@Krika99 also both of those were already official lego sets

Hey Sariel, I know that you said you want nothing to do with star wars, but I came across some tracked star wars vehicles with very interesting geometries: the TIE crawler (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Century_tank) as well as the Snail tank (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Snail_tank). I find the latter as more of a challenge due to its unusual three-tracked design, and I hope you look into it.

But the front looks like a Dodge.

There is a Dodge Ram in MonsterJam, “Blue Thunder”.

If you build a monstertruck it shall certainly be the Gravedigger! 😉

The suspension for the Humvee (not Hummer then? Military, and for TRTR?) lloks robust.
It’ll be a sight to see the u-joints spinning and flexing on terrain 🙂 especially if the suspension will not be too hard, and the car can “float” just a bit 😀
Good luck!

cool i would love to see a monster truck

what are you going to build after the tow truck

I was wondering if you were going to work on a CVT I just finished mine it’ll be up on MOCpages next week. I really appreciate all the things you post they are great. Keep up the good work.

on December 9th of 2009 , you posted the supercars line-up. When are you gonna start building a car out of that list?

Will you ever go back to making the Batmobile Tumbler?

Have you considered making a model car with an LPEPower pneumatic engine as a power source?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZeZnfyng4Q

Just built your Rubicon superb pls keep up the work

When are you going to build the pushback tug
and can there be instructions for it please 😀

17 motors in the Pete? 🙂 you bought a second Micromotor?
That truck already looks great, I wonder what on earth you need 17 motors for… :))

@Sariel
That’s just too bad. It’s tough to solve this one. Preventing turning the other way, also makes it impossible to drive in reverse… new idea: creating a gear with two gear setups and a sliding rubber band (24-20-16/14-12-8 and 8-12-16/14-20-24 gears) guided by a sliding wheel. Not really a CVT but more a five speed gearbox. We’ll see if that works… Thanks anyway.

Hi Paul,
I’ve built the cvt-box you planned for the reventon for my g-wagon. Problem is though that with quite some resistance from the drivetrain, the low gear drives the high gear counterwise. This leaves the truck standing still. Have you run into this problem? Now it works out like a white clutchgear…

@Sariel
This is as far as I have gotten with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5aF5owVV7A

Do you thunks its even worth devolping and even better version? @Sariel

Is this type of suspension ever used in official truck trial races?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5aF5owVV7A

nice list! 1 tip: for the pushback tug make it as heavy as possible and use a gearbox. i build one on my own which showed me that it is important to make it heavy and to use a lot of tires fot maximum grip

Hey Sariel, thanks for the MOCs, merry Christmas to you and everyone in the forum! 🙂

@sariel
I have added comments to the photo to illustrate how to connect to differentials.
Thank you for your question.

@ sariel
Connect a differential to both output axles. That allows turning.

@sariel

I have made a page to describe a 4WD system in tractors:

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/242945

Maybe a good idea?

is the Lego company selling the Tow Truck agian? http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=8285&sku=b23bb3a5-bd14-434d-a2df-de28006912b2

@Sariel
ok, but still… Charger’s such an “evil” car, dark colors fit better. Anyway, just my opinion.. never mind 🙂

About the Charger: I guess you use gray to imitate chrome on the front, but wouldn’t it look better in dark gray, or even black? It might just be me, but a black body with yellow stripes plus the light gray front grille don’t add up…

You ever think about building a snowmobli?

No “coke-bottle” shape on the Charger? 🙁

Would you like to add “M35A2” to your future projects?
Thanks,
Touhou

You are the best lego builder!! love your work! …currently I`m building a Patria AMV which is similar to the BMR that you have in the queue.. hope to be able to share some ideas in the future! 😉

tilted headlights on the Dodge! YESSS!!!! 😀 it’s gonna be mean!

@Sariel
ok i see now. that what i thought its just taking up space….

im very confused, ” the latter” ? @Sariel

Do you think that this idea of my own really gives it more suspention travel or is just taking up space?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-h4eL1bwQ

Could you please give me a Bricklink ref. no. for the new part that you said allows the steering pivot point to be almost inside the wheels? I’d like to check it out! 🙂

@Sariel
nice but it could be an idea.

when you will build the “Liebherr R944C Tunneling Excavator” take a look at this person, he have build a lot of mining machines
http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_longer/

@Sariel
hey its me again no its not much diffrence in between the two trucks but cant wait till you do the road train

I live in Australia and im a huge fan so please do the road train but with a kenworth t908

I have noticed on your most recent face book post you said you could get back to your “Dodge Challenger model”. Did you mean your “Dodge Charger” model? Or did you change plans? Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing it! (They’re both similar!)

