On 7/21/2016 at 5:34 AM, legobeast73 said:

Will rremote control be a option for 42055?.

And will the Americans see 42055?.

No.

Yes.

  On 7/21/2016 at 7:25 AM, dimaks13 said:

No.

Yes.

Why not? I think it will not be so complicated to make it remote control operated. There is space, it seems to me. Question is why? It is not like it is gonna drive away from you very quickly :-)

  On 7/21/2016 at 7:29 AM, J_C said:

Why not? I think it will not be so complicated to make it remote control operated. There is space, it seems to me. Question is why? It is not like it is gonna drive away from you very quickly :-)

I thought he meant official option.

  On 7/20/2016 at 1:06 PM, ExileFox said:

A lot. You can physically get 6 axles (1/2 stud offset in one direction) through the newest 56 tooth turntable (the one without inner teeth) but the problem is getting these to work with the rotating turn table

Yes, that is the biggest problem I currently see and I am really curious for the solutions that will be presented. I imagine mechanisms similar to 8043, but beefed up significantly to provide the rotating axles.

The B model only allow one direction of the battery box, just like the A model. There are 2 switches, one in the back, one in the front. At first I thought they are all connected to 1 switch that changes the function, but since the battery box is limited to 1 direction, now I think the 2 switches are connected to 2 functions separately (moving and filtering).

High resolution shot from above the pit: http://kockashop.hu/galleries/lego/42055/large/9.jpg

Just got mine from Argos :wub:

the box is heavy an the manual is great

Come to think of it, the only thing that the box says about the B-model is "motorized conveyor belts". I'm starting to suspect that maybe the B-model doesn't actually have a motorized sorting function. Maybe the bricks can be sorted, but manually, with a gear knob or a crank to move the filter.

  On 7/24/2016 at 5:10 PM, ctx1769 said:

Just got mine from Argos :wub:

Ordered mine last night and collecting it

from local Argos this morning, on sale a week early.

In the old days screening was done with just a mesh the required size, it doesn't take much to separate the large from the small. The difficult part is to prevent the screen from being overloaded and the small parts overflowing onto the chute for the larger.

I am interested in whether the Volvo loader will reach the bin, and how much would actually fall into the bin, I am thinking it may need a conveyor to load it.

  On 7/25/2016 at 5:18 AM, nguyengiangoc said:

Come to think of it, the only thing that the box says about the B-model is "motorized conveyor belts". I'm starting to suspect that maybe the B-model doesn't actually have a motorized sorting function. Maybe the bricks can be sorted, but manually, with a gear knob or a crank to move the filter.

I think that the sorting function will be done with a few beams in a slope, so it wouldn't need to be motorized.

  On 7/25/2016 at 9:47 AM, Kaanere said:

I think that the sorting function will be done with a few beams in a slope, so it wouldn't need to be motorized.

I think axles, they would give a slightly wider gap than beams

Ordered from Argos 23:00 hrs Sunday - collected 09;00 hrs Monday.

Now out of stock in UK for Click & Collect but available for on line for delivery.

Now in stock at North East Argos stores for next day collection.

IMG_3763 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

Edited July 25, 20168 yr by Doug72

My suspicion grows stronger when I looked back on the preliminary B-model. The prelim box says "motorized conveyor belts and sorting of bricks", while the official box only says "motorized conveyor belts". Besides, there's a gear near the pit in the prelim model, but no gear spotted so far in the high-res official one.

Maybe the B-model used to be able to sort bricks, motorized-ly. But that function was dropped. :-<

  On 7/25/2016 at 4:53 PM, nguyengiangoc said:

Maybe the B-model used to be able to sort bricks, motorized-ly. But that function was dropped. :-<

The sorting function is indicated in the box. It doesn't say it, but it has it pictured:

Picked mine up from argos yesterday afternoon, also picket up the Volvo EW160E and a second blue crawler crane set to use as parts to modify my current crawler crane. Two evenings solid building and have the BWE complete! Must say I was doubtful whether I would like the model from pictures and reviews but in the flesh it really does look impressive and am very pleased with it! One thing that needs altering is the length of the second conveyor, feel its too short and out of proportion so that will be altered soon as I work out what to do.

  On 7/25/2016 at 10:23 AM, Doug72 said:

Ordered from Argos 23:00 hrs Sunday - collected 09;00 hrs Monday.

Now out of stock in UK for Click & Collect but available for on line for delivery.

Now in stock at North East Argos stores for next day collection.

IMG_3763 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

That's pretty quick delivery. Now the important question: Does it work as a GBC module?

If the store had been open I could have collected in less than 1 hour !!

Each local store now appears to have one in stock which replenished from the local depot overnight.

Argos in the UK seem to get advance delivery of new lego products.

Price remained the same at £179.99 despite the fall in the value of the UK £.

Now studying the instruction book befor commence building.

My review of the bucket wheel excavator : http://www.techlug.f...ets-42055--2016

Nice pics Anio, but I skipped my French reading classes

  On 7/26/2016 at 4:53 AM, Bricktrain said:

Nice pics Anio, but I skipped my French reading classes

I find this to be handy for reading TechLUG:

or Google Translate.

@Anio: Thanks a lot for the review. When the wedge belts slide on the quadrant racks, do they rotate?

  On 7/26/2016 at 5:57 AM, nguyengiangoc said:

@Anio: Thanks a lot for the review. When the wedge belts slide on the quadrant racks, do they rotate?

I am not sure I understand what you mean.

The belt works also as a chain in order to rotate the bucket wheel. And the quadrant racks rotate with the wheel.

Great review. Google translate helps. Pictures are really well thought of - there are no such unusual angles on official ones, neither in other reviews so far. Thanks.

  On 7/26/2016 at 8:14 AM, Anio said:

I am not sure I understand what you mean.

The belt works also as a chain in order to rotate the bucket wheel. And the quadrant racks rotate with the wheel.

I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I was referring to the wedge belt disks on the bottom of the superstructure. When the superstructure rotates, those disks slide on the quadrants attached to the base. I was asking that, when the disks slide on the quadrants, do they rotate around their own axles?