Old Shames: Your worst MOCs.

[Someonenamedjon]

Here's my first one this year, it looks good, but dang the engineering was terrible! Every gear crunched and barely moves. The steering would disintegrate after just the slightest bump.

I think it the look might be from the random black bars in the front

[nicjasno]

This audi a6 avant was the worst model i ever made:

https://www.dropbox....oum2/8xHAYZ9QAV

While it looks good on the surface, this model is so bad because it was extremly heavy (from a time when i did not consider the weight factor in my models), the suspension was awfull and completly incapable of dealing with the weight, the engine was horrible, slow and the whole engine block was twisting while it was running at, 60rpm or something. I have no fond memories of that vehicle. But i learned so much from making it.

Edited May 7, 2013 by nicjasno

[JohannesESTONIA]

I even have a

about some of the worst, but I think the worst looking and the most pointless

[Doc_Brown]

This audi a6 avant was the worst model i ever made:

https://www.dropbox....oum2/8xHAYZ9QAV

While it looks good on the surface, this model is so bad because it was extremly heavy (from a time when i did not consider the weight factor in my models), the suspension was awfull and completly incapable of dealing with the weight, the engine was horrible, slow and the whole engine block was twisting while it was running at, 60rpm or something. I have no fond memories of that vehicle. But i learned so much from making it.

Wow, it didn't look too bad, just wheels were too small. how much did it weigh if you can remember?

[JohannesESTONIA]

My first Technic MOC, it was a 4x4 with independant suspension and a gearbox but eventhough it had an RC buggymotor It didn't move, it could steer but not return-to-center...

Since then I realized it never worked because of the gear ratio, the RC Buggy motor had to be geared down, nowadays I manage to build cars that really work, driving and steering by Remote (because I'm smarter now and I have better parts)

But allas they are never finished...

That's so cooooool! Really

[nicjasno]

Wow, it didn't look too bad, just wheels were too small. how much did it weigh if you can remember?

It was close to 10kgs

[Dreadredbeard]

Man I wish I would have taken a picture...

Earlier this year I tried to make a... crawler? a 4 tracked vehicle, driven by 2 XL motors. The interesting thing was that each track was mounted on it's very end with a turntable and each turntable was rotatable by there own M motor. The idea was to be able to lift each track individually or altogether in order to make it "walk" or to put it up on stilts, then lift legs individually to climb on top of larger objects then it would be able to climb over on it's own.

Maybe this will make it understandable:

Anyway, I was very happy with myself for figuring out how to get power to each track through the turntable while still having everything work, but when I finished it it must have weighed 10#, and could not move under its own power :(

I scrapped it and built my 4 wheeled crawler instead hahaha

[Someonenamedjon]

It looks like a very good concept, anyone up for it?

[AVCampos]

This is my worst documented creation, Grabber 1, made many years ago. Supposedly it uses one motor (the old 9V visible in the image) to switch the functions of two other, between powering the tracks and raising/operating the claw. It failed miserably mainly because of two factors: the switching mechanism "worked" like a non-synchronised gearbox (like the ones used in the 853/8860/8865) and the gears almost never meshed, and the two claw mechanisms relied on (oh, the shame) worm gears bracketed from only one side. At least I learned a lot about how NOT to build...

On case anyone wants the LDraw file for some reason, it's here (the folder isn't public at the time of writing because I just uploaded the above newly-rendered image).

It looks like a very good concept, anyone up for it?

I remember watching a video of such a kind of LEGO tank in motion, but can't find it now...

[N-4K0]

This is my worst documented creation, Grabber 1, made many years ago. Supposedly it uses one motor (the old 9V visible in the image) to switch the functions of two other, between powering the tracks and raising/operating the claw. It failed miserably mainly because of two factors: the switching mechanism "worked" like a non-synchronised gearbox (like the ones used in the 853/8860/8865) and the gears almost never meshed, and the two claw mechanisms relied on (oh, the shame) worm gears bracketed from only one side. At least I learned a lot about how NOT to build...

At least it didn't look too bad

[allanp]

At least it didn't look too bad

Yeah, and I didn't even learn that much from mine other than "everything that I just did, don't do any of that again, ever!"

[Lipko]

Learning how not to do things is just one thing. I still haven't learned how to do things then. So I just cry in my bed all day long.

[redoak]

Lipko stop crying start learning.

[MrTekneex]

A great battle between these two unfinished alternate MOCS: 8265 & 8110

[Tommy Styrvoky]

THis would have to be one of my worst builds in the past couple years. the proportions were wrong, the suspension was unrealistic, drive sprockets were at the rear when they were supposed to be in the front, gun elevated too quickly, covered with studs and finally worst of all it required modified 1 long axles for the suspension.

a new rebuilt updated version. (below)

Lego STuG Ausf. F 1/15 (RC) Girls und Panzer by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Edited May 24, 2014 by Tommy Styrvoky

[aol000xw]

So I found at last the topic to post my first MOC once I find time for it.

If this were a contest it would be really contested, some of the entries are really intriguing

[Rockbrick]

bad mocs are just prototypes - proof of concepts that work or dont work - thats how we learn to make better mocs

I made a 4WS version of 8865 - with a gearbox on the steering that enable full 4WS, Crawl mode and 'Honda Prelude' mode (slight steer at the rear)

because I couldn't afford 8880 -

it looked and drove awful and the steering arms kept falling off at the back

[afol1969]

And we have a winner! O.o Wow stunningly painful. I'm impressed that you were willing to share it.

It's time I should present my first MOC, if I'll find the time to build one. I'm sure it will be a laughing number too, because I think it will look like a children's MOC - with functions which do not work

Very funny thread

Greetings

Alex

[Hypo]

*double post, sorry

Edited May 23, 2014 by Hypo

[Hypo]

I think my worst technic moc was this "thing" of a lamborghini gallardo from 2007

Greets, Heiko

[gti180]

Another one I never finished... was the first time i manged to get the drive / steer working! taken around 2006 I think.

[Nico van Duin]

One of my worst moc's is a scissorlift I built for an ACC race. The restrictions were that the vehicles height had to be two times the widt. It had some pretty good speed, but understeered like crazy because of the lack of differentials. It also tipped over in nearly every corner and lost all of its wheels during the race. (next time I should realy use 5.5L axles with stop lol) eventhough it failed miserably in the race, It won the price for the most original design.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6091905

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6091906

[Lost_In_Noise]

Nice lift!

[KirTech LAB]

Some of your worst MOCs are far better than my best MOCs. :)

+1

[anton1678]

+1

Mine too.

I'm pretty sure that most people aren't exactly willing to put on their actual worst MOCs. I think people are putting on their "worst" as a way to show off how good their "worst" is, and to make you imagine how good their best must be.

my MOCs are really great function, but really bad looks, and I usually break them up after about a week, no photos taken.