marcus2388 Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Hi, I wanted to share with you my first MOC… Meaning: since a very long Lego brake – my first digitally conceptualised and afterwards actually build creation. Learning to use Stud.io took me some time… And it felt like “beginning once again” when I noticed that “creating something digitally” and “being able to build that thing in reality” are two different things. So, the first project I tried to employ the skill of “trying to make it buildable in reality” was the Mercedes SSK I started in late November… I really wanted to get the interesting front right… those very thin axles… the springs… so this was actually the first part I designed to see, if this could be done at all… Behind the grill there were springs doing the work of the mock-spring-suspension… when I test-build this, I noticed that lego springs are not as strong as I remembered them to be… so in the end I needed to get rid of the invisible suspension in the front. I also wanted to have as little weight on the front axle as possible… so I thought about the principle of “moving the centre of gravity” towards the back axle: Hence I build this main frame – with the rear axle being mounted on the farthest point in the back of the car… and trying something similar for the front axle. The rear axle is actually also hosting the two motors… originally designed for two BuWizz motors… but since they are still not available, I built it with two L-Motors… this could be changed easily when the other motors are finally available. Also: this minimizes the weight on the front axle as well. When I had the impression that my digital work was finished… I looked into available colours of the bricks… a step I am likely to be doing much sooner in the building process with future projects. I nearly went for the white version… but since I am planning to do a couple of other Mercedesesessses in the future – and since they rarely have any colour beyond white and black – I opted for the red version. Also: the SSK is quite well known in the red version as a car. Actually… short brake about the original: This is the SSK of 1928… so it is the “Super Sport”-version of the model K… and in the year of 1928 it was built as a 40cm shorter version to be more corner-happy while doing hill-climbs. And it really did… it owned all the races in the mountains. This car was partially used in “sports car racing” – mostly in white colour scheme – and partly used as a very pricy toy for the rich and famous (mostly in the red colour scheme). There was also a more hardcore racing version – the SSKL. (L for light-weight)… you can actually learn more about that car also in this forum, since Sariel just posted his lego SSKL today here as well. Real SSK: https://www.supercars.net/blog/1928-mercedes-benz-720-ssk-gallery/1005095-2/ Back to the building process… I stumbled over the concept of “separating the car in numerous fragments” to make the building easier… So, I tried to do that on my digital model… I can not remember how much time I burned… but it took the bigger part of December to split the car into the following segments and steps: Main Frame 84 Rear Axle 39 Front Axle 48 Grill with Lamps 60 Body -> Structual Body 124 -> Bonnit 55 -> Exhaust 15 -> Body details 51 Interior 49 Spare Wheels 8 total 533 After this was done… I tried to order the parts from bricklink… an experience I did not enjoy so much… but somehow made it through… nearly all parts arrived around Christmas… (because I have no Lego at all in the town I work) Thanks to the step-by-step Instruction in Stud.io I managed to build the car… and noticed a couple of design flaws… like: It is a very different kind of force, when a car needs to be picked UP – instead of just standing on its own wheels… much like a bridge it collapsed. :D But I was able to get rid of this problem surprising easily – by strengthening the bodywork instead of the mainframe. I also had to add a bar before the front wheels to keep both of them synced… which annoyed me a bit… because I wanted as less structure as possible in the front… and I had to get rid of the front suspension and also make it much more robust… which went really well… Cross-linked Technic with Lego System is insanely robust. All adjustments I added were first developed in Stud.io – than ordered via Bricklink – than finally tried in real life… since I got no Lego at all here in my work-town… So that process took some time… Time in which I got more and more interested in other projects. :D I am now at that point, where the car does what I want it to do… drive around remotely – be super sturdy – and look nice, since it is mostly standing around on the shelf. I still need to add-in the changes I made during construction into the Instruction… and I am wondering more and more, if this car would be better off without the electronics… since there is nice room for a cool engine replica… steering is designed to be easily connectable to the steering wheel… and the performance is a bit boring. On the other hand… I enjoy driveable things much more… mostly because I grew up with lousy-performance lego-cars and always wanted impressive driving stuff. :D Clearly, I haven’t made my mind up… but something cool happened today… when Sariel posted his SSKL I was finally brave enough to also join this community… I have been reading daily for some years without an account… and I would like to participate in bringing joy to others – just as you did to me. Kindest Regards Marcus Quote
1gor Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 I think there is one special 710 SSKL made by @Sariel which can give you some ideas... Quote
2GodBDGlory Posted February 27, 2021 Posted February 27, 2021 Thanks for sharing this! I would say that the virtual images of the car make it look somewhat too tall and chunky, but the physical image makes it look far better! Quote
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