and enventually starting the Prelogy frame.<br />
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-64627711364011466622015-05-15T19:01:00.001+02:002015-05-15T19:03:34.151+02:00[MOC] Kashyyyk DioramaOverview :<br />
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9748.html" target="_blank">11th Star Wars Contest</a>: a <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9949.html" target="_blank">Kashyyyk diorama</a>.<br />
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The specifications for the contest were :<br />
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<li>Build a scene or a place from Episode III happening on Kashyyyk,</li>
<li>No Empire vehicle allowed,</li>
<li>No more than 1000 parts,</li>
<li>Size limited to 16L by 16L by 24L high.</li>
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The one and only scene that speaks to me when I read this, is the opening scene on Kashyyyk, when we see the beach, the trees and the Wookie huts. This is the view I'm talking about:<br />
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I tried to recreate that view within the limitations of the contest.<br />
The water is made of trans-clear and trans-light blue 1x2 and 1x1 round plates, built over an olive green base, to create the right color.<br />
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The beach has spikes, put up by the wookies to repel separatist vehicles.<br />
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There are also those strange pod-like plants on the beach, made of cones on inverted plates.<br />
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I made two trees, one at each corner of the back of the scene. Each has a huge trunk and some wookie huts.<br />
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<br />Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-84339506947889966322015-04-17T20:22:00.001+02:002015-05-18T00:22:31.877+02:00[MOC] LMP1 carOverview:<br />
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<li>Technic MOC</li>
<li>Started January 2015</li>
<li>Completed March 2015</li>
<li>1492 parts.</li>
<li>Instructions available <a href="http://bj51creations.blogspot.fr/p/downloads.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9665.html" target="_blank">27th Technic contest</a>: an <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9857.html" target="_blank">LMP1 car</a>.<br />
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Here are the specifications for the contest:<br />
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<li>from 1100 to 1500 parts</li>
<li>4 independant suspensions, steering and a transmission to the back wheels from a fake V8 engine</li>
<li>a removable bonnet at the back (manual or with a mechanism)</li>
<li>independant doors (manual or with a mechanism)</li>
<li>the car must be a closed cockpit LMP1</li>
<li>no old style technic panels allowed</li>
<li>no more functions than the 42039.</li>
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I based my chassis on the one from the Peugeot 908, to get basic dimensions right (width, length, wheel base...), around the size of the #42039 wheels, to have approximately as many parts. The car is 25L (20cm) large, 57L (45.6cm) long and 14L (11.2cm) high from ground to top (the body alone is 13L (10.4cm) high). It's a little narrower (2L) and a little shorter (2L as well) than #42039. It's composed of 1488 parts (phew) and weighs 1.33kg.<br />
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Despite not being its primary function, the car has great playability, with the help of a few nice functions.<br />
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Each wheel is independently suspended with a pushrod suspension. This design has been chosen for two reasons: it gives a low deflection (an LMP1 car effectively needs very little) and it's more pleasing to the eye than regular suspension.<br />
Each axle has been tailored to include the other necessary functions:<br />
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The doors open independently with a lever located behind the cockpit. The system is similar to the one featured in the #8653 Ferrari Enzo: dampened springs are maintained compressed when the doors are closed and released when the lever is pulled, slowly opening the doors. Just push the lever back into position to close the doors.<br />
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The bonnet can be lifted to access the engine bay. It is held in place via axle pins in front of the back wheels and a 90° connector stuck between a pin joiner and a panel at the back.<br />
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The following video shows the functions in action.<br />
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Being the key aspect of this contest, the design has been meticulously taken care of.<br />
It's not based on any current or past existing LMP1 cars, but it takes a few details from some of them. <br />
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The car is mostly red, with a black underside and spoiler, and a white stripe on each side and in the center. The color has been chosen according to my stock of parts, which contains a lot of red flex parts from Ferrari Racers sets.<br />
