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The rally of remote-controlled (RC) off-road vehicle models on Piotrkowska Str. in Łódź. Models with various body styles participated, including off-road vehicles, pickup trucks, and trucks.
Thanks to their durable construction, these vehicles are designed to overcome difficult terrain.
Thank you all for visits, comments & faves :)
The rally of remote-controlled (RC) off-road vehicle models on Piotrkowska Str. in Łódź. Models with various body styles participated, including off-road vehicles, pickup trucks, and trucks.
Thanks to their durable construction, these vehicles are designed to overcome difficult terrain.
Thank you all for visits, comments & faves :)
Over the years I've built several remote-controlled vehicles. My Scania recovery truck and FDNY ladder truck both used LEGO Power Function IR control, with self-centring steering. The battery boxes that were available at the time were very bulky, however, so it was only suitable for fairly large vehicles. My later Toyota FJ40 used LEGO's own Power Functions car chassis, which allows building a much smaller vehicle. It's actually a reasonable match for the scale of most of my vehicles, as long as they have a short wheelbase (hence my choice for an FJ40). However, it's almost undrivable.
A few weeks ago I saw a minifig scale RC truck by Nikolaus Löwe, which combines a Power Functions receiver with an older 9V Technic Motor and a 9V micromotor. That got me thinking about having another go at my own RC car. I had the motors, I had a receiver and I had a newer slightly more compact battery box. All I had to do was buy PF extension wires that are compatible with the old 9V system and I was good to go.
The aim is to make it practically indistinguishable from my other cars (with the exception of the IR receiver, which for obvious reasons will have to exposed). That also means I want opening doors and seats inside for a driver and passenger. The smaller battery box is still bulky, though, so it's not going to be a compact car. I'm currently looking at an SUV (probably a Chevy Tahoe or GMC Yukon) with tinted rear windows to hide the electrical bits from view. Or, if I can't get that to work, I may build a small tow truck (in which I can hide the battery box in a tool cabinet behind the cab).
Because there are Technic bits inside I'm going about building this a little differently. I normally start with the outside of a car and build the floorpan / chassis as I go along. For this I'm starting with the chassis instead. This is version 0.1, next to my older Chevrolet Suburban model. There still is a lot of room for improvement. The belt drive I use for the steering is glacially slow and keeps slipping, so it drives like an absolute pig (still better than LEGO's RC chassis, though). I also don't like that there's a fairly large gear sticking out of the bottom and I think the 9V motor sits too high. Ideally I'll have room to put the battery box on top of it rather than to its side, quite possibly mounted sideways to allow it to fit under the roof and with the on-off switch behind one of the rear doors.
It's not often that I actually quit on a project. When I posted this picture, initially, things were going well in my effort to build a 1/22 RC car. I got everything to fit: a 9V micromotor for the steering, a 9V Technic motor for the drive, a battery PF box, a PF IR receiver, a 9V sound brick, 3PF extension cables and an older 9V cable for the lights, which was a major hurdle.
However, later today, whilst testing it things turned sour. Due to the body the steering angle is severely limited and it just won't drive properly. The tires are rubbing and the turning radius is ridiculous. I tried rebuilding the front suspension, to move the hinge points outboard a bit, but it hasn't made much of a difference. So, unusually, this one is a failure. It's a shame, because I was quite happy with how it looked. I'm not sure where to go next. Perhaps I'll rip out all the Power functions stuff and complete it as one of my regular cars (or at least leave in the 9V lights and sound brick). I'm also not quite ready yet to give up on the idea of a PF vehicle, but I'll need a vehicle with smaller wheels and considerable internal volume, like a stretched limo.
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Here is a 3 image panorama of my sons RC car, taken by him on his own camera - a Nikon D200 and 135mm f2 DC lens. Assembled in PS with some help due to requiring manual stiching. Final edit his.
After some time of not so intensive research I present you two of my 2023 MOC offroader car project. The gray one has some crazy electronics experiments under the hood (containing 2 buggy motors and RC reciever with regulator), the white one is more traditional with chassis from my EXP.Buggy from last year (2 Lmotors, and planned RC components to control it.
More detail to both cars soon, or on my Instagram profile.
About five weeks ago, I started building an RC car. I have a few remote controlled LEGO vehicles, but they're all large. For this one, the challenge is to keep it as small as I can, whilst still having front seats and opening doors. I got a bit side tracked for a few weeks, building other things, and I procrastinated over the question what vehicle this would be. However, I've made a decision and have picked the project back up again where I left it. The vehicle will be an NYPD Highway Patrol Chevrolet Tahoe.
It uses a combination of LEGO Power Functions elements (battery box, IR receiver) and the older 9V system (drive motor and micromotor for steering). Power Functions extension cables are compatible with both. There's enough space inside to house the battery box behind the drive motor, and consequently I can mount the IR receiver in the roof. I also hope to include old 9V emergency lights and a 9V sound brick, but all that depends on whether I'll have enough space for all the wires.
A self-built fantasy model, approx. 70 cm long, 13 kg heavy, four-wheel drive, switchable differential lock, 3 gears, and electric drive
My 1st custom painted toy.
I started off with panel lining, then detail painting for the chipping. I then finished her off with about 4 washes of various yellow and brown tones.
Afterwards i took a fine brush and shaded it with a dark wash.
This took about a days work to complete, and i really liked focusing simply on painting an