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Remember gentlemens, these were the first licensed sets. Then, for example, Mercedes might not know how big the sale will be. Now that the kits with licenses are popular, their price may have increased drastically. The sale of licenses for toys is also a kind of profit for companies.

You are forgetting one more important thing. CAT license cost. It can be much more than Liebherr. Therefore, the set is cheaper. See the 42128 Tow-Truck. There is no license, so it's a perfect Technic set for a very good price. Unfortunately, the logos of Mercedes, Liebherr, CAT and others cost... Nothing will change. It has one Technic hub and four engines. You have to live with it :)

Quite bad :P Yes. Good, old V12 Lego engine

Front blade has only two functions

Nope. It runs decently fast. The rest of the functions are quite slow.

Nope. Angular motors are used for the drive. Two Large motors operate a gearbox similar to the 42114 and it allows you to control four functions: Blade Lift, Blade Tilt/Pitch, Ladder Lift and Ripper Lift.

Yes. It is called accounting and Microsoft Excel. But seriously, according to statistics, only 20% of customers downloaded the instructions for the B models, so they dropped them off in large sets for savings.

This is not entirely true. I demand a lot from myself when I'm building, taking photos, making video, and I get nervous a lot. I am a perfectionist and it helps me be to be a better designer. In the end, you must enjoy what you have built and appreciate yourself. This moivates you to keep building

TC20 winner. I have spoken!

Thank you for noticing it. We always care about the highest quality. For example, building the model took me three weeks, but two months it took to prepare: stickers, instructions, building test models, taking photos and a video :)

The rear fenders one stud lower please ;) I would add a few details, for example the side bonnet covers. I love the chassis of this tractor. It is simple but has many functions. Good job!

I can say that since I saw the first photos of the 42114 set, I already had an idea for an alternative model. Unfortunately, as usual, the idea had to wait to materialize. Photo for comparison with the original: Despite the fact that the 42114 kit has problems with the articulation and a fairly limited number of useful elements, I saw potential in it. Six wheels and Volvo stickers were enough to conclude that Volvo also produces graders. I waited with this idea to start building the model for almost a year. First, I assumed the model was to use the official model A control profile. I had to use the gearbox. I explored this topic while building a Mining Dump Truck. Despite the massive rear section, the positioning of the gearbox and engines proved problematic. I moved the wheel hubs down to gain more space and that was the right direction to build. As a result, I have a lot of space for details such as the radiator, engine grille and internal air filter. Thanks to these elements, the back part is nice to build and the whole process does not get boring. Even before starting work on the grader, I knew that the front part would be a challenge. I immediately got a realistic look at the steering. I placed the motor over the front axle as far as the cable length would allow. The steering works freely, much better than in the A model. The front frame is quite an interesting story. I was concerned that the long section itself would bend. It turned out, however, that the biggest problem is that the frame is firmly attached to the rear part. Finally, the entire cabin, including the roof, stabilizes the entire vehicle, which is very long (67 cm). I am satisfied with the blade section. I managed to get the nice look of this part by turning over the linear actuators. Thanks to this, the mounts are not so massive. The blade rotates on a small turntable and is stabilized with liftarms on the sides to eliminate backlash. It can be locked in seven positions: perpendicular - 0 degrees, and left / right at angles of 30, 36, 43 degrees. An interesting fact is the arrangement of the control plus elements. The Technic hub is centrally located to allow easy access to the battery compartment. I have placed the motors in the outermost parts of the model and the cables are 100% used and no motor could be moved even one stud away. An additional interesting feature is the ripper. It is lowered manually and locked. It turned out very aesthetically and has a very positive effect on the appearance of the entire model. Marton from forwartsticker designed a custom sticker sheet for this model, thanks to which the whole thing looks amazing. Building instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-83625/M_longer/42114-volvo-g990-grader/ Custom sticker sheet: https://forwartsticker.com/termek/fws74-moc-83625/ Photos and Video:

I guess you won't have to wait that long. All you need to do is buy 42114 set, custom stickers and building instructions for my B model in two weeks ;) https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-83625/M_longer/42114-volvo-g990-grader/#details I'm pretty sure you're right. The next new sizes of agricultural tires did not come about by accident.

It's RWD... lol

Me too

The links looks like 7stud wide - 3 studs wide for pin holes/spocket and 2 studs add for each side of link Now I am waiting for comparison with my Liebherr PR776. It will be very interesting

It's happening!

That a fantastic work! I'm big fan of El Toro Loco <3 I like "tooth idea" very very much :D

Yes. The shape of your dumper was very helpful when I was creating mine. I had to change many things due to the use of other panels, but it was easier for me. Thank you!

This model is not very badly built, but it could also be much better. At the beginning I wanted to build a Volvo dumper but when the author published his model I gave it up so as not to duplicate the idea. Finally, I will be able to start building the moto grader about which I wrote in the 42114 topic :D

Building B-models between major projects has become quite normal for me. Such a break and playing only with Technic bricks is a very good way to reset my mind 😊 This time it was the 42114 set and the Mining Dump Truck was created as an alternative model, for the excavator from the 42100 set. The plan to build this vehicle from the 42114 set appeared a few months ago. I put it off for later, because I thought I wouldn't have enough panels to build a nice dump box. Over the weekend, I sat down with bricks and in a few hours the first version of the tipper was created. I liked it so much that the final version differs from the prototype only with minor changes. The biggest difficulty in building this model was its size of frame. When planning, I insisted that the model must use the original app, because that could be easily configured and played with it immediately. The machine has double wheels on the rear axle, so the frame basically contains the engines, gearbox, and a rear axle. In addition, the set has only long actuators so placing them in the dumper was also not easy. At the end, everything was packed into a pretty nice model, which uses over 78% of the set elements. The tipper was supposed to look good with the R9800 excavator from the 42100 set. So I scaled the Liebherr T282 to 1:42 scale and built the model on it. The appearance of the dump truck is a combination of the previously mentioned Liebherr and CAT 793F. It is not an exact copy, but there are similarities. Building instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-76959/M_longer/42114-mining-dump-truck/ Check out photos and a short video presenting the model's functions: Video:

I don't remember waiting for a set like this one recently. If the car body looks like in a video render, I start picking my feet

In any form, the telehandler is a very versatile machine. This was one of the reasons I designed and built the Scorpion. True, it can be used in many situations. The idea for a big bag was born when it turned out that the hopper could be opened. Even then, I had an idea for this photo in my head. The more machines I have, the more photos I can take :D It is so obvious that I don't need to write it Thank you guys for such good feedback

I predict that the two new sizes of agricultural tires (56mm for Jeep and 81.6mm for Mercedes ZETROS) is no coincidence and we will get a large agricultural model next year.