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Great, thanks! Seems to work now without delays. Indeed, having them rendered uniformly would make it easier to comprehend which one is which. I wonder the same quite often..

I do have fibre-optic internet too.. And the main images loaded instantly, just the pop-up ones were slow, that's why I thought there might something about those.

If I move the cursor over a wheel, it seems to be doing something like that already, for that specific rim and tire, right? It's a very useful feature, thanks a lot, do you mean to elaborate further on that? Just as feedback, those pop-up images seem to be loading very-very slowly, at first I thought they were missing or cropped (most of them only showed one quarter or half), but after a few minutes they did load. Not sure if it's just on my side.

This video (around 1:27) also speculates something like that, comparing this hub with the simple (non-Bluetooth) hub, in which that button seems to be missing:

Thanks! Unfortunately, it’s military, so no chance we get something like this as an official one. I did realize that the order is unrealistic, I just did not know what would be realistic, so thanks for that piece of info! It would be an easy fix though. Thanks for that as well! After almost finishing the build, I played with the idea that it could maybe have a bit narrower track. However, in order to do that, two things would be required: to make the axles shorter, and to move the leaf springs (the A-arms) inner (otherwise it would collide with the steered wheel), but that would require a complete rethinking of the chassis otherwise the internals would not fit in using the same construction. This might be achievable, but there are some details about a shorter axle which could not be achieved easily with the available parts. So I finally did not pursue this direction further. At the same time I tried with the virtual model to just move the wheels inwards one stud, just to see how it would look, it wasn’t bad at all :) But an advantage of these wide tires is that they still look quite okay with this wider track I think..

Thanks a lot! You are right, the gearbox order is reversed, so that when you start shifting gears, you can see the engine running faster and faster. For me this kind of makes sense in the original model as well, since it's not motorized, so what you can observe when you play with it is a reversed effect, the engine being driven by the wheels. That's why I kept this design. In theory it could be reversed just by swapping gears in two places (one to mirror the shifting front to back, and one to mirror it left to right). However, as the build is quite tight, at one point it makes use of the fact that a small gear is placed next to a medium one with some distance between them (they are different parts of the chain of gears, not meshed) and it does not cause interference. If you swapped that small gear with the larger one that it drives, those would collide. So you'd have to redesign the whole thing to avoid that. Thanks for that image about the original shifter, I did not have that. However, I think implementing the R as well would be problematic, as it introduces an asymmetry that would require quite a bit more extra gears and space, but curious if you can bring something out of it!

This is really good direction, I have been thinking lately that Lego is really missing some spacialized parts for building slim solid axles using these hubs. I guess one difficulty is making it flexible enough, for example to be applicable for various lengths. The above brick-built axle is also nice work, but has the same limitation unfortunately. Have you also been thinking about specialized parts for a steered version? I mean, if you simply connect A-arms to the tow-balls, that already makes the axle 5 studs high. I've been wondering if that could be slimmed down to 3 studs.. Or at least trim 1 stud from the bottom for higher ground clearance..

Thanks, that's what I focused the most on! Exactly, but I'm satisfied how symmetric it came out in the end.

It’s actually one stud longer, and as far as I know, it’s called an angular L motor. So yeah, I’d expect something smaller for an M. The one in the Volvo is the XL I think. Great motors though, and you can easily get 4 from a single Mindstorms set.

Cools looks, I like the use of the tiles on the body, nice shape! At the same time, I'm wondering how strong is it structurally? For example, I cannot decide what is holding the rear axle from moving front to back, as the links built from 2L pieces from the center of the body seem to be more cosmetic than structural (they would slide out easily I guess). Is it the springs that are holding it in place? Also, as there is no proper wheel hub, doesn't the wheel slide off the axle?

Thanks guys, glad you like it! Yes, it's like that in reality, so I'm more satisfied with the front one, actually it's the rear one that could be improved with a more round shape, but that's what was available in the set. Thanks, the suspension was the core point when I started this, as it's so nicely visible on this car, and was a good challenge to build it. Not sure I understand, what about them? Where do you think the gearbox should be positioned? Someone did this with custom stickers, not exactly as you say, but I think it's not bad: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-73674/gyenesvi/42110-c-model-willys-jeep/#photos I'm curious about that too, but I don't have large ones, and no rims that could fit the 3-pin hub. So let me know if you manage to do it!

That’s a really good point about the M motor! After the Volvo Hauler, I don’t think TLG would go with B. It would have been even easier for them just to put a fourth L motor there. But a new M motor with position encoding could explain part of the high price, and that existing PU M motor really does not fit into the PU line (also lacks some pin connections for technic builds), so I am really hoping for a revised version of it. Furthermore, a gearbox and locking differential are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, a low gear could at the same time lock the differential.