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The front splitter is raised in the middle, as on most current LMP1 cars. The nose is inspired from the one of the Peugeot 908, with the two parts connecting the nose to the splitter.<br />
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The lights are each composed of four projectors on a black background, sitting on top of the white stripe. A black flex part makes them pop from the wing.<br />
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The front mudguards are mostly composed of flex parts, to get the right shape. They are deliberately separated from the rest of the body, as on the Peugeot. An air canal is then formed between the body and the mudguards, keeping the car stable and supplying the front brakes and some of the back radiators with cool air, through that canal. Multiple panels help create that canal on either side.<br />
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The cockpit has a round windshield composed of two flex parts and two half-beams. It gives a very nice shape to it. The doors and door pillars are slanted, so that they open upwards.<br />
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The inside of the cockpit has also been taken care of. In addition to a functional steering wheel, the dashboard contains two dials and LEDs to tell the driver when to change gear, on top of the steering wheel. The seat is very much like a real one, as it raises at the legs.<br />
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The bonnet is pretty much the half back of the car's body. All of it can be lifted to access the engine bay. On top of the bonnet sits the shark fin, all in white, with the spoiler at the end. I tried a few options, but the stacking of liftarms is still the best looking one, in my opinion.<br />
The sides are mostly made of panels to fill the gaps and make nice curves.<br />
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The engine bay is simple, with the engine and the tubes leading to the exhausts, on each side.<br />
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The back mudguards are also made of flex parts, to get the right shape. The body then smoothly ends with backwards curved 5x11 panels.<br />
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Unlike the #42039, the back of the car is like any current LMP1 car: it looks like it was laser cut. The liftarms are put hole-side out to give this impression.<br />
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The underside of the car is as flat as possible. Naturally, it uses a lot of 5x11 panels.<br />
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Conclusion</h2>
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This contest was fun. This was my first time doing real design on a MOC and it was very interesting. I already have a few other projects for cars that I now know I can do.<br />
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Instructions are freely available for download <a href="http://bj51creations.blogspot.fr/p/downloads.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-13377119193493279642015-04-15T22:38:00.000+02:002015-05-22T23:01:54.508+02:00[WIP] [Part 1] Star Wars Minifig CollectionOverview:<br />
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<li>Star Wars MOC,</li>
<li>Started March 2015,</li>
<li>Finished... One day, I hope,</li>
<li>Over 2000 parts per trilogy, at the moment.</li>
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This is my Star Wars Minifig Collection.<br />
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I recently started to organize my Minifigs that were laying around. It quickly snowballed into a new project of collecting the 100 most important characters of each Star Wars Trilogy. Why 100 ? Because that's how much there are from each trilogy (I counted them myself watching the movies). And as it turns out, that fits well onto 4 32x32 basplates, with 7 rows of 15 slots each. Some of the characters take multiple spots (Jabba the Hutt, General Grievous...). At the end, the goal is to frame these Minifigs and put them on a wall for everyone to see.<br />
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Each frame is composed of 4 32x32 baseplates. On it fit 7 rows of 15 slots each. Each row is composed of bricks with studs on the side to put minifigs on. In front of each minifig is a 1x4 tile with its name engraved on it, and under it, one to three 1x1 round tiles with the movie in which the Minifig appears in engraved on it. The rows are mostly black, except for the brick with studs on the side (light bluish gray) and the 1x1 round tiles (flat silver) which don't exist in black.<br />
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Here is a test row that I built to test its strengh.<br />
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The Minifigs are grouped by place of appearance in the movies, and that place/battle is reprensented behind the minifigs. For places/battles with a lot of Minifigs (like Tatooine or Endor's moon), the background goes through the rows.<br />
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Here is where I'm at for the Original Trilogy, at the moment. First is the distribution of the Minifigs and then the first Mockup on LDD.<br />
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The backgrounds of Hoth, Cloud City, Death Star II and Endor have to be improved.<br />
