SR 3D Builder improvements

Sergio Reano has added new features to his  SR 3D Builder CAD program (see our earlier coverage). Version 0.4.58 is able to model complicated linked hinges as the video shows.

The program for Windows can be downloaded freely from the homepage of the author:
http://staff.polito.it/sergio.reano/

Scania Dump Truck

Sariel has created something excellent as usual:



Detailed description with technical gems on his blog.

8872 and co.

I wanted to write this post a long time ago. It was before the summer when I decided to take some risks to buy the latest piece of my "Big Car" series, the 8865. Already before the purchase it was clear that the pile contains a lot of extra parts. Luckily I found everything for the big car in a good condition. This is where the riddle started, I wanted to find out the rest. I started from here:

First question: what are all these wheels? There are eight small ones, then six more of the same with larger tires, then the one in which the axle rotates, and then I did not speak about the larger off road ones yet. They seem to come from different sets, but still... Which set contains so many wheels?

After a short search I have found the first suspect, the 8872 Forklift Transporter from 1993:

It was clear in the beginning that I do not have all the parts for the forklift: the chain was missing and many other parts too. But I though the truck could be there:

Still many pieces left, let's try the trailer:

Well, that is something. I abandoned the forklift, six small and six larger wheels are crossed out. But what about the other wheels? This wing piece helped to solve part of the puzzle quickly. It was included in two Lego sets ever in yellow, only one of them Technic: the 8840 Desert Racer from 1991:

Of course the driver is nowhere, pistons neither, so this list has many missing items too. Maybe once I will try to fill the parts from my other sets, until then there is this photo. The four large offroad wheels are also crossed out, but I still have eight small ones. This part was the key to the last missing set:

So I got a 8808 Mini F1 Racer for free, year 1994. I have found almost all pieces for this one:

As a conclusion, for the already good price of the 8865 I got two thrids of an 8872, an 8808, a lot of yellow spare parts and an interesting riddle:

Finally the link to the album and a video - if there is no forklift then let us transport a racer:

Turing machine, Millenium Falcon and Counter Strike

Animations made with Lego bricks again. This time I picked videos from two blogs (Stritar, Marx-blog). The first animation shows a working Turing machine. This is an imaginary gadget that illustrates how a computer could work - invented by famous British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing in 1936.

The next video shows how the biggest 10179 Millenium Falcon is built. The set has 5195 parts - for comparison, the largest Technic set ever made, the 8421-es Mobile Crane has 1884 elements. So the Falcon contains almost three times as many! I cannot imagine how long would it take to build it in real time.



At last, a bit of fun (caution, content not suitable for minors). One of my favorite games, Counter Strike is played with Lego minifigs on the level de_inferno.

8868 Claw rig truck

I admit that so far I did not pay much attention to this Technic set from 1992.

This excellent computer animation has made it immediately interesting. I recommend it to everyone who likes classic Technic sets:

8865 video

I have managed to upload the video about the 8865:

8258 Crane Truck video

TechnicBRICKs has published the first video about the 8258 Crane Truck:

Lego 8448 Super Car II.

The supercar project reached its first stage of completion - it is complete. The replacement for the missing parts has not arrived yet, so I have built the convertible.

Instead of telling more let us look at the pictures:



And the video:


More pictures in the album.

Lego 8258 Crane Truck commercial

This ad appeared on YouTube:

(TechnicBRICKs.)

Classic video games from Lego brick

If you like video games from the eighties you will like this:

Kenworth Mammoet

It looks like Sariel has found a proper place for the new new Lego rechagreable battery in this Kenworth Mammoet truck:


An incomplete list:

• Suspension on all wheels
  
• 4 piston engine
  
• Remote control to adjust speed, steering, lights and even a lockable catch
• Automatic rear lights
  
• ... and an unusually long trailer

Update: more details available on Sariel's site.