Sjoemie himself Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) Below some pictures of a WIP i'm working on. Plan is to make it fully working with rc pf. This means, forward-reverse, left-right, working PTO, and rear hitch. This is my first ever MOC using pf, rc and studless building. You might say i'm kind of a 'old school' Technic builder. Hope you enjoy, comments and questions are welcome. Edited January 23, 2018 by Sjoemie himself Typo Quote
BrickbyBrickTechnic Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Looks great so far! Will it have articulated or front wheel steering? Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 Thank you. It will have articulated steering, 4wd and pendular front axle. Scale is approximately 1/16 (forgot to mention that). Quote
1gor Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Now when we have (at least one size) tractor tires, there will be some interesting projects. I assume that you chose this model because of long front articulated part that can contain lots of features (fake engine, L-motor...) Among Case IH tractors, my favorite is still this one Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Yes there is indeed enough room for many motors however the nose is very narrow. Because of this and the pendular and powered front axle there is no room left for a fake engine because i need the space for the battery box. There currently are four motors in the tractor, one large, two small and one servomotor. Will post pictures later. And yes the Case IH steiger or stx is very nice indeed. However i'm also a big fan of the Case IH 1455XL. Maybe someday i will build another 1455xl. Since the first one i built was a bit rough and did not have many functions. Edited January 24, 2018 by Sjoemie himself Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 Some progress. Chassis is more or less complete. I modified the rear hitch and PTO so that I can also pull a implement which is driven by the PTO. Also did some work on the rear fenders/mudguards. Quote
BrickbyBrickTechnic Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Excellent so far! Do you think a working steering wheel is possible? Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 25, 2018 Author Posted January 25, 2018 Thank you. I'm not sure about the steering wheel, i think i would rather cover up the servomotor and have a dummy steering wheel. The space is already quite limited inside the cabin to shape a nice(ish) interior.. We'll see Quote
Mechbuilds Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 When out of room to make interior, hide your shame. (cover it up) That's my motto :) Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 I will do my best! Quick questions: is this https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4760c01&name=Electric 9V Battery Box Small Complete Assembly&category=[Electric, Battery Box]#T=C compatible with this https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=60656&C=0#T=C&C=0 To power the power functions motors and receivers? Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted February 3, 2018 Author Posted February 3, 2018 No progress on the tractor.. started working on something else Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted February 22, 2018 Author Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Today I received a package with rather special components inside Been working on the implement which is going to be a forage chopper based on the Case IH FHX 300. Progress is slow. Was working with studded bricks but that turned out quite bulky. So I scrapped that idea and 'converted' to studless, which is turning out much better (pictures will follow later). Edited February 22, 2018 by Sjoemie himself Text looks funky (edit, still does) Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 6, 2019 Author Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Finally some progress. Although the tractor looks pretty much the same alot has changed. I wasn't too happy about about the previous version in terms of ground clearance and the way the steering worked with the servomotor. So I have converted it to a small motor with LA. This works quite well. Now I have to decide what I want to keep, PTO or a working three-point hitch, since there is no room to power them both. Edited January 6, 2019 by Sjoemie himself Quote
zoo Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) On 1/24/2018 at 7:07 PM, Sjoemie himself said: And yes the Case IH steiger or stx is very nice indeed. However i'm also a big fan of the Case IH 1455XL. The 1455XL is my favourite as well. I prefer the IH version though. 7 hours ago, Sjoemie himself said: Now I have to decide what I want to keep, PTO or a working three-point hitch, since there is no room to power them both. I feel many tractor MOCs suffer from underdeveloped three point hitch so that would get my vote. Great to see another tractor MOC, too few of them out there in my opinion! Keep it up! Edited January 6, 2019 by zoo Quote
1gor Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 I'm happy that you chose studless build. Frames are blessing for us Mocers and specially for tractors that have very narrow chassis to enable small turning circle. Nice that you found time to develop you MOC Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 7, 2019 Author Posted January 7, 2019 Thank you for your replies. I am still struggeling to find room for the motor for the rear hitch and/or PTO and get a sturdy construction at the same time. Trouble is that i'm still very much used to building with studs and even numbers so it's quite challenging to get my head around this 'new way of Technic building. Quote
1gor Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 The key is to use frames 5 X 7 and 5 X 11 as much as possible and use bent liftarms for connection of several sections to make it sturdy and st the same time you have various axle holes in all directions through frames Quote
TeamThrifty Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 8 hours ago, Sjoemie himself said: Trouble is that i'm still very much used to building with studs and even numbers so it's quite challenging to get my head around this 'new way of Technic building. I remember that transition when i came back to lego - sometimes even simple things were a brain frying challenge!! worth it though, studless is much better. (i still have a mental block with vertical gearboxes!!) Tractors are my drug of choice, i found the old studded chassis techniques were no use at all... i tried to build in a studded style with studless beams. nightmare. You have to forget what you used to do. different, unexpected things work!! Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 8, 2019 Author Posted January 8, 2019 21 hours ago, I_Igor said: The key is to use frames 5 X 7 and 5 X 11 as much as possible Tried that and it seems to be working. It still will be a challenge to fit a 3-point hitch but I think it might just work. Vertical gearboxes really are something else. For this tractor I think I don't need one though (luckily) Quote
TeamThrifty Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 Check out the 3 point i've added to my Axion and Xerion mocs using small LA.. fairly realistic geometry, but doesn't take up any internal space... 20190101_131458 by Team Thrifty, on Flickr 20180908_181534 by Team Thrifty, on Flickr Quote
1gor Posted January 9, 2019 Posted January 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Sjoemie himself said: Tried that and it seems to be working. It still will be a challenge to fit a 3-point hitch but I think it might just work. I have build rear 3 point hitch with small linear actuators on rear axle...I'll post axle images in my tread later so perhaps it could be usefull to you. Quote
1gor Posted January 9, 2019 Posted January 9, 2019 @Sjoemie himself, here you can see "my" 3 point hitch solution. Quote
Sjoemie himself Posted January 9, 2019 Author Posted January 9, 2019 Thank you both! That is a really massive tractor @TeamThrifty , I like it a lot. Unfortunately my tractor is not nearly this wide and thus the space in the frame is limited. My plan was to also make a hitch using a small LA but i'm unsure if I can get power to it. Hopefully I can post an update/solution tonight. Quote
TeamThrifty Posted January 9, 2019 Posted January 9, 2019 @I_Igor i like your rear axle a lot.. very neat. Many tractors and cross pollinating of ideas! Brilliant!! Quote
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