I realised I should stop building and take some photos before I get too far as time and enthusiasm has been permitting the last couple of days.

Duck hunter will (hopefully) be like a 6 wheeled ATV with amphibious abilities (although unsure how to present amphibious abilities in a technic vehicle with holes everywhere) 

chassis going ok but haven’t thought about how to connect an engine yet.

trying to use a ‘camouflaged’ (non primary coloured) pallet.

Already I realise the shocks will have to be changed to harder springs.

Trying to keep all the mechanics very low to allow for that amphibious boat hull look.

Edited July 11, 2024Jul 11 by MangaNOID

And I tuought duck hunter is Elmer Fudd, silly me...

 

Wow! That is some...interesting suspension. I've never seen anything like that! Also, I'm curious, will you motorize the model, or will it be purely manual? (because of the amphibiousness) 

On 6/20/2024 at 11:28 PM, bruh said:

will you motorize the model

No…see below 🙂
 

Ive thought about how to make this an interesting manual model considering there is no conventional steering. 

And I had an idea I was happy with.

But I totally screwed up the steering gearbox and it doesn’t work 😅

I wanted to have have tank steering levers hooked up somehow to the red gear selectors so when the levers are pushed forward the vehicle will not be able to go backward and when the two levers are backwards the vehicle will not go forward. Same for left and right… anyway I got carried away forgetting my original thought so I’ll have to redesign what you see below.

thought I would post that not all goes smoothly 😭

orange and white was supposed to represent electric motor 😝

 

 

External proportions are acceptable at the moment though…

 

Nice! I can totally see the main body taking shape!! As for motorization and steering, good luck! Looks a bit complicated, but hopefully it is doable! Good luck! I’m working on a construction van. 
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Cool concept, really like the possibilities, although I think I would shy away from chain drive. Although you may have better luck, I find that chain works best, only when minimal torque is required.

Very interesting and cool looking concept, I love the over-engineering on the drivetrain with the chain drive :D

11 hours ago, bruh said:

As for motorization and steering, good luck! Looks a bit complicated

I’m not motorising, this will be a manual model.

8 hours ago, Johnny1360 said:

I find that chain works best, only when minimal torque is required.

This will be manual model so it should have minimal torque…unless I let my 3 year old play with it…we shall see

33 minutes ago, Jundis said:

 I love the over-engineering on the drivetrain with the chain drive :D

Is there a simpler way?? Am I missing something 😅

That looks like it is coming together well.

Interesting model! I like the use of the old 24T crown gears in the drivetrain! Do electric-powered vehicles like this exist? On one hand I think it's funny, because there's probably not much real-world overlap between duck hunters and EV enthusiasts, but on the other hand maybe you need a quiet vehicle to sneak up on them ducks!

On 7/1/2024 at 11:47 AM, 2GodBDGlory said:

maybe you need a quiet vehicle to sneak up on them ducks!

That was the idea 😅

 

 

The gearbox steering works by having a lower ratio gear and a higher ratio gear for either left or right side wheels at the same time (switched over by the wave selector) and then both sides are driving each other.

(when in neutral both sides are disconnected from each other)
 

this affectively turns (forces) the vehicle left or right depending on which side has the slower or faster turning wheels

😅 I feel like I’m crap at explaining stuff 😅
 

Anyway it’s a bulky solution for steering on a small fixed wheel vehicle that doesn’t work so well, so I might switch to another TC idea…as I usually do.

12 minutes ago, MangaNOID said:

The gearbox steering works by having a lower ratio gear and a higher ratio gear for either left or right side wheels at the same time (switched over by the wave selector) and then both sides are driving each other.

(when in neutral both sides are disconnected from each other)
 

this affectively turns (forces) the vehicle left or right depending on which side has the slower or faster turning wheels

That makes sense. Looks good so far! If you do want to switch your idea, first consider making this build into a military vehicle instead of a duck hunter, or maybe an ATV.  Just some thoughts to ponder.

That is an interesting solution to the steering. 

9 hours ago, Fluwoeb said:

first consider making this build into a military vehicle

Actually that was my first consideration but thought that a military vehicle in a LEGO contest was inappropriate especially if LEGO sponsor the prizes as I think they do sometimes??

I will carry on with this build as it is exciting for me but I will build it with 2 M motors and a moldking battery box (which is why I can’t enter the contest with that battery box) and that will be much more playable and fun.

1 hour ago, Paul B Technic said:

That is an interesting solution to the steering. 

Yes I thought that too but it’s not that enjoyable to play with.

I’ll try it on a tracked version which might work better than a wheeled version and could be a good solution for all the manual tracked excavators etc…