D3K's MOCs

[D3K]

Some progress in the bodywork area..

Front needs to be redesigned, as I had to move the hood up more than originally intended

I am thinking the finished car will be a two seater cabriolet, with a fairly long hood (even though it now only houses a V6

[Someonenamedjon]

Looking very sleek!

[Rishab N]

Looks very nice alhough im not a fan of those yellow wheels

[legomuppet9]

Looks very nice alhough im not a fan of those yellow wheels

Agreed

[D3K]

Agreed as well, but my grey rims are still on the multi MOC, but will be on the car when it's finished:-)

[D3K]

Some more progress

Was gonna pose it for one last picture, when this happened:

I of course hit the accelerate stick, and not the steering stick on the control

[Edwin Korstanje]

Bad luck ,

Build it again

[Lipko]

Hmm, the car will have some very nice proportions. Especially the back and the roof. I love that the roof is a bit curved, Technic car models tend to have a too flat roof.

[D3K]

Bad luck , Build it again

Was put back together in a manner of minutes!

Hmm, the car will have some very nice proportions. Especially the back and the roof. I love that the roof is a bit curved, Technic car models tend to have a too flat roof.

Thank you! I haven't built a car like this before, so it's a lot of trial and error. A lot of it is not really very sturdy, and I will rebuild it from the bottom up in the future, and try to implement some more functions, like suspension and stuff...

Anyhow, I rebuilt the headlights into something (IMO) a lot more fitting, and reorganized the front a little

The black soft axle will be replaced by a red one.

Also; I wish I had some more red 3x5 quarter ellipses

Edited May 16, 2013 by D3K

[Someonenamedjon]

that one happened to this one guy's motorbike, but i forgot the video. His was MUCH worse, it was shattered into tons of pieces.

Note to self: Always take pictures on the floor.

[D3K]

Done some rebuilding of the car to implement more functions, and also to improve the looks.

Firstly, I made double acting suspension on the rear wheels. Due to lack of space, it's not very advanced, and the drive axles only bend in one place, sort of like the second official supercar from long ago.

I also strenghtened the rear a little.

Secondly, I rebuilt the internals of the entire front, in order to implement independent double wishbone suspension (unfortunately loosing the beautiful ackerman geometry in the process).

With the help of LDD I found a way to relocate the Servo motor while maintaining the same dimensions as before.

This had the added benefit of making room for a larger engine, so I made it a V10 (even has a small fan).

The fake engine is now driven directly from the same axle that goes back to the rear differential, making even more space available at the front.

I am more or less finished with the bodywork, only minor tweaks left (I see I forgot a panel in the next picture)

As you can maybe see, I am going for a GT Series Race Car look,

Added a rear diffuser, to further underline the GT look.. Also some minor mods to the wheel arches

Overall the car is a LOT more rigid now than it was earlier.. can be lifted by the roof now!=) And it doesn't break in the middle!

What you would see in your rearview mirror... if you were proportionally scaled... or if the model was placed in the back seat of your car

Next up, I have to make some sort of interior, seats and a steering wheel maybe

[Edwin Korstanje]

Great work D3K

[legomuppet9]

Nice job

[Someonenamedjon]

Next step....drive it off a table

[Doc_Brown]

Looking really nice!

you know your heart is in the forums, when an accident happens and the first thing you do is take a pic!!!

Great job. :thumbup:

[D3K]

Thank you for the positive feedback!

Although it now has full suspension and a bigger fake engine, it is still still the exact same dimensions as earlier (a little bit smaller than Nathanael Kuipers' Pony Car).

Next step....drive it off a table

Already done, when I was taking a picture of the front.. luckily it landed in my lap

[Someonenamedjon]

Already done, when I was taking a picture of the front.. luckily it landed in my lap

Did it break?

[skriblez]

Very nice work on your mods :)

[D3K]

Very nice work on your mods :)

Thank you!

After a small hiatus, school exams, moving to a new place and a small vacation, I'm now back at building a little..

Been wanting for a long time to make an updated and better version of my Swingloader, as I really liked the model, but it had a few serious flaws in the design.

Firstly I designed a new transmission in LDD for the power to go from the motors in the back to the functions in the front:

The old one used a lot of U-joints to centre the movement before the pivot point, thereby taking up an unecessary amount of space, and it looked messy.

Then I continued building digitally to get an idea of the dimensions before starting to build IRL:

I then tried to design a transmission for two axles to go from horizontal to vertical through a turntable in an as low as possible construction:

And then I started building with real bricks:

That is of course the back end, with two installed motors, and the transmission completed. Steering works very well (using the same geometry I got from JorgeOpesi), and all the axles spin like they should.

All in all, a lot more compact than the first model, letting me design the entire vehicle smaller than the original, which is good!

[Alasdair Ryan]

That looks good so far,although I might of tried to have some motors in the front half as well as the back.

[D3K]

Small update on the Mk II loader:

Firstly, I "had" to cut a brick to make this;

As you might (correctly) say; "wouldn't 16 tooth gears do the exact same thing?" here is why it is like that:

While the functions work just as good with the 8 and 24 tooth gears replaced by 16 tooth spur- and clutch gears respectively, the added diameter of the lowermost 16t spur gear will come ever so slightly in contact with the small LA when the loader is turned to either the left or right extreme. That's why Like I said, everything works with 16 t gears, and that's what I'll use in the .lxf and future instructions (if I get around to making some.

As for the shape of things to come, I was concidering making a differently scaled loader, more akin to the smaller construction site loaders you see here and there. As you can see from the following picture, that gives it a completely different (maybe better ) appearance...

As you can see, the most important thing is still missing.. Not sure wether to use a copy of the one from the last loader, or to make a new one..? Will probably go for a new one.

Here it is turned max to the left:

And here it is turned max to the right:

I made a very easy to open rear end for the battery, while still maintaining a very rigid structure (much to do with the twin-mini-turntable setup of the rear pendular suspension.

Not much of the body work is in it's finished state yet, as I am trying some different things.. Any input on the type of cabin / overall scale would be appreciated... I am really not sure on that at all...

Anyway, it's off to build a digger apparatus to go with it, will probably be finished some time around christmas (megablocking z-link)

[Someonenamedjon]

I like how you did the Battery box!

[Alasdair Ryan]

That looks awesome,much better than the old one.

[D3K]

Thanks boys!

Just did this to get an idea of deimensions and freedom of movement:

Of course it doesn't work at all, so I will try to implement the geometry from the Mk I.. Problem is I didn't make a proper LDD model of the old one!

Oh well, many fun hours ahead!

[Edwin Korstanje]

It's try and error and then ...... you will find the solution , anyway your moc looks great .