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I've ordered the bricks to build the rows and I will update soon.Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-84095505832905381432015-02-06T13:46:00.003+01:002015-06-19T10:19:53.546+02:00[MOC] Spider ExcavatorOverview:<br />
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<li>Technic MOC</li>
<li>Started September 2014</li>
<li>Completed November 2014</li>
<li>1380 parts.</li>
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9320.html" target="_blank">25th Technic contest</a>: <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9478.html" target="_blank">a spider excavator</a>.<br />
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Here are the specifications for the contest :<br />
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<li>must look like a spider excavator (duh).</li>
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A spider excavator is a very special kind of excavator, able to work on very hazardous terrain or conditions. The main difference with a regular excavator is in the chassis: it has 4 arms with a wheel at each end (sometimes 2 of the arms don't have wheels), which can move up, down, left or right, sometimes extend, to fit the terrain.<br />
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My goals and specifications changed a lot during the study of the MOC.<br />
I wanted to build a full PFS MOC at first (never having played with pneumatic much). Up to eight channels at my disposal : 4 motors in the chassis, 4 motors in the hull. It seemed nicely balanced, with a BB and 2 IRs in each part. A few tests later, it seems that a PFS chassis (with LAs) isn't a viable option: too heavy, arms getting out of sync... In short, first disaster.<br />
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Second attempt, and in the spirit of losing weight, I try a fully pneumatic chassis. It's a brand new adventure for me, having never MOCed in pneumatic before. Luckily, I had just ordered enough cylinders to build the legendary 8455, so I dived in. The specifications become: chassis with pneumatic arms (2 cylinders per arm), pump in the chassis, activated by a shaft coming from the hull. The hull follows the same weight-loss cure: 1 motor remains and everything will be activated via reversed gearboxes. After another bit of time, I finally get a chassis that seems to work.<br />
I then get to the hull. I wanted to keep the extension of the arm, so I needed to include 5 functions : 2 articulations for the boom, extension of the arm, articulation of the bucket and rotation of the hull. After quite a few hours of LDD and tests, I had a hull that contained 4 reversed gearboxes and a pneumatic pump and switch for the bucket (so that only two shafts had to come through the first articulation of the boom). It's big, heavy and extremely complicated. But before adding the boom, it seems to work properly: the functions activate via the gearboxes and the weight of the hull, however important, is not too important for the chassis.<br />
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Then come the boom and arm: with LAs (except for the bucket). Problem: regular LAs are very long (and mini-LAs are too short): the boom is gigantic compared to the hull (already quite big) and to the chassis. To top that, the weight of the ensemble becomes too important: the chassis bends under it. And then, as a cherry on top of the cake, the complexity of the hull added to the length of the boom makes the motor slow down and the cogs spin out of the pins. Second fiasco.<br />
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New specifications for the hull : let's go pneumatic ! The cylinders are shorter than LAs and the mechanical part is much simpler. I keep the motor to run the pumps and extend the arm and I ditch the rotation of the hull, that becomes manual. The hull becomes much shorter, as I only have one reversed GB to include, and a second regular GB to choose between the chassis pump and the hull pump (to reduce the load on the motor). The boom follows: two cylinders for the two articulations, gear racks for the extension of the arm and a mini-cylinder for the bucket. Voilà!<br />
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As mentionned above, this is a manual spider excavator, meaning all commands are directly on the MOC. The MOC is largely pneumatic, and the pumps being motorized, you only have to flip switches to activate the functions.<br />
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Chassis [581 parts]</h3>
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The chassis is made of 4 arms with a wheel at the end. Each arm has a double articulation, motioned by 2 pneumatic cylinders. The first allows the arm to move up and down and the second allows the arm to move left and right.<br />
The arm is built from 3 liftarms with a hub for the wheel at the end. The geometry makes the wheel stay parallel to the chassis and the other wheels, which allows the MOC to be moved, even when the arms are deployed. To simplify the incorporation of the cylinders, each part of the articulation is offseted (contrary to a ball joint).<br />
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The arms are linked at the front and at the rear : there are 2 switches to move the arms up and down and 2 switches to move them left and right.<br />
