Effe's MOC Corner

[efferman]

Time for a roadgoing 6x4Tractor unit. Suggestions for the Cab are welcome

[Lego2016Lego]

this?

 THIhttp://www.sinotruk-international.com/photo/pl11186562-flat_roof_cab_tractor_truck_for_trailer_6x4_tractor_unit_trailer_head.jpg

Edited June 22, 2017 by Lego2016Lego

[efferman]

hm, many strange angles. I will take a view on it

btw, the fifth wheel is on

[mocbuild101]

What program are you using? - the parts look very shiny!

[efferman]

That is the Lego Digital Designer

[brickless_kiwi]

could you do a rendering minus the wheels doesn't look like you have any suspension movement?

[efferman]

There is a half stud suspension travel. That is enough for a onroad Truck

[Beck]

The fifth wheel looks a bit oversized for the wheel diameter, but I could be wrong.

Here are some of my favorite tractor units: Arocs 3363 6x4, DAF XF 510, Volvo FH 16, and any Scania S series. 

You could try something like this:

Edited June 23, 2017 by Beck

[efferman]

No crane on this truck.

I have found a good piece for a kingpin

 

edit: a first sketch of mudguards

 

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probably the Back end

Edited June 23, 2017 by efferman

[efferman]

Whats with my FM-X Cab?

 

or maybe my old Topline?

Edited June 24, 2017 by efferman

[1gor]

FM-X Cab is better in LEGO (IMHO), nice found for kingpin 
 

[Dafgek81]

The FMX looks vetter. 

[efferman]

A small question: Wich Gear ratio you would recommend for a semi tractor unit?

In this moment there is a 4,2:1 reduction which would give the M.A.N TGS a good speed without trailer. But with a trailer the pullng power will be probably insufficient, so i think about a switching gearbox

The Gearbox on the picture -excluding the 8/24 combination- has in the slow gear a reduction of 14:1 and in the fast gear 4,2:1

Do you think the slow gear is to slow?

[AFOLegofan66]

fmx for sure. The topline seems a bit to tall for this.

[brickless_kiwi]

A 8:1 would be a good  lower gear most models  seem to be 4:1 

[efferman]

A first sketch on the mudguard of the cab

[1gor]

39 minutes ago, efferman said:

A first sketch on the mudguard of the cab

 

FM-X in yellow and white? Didn't know that Liebherr is making onroad trucks 

Anyway I see more and more merging Technic functionality with models for Scale modeling subforim look 

[efferman]

No Volvo this time. The goal is a M.A.N. TGS 26.440

[1gor]

6 minutes ago, efferman said:

No Volvo this time. The goal is a M.A.N. TGS 26.440

Sorry my friend, I didn't take of my glasses and I'm steel stucked to Mercedes (as a brand) .

I really like rear mudguards on your trucks, they fit perfrctly to 62.4 tires 

[efferman]

Thanks

Some progress, even when the doorhandle is a bit to large actually

 

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Edited July 9, 2017 by efferman

[efferman]

Looks simple but was tricky for me

[1gor]

It looks very smooth . One thing that is usually happened - when you want things to look and feel simple you need to work very hard and take care of lot of details, and things that look complicated are actually non-finished sloppy things 

Edited July 10, 2017 by I_Igor

[efferman]

Totally fixed on search for a basic solution to mount the air guides and where i have found the solution? Mother Technic and the odlschool technic Pin

lxf

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Edited July 16, 2017 by efferman

[Dafgek81]

What a beautiful design.

[efferman]

on the convention this weekend we talked about havy duty modules and here is a small sketch