“If the above does not discourage you, there is obviously always a space for negotiations. Be aware, however, that the specialized parts I’m often using and plenty of labour needed must reflect on the final price.”
This really doesn’t discourage me at all, but I’d like to discuss such with you. Of course, I was looking over the place for a such place to contact you but never found one. Seems like this is the only solution :p

You can reach me through email. I’ve seen your projects long enough to know that it’d be okay if I gathered enough balls to ask. 🙂

@Sariel
Way to go! 🙂 I can scan and send you some pictures of such complex systems, taken from a book on sailplanes by a Hungarian author, Gábor Jereb. By the way, as far as I know Polish engineers are good in designing sailplanes, like the SZD series, Foka, Pirat, Jantar, so maybe you could try to model the steering system of one of them. I’m curious what you’ll come up with if you decide to give it a go!

@Mike
Proper words for steering surfaces: ailerons, elevators &rudders.

Hey Sariel, I saw that comment about a Lego airplane.
Not long ago I flew in a sailplane as a passenger (:D awesome, try it!), and I started to get interested in its mechanics. By these I mean all the levers, liftarms, push-rods, cables etc. that move all the steering surfaces, rudders of the plane. I’m really fascinated by these systems, especially if they include “differentials” that can move, say, rudders together or in opposite directions as well, or can differentiate the angles of their turning relative to each other. Anyhow, I’m only asking if you’ re interested enough in this stuff to build a demonstrative “chassis” for a sailplane, just to show the mechanics? Kinda like the old, yellow Technic Hydroplane, but with more realistic functions. Like a huge truss frame, with the mechanics inside; you wouldn’t even have to worry about rigidity all that much, since only the inner mechanics count. (I know you’re kinda swimming in projects, so this is only a theoretical question.)

Hey sariel can you show some previews of your current project(leopard 2 A4)

with the new hummer will it be like this http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4445062

Hi, what wheels do you intend on using for your Liebherr LTM 1200? I’m already really looking forward to this model of yours haha

now you’ve built more models since you cancelled the bucket wheel, maybe have another go?
i sometimes find if i can’t build it i leave it then come back to it.
this is just an idea but if you could have another go it might work?

Birch :

Sariel :@Birch Impossible. With the current Lego LEDs it would take hundreds of lights, the truck would have to be filled entirely with wires and nothing else.

yearh and thats why it’s a challenge for you, but i think i got an idea to only use the same amount of lights like you used at scania racing truck

yes with using transparent lego tubes

About the Hummer you’re planning: those wheels you bought for it, do I see it right that they’re compatible with the 8880’s special wheel hubs? I guess you’re not gonna use 8880’s suspension, I’m just curious.

I really want you to finish the dodge charger in November because it would be very interesting!!!!!

Sariel :@Birch Impossible. With the current Lego LEDs it would take hundreds of lights, the truck would have to be filled entirely with wires and nothing else.

yearh and thats why it’s a challenge for you, but i think i got an idea to only use the same amount of lights like you used at scania racing truck

Sariel.
I got a challenge to you. You could build a fully function Coca Cola truck one of the new ones and then make the light as realistic as possible.
like this one http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Coca-cola_truck.jpg

Yeah I suppose it is very similar to many of your projects. What is going to be you’re next truck trial vehicle?

Here are some blueprints for a 1959 land cruiser its body style is very similar to the 1979 if you can find some good ones for a 79 that would be better but these are pretty good. http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/cars/toyota/41336/view/toyota_land_cruiser_fj25ht_1959/

I’ve been thinking it would be really cool if you built a 1979 Toyota land cruiser as a trial truck. Its just a really cool truck and it could be based off the land rover 2 series chassis.

For the Reventon, I don think that you should use an illuminated engine block. I mean, don’t you want to be as realistic and accurate as possible? Anyways, just a suggestion.

I can’t wait to see that LTM 1200 crane! I just built that exact model and it would be interesting to see what you do… One question… how do you plan to actuate the boom? surely a lingle linear actuator wouldn’t suffice, and more than one would be aesthetically incorrect…

Chrome sprocket wheels on S Tank 2? No…
Chrome rims on an American tow truck? HELL YEAH!!! 🙂

I say give the supercars a shot, it’s about the fun of building. If it takes time to build a supercar, well then it takes time, we’ll wait. We had to wait much for this year’s MOCs too (but it was worth it), so if the result is a fascinating vehicle, then be it! 🙂 Isn’t Lucius getting grumpy you don’t take photos with him sitting in a cool supercar? =D

I like your idea of the GG quad. Maybe a gearbox can help in breaking speed records, though it won’t be easy to use with the motors you used in the Scania.. Oh well, if someone can figure that out you surely can, good luck! 🙂
Can’t wait for the Dodge to come!

What I would really like to see you make would be a pickup truck because you have never made one. If you make one you can also try to see how much weight it can carry and pull!

yo sariel, ur inception parody was awesome love it and the theme song!!!! XD

@Sariel
sorry about the spelling i was typing fast. just becuase your tt doesnt place very well doesnt mean you didnt do a good job. its still a moc and looks amazing! have u noticed that your tt look the most real and amazing! keep up the good work. 🙂