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On one pair of arms, there are stabilizers that anchor the MOC to the ground. They deploy manually and lock with pins with end bush.<br />
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The pump is in the center of the chassis, in the axis of the TT<span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: black;">in order</span></span> to be aligned with the shaft coming from the hull.<br />
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The chassis is compact and very robust. Under the weight of the hull, the cylinders hold well and the arms don't bend. The MOC can easily be driven, with the arms deployed or not.<br />
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Hull [563 parts]</h3>
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The hull has all the commands for the boom and another switch to choose the pump. Also in the hull, are the BB and the motor: firstly there's no room for them in the chassis, and secondly the BB is used as a counterweight for the boom.<br />
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The switch for choosing the pump is located on the side, to avoid confusing it with a switch for the boom, which are all located on the top of the hull, behind the cab.<br />
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The boom switches are in order, from left to right: first articulation of the boom (pneumatic), second articulation of the boom (pneumatic), extension of the arm (mechanical), articulation of the bucket (pneumatic).<br />
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Boom/arm [235 parts]</h3>
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The movement of the boom and arm as been studied to reach a goal, other than classic excavation work: being able to withstand the weight of the MOC. It can reach the ground, whichever position the chassis is in.<br />
The first two articulations are actionned by two pneumatic cylinders. The specificity comes from the arm, which can be extended, which is characteristic of spider excavators. The extension is done with 13L gear racks that slide inside a couple of panels. This is the sole mechanical function of the MOC.<br />
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The 13L gear racks allow for a sufficient extension of the arm, given its size. This extension is mandatory to allow the arm to reach the ground and to be in the most stable position to lift the excavator.<br />
The extension is activated by a reversed gearbox, actionned by the motor.<br />
Lastly, the bucket is articulated with the help of a mini pneumatic cylinder.<br />
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In total, the MOC has 11379 parts, including 1 rechargeable BB, 1 M motor and 77 pneumatic elements : 44 hoses, 13 T-pieces, 11 cylinders, 7 switches and 2 pumps. The MOC weighs 1.33 kg.<br />
Here is a short video showing the capabilities of the excavator : chassis first, then a little excavation (at about 3 mn in) :<br />
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The design has been given a particular attention. The hull has 11 panels and flex hoses that give it its original form. The MOC is very compact, thanks to the use of a single M motor and the small BB. These two elements are well integrated and the BB even serves as a couterweight in the hull. Because of the use of pneumatics, numerous hoses run on and through the MOC. On the boom, they look like real hydraulic tubes.<br />
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The chassis is a bit more pared-down, for a more mechanical aspect. The pneumatic hoses, numerous in the chassis, go through the underside and are well integrated.<br />
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The cab is fully equipped with joysticks, gauges and has a door. Light projectors are located on top of it.<br />
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Ligths (stop, rear and turn signals) are present at the rear of the hull.<br />
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Each part of the excavator has its defined color: the chassis is black, the hull is red (with the cab and the base being black) and the boom and arm are yellow, with a black mobile part. I would have liked to make the hull blue, as on the Kaiser S12 from which I drew my inspiration, but a lot of parts that I used don't exist in blue (eg the new 3x11 panels).<br />
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This was a very difficult contest. After four chassis, 3 hulls and 2 booms, there is a certain pleasure to play with the finished MOC.<br />
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EDIT : I <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9517.html" target="_blank">won</a> the contest. :)Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-33590190469688854532014-08-14T19:32:00.000+02:002015-06-19T10:20:16.141+02:00[MOC] Mosaic LinkOverview :<br />
<ul>
<li>Mosaic MOC</li>
<li>Started January 2013</li>
<li>Finished March 2013</li>
<li>514 parts </li>
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This was last year's present for my girlfriend : a mosaic of Link, from Nintendo's Zelda, the Wind Waker on GameCube (and now remastered on WiiU).<br />
