Monday, September 22, 2014

I'm now selling some of my creations! Sort of...

As the title says I've decided to try and sell some of my creations through BrickLink's MOC shop, Link here: moc.bricklink.com If you want to learn more about this quite frankly awesome website then visit the about page here: moc.bricklink.com/pages/moc/help/about.page

The basic idea behind this is make some of my MOCs available to buy and make a bit of money in the process if indeed anyone does want to buy any of them. If I do make any money out of this then it would go straight into buying more LEGO pieces so I could build bigger and better MOCs to share with you guys.


Right now I only have one MOC up at the moment (That one up there ^^) however I do plan on adding more soon. The link to my MOCs on the BrickLink MOC shop is here: My MOCs And while your there if you want have a look around at some of the awesome MOCs that are on there too.

As always comments/suggestions are welcome and if there's a MOC that I've made that you would like to be on the MOC shop then feel free to comment below.

And that's all for now, Till next time.

Friday, September 19, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 7

Another quick update today as I've made a bit more progress on the B-25 so here's what's been done.

The main thing I've been focusing on over the past few days is the tail section which as you can see is starting to look a bit more like the real thing. I still have a way to go yet but I've finally got the control surfaces on the tail working well so the only control surface left to get working is the ailerons which I can only to do once I've actually made the wings.


Something I forgot to put in the last update was that I had actually built the propellers. They are a similar design to the propeller on my Spitfire but smaller as this model is in a smaller scale.


Finally as usual a shot of the overall model.


And thats it. Till next time.

Monday, September 15, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 6

Finally got some more work done on my B-25 over the weekend so here's what I've done. I've added the other side of the nose section as well as completely replaced the control mechanism for the elevator control to using beams as the original way of doing that (using axles) wasn't going to work. I've also run the rudder control mechanism to the tail as well although I haven't added the actual rudders in yet.


I also came up with a preliminary design for the top turret.


And thats everything. Till next time.

Friday, September 12, 2014

MOC: Nebulon-B Frigate in LDD WIP part 4

I've been working on my Nebulon B Frigate over the past few days so here's an update on what I've done. I've added a bit more detail to the rear section as well as finished off the detail on the bottom of the front section. I've also been thinking about the colours so I still need to sort them out and there might also be a few minor tweaks here and there as well. I also need to sort out the internal structure as it's a bit of a mess at the moment.



Also I should hopefully have a update to my B-25 soon as I've finally got a few more of the pieces I needed to carry on building it.

Monday, September 8, 2014

MOC: Nebulon-B Frigate in LDD WIP part 3

I've got some more progress done over the past few days so here is an update on what I've done. I've done the other side of the front section as well as started work on the very bottom part of the from section, I've also added more detail to the rear section. I'll probably do a bit more work on the rear section as well as the bottom of the front section next.


Friday, September 5, 2014

MOC: Nebulon-B Frigate in LDD WIP part 2

I've gotten a bit more done over the past few days so I thought I'd post an update on what I've done. I've replaced the bricks on the rear section with slope bricks and done a bit more work on the front section as well. I still need to do the same for the other side and work on the rear section a bit more.


Still a lot more work to do but it's getting there I think.

Monday, September 1, 2014

MOC: Nebulon-B Frigate in LDD WIP part 1

So I finally got around to working on the Nebulon-B Frigate again that I started building in MLCad quite a while ago however I've decided to build it in LDD (Lego Digital Designer) instead. This way
it will be a bit easier for me to make it in LDD. I imported the old model so all that progress is still there so I'll use that as a base to carry on with it. I've done a bit of work on it already but there's still quite a bit left to do. here's my progress so far.



I'll hopefully be posting updates to this any week that I don't have an update for my B-25 project so I should get a update out on either build at least once a week. Anyway till next time.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 5

More progress has been made on the B-25 in the past week so here's what I've done.

This past week I tried to focus on the placement of the motors for the landing gear and the mechanism to connect them to the actual landing gear. I also added the two main beams where the wings are going attach to.

