[MOC] Swingloader Mark Two

[legomuppet9]

Nice instructions, Better than i could do

[D3K]

It is time consuming, but we're getting there!

Main steps: 73 - total steps:281

...so far

But more than half way there now.

These instructions will be a lott better than the ones I made for the tracked loader, with a lot of sub steps, and some arrows to indicate where things go.

I am planning to export all the steps as images, and then make a proper .pdf using OpenOffice Impress.

When I have made the instructions, I will disassemble the model, check the parts against the BOM, rebuild it using the instructions, and do the final adjustments necessary. Then I will add it to rebrickable, and you can have at it if you want to build it yourself!

[Trawler Man]

I am not much into the whole construction / work vehicle Lego builds, but this one is a badass. I love the pictures, and the explanations of how it came to be the way it is.

Great work.

[EyesOnly]

One thing i really like about this hobby is all the vehicles i find out about that i didn't even know existed. I thought i knew about every kind of loader there is then this thing shows up and proves me wrong. And this moc is really good looking. Might build it some day when i've done the projects i have planned for now.

[Rishab N]

Those instructions are looking great! Will definitley try to build this in the future

[skriblez]

Thank you very much for your hard work so far :)

[Eigenbroetler]

looks very good, will probably try to build this sometime.

[Pat-Ard]

I definitely will build it... That MOC rocks...

Pat

[Jim]

Also, to hear some of you would actually concider having the model in your collection, just gives me more energy to make proper instructions!

Considering?!?! It's a must build for me!

This could easily be one of my favorite construction models together with the excavator and the bulldozer.

Edited August 12, 2013 by Gekke Ted

[CisFran]

Wow, nice moc! Cant't wait for the instructions

[D3K]

So, the hard part is done, the model is built and the steps and sub steps are placed!

Now to get Lpub to play along with the rotation steps how I want it to be!

Here is what it will look like on the final step though.. slightly changed the roof, yes!

Also, couldn't find the crawler tires in MLcad....?

[Alasdair Ryan]

Tire Download

Using Rota step commands:

0 STEP
0 !LPUB MULTI_STEP BEGIN
1 0 -45 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30071.dat
0 ROTSTEP 52.1053 20.6324 0 ABS
0 STEP
1 0 -136 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30071.dat
0 ROTSTEP -105.395 -49.8024 0 ABS
0 !LPUB MULTI_STEP END
0

Edited August 17, 2013 by Alasdair Ryan

[Junpei]

Nice work on the instructions! I noticed you also changed the seat as well as the roof, it looks much better now.

[D3K]

Tire Download

Using Rota step commands:

0 STEP
0 !LPUB MULTI_STEP BEGIN
1 0 -45 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30071.dat
0 ROTSTEP 52.1053 20.6324 0 ABS
0 STEP
1 0 -136 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30071.dat
0 ROTSTEP -105.395 -49.8024 0 ABS
0 !LPUB MULTI_STEP END
0

Thanks, but I think I'll just leave it with the Unimog tires, they looked better than expected

Also, it's no problem changing them during the actual build

Nice work on the instructions! I noticed you also changed the seat as well as the roof, it looks much better now.

Yeah, I had to do something to brace the IR receiver, as it was coming loose all the time! But now it's good, and looks better!

[D3K]

Alright, here you go

It's a total of 338 steps, spread over a 118 pages pdf document, in fairly good resolution, and measures in at just below 50 MB.

I couldn't get the synthesized wires to show in LPub, so I deleted them, but they are fairly easy to route as there is a lot of room in the back, and I put in some text to try to explain some things that might not be immediately apparent..

Hope the instructions are satisfactory!

I won't charge anything for the instructions, the only thing I ask is if you build it, please PLEASE return here to post a picture and your impressions of the instructions and of course the model itself

[Rishab N]

Alright, here you go

It's a total of 338 steps, spread over a 118 pages pdf document, in fairly good resolution, and measures in at just below 50 MB.

I couldn't get the synthesized wires to show in LPub, so I deleted them, but they are fairly easy to route as there is a lot of room in the back, and I put in some text to try to explain some things that might not be immediately apparent..

Hope the instructions are satisfactory!

I won't charge anything for the instructions, the only thing I ask is if you build it, please PLEASE return here to post a picture and your impressions of the instructions and of course the model itself

Wow thanks alot! Will you be putting it on Rebrickable?

[D3K]

Wow thanks alot! Will you be putting it on Rebrickable?

Yeah, forgot to mention that.. will definitely do that once I have done a trial build and made sure everything is really OK

Not now though, need to sleep!

[Kronos]

OK. At first glance, I have to say these instructions look, well....GREAT! Awesome quality. The steps are the perfect combination of easy to follow, and not too easy. The comments by you in them are a great touch, not to mention funny. Again, awesome job, and thank you. :thumbup:

Mike

[Kumbbl]

wow, absolute amazing MOC... i will build it for sure - thanks a lot for the high quality BI..!

which sets would you name as a good starting point? 8275 + 8043 + 9398 (L-motors)?