It took me a few closer looks to understand that those grey ones are actually tiles (no studs on top) stacked together, and only connected on one end, and the other end is left free for sliding, right? That's really like in reality, ingenious! What did you use to hold them together on the other end? Is that a rubber band or some other plastic thingy? Great accumulation of improvement then, really admirable meticulousness!

It's beautifully built (and huge), and the functions are also great. I really like the complexity of the shooting mechanism, you must have spent some time getting that realistic, even ejecting the shell cases! Do the leaf springs rely on flexibility of plates?

Hi everyone, I have finished my Willys Jeep alternate of the Land Rover set, so I'd like to summarize the final model here. Features: - Live axle suspension with imitated leaf springs on both axles. It uses one shock absorber per wheel, also positioned realistically. I also tried to construct the core frame as is in the real life car. - Manual 4-speed gearbox in a classic H-shape. Additionally, there is a Hi / Lo gear switch and an RWD / 4WD switch, just like in the real car, and the positioning of those switches is as realistic as I could get with the limited space. The whole gearbox is in the middle of the chassis. - Working inline 4-piston engine as in reality, I tried to add engine details modelled after the real engine. - Functional steering wheel and also HOG steering in the back (which had to pass through the gearbox). - Foldable windshield and opening hood with stander included. I managed to get the windshield folding joint similar to reality. - The interior is clean and I tried to get the shape of the seats as close to reality as I could, although the square and flat front seats were hard to reproduce with the available parts in that color. - Detachable roof, again, I tried to reproduce the shape of the tubing. - Extras: Jerry-can on the back, and of course the spare wheel. More details about the design process are given on Rebrickable. Here's a video showcasing the functions: And some renders and photos: Building instructions are available on Rebrickable. Feedback is welcome! Cheers!

@1974 Those are good references for what can go wrong with too much torque, however, I was wondering if the situation changes with the use of new differentials and portal hubs, that put the down-gearing and thus the high torque only to the very last sections of the drivetrain, so less load on axles. Furthermore, in my experience, the hub stalls the motors anyway, so it’s not really forcing them to move when the vehicle is stuck.

The question was not whether it's doable, of course it is, but whether TLG would do it in an official model, as there hasn't been an example for it, and we were wondering why.

Thanks, glad you like them! Yeah, I agree with you that you should wait for the Zetros to decide, I think it will be a bigger set, maybe better if you can only choose one, and hopefully the functions will be at least as good.

Thanks, yes the quad is quite popular, for being different and for the V-engine construction I guess.

Wow, that IS actually fun! Nice construction BTW. Does the original construction loose the top part easily?

I think it's not that hard to get to that piece count, it depends a lot on how the wheel size relates to the whole model and how much bodywork (and corresponding support structure) it has. 42099 has large wheels compared to its overall size, and has very little bodywork, hence the low part count. In contrast for example the Land Rover has the same smaller wheel size as the Zetros is supposed to have, and because of all the small parts required for the gearbox, suspension and internal structures and all its extensive and detailed bodywork it has around 2500 pieces. Sure, I can easily imagine wrongly placed differentials and messing up complicated gearboxes, but I think that's different from placing the motors the wrong way while hard coupling; they would probably be impossible to connect the other way round. Yeah, that one seems to be a pain point for many, including myself, but hopefully my Defender to Jeep fills some of the void :D

That's true, but I'd say it would backfire on the longer run to spread a lot of fake info, his channel could go down the drain easily. I have checked some other videos of him, and found something else that sounds interesting, but my german is quite rusty so someone with good german understanding could back it up. As far as I understand, he is saying that the Zetros was almost cancelled because the 6x6 version has military uses, and TLG have probably redesigned it to a 4x4 to have less resemblance and avoid protests against it. Did anyone hear something about that?

Just curious, how can you incorrectly assemble two motors to turn against each other (supposing that you are following official instructions)? For that, I think you'd have to completely alter the build to change the direction of rotation. At least I don't see an easy way to do it, but if there was, that would be helpful sometimes :)

Now that changes things quite a bit for sure, not totally surprised though.. I personally would really like the 3L + 1M motor setup, but I preferred the 6x6 over the 4x4. Would have meant more new wheels for us :) The M motor would be quite useful, but I hope they made it a bit more fitted for technic builds, the one that we know already does not have too many pin connections.

That could work, though I prefer if the joint is not floating in the air, with the flex point being close to something fixed. Let's see how the next tests go!