MOC: Nebulon B frigate rendered in POV-Ray.

Hello all. Here is the latest progress of my Nebulon B frigate that i am making in MLCAD and rendering in POV-Ray. The first picture is the earliest version and the last picture is the latest version. Couldn't of guessed that one could you?:) On with the pictures. oh and i will be uploading higher resolution pictures soon and you will be able to find them through the link under these pictures.

From NBF

Here you can see i've done most of the rear engine section and most of the middle section as well.

From NBF

In this one i've added the basic shape of the front section as well as a bit more to the rear section.

From NBF

As you can see here i've done the top section of the front section.

From NBF

Finally we have the latest version of it. as you can see in i've done most of the front wing. It's just adding the rest of the detail now which is the hardest part. I'll be posting some more angles of it soon so look out for them. And thats it. Till next time.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 6

Well after another month I finally have another update to this build. (Which is taking way longer than I planned.) I've gotten quite a bit of progress done since last time but there's still a bit more to do.

First up I've done quite a bit of the tail section since last time. I've added the tail fin as well as the rudder control surface although the elevators are proving to be a bit tricky. The current way I have to control them isn't really working at all so I need to come up with a better way to do that. If anyone has any ideas feel free to suggest them.

Looking a bit more like it should now isn't it?

The wings have also been worked on and are now pretty much at there full wingspan which at the moment is about 89cm or about 35 inches. The ailerons have also been added and they actually work quite well.

The entire left or right wing depending on which way you look at it.

Both of the mechanisms for the landing gear and ailerons.

I've also built and added the propeller which I think turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

Also looks quite good when spinning but you'll have to wait for the video to see that.

Finally a view of the overall progress I've made. Really starting to look like a Spitfire now isn't it? One last thing is that I've also put in the M motor for the landing gear just in front of the IR receiver. Forgot to take a close up picture of that.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 5

Another update. Finally...

Yes it's been over a month since my last update but I now should have all the pieces to finish it. Progress should hopefully be a bit quicker now.

I've replaced the wheels to a slightly bigger pair as the other ones where a bit to small. I quite like the look of these. I've also added a bit more to the wings.

I've improved the tail a bit as well so it's now a bit stronger.

I've also added a bit more to the rear elevators.

The cockpit windscreen has finally been added.

And finally an overall picture of my progress. I'm also planning on motorising the landing gear if I can fit the M motor in which I should be able to do.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 4

Just a small update today. I've worked a bit more on the rear section where the elevators and rudder are going to go and I've added the tail wheel as well.

I've also done the landing gear. Hopefully It will stand up to the weight.

Landing gear up.

Landing gear down.

And finally the overall progress so far.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 3

Another update today. Been working on it quite a bit the past couple of days so I've got quite a bit done. First I added the main section of the tail and started work on the elevator and rudder section.

I've also changed the engine section quite a bit as well. With the M motor powering the engine and propeller it wasn't going as fast as I would have liked so I decided to swap out the M motor with a XL motor and gear it up a bit more. The speed is much better now. Also because of the extra power it has now I'm going to have to control it via the variable speed IR controller.

Finally a overall shot of my progress. Not sure where I'm going to put this when I've got the wings on.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 2

Got around to adding a bit more to this. I've added the main part of the control system in and strengthened the body a bit as well. The control system is a slightly modified version of the one I used in my Fully controllable Aeroplane. It works well enough so should be ok.

And here is a picture of my overall progress.

MOC: Technic Spitfire WIP Part 1

This is the beginning of my latest LEGO project, A motorised Technic Supermarine Spitfire. I'm going to try and pack as many functions into it as possible such as the rudder, elevator and ailerons all controlled from the cockpit, motorised engine (Also controlled from the cockpit) and working landing gear (Hopefully). Here's my progress so far.

As you can see I've done the very front section which also includes the engine. I still need to figure out how to attach the wings as well as how to do the landing gear. I'll leave you with a few more pictures:

MOC: Unfinished TT inspired truck

Been a while since I've posted a new LEGO MOC but I finally got round to taking some pictures (And a video) of my latest one.

It has pendular suspension at the front but no suspension at the rear. It has working lights at the front and a working fake V12 engine mounted in the middle. It also has a two way gear box that either goes to the engine or to the back however it isn't actually connected to anything, now you see where the "Unfinished" part came from. As for the reason well I just ran out of pieces. It would have be cool to put my motorised railgun on there but I definitely don't have enough pieces for that.

The front suspension is from here:

http://sariel.pl/2009/01/mini-steered-suspension/

Couldn't have made it without that suspension design. Thank you Sariel.  :)

On to the pictures:

And the video:



And thats it. Thanks for reading.

A blast from the past, Some of my older MOCs, Part 4

This time we will take a look at some of my older Technic MOCs. I seem to have quite a few that I haven't posted here so I thought I'd post them in this "series" along with my other old MOCs.