[EyesOnly]

I did a quick look at the plans and they look great. I will surely build this someday but not right away. Hope it will be on rebrickable soon so i can see if i have all the parts. BTW regarding cutting a differential. It would be a lot easier to simply drill out the hole in an ordinary 24T gear. I imagine people have lots more of those than diffs.

Edit

Crap just reread the first post and realized that i'll need the AAA battery box. Oh well it'll be a while then.

Edited August 20, 2013 by EyesOnly

[D3K]

Submitted to rebrickable for review!

OK. At first glance, I have to say these instructions look, well....GREAT! Awesome quality. The steps are the perfect combination of easy to follow, and not too easy. The comments by you in them are a great touch, not to mention funny. Again, awesome job, and thank you. :thumbup:

Mike

Thanks, I wasn't sure how to explain things, but I think that the comments along the way are understandable

When I made the instructions, it wasn't always easy to get the rotation steps to work as intended in LPub, so I had to use a lot of arrows from time to time

wow, absolute amazing MOC... i will build it for sure - thanks a lot for the high quality BI..!

which sets would you name as a good starting point? 8275 + 8043 + 9398 (L-motors)?

Thank you!

It's kind of difficult to say, but you can't go wrong with a lot of yellow and light bluish gray. 8043 will give you the needed LA's and a lot of yellow beams and panel, as well as the digger, while 8069 will give you even more yellow, along with the mini-LA's needed for steering. The 9398 will really only provide the two L-motors and the wheels/tyres, as well as some of the five needed 5x7 beams/frames. With very light modifications, you can easily swap the L-motors for M-motors I would imagine.. I think M-motors would be strong enough

I don't think 8275 has very many parts in common with this, except for the yellow common parts..

But it should be up on Rebrickable in,.. well, I don't know how long they usually take, but hopefully within a couple of hours!

I did a quick look at the plans and they look great. I will surely build this someday but not right away. Hope it will be on rebrickable soon so i can see if i have all the parts. BTW regarding cutting a differential. It would be a lot easier to simply drill out the hole in an ordinary 24T gear. I imagine people have lots more of those than diffs.

Edit

Crap just reread the first post and realized that i'll need the AAA battery box. Oh well it'll be a while then.

Thank you!

And not a bad idea to just drill a normal 24z gear instead of cutting the diff! will it be strong enough though?

As for the AAA batterybox, I really recommend it! It opens up a whole lot of new possibilities, and is of course a whole lot cheaper than the 8878 rechargeable battery! Runs out a lot faster than the standard AA box though

[EyesOnly]

Yeah the AAA BB seems to be needed in a lot of mocs these days but the thought of getting one plus 6 AAA batteries to go with it is off-putting. The batteries would probably need to be rechargeable since they will not doubt end up in crawlers and that makes it even more expensive. I've used up my Lego budget for a few months but was thinking about getting one of the cheaper train sets. This way i'll get a BB, the train remote and lots more pieces for about the same cost as the rechargeable BB. It'll still go through it's fair share of batteries. This is the second moc, the first being the Tarantula, that i have to hold off building due to the AAA battery box.

Still i can understand why it is used. I tried building a replacement made from a old BB but that failed. The plan was to put a converter cable on top and then use plates and beams so that it became the same height as the AAA. The width and length already matched. The problem was that while a converter cable can be used to power a PF-motor, it can not be used to power a receiver. I tried using it on 9398 as a test before taking it apart to build the Tarantula. The receiver never switched on and the servo was silent. Connecting a motor worked. Then i remembered that Philo had written about this long ago. So now i know not to try that again and that i really need to make 88000 the next Lego purchase or a set that has it. Hopefully the 7938 passenger train wont disappear too soon. It it the cheapest set i can find that includes it.

[technicmad]

But it should be up on Rebrickable in,.. well, I don't know how long they usually take, but hopefully within a couple of hours!

Sorry it took a bit longer than that to approve it (but I did generate a nicer image for you!)... I've been very busy lately getting a new site up and running. More details coming soon

Edited August 22, 2013 by technicmad

[afol1969]

Wow!!!

Amazing MOC and high-quality Instructions, you should work for Lego ;)

I think I'll build it in future time, if it was done, I'll send you pictures - and maybe notes for some modifications. I'm not able to build MOC's from scratch, but mostly I find possibilities to make some fine-tuning :-)

Greetings

Alex

[Theo van Vroenhoven]

Wow!!!

Amazing MOC and high-quality Instructions, you should work for Lego ;)

I think I'll build it in future time, if it was done, I'll send you pictures - and maybe notes for some modifications. I'm not able to build MOC's from scratch, but mostly I find possibilities to make some fine-tuning :-)

Greetings

Alex

May be you can work out a workaround for the drilling of the diff/gear?