This is the motor for the landing gear on the wings.
This is the motor of the nose landing gear.
And as usual a picture of the over progress, I'll probably work on the tail section a bit more and get the battery box mounted as well this next week.


Tuesday, August 19, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 4

I've managed to get a bit more work done on the B-25 over the past week so I thought I'd post another update on what I've done. First of I've done a bit of work on the control system so now the control stick has all it's outputs and I just need to connect them all to the control surfaces which will be done once I've actually made the control surfaces.


These two outputs are for the ailerons.
The other part I worked on was the tail. I replaced some of the 1x16 studded beams with 1x14 studded beams and started on the very beginnings of the tailplane.


And finally the overall progress I've made on the fuselage.


Monday, August 11, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 3

Just a quick update today as I haven't gotten much building done in the past week. I did a bit of work on the tail section and I think I've come up with a design that should be quite strong once it's finished. It's also now getting close to how long it's going to end up being once finished.

I have actually run out of 1x16 studded beams so I might replace some in the tail with 1x14 studded beams.
And thats it for this update. Hopefully I get a bit more building done this week.

Monday, August 4, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 2

I've done quite a bit of work on the B-25 so I thought I'd post another update and show what I've done since the first part. First up I replaced the left and right landing gear mechanism with a bit better design that should be a bit stronger and work a bit better.

This is actually the beginning of the right engine bay.
The landing gear mechanism is a bit easier to see on this side as it isn't built up as much.
The landing gear in the down position.

Next I built the control stick and peddle for the ailerons, elevator and rudder.

As you can see this is more compact than the control system I built for my Spitfire.

I've only added one peddle for the rudder as to try and fit two inside such a small area would
be difficult so I thought I'd go for just one to make it a bit easier. I've also added the front landing gear as well.

Lastly a couple of shots of the overall progress I've made.



Tuesday, July 29, 2014

MOC: Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP Part 1

Well I finally started work on my next Technic aircraft, A B-25 Mitchell. It's going to be a similar size to my Technic Spitfire and mostly the same type of functions. The planned functions I have at the moment are:


  • Both engines powered by a PF XL motor each.
  • Working ailerons, elevator and rudder all controlled from the cockpit.
  • Working Landing gear powered by a PF M motor.
  • Working Landing flaps also powered by a PF M motor.
  • Working turrets.
I've so far built part of the left engine bay with the landing gear leg and the basic structure of the center of the main fuselage. First a couple of pictures of the engine bay:



Next up is the section of main fuselage I've built so far:


I'm not sure how long this MOC is going to take as I don't currently have all the pieces needed and affording them is going to be interesting to say the least but I will try and finish it before the end of the year hopefully.

And thats it for now, Hopefully I'll have another update for you around this time next week.

Monday, June 9, 2014

MOC: Technic Spitfire

Well it's been just over six months but I've finally finished my Technic Spitfire. This has been one of the largest and most time consuming builds I've done and I'm glad I've finally finished it to be honest. First a bit of info about it:

Wingspan: 90cm
length: 86cm
Propeller diameter: 29cm
Functions:
Motorised Engine and Propeller.
Motorised Landing Gear.
Working Rudder, Elevator, and ailerons controlled from the cockpit.

Now we move on to the pictures. First up a few different view of it overall.





Next up a close up of all the functions and interesting bits.

A close up of the propeller so you can see the design a bit better. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.

A close up of the engine and XL motor that drives the engine and propeller.
The final gear ratio is 5.001:1.

The left side is for the ailerons and the right side is the landing gear.

Close up of the M motor that powers the landing gear.

Close up of the control surface control system.

The tail section. This was a bit of a pain to get right.

The rear of the tail section.

The original way I did this was with gears but that made the Elevators way to loose so I came up with this instead.

A close up of the landing gear down.

A close up of inside the Cockpit.

A view from the cockpit as if you where sitting in it.
Next up a couple of pictures with the landing gear up.



Finally a video of all the functions.



And thats it. I hope you like it. :)

Sunday, May 25, 2014

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.