April 29, 20177 yr Author Live Update! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Tried doing a live update on my Facebook page, go check it out and let me know what you think!
July 12, 20177 yr Author Doesn't look like a lot, but I livestreamed on my Facebook page today and made some good progress. Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr In 5 hours or so, I rebuilt the front end a few times to get the winch installed and working, reinforced the transfer case, and got the majority of the bumper assembled. Going to be livestreaming again tomorrow, goal for tomorrow is to finish the front bumper, rough in the rear tire carrier, and start work on the roll cage that the rest of the body will attach to (the bodywork will be removable, so the structure holding the bodywork together will resemble a roll cage). Figured I should also mention that there's a looming deadline for this project. I'm planning on attending Bricks By The Bay (August 4-6), so this model needs to be done by the end of the month. A lot of work ahead!
July 13, 20177 yr 1 hour ago, VKTechnic said: I'm planning on attending Bricks By The Bay (August 4-6), so this model needs to be done by the end of the month. A lot of work ahead! Me too! Which section will your models be in? Hope to see you there!
July 13, 20177 yr 30 minutes ago, TechnicRCRacer said: Me too! Which section will your models be in? Hope to see you there! I wish I could go to a event like that (I live on opposite side of the U.S. Than you most likely) . I attended a show and tell session with one of my best supercars once. Edited July 13, 20177 yr by Aventador2004
July 13, 20177 yr Author 3 hours ago, TechnicRCRacer said: Me too! Which section will your models be in? Hope to see you there! Probably in the Scale Models section, since there isn't a Technic section.
July 14, 20177 yr Author Today's livestream showed some serious progress! Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Started off today by reinforcing the front end and building a skidplate. After building the axles in blue, looks like I'm out of 9L liftarms in that color, so time to order some more!  Once the front end was done, I made a jig for the rollcage, which needed to be 22 studs wide on the bottom, and 15 on the top. A bit of fiddling later, and the rollcage took shape: Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr With the rollcage done, I moved to the rear of the car. Chassis got some much needed reinforcement before the tire carrier could be attached, and I relocated the receivers in the process. Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Ended the livestream with a rattled brain. Since the chassis is an odd width and the rollcage is an even width (with doors on the outside of it), I need to figure out a good way to mate the two together. In the meantime, the only two attachment points are in the rear, behind the tire carrier and (nonexistent) trunk. Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr I'll need to sleep on the rollcage mounting problem, and I'll hopefully have an answer by the start of tomorrow's livestream. In the meantime, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the progress so far!
July 14, 20177 yr Looking good so far! It's very cool. But why are you using blue axles, instead of something more discreet, even if the whole model is blue? Or will you change it later? For the even/odd situation, a piece I find useful (other than offset connectors, such as this) is https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2853. Picture: I'm looking forward to the final product, it should be awesome, and BIG.
July 14, 20177 yr Author Just now, Offroadcreat1ons said: Looking good so far! It's very cool. But why are you using blue axles, instead of something more discreet, even if the whole model is blue? Or will you change it later? For the even/odd situation, a piece I find useful (other than offset connectors, such as this) is https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2853. Picture: I'm looking forward to the final product, it should be awesome, and BIG. I've used a couple of those pieces already, as well as these: As for why the axles are blue, here's a picture of the XTerra I'm modeling:
July 14, 20177 yr Just now, VKTechnic said: As for why the axles are blue, here's a picture of the XTerra I'm modeling: Is that yours? it would be nice to own the car you are modeling....
July 14, 20177 yr Author Just now, Aventador2004 said: Is that yours? it would be nice to own the car you are modeling.... Nope, a friend's Â
July 14, 20177 yr 33 minutes ago, VKTechnic said: here's a picture of the XTerra I'm modeling: Well now I'm even more excited. 34 minutes ago, VKTechnic said: I've used a couple of those pieces already, as well as these:Â Those are useful, too.
July 15, 20177 yr Author Another day of progress, albeit a little slower today. Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr Started today's livestream with cable management, and finally got all the cables in order with the addition of a manual light switch. Then came the rough bodywork, and I finished the day with a rough hood, dashboard, and trunk: Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr The rear is missing two of these (in a fairly obvious spot), but that won't be for long. Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr Won't be making much more progress this weekend, but next week the livestreams will continue! Â
July 29, 20177 yr Author Bricks By The Bay is right around the corner, and boy am I not ready at all Almost there! by VKTechnic, on Flickr By not ready at all, I mean that my model is 99% done, weighs enough to overload my kitchen scale, and I still need to make a spec sheet and pack. Other than that, this week has shown a lot of progress on the bodywork, only a few tweaks left to go (looking at you, red skid plate beams): Almost there! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Doors and hood open (trunk and spare tire carrier still work too ), and the interior is simple, but it does the job. Almost there! by VKTechnic, on Flickr I'm pretty worn out from building, but if anyone's interested, I'll be doing the final tweaks live on my Facebook page this Sunday at 6PM PDT. I'm in the final stretch!
July 29, 20177 yr Wow, that is looking great! If all you need to do is change the beams on the skidplate, I think you are doing fine!
July 29, 20177 yr Wow, that is one mean (and BIG) truck! Looking very good in DBGÂ with the blue accents. Not the easiest color to build in with the lack of available panels, but you pulled it off
July 29, 20177 yr 14 hours ago, VKTechnic said: Bricks By The Bay is right around the corner, and boy am I not ready at all I thought I had too much This is excellent! I like the side doors and the spare tire holder! Can't wait to see this in person!
July 30, 20177 yr Very nice I must admit that halfway the build I was not sure where this heading to, but now that everything is in the right colours it really is pulled together beautiful. I love that dark bluish gray and blue colourscheme. very original. I assume those red wedge plates above the headlights will become dark bluish gray as well? I probably have missed it, but is the lighting all done with PF leds? Or did you use some third party parts?
September 14, 20177 yr Author It's been slow in my workshop, but I'm still alive. Still Alive by VKTechnic, on Flickr Work's been keeping me busy, and I had a couple non-Lego projects come up. XTerra progress was slow, but I rebuilt almost the entire chassis to replace the transfer case. Small details here and there are slowly being added, and I'll probably consider this model done after I show it at BrickCon. Speaking of, I've got something special in the works for BrickCon, expect a teaser soon... Edited September 14, 20177 yr by VKTechnic
September 14, 20177 yr 2 minutes ago, VKTechnic said: Â Wow! Super impressive! I hate having to rebuild everything for one piece. Edited September 14, 20177 yr by Aventador2004 Autocorrect!
September 14, 20177 yr Author On 7/29/2017 at 10:49 PM, Jeroen Ottens said: I probably have missed it, but is the lighting all done with PF leds? Or did you use some third party parts? All LEGO, 12 pairs of PF LEDs for the whole model.
September 14, 20177 yr Looks even better now. Is the performance better? I will be visiting BrickCon, but not showing anything. Cannot wait to see this in person!
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