First up is my AP40 Half-Track:

This was one of the larger Technic MOCs I've made which used two battery boxes, two XL motors, two M motors and two IR receivers. This was I think the only Technic MOC I've made that uses two battery boxes and two XL motors as one of the battery boxes and one of the XL motors are from my 8275 Motorized Bulldozer. I try not to do that any more as it takes to much work to be honest.

This is one of the many MOCs I've made that I want to build again but a lot better. This one would be one of the hardest to do mainly because of the tracks but one day hopefully.

Next up is my AP12X Monster Truck:
 

It may not seem it but this is possibly one of the most influential Technic MOCs I've made as it really was the start of the way I now make the bodies for my Technic vehicles. Before this I used LEGO bricks for the body which made the model heavier as well as bulkier compared to using plates.

It was also the start of me trying out different designs for suspension without using the actual suspension parts that LEGO make. I'll be honest it really didn't work very well but it was the beginning of how I build vehicle bodies now so that's something right?

Right I think we'll leave it there for today. On the current MOCs front I still haven't decided what to make next, I have a idea for a MOC but I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it yet... In any case see you next time.

MOC: Motorised railgun

Hello all. Well I finally got round to taking some pictures of my latest Technic MOC, A motorised railgun. It was mostly inspired by the railgun on Metal Gear Rex from the MGS series. It uses a XL motor to rotate the platform a full 360 degrees and a M motor to move the railgun up and down. It also has a couple of PF lights for the railgun barrel. I quite like the way the actual railgun looks but that's just me. Not much else to say about this one really, On with the pictures:

And a video of it:

And that's it. Hoe you liked it and I'll see you next time.

A blast from the past, Some of my older MOCs, Part 3

Hello again and welcome to part 3 of a look back at some of my older MOCs. You know in a sense it's a shame that I didn't take any pictures of the MOCs I made before all these, On the other hand maybe it's a good thing. In any case lets take a look at a couple more.

First up this time is the AP50 Super Battleship:

The whole idea behind this one was to basically make a really long spaceship which at around 4ft long I think I succeeded on that front. With it being a Super Battleship I thought it appropriate to arm it well and with 6 main guns and one beam turret at the rear I think I did well there too.

Another thing to note is that I did start making this in MLCad using the LDraw parts library. I also posted progress pictures here on this blog:

http://apemaxslegomocs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/moc-ap50-battleship.html

Right up next is the AP38 Fighter Plane:

 

 

For a while I wanted to build a aeroplane like the de Havilland Mosquito and this was my attempt at something similar. As you can see it is a twin engined propeller fighter with retractable landing gear, opening bomb bay doors and working Ailerons.

The second oldest LEGO aeroplane I've made that I have pictures of, the oldest being my AP17 Aries which is in part 2 of this series of blog posts.

And that raps up this post. There's still more of my older LEGO MOCs to come so stick around and you never know I may actually finish my current LEGO MOC...

A blast from the past, Some of my older MOCs, Part 2

Hello again. Time for some more older MOCs I've done. This next one you may have heard of before as it was part of the inspiration for my AP17X Super Aries.

(you can find that here: http://apemaxslegomocs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/moc-ap17x-super-aries.html)

Here it is, my AP17 Aries:

Sorry about the poor quality photo, I was using a camera on a phone.

As you can see it is a VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft with both propeller and jet engines. The inspiration for this came from the PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man. This was built after I played it. Some day I want to rebuild this but maybe a bit bigger and with proper colours.

More pictures on the MOCpages page here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/131990

Next up is my first space ship collection.

 

 

This is a collection of small MOCs that I've made in a few minutes that didn't really warrant there own page. There's all sorts of influences here including Wipeout, R-Type, Star Wars, plus some stuff I just made up.

More pictures on the MOCpages page here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/149921

And that's the end of another post. There's still plenty more MOCs to post so come back soon to see more of my older MOCs.

A blast from the past, Some of my older MOC's, Part 1

Hello everyone. Seeing as I haven't posted anything in a while I thought I'd have a bit of nostalgic moment and post some of my older MOC's that I made before starting this blog. Be aware that most of the pictures will be at least a bit blurry because I was using a camera on a phone.

So on to the first one which I think is the first LEGO model I took pictures of which is my AP5 Drag Racer:

This was one of the first vehicles I made that had working steering and rear suspension. This actually started out life as a kind of buggy. The rear section stayed the same but I added the long front to make it a dragster. Finally a link to the MOCpages page with more pictures: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/131417

Next up is my attempt at a Life size Helghast Assault Rifle from Killzone:

The only life size gun I built in LEGO that I took photos of (mainly because the others weren't very good). This has a couple of features I'm quite proud of first being the ability to load LEGO shotgun shells the same way it actually works in the first Killzone game. It's a shame they got rid of the secondary fire from the guns in KZ 2 and 3 but that's getting a bit of topic.

The second feature is you can actually reload the ammo magazine (Or cylinder, or can, or whatever it's called) the same way it works in the game. Finally a link to the MOCpages page with more pictures: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/131422

Right I think I'll stop there so this post doesn't get to long. Will continue posting these in parts until i run out of older MOCs to do. Hopefully I'll have some new LEGO MOCs to show you soon...