"Tripper" (tripe46)
12/27/2016 at 11:40 • Filed to: None
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
12/27/2016 at 11:40 • Filed to: None | 14
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My wife spoiled me with this and an espresso maker among other things. So I got all cracked out on coffee and knocked out the first quarter of this Lego late on Christmas Day.
I thought for certain that I would have this done in a few hours, however this one has more than a few pieces. I stayed up until 4am on Monday finishing box #1 of 4. I know that it’s 1:8 scale, but it’s much bigger than I imagined.
For a brief moment I considered leaving it in the package and selling it in a few years, but that is not how I live my life.
I hope everyone had a nice weekend.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 12:16 |
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Espresso and Lego? Those are awesome presents. Have fun!
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 12:25 |
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That was the toughest box. Might want to flip those gears so it shifts well while you’re at that phase.
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Tripper
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 13:00 |
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Yea what is the deal with that? I grazed over an article about the transmission shifting in the proper order, but it was months ago.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 13:17 |
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Out of the box it shifts 1 3 2 4 if I remember. Also you can go from 4th to 1st with no block. I added one between on mine
BREADwagon
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 13:36 |
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I’m thinking about getting this. Can you share the details for the trans and what modification to it you made?
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> BREADwagon
12/27/2016 at 13:37 |
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Yeah ill throw you the links to the posts I made when I get back to the house.
GT40Guy
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 13:42 |
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“For a brief moment I considered leaving it in the package and selling it in a few years, but that is not how I live my life.” Lego is about building and having fun while doing it. You made the right choice. Enjoy the final result :)
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> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 13:47 |
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Need more info on the espresso machine!
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Tripper
> Cash Rewards
12/27/2016 at 14:07 |
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Haha it’s a portable one. It works great! Our coffee machine at work sucks to the point that I was planning on buying a nespresso machine for my office anyway.
I know I will really cherish it the next time were staying in a hotel with a crap coffee situation (90% of hotels)
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> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 14:16 |
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So it’s essentially a mini manual. That’s awesome!
Tikiguy
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 18:18 |
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So much want. Congrats, I hope you enjoy building that beast.
BobintheMtns
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 18:59 |
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Nice! I got one too! Still on the first box though...
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Tripper
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 20:29 |
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Ok so I tore it apart and flipped that gear over. Thanks for mentioning that. However it seems like there is just too much tension in the drivetrain in two of 4 gears. yours have that issue?
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 20:33 |
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Mine doesn’t. You just flipped that set directly in front of the fake engine right?
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Tripper
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 20:34 |
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yup, gear was on the left, spacer on the right. Now gear is on the right spacer on the left.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> BREADwagon
12/27/2016 at 20:36 |
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As promised, here’s the links to the posts I wrote.
Here’s the one about backwards gearing
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/lego-porsche-caution-1782195011
And this will keep it from shifting from 4th to 1st
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/porsche-transmission-fix-2-1782985839
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 20:37 |
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And you flipped the two grey ones as well?
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Tripper
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 20:43 |
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Haha nope! I was looking at pic of the fix here and didn’t look closely or watch the video. Thanks!!
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 20:46 |
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Should go from this
to this
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Tripper
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/27/2016 at 20:51 |
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Got it. So glad you mentioned it. I’d be so pissed if I got all finished up and found out the gearing was wrong.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Tripper
12/27/2016 at 20:54 |
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It’s a real pain to drop the fake engine out. I changed mine out after I was 100% done.