Technic March
I’m usually reluctant to describe my own MOCs, but some of my recent ones have already appeared on blogs abroad, which means I probably should. Since the beginning of March I’ve published 4 MOCs, and now I’m suspected of having a twin brother-builder 
It started with HotRed - a Technic variation on the hotrod-mania that visited LugPol community. A delicate, lightweight model features PF XL drive and PF steering with a working steering wheel, plus a full independent suspension, 4-speed gearbox and a V14 piston engine.
One week later I had an S Tank ready - a model of Swedish Stridsvagn 103 tank, famous for its vanguard solutions, and particularly for the lack of turret and for suspension that allows to tilt the hull.
The model is driven by PF motors with a subtractor, which makes for easier, car-like steering, and makes it possible to turn not only in place (like e.g 8275 set does), but also in an arch. The suspension is pneumatically stabilized and allows to remotely tilt the hull forwards and backwards, but there is also a pneumatically operated blade underneath the hull’s front. You can watch it work all together on this movie:
Another week resulted in a Killough platform - a holomonic drive device, that is a vehicle capable of moving in any direction. Because of the complicated steering that requires at least two of three motors to be operated simultaneously, this kind of vehicles is preferred mainly by Mindstorms builders - but you can see on the movie that the manual steering is also possible.
Since the month was still not over, another MOC has appeared - model of Faun SLT, a German tank transporter. Built in a scale slightly smaller than the one used for Truck trial races, it was fixed with full suspension and all-wheel drive. Its most highlighted feature, however, turned out to be the ramp at the end of its carriage, deployed remotely with a motor inside the tractor.
Meanwhile, another MOC is in the WIP stage
Posts
31 March 2008 1:29 PM
Hi Paul,
congratulations for your new MOCs.
Proficient builder as usual!
Fernando
31 March 2008 3:25 PM
Thanks a lot, Fernando!