[TC25] 42082 Rough terrain crane

[Maaboo the Witch]

Love the use of smaller stickered panels from the original model!

[mpj]

The stickers add a lot of details, this model is awesome!
I hope you will make the instructions... I'd love to have it in my collection (and many other mini-sized sets of the contest)

 

[Akassin]

Thanks everyone for the feedback!
 I am very glad that you liked this work. Because such competitive tasks are really a big test for me. When I say that I am an inexperienced builder, it is not because of excessive modesty. In fact, all my experience in Lego Technic -  is building about 10 official sets and 4 works for competitions on this forum (including this one), and that's all ... Therefore, in each new work, I still discover new techniques and ways of assembling and I really appreciate these competitions.

On 8/20/2023 at 2:38 AM, SaperPL said:

Looks really good, but what blows my mind is that cut into the telescopic gear rack assembly between two gear racks. Why not ensure that gear rack ends won't be directly matching plate ends there?

Wheels are sometimes touching the wheel archers when turning and I've also got a feeling that it's not by design, but because how weak some of the chassis structure there is. I wish Lego would already acknowledge that we should have proper steering hubs with input for this scale.

I didn't know that this set had just one motor and so many gearbox switches, that's insane. And that's a lot of cranking in your model, but I guess can't do anything about it if you want to stay true to the original.

You are very attentive. Of course, the joints of the gear racks should not coincide with the joints of the plates. And so it was. And so it is in the stud.io file. Probably during one of the alterations, I connected the parts of the crane boom with the wrong side, which led to an error and did not notice it.
Of course, without the correct hub, the wheels have some play. I also do not understand why, after so many years, we do not have a small hub for such a wheel size. But you have to deal with what you have...
 

On 8/21/2023 at 1:49 PM, mpj said:

The stickers add a lot of details, this model is awesome!
I hope you will make the instructions... I'd love to have it in my collection (and many other mini-sized sets of the contest)

 

I will definitely not make instructions for this model. As I said - this is a very bad version to play with pleasure. In order to preserve the complexity of the functionality of the original model, many compromises had to be made. Functions are very slow and some are pushed to the limit due to the overcomplicated double gearbox. This work is only a demonstration of the possibility to reduce the official set within the terms of the competition. But I have already started working on a simplified version, which will be aimed at comfortable play and reliability. Appearance is almost completely preserved. Then I will try to make instructions (never did this, maybe I need someone's help)

[Lego Tom]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:30 AM, Maaboo35 said:

Love the use of smaller stickered panels from the original model!

But...but...but... you hate stickers!

[SaperPL]

6 minutes ago, Akassin said:

I will definitely not make instructions for this model. As I said - this is a very bad version to play with pleasure. In order to preserve the complexity of the functionality of the original model, many compromises had to be made. Functions are very slow and some are pushed to the limit due to the overcomplicated double gearbox. This work is only a demonstration of the possibility to reduce the official set within the terms of the competition. But I have already started working on a simplified version, which will be aimed at comfortable play and reliability. Appearance is almost completely preserved. Then I will try to make instructions (never did this, maybe I need someone's help)

This is an interesting angle here because if I were to give it a go at shrinking down the crane, I would probably try to go with separate knobs for separate functions right away, like I did with my tow truck - the original model had the function switch on gearbox parts as well.

This trade off decision between playability / rigidity and fully remaking the original functions is a challenge for more complex and more interesting sets like this one.

[Maaboo the Witch]

9 minutes ago, Lego Tom said:

But...but...but... you hate stickers!

I do. But credit where credit is due!

[mpj]

That's a good news!

25 minutes ago, Akassin said:

But I have already started working on a simplified version, which will be aimed at comfortable play and reliability. Appearance is almost completely preserved. Then I will try to make instructions (never did this, maybe I need someone's help)

 

[Axadder]

A quick runner for the TC25`s race.

It´s awesome the mechanisms packed in and the similarity to the original.

[Celeri]

I agree, this model is really great. But several other entries also, and I fear that it will be very difficult for me to decide how to vote this time...