Technically Savvy

I am grateful to Sariel as well, I bought 42009 that brought me out of the dark ages after seeing his review as also 42030 after which my wallet ran out of cash , his video reviews are very informative and excellent, and that also made me to buy his book, 'The unofficial Lego Technic builder's guide', it is very well written and has inspired an ignoramus like me to start working on my own MOC

Hey thanks for bringing us back into the charming era before Google and Wikipedia, since you used the traditional way of asking questions, here is a traditional answer based on a real book not wiki, The Unimog has its origins in the closing days of WW2, that were dark for Germany, the prevailing notion at Daimler-Benz then was to have a vehicle that would do agricultural jobs in the absence of any industry that would take some time to rebuild, so Wilhelm Haspel, the head of Daimler-Benz at that time, instructed Albert Friedrich, the head of aero engine division to come up with such a vehicle It was originally built at Erhardt and Sohne, with the enginefs of the 170 V Mercedes Benz supplied to it It was funded by a shoe manufacturer and initially did not have the Benz Star! From 'Mercedes' by Rainer W Schlegelmilch

Wow! thats knowledge, I am sorry for causing a scare and I am glad that its correct. Go Mr. Grum let's fire her up

Greetings to everyone in the Eurobricks community I am Manikandan from India. I have been fascinated by Lego especially the Technic series, ever since my Dad bought me a Technic universal set 8024 when I was 4 years of age, that's right 4, I struggled with it and didn't know how to work with it at all. It was my grandma who assembled the car for me and so my journey with TLG began, it was quite a charming one with pleasant memories with at least 1 Lego set per year and that too mostly Technics. Now I have returned back to Technic and am inspired to do some basic MOCs at least after seeing Sheepos and Sariels work (and reading his wonderful book) Thanks

Hi Mr. Grum64 Your perseverance and dedication both amazes and inspires me! I would like to see this thing in full glory as I own this 42009 and this is what brought me back to Lego after my dark ages Are the linear actuator's gears correct on both sides? I am not an expert but won't they be on the opposite sides? Sorry I am only pointing out my concern as your undaunted effort shouldn't go waste for a gear on a LA