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<a name='more'></a>From the number of colors to use to the size of the mosaic, it took me about ten different trials to get the final design. I used only bricks I could buy on Lego's Pick-a-Brick, since I hadn't heard of any other way to get bricks at the time.<br />
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The base of the mosaic is a 48x48 baseplate. Link is built from 418 bricks (from 1x1 to 2x8), while the black background is built from 95 plates (from 1x1 to 4x12). There are 15 different colors of bricks in this mosaic.<br />
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-49047327485229854972014-07-28T14:38:00.000+02:002015-06-19T10:20:26.071+02:00[MOC] Light Saber Duel on UtapauOverview :<br />
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<li>Star Wars Light Saber Duel Diorama</li>
<li>started and finished July 2014</li>
<li>238 parts</li>
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9152.html" target="_blank">11th Star Wars Contest</a> : <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9207.html" target="_blank">Light Saber Duel on Utapau</a>.<br />
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<li>Only 1 scene depicted,</li>
<li>Characters consisting of official Minifigs or Minifigs made from other Minifig parts (No tweaked parts).</li>
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It's a simple diorama containing two minifigs duelling on a platform.<br />
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I chose this particular duel for a simple reason : I didn't have any of the minifigs required for the proposed duels and those two are in a cheap set right now. In addition, I love this new Grievous minifig.<br />
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The scene is set at the beginning of the duel. Obi-Wan just jumped from an above platform in the middle of the scene. Grievous grabs his four light sabers and starts to move towards Obi-Wan, spinning two of his four arms.<br />
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I used the two minifigs straight out of set #75040. They are very detailled. I switched two of Grievous Light Sabers to 2 Trans-Neon Green 6x6 disks to figure the spinning Light Sabers, to which I added 2 Silver 3x3 disks to figure the handles. In the movie, there is one blue and one green Light Saber spinning. Unfortunately, the Trans-Blue 6x6 disk is used in the UCS Imperial Star Destroyer and is therefore very expensive. That's why my little Grievous spins two Green Light Sabers instead of one of each color.<br />
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Details on the platform are hard to discern in the film. We only see that it's a narrow platform (They both jump off it shortly after). The details I gathered were the dark colored floor, lights on the side and the scars from the light sabers. It's very smooth otherwise.<br />
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The scars are made of Trans-Orange tiles slightly at an angle, between two 75° slopes. For the floor on the center to be at the same level as on the border, the SNOT bricks are 2L large, which makes the border 1 2/3 high. There are lights on the sides and supports underneath. The overall size is 12L x 12L x 5 1/3L (without the minifigs).<br />
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-62198368552576931412014-06-13T16:23:00.000+02:002015-06-19T10:20:35.728+02:00[MOC] Wheel Loader<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQ_299Dw4U97gqrFfztIc2r3Zq_R2qpLvzVwmmcYMlaXsavzaho6GAePOua9XnfQyr_rYaUmHvAG7cjo_gHfAZ8ofc1WZLMxgTt7LfZI5ZmigNQ3lDDFNtnfngBxzTbJ_5cC7XlYA6rc/s1600/photo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
Overview :<br />
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<li>MOC</li>
<li>Started April 2014</li>
<li>Completed May 2014</li>
<li>850 parts.</li>
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic8931.html" target="_blank">23th Technic contest</a> : <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9083.html" target="_blank">a wheel loader</a>.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The goal of this contest was to create a MOC that can be played as is, and then motorized with the Power Pack #8293.<br />
Here are the specifications for the contest :<br />
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<li>2 axles,</li>
<li>steering,</li>
<li>less than 1100 parts,</li>
<li>a gearbox with at least two functions which will be motorized.</li>
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As this article uses a lot of Lego Technic terms and acronyms, I can only refer you to my <a href="http://bj51creations.blogspot.fr/p/glossary.html" target="_blank">glossary</a> if you don't understand them all.<br />
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I've chosen to build a loader for various reasons. I've never built one in Lego before (even official ones), only bulldozers or excavators. The first that I shall build will be #42030 which is out in a few months.<br />
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The MOC is loosely based on the current Liebherr L586 Wheel Loader. The cabin and the boom are slightly different to accomodate for my stock and the possibilities offered by Lego parts (mainly the small LAs). To fit the required number of parts, the scale is 1:24. This makes the chassis only 7 studs large. I originally put #45982 chunky tires on, but I prefer the look of the #56907 tires : same diameter, 2 mm less large and more rectangular, as on the L586.<br />
