With my change in direction of my LEGO Technic collection (Recently trading my Unimog U400) I am planning on building a number of aircraft related MOC's, MOD's and Sets. This thread will grow over time as I post details of them :)

42006 B model MOD: Aircraft Towing Hitch

With my change in direction of my LEGO Technic collection (Recently trading my Unimog U400) I have designed and built a change to LEGO Technic set 42006, this is removal of the standard rear attachment which I have replaced with an aircraft towing hitch. This has been designed to lift and carry all my LEGO Technic aircraft (42025, 9394 A model, 9394 B model). In the case of 9394 B model I had to add a couple of short beams to the side near the rear wheel to allow the pins to lock in to place.

My future aircraft MOC's will all be built to use this towing system as standard.

http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/42006-b-model-mod-aircraft-towing-hitch.html

Hey Paul..just want to let you know i loved your C Model 42006, i went out a bought a 3rd set (i have A and B already) so i could build it :-)

Thanks, I have actually just sold the C model to let me go in a different direction.

A few months ago I designed and built an off road aerial bucket truck MOC, this has been a main feature in my LEGO Technic display and at two expos this year.

With my recent change in direction towards aircraft related LEGO Technic, I have now modified this MOC (Modding a MOC?) and I would like to share it. I call this MOC “LEGO Technic Airport Service Support Truck”

This LEGO Technic Airport Service Support Truck features:

- Hand of god steering

- Front mounted winch

- Fuel tank with fuel hose

- Under body tool storage

- Rear tray with frame for carrying parts

- Service ladder which is stored under the rear tray

- Aircraft jack (stored in the rear tray area)

I spent about 8 hours over the past week modifying this, removing the aerial bucket and building the new rear sections plus the aircraft jack, tools and spare parts.

http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/moc-lego-technic-airport-service.html

I really like this Paul, looks great ! Keep up the good work !

This is some good work!. My only complaint is that these types of vehicles probably arent off road but thats minor

This is some good work!. My only complaint is that these types of vehicles probably arent off road but thats minor

Ever seen airfields in Africa?

This is some good work!. My only complaint is that these types of vehicles probably arent off road but thats minor

Unimog type vehicles have lots of uses.

http://youtu.be/ZL15TnYoCf8

This is some good work!. My only complaint is that these types of vehicles probably arent off road but thats minor

Thanks for that :)

My airfield will be portable so it being off road will fit in with that well.

Looks great! Especially like the ladder and it's compartment on the truck! Has to be a Technic first!

Looks great! Especially like the ladder and it's compartment on the truck! Has to be a Technic first!

Thanks, I am glad that I have been able to do something original :)

MOC: LEGO Technic Seaplane

I would like to share my latest MOC, this is a LEGO Technic Seaplane. I have been researching this for a couple of weeks and over the previous week I have had a chance to build this over a few sessions. Overall I would have spent around 16 hours on the building process and many hours prior to this researching and designing this MOC.

My LEGO Technic Seaplane MOC features:

- Front mounted 4 cylinder engine which is connected to the front propeller. This can be seen in action in the video below.

- Moving rudder. This is controlled via side to side movement on the control stick.

- Moving elevators. These are controlled via front to back movement on the control stick.

- Adjustable flaps. These are independently controlled for left and right via two levers inside the cabin.

- Dual purpose skips, with wheels for "on ground" landings.

This is the largest MOC I have built, both size wise and the time commitment for the design and build process. I am really happy with how well this has worked out and it sits well in my LEGO Technic plane collection.

Photos and a video of this in use can be found here: http://paulstechnic....c-seaplane.html

Edited October 1, 201410 yr by Paul B

Looks really good. But, what happened to your green panels?

Looks really good. But, what happened to your green panels?

They had stickers in the past, need to clean them up....

That looks really nice Paul! The only thing I don't like is the propeller, but I fully understand that actual propellers in that scale may be hard to come by...

When you say you used many hours on research and design, do you use LDD or some other CAD software? Or do you just make a general attack plan, and take it from there when you start the actual build?

Nice seaplane. Will you release a video?

Edit: Just saw it on your blog

Edited September 24, 201410 yr by Rishab N

I like the shape of it. Any chance of removing the beams that join the floats on the bottom? Also, did you get tired of waiting for the 42029 C-model and made your own? I made partial instructions but don't know when they will get finished.

That looks really nice Paul! The only thing I don't like is the propeller, but I fully understand that actual propellers in that scale may be hard to come by...

When you say you used many hours on research and design, do you use LDD or some other CAD software? Or do you just make a general attack plan, and take it from there when you start the actual build?

I agree about the propeller, I am going to try and track down something better :)

I generally just look at what other Technic MOC's people have built, photos and information on real life seaplanes and then write out what features I want it to have, a scale and some rough sketches. I spend enough time in front of a computer during the day so prefer to stay away from them for my down time :)

I like the shape of it. Any chance of removing the beams that join the floats on the bottom? Also, did you get tired of waiting for the 42029 C-model and made your own? I made partial instructions but don't know when they will get finished.

If I can find a way to keep the floats level then I will remove the beams. I had a bit of a look at that yesterday and have some idea.

I still would like to build your c model of 42029 when you have instructions, no rush ;)

Great models.

Great models.

Thank you :)

In other news, I had a quick look while I was home at lunch time and think I will be able to make some changes as suggested above to improve this.

Following some feedback I have now made some changes to my LEGO Technic Seaplane MOC. I have changed the mounting beams of the floats to remove the bottom beams, they are also now connected differently to the bottom of the plane. I have added a black stripe along the side of the cabin and rear section. I have also made some other changes to the body work in places.

Edited October 1, 201410 yr by Paul B

Those floats look great! Much more realistic now.

Those floats look great! Much more realistic now.

Thanks, I am much happier with them now :)

Some new / better photos of my Seaplane MOC (Now that we have nicer weather and some sunshine). This is the latest version with all my changes and updates as of 2/10/2014.

My LEGO Technic Seaplane MOC (http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/moc-lego-technic-seaplane.html) has now been published as a project on LEGO Ideas, please support it at the link below to see LEGO consider making it in to an official set: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/81550