Posted February 27, 201510 yr Arrived in the mail this morning. Quite exciting and following the instructions, all slipped together fine. See how we go when its big brother arrives next week or so. Impressed by the strength of its winch cable twine too.
February 27, 201510 yr Welcome to the world of studless. It is a nice little truck set. Now you should get its big brother. big truck little truck by dr_spock_888, on Flickr
February 27, 201510 yr 8860 owners in the house. Sound off. :-D ELEVEN!!! Those who get the reference, I salute you!
February 27, 201510 yr Studless is not that bad so I think you will enjoy studless builds too ! If you want to try a little bit of both worlds, try the 8275 Bulldozer. You may like it :)
February 27, 201510 yr ELEVEN!!! Those who get the reference, I salute you! Your age? Studless is not that bad so I think you will enjoy studless builds too ! If you want to try a little bit of both worlds, try the 8275 Bulldozer. You may like it :) Great, can't wait too see some mocs of yours in the HOF. Edited February 27, 201510 yr by Alasdair Ryan
February 28, 201510 yr Author 8860 owners in the house. Sound off. :-D Still my favourite. Got a couple of other sets that make me smile too but she's a sweetheart.
February 28, 20159 yr Funny how that's STILL the best Technic set, despite many new studless wonders. Maybe I'm just old...
February 28, 20159 yr Arrived in the mail this morning. Quite exciting and following the instructions, all slipped together fine. See how we go when its big brother arrives next week or so. Impressed by the strength of its winch cable twine too. Have you made that Right hand stearing mod yourself or did Lego produce a different version of 8860 for left hand driving countries? Edited March 1, 20159 yr by LuxorV Please do not quote images from the same page. Thank you.
February 28, 20159 yr Have you made that Right hand stearing mod yourself or did Lego produce a different version of 8860 for left hand driving countries? Lego or not, it's still a mod. Originally the steering wheel was placed two studs inwards, in line with the column holding the dash board and therefore not being centered in front of the driver's seat. Always struck me as a strange choice of design...
March 1, 20159 yr Is a nice first studles set. Brought mine out one weekend I had to work to give my non-technically minded missus a go. Unfortunately to no avail. She got it all together perfectly but didn't catch the bug we all have, so my obsession is still only mine haha.
March 1, 20159 yr Author Have you made that Right hand stearing mod yourself or did Lego produce a different version of 8860 for left hand driving countries? I'm a big proponent of RHD, and in some cases the dividends are less than obvious. I've driven the odd left hook auto in compact and landbarge format in both recht and links verkehr and i'm not sold on it. Ideally centre seating a-la mclaren F1 feels as it should but that still leaves the control layout question. As with the overwhelming majority of bikes, throttle goes on right so clutch should be left. In a car, the gearshift being on your left as per the modern bike (happy to overlook the english of old, pre square case duc's and much else) just falls to hand well and most of us being right handed are better left (not that left) with our stronger and more precise hand to deal with steering duties in a precision and graduated fashion than just having it waste its skills slapping a lever through a shift quadrant (which though satisfying, and more than a good feel to snick through with the left is an A to B motion, not something requiring that much feel or feedback as the wheel). Hi Mats_o. No she wasn't an oddball for another country with alternate instructions, i just figured as it was such a simple proposition to shove across that i'd do so. The uni's cop a tad more angularity with the seat centred wheel and the steering can feel a bit "flickish" but i have a plan in mind to improve the geometry of the joints once i have my spares collection back home. The odd looking bit in the middle is a black worm drive cog with a pair of axle shafts (a 2 and a 4) in it using it as a joiner because i was short by a 6 axle. I plan to put the unimog to RHD when it arrives too, then i'll probably spend ten frustating years pondering, trying to get the in-cab steering to move with the H.O.G. System as well. Anyone own 8880 here? There are tangible advantages in left to righting it far beyond appearance sakes. Care to hazard what i may be referring to?
March 1, 20159 yr Great, can't wait too see some mocs of yours in the HOF. That won't happen very soon because I have no inspiration when it comes to building MOCs. But who knows, maybe someday ...
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