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As it needs to be motorized (and as a majority of official Lego sets use in that case), I used LAs to control the two main functions of the Loader : lifting of the boom and tipping of the bucket.<br />
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The geometry used is very similar to the Liebherr. The LAs for the arm are attached very high (just 2 studs under the boom).<br />
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The tipping of the bucket is achieved with a "Z" geometry which allows a nice amplitude with a small LA.<br />
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The gearbox which centralizes the two functions is located under the cabin. The changeover catch command is deported to the top of the cabin for easy access (shown in green in the next picture). Finally, the functions are powered by a 20t behind the cabin.<br />
Gears are as follows :<br />
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<li>Control gear > 20t DB to 12t SB > 16t to 16t to 16t > Gearbox. Ratio is 1.66 to 1 (shown in purple).</li>
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<li>Lifting of the boom : Gearbox to 16t > 16t to 16t on each side > 12t SB on 20t SB on 12t SB into Small LA. Ratio is 1 to 1 (shown in orange).</li>
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<li>Tipping of the bucket : Gearbox to 16t to 16t > 16t to 16t to 16t > 12t SB on 20t SB on 12t SB into Small LA. Ratio is also 1 to 1 (shown in blue).</li>
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From the control gear to either function, ratio is then 1.66 to 1. This ratio is a good compromise between the number of times you have to turn the gear and the torque required to actuate without too much resistance.<br />
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Playability is very good. You switch between functions with your left hand and control them with your right hand. To move it around, you simply push it around. You can steer with the HOG or simply by orientating the MOC with your hand.<br />
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As a requisite of the contest, the MOC can be enhanced with Power Pack #8293. I've only used the Power Functions elements of the pack : the BB, the M Motor, the Switch and the LED unit.<br />
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The BB goes at the back. After the two red pins on the top of the fake radiator at the back are removed, the whole panel hinges down to allow easy access for the BB. It lies on two half beams and is locked by two pins at the end of the housing.<br />
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The switch is placed on the right mudguard and connected to the BB.<br />
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The M Motor is placed on top of the BB, where an axle and two pins are already in place to hold it, as seen on the previous picture. The ratio from the M motor to either function is 1:1, which is slower than with the hand-turned gear. The motor rotating faster than the hand-turned gear, the functions aren't accelerated too much with the motor, as a result.<br />
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At last, the LED unit is connected to the BB, the brick is attached to the right mudguard and the LEDs are plugged in the front lights, through the base of the cabin.<br />
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The whole process is quite easy and after a bit of cable management, the PFS elements feel well integrated. <br />
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Now the functions are controlled by the changeover catch on the left and the PFS switch on the right. It is therefore even more playable.<br />
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Here is a video, featuring all the functions and the motorization of the MOC.<br />
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<br />Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-20986843283849024442014-06-01T13:59:00.000+02:002015-06-19T10:20:45.687+02:00[MOC] The Tie PodOverview :<br />
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<li>Star Wars MOC</li>
<li>Started April 2014</li>
<li>Finished May 2014</li>
<li>472 parts, supports included</li>
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This is my entry for <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/" target="_blank">TechLUG</a>'s <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic8918.html" target="_blank">10th Star Wars contest</a> : <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic9062.html" target="_blank">the Tie Pod</a><br />
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The Death Star II is destroyed. Every hope for the Galactic Empire and its soldiers is lost. Time to abandon ship !<br />
Being in the Outer Rim on patrol, one lucky Tie Fighter pilot crashes on Tatooine. He's alive, but his once magnificent ship isn't.<br />
In town, he meets a lot of strange people, quite unabashed by the Empire's demise. He learns about many things, among which races that took place across the galaxy, the most famous one taking place right here on Tatooine, aboard bizarre pods with massive engines. As theses races were outlawed when the Empire came to power, people start to regain interest in them and organizing amateur races.<br />
Fan of engines and ships himself (that's why he became a pilot in the first place), he quickly establishes himself as a mechanic. Keen to give podracing a go, he decides to salvage his crashed Tie and turn it into a podracer from the old time.<br />
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These are the contest specifications :<br />
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<li>Build a podracer with 2 or more engines, linked together by 1 or more power binders and linked to a pod by cables, </li>
<li>From 300 to 700 parts,</li>
<li>a design that would nicely fit the Star Wars universe.</li>
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The design is based upon most podracers design : two engines, one energy binder (red of course, being made from an Empire ship parts) and the pod itself attached to the engines by cables.<br />
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Each engine is composed of four parts :<br />
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<li>the jet engine, powering the pod, that runs through the entire engine,</li>
<li>the Tie wing on the side, for steering and protection of the jet engine vital parts,</li>
<li>the energy generator that powers the energy binder, </li>
<li>the antigrav generators, to keep the engine off the ground.</li>
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The pod is composed of a bubble cockpit and two Tie Defender type wings, to help stabilize it at high speed.<br />
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The cockpit is equipped with a seat, controls and readings for the pilot.<br />
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This was very fun to create. Though the contest was meant to be ideal for small stocks (limited number of parts allowed), I still hadn't the right ones within my 30K+-part inventory.<br />
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<br />Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-40712353190767386202014-04-05T16:07:00.000+02:002015-06-19T10:20:54.892+02:00[MOC] Micro-scale Haunted HouseOverview :<br />
<ul>
<li>Micro-Modular MOC</li>
<li>started January 2014</li>
<li>completed February 2014 </li>
<li>250 parts</li>
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Something new now : a micro-scale version of Lego's #10228 Haunted House.<br />
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Last Christmas, I gave my girlfriend, in my opinion, one of the best looking set Lego has ever produced as a present : Monster Fighters #10228 Haunted House. I love all the little details everywhere. It's truly gorgeous to expose.<br />
I set upon myself the task to convert this set into a micro-scale version, using, as a basis for the scale, the micro-modular set (#10230). I did that for three reasons :<br />
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<li>I love this (#10228) set (did I mention that already ?),</li>
<li>My girlfriend's birthday was coming,</li>
<li>We had a lot of fun putting #10230 together. </li>
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Specifications were as follows :<br />
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<li>baseplate 8x8, scale 1:4 (as for micro-modular vs. modular buildings),</li>
<li>as faithful to the official set as possible,</li>
<li>as much details from the official set as possible.</li>
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This is my first micro-scale MOC.<br />
I used a lot of the techniques used in #10230, mostly SNOT. It was the best option to include all the details in each floor : doors, windows, pillars... Being so small-scaled, it sadly doesn't open like the official set does.<br />
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This was also my first experience with the LDraw Family. I first used LDD to get the general shape and switched to MLCad to finalize the design and verify that everything was holding together. Instructions were then made using LPub.<br />
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Here are some detailed pictures of the different floors.<br />
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Instructions are freely available <a href="http://bj51creations.blogspot.fr/p/downloads.html" target="_blank">here</a>. List of parts is available <a href="http://rebrickable.com/mocs/bj51/micro-haunted-house" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-20699251865164321632014-02-18T14:55:00.000+01:002015-06-19T10:21:04.854+02:00[MOC] RC TrikeOverview :<br />
<ul>
<li>Lego Technic MOC</li>
<li>completed 2013-12-15 </li>
<li>550 parts</li>
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The last of my 2013 updates : a RC Trike from Sillage.<br />
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The steering is operated by an M motor and features a return-to-center mechanism. The front wheel is attached to the body by a small turntable.<br />
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The two functions are remote controlled. The trike is quite fast and very manoeuvrable.<br />
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It features other details such as :<br />
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<li>Light bluish gray body with a Lime stripe,</li>
<li>Front lights,</li>
<li>Fake engine cover, </li>
<li>Fake engine radiators,</li>
<li>Fake air intakes,</li>
<li>Mud guards on back wheels.</li>
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-76064277584843961412014-02-18T14:31:00.000+01:002015-06-19T10:21:18.004+02:00[One Set MOC] Fighter PlaneOverview :<br />
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<li>Lego Creator One Set MOC (from set 31004)</li>
<li>completed 2013-12-30</li>
<li>97 parts</li>
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This MOC was created for the 2013 December Rebrickable Contest.<br />
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It's a fighter plane composed of less than a hundred parts from set 31004.<br />
Functions :<br />
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<li>the wings are retractable,</li>
<li>there are flaps on the wings and the tail,</li>
<li>powerful arsenal under the wings,</li>
<li>air vents either side of the cockpit and jet engines at the back.</li>
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Seeing the 31004's inventory, I was quick to think of an airplane of som sort : loads of wedge plates and some slopes and curves. It was a fun and quick build.<br />
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Benoît Jaskowiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065357779390018368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162503165238285487.post-10533863901710612862014-02-18T14:16:00.000+01:002015-06-19T10:21:30.471+02:00[MOC] Mechanical six-legged Elephant<br />
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Overview :</div>
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<li>Lego Technic MOC</li>
<li>completed 2013-12-07</li>
<li>1250 parts</li>
<li>1.5 kg</li>
</ul>
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First article for my first real Lego MOC : my mechanical six-legged Elephant.</div>
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I built this for the <a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic8213.html" target="_blank">20th Techlug contest</a> (<a href="http://www.techlug.fr/Forum/topic8489.html" target="_blank">this</a> is my entry post, I ended up ranking 5th over 10 contestants). The specifications for the contest were :<br />
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<li>6 legs (no more, no less),</li>
<li>a steering system,</li>
<li>motorized movement,</li>
<li>an arm wich rotates and has 2 articulations,</li>
<li>between 1000 and 2500 parts.</li>
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To this, I added the following :<br />
<ul>
<li>compact design,</li>
<li>two paces of walking,</li>
<li>All functions motorized and remote controlled.</li>
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So, quite the challenge.<br />
You'll see that it needed quite a few improvments to be good, but this was my first big Technic MOC. <br />
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I started by doing some chassis research and quickly found out what would be the key aspect of the MOC : being able to lift its own weight. Everyone else in the contest encountered this, as a matter of fact. As it needs to be motorized, it needs to have a BB which weighs more or less like a moon.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXZ6xoQJTn-kb-5QbCNsQGuXbPG1xE3w6uo7C9XgH8SC3cBrGJjF1lCkxWImFalZesCFxBD2IS_vvCdlGVRfIvJXi9AxkuVd6dxnBNWQfiCT-wNwm3jtmcE_irMj8s1pycxSaOsCisQHM/s1600/IMG_7568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXZ6xoQJTn-kb-5QbCNsQGuXbPG1xE3w6uo7C9XgH8SC3cBrGJjF1lCkxWImFalZesCFxBD2IS_vvCdlGVRfIvJXi9AxkuVd6dxnBNWQfiCT-wNwm3jtmcE_irMj8s1pycxSaOsCisQHM/s1600/IMG_7568.JPG" width="320" /></a>Being a kind of an elephant, the legs needed to be quite long to look realistic. Unfortunately, the thin and long design meant it was very fragile and quite not stable when walking, even less at high speed and if the floor was rough.<br />
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It was moved by 1 or 2 XL motors, with a 6.6:1 ratio for pace 1 and a 3.3:1 ratio for pace 2. It was quite fast at high speed.<br />
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The steering mecanism wasn't very good either : it was actionned by 2 mini-LAs and the articulation was between the first and second pair of legs. They were too short to give it good steering capabilities. As a matter of fact, the resulting turning circle was a miserable 2 meters.<br />
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I loved the design and the "feel" of this MOC. It was a real challenge to build and I was glad to do it. It needs to be redesigned to be fully playable but I like what I have done.<br />
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Here's a video showing the (poor) capabilities of this MOC :<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving mechanism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Head rotation mechanism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Head tilting mechanism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving motors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remote control</td></tr>
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