u/GradeComprehensive88

Hello to you, regular follower or passer by,

I am here for this week's update. So to clear things out, I only work on the bus during the weekends except when i order pieces when i build during the week. Having this in mind, i started to notice last week that i was in a crossroad between some crucial point that are needed to make the model work out so i was wondering with what to start.

1. I have the bending part to make work in real life, i still have some modifications to do to make it bend correctly

2. I need to find a way to cover the wheels on the inside that looks good and also supports the bus on the side. Supporting the side will help with the longevity of the final model since it's gonna last of couple of years on a shelf i hope.

3. figuring out the propulsion is very important. This is what is gonna keep the bus moving on the ground so it needs to transfer power well. We already have a concept that I will have to test in real life. I will put it digitally already in the future.

This week I worked on only the second point. It really needed a complete rework especially for the front one which i managed to improve. It still needs a bit of work . The rear is more complicated. I tried something but i don't like the amount of part stacking i used but the shape is rather correct.

I tried to cover the underside of the rear section but it looks very ugly at the moment. I'll see if i keep it or modify it.

I added a couple of renders to show you the current state in a higher quality than just screenshots.

As always feel free to ask questions or give feedback in the comments if you want to.

See you next week, and until then keep building :)

Hello everyone,

This week, i did a lot of work in real life, which i'm happy to be able to do.

Firstly, at the start of the week i started looking for that blinker "click-click" sound i wanted to add. I had a file, which had the code in it which i ended up not being able to find. So i have gone about and made one from scratch and i managed to get it back yesterday. (it's 1am as i'm writing this ) I tried to implement it inside of the bus but for some reason something doesn't work as expected because the buzzer is lightly buzzing all the time which, you could guess, it isn't supposed to happen. I do have to work more on it. I will probably make another post just to give you to ability to hear it.

Then one of the people that helps me with the bus had an idea for a door system that would potentially be very slim. He ended up with something really cool. It's basically exactly what i've been looking for but just using strings rather than chains to open and close the doors. So i built it myself to test, and after finally routing the strings correctly the doors worked really well. The string is really strong so it can survive quite a lot of abuse (like the doors opening very fast which you can see in the video). They still wobble around a little which i want to try to fix somehow but if i can't, it's good enough as it is. The whole mechanism is very slim and fits perfectly inside of the bus although i have to make a couple of holes in the roof ( by removing pieces ) to make it fit which isn't really a big deal. Since it's using strings it's very reliable and when fixed correctly it doesn't go anywhere.

On the more technically side of things, i managed to change the blinkers behavior to make them match the real life bus. They needed a bit more cabling but it's completly fine right now. You can see in the video the parking lights, left and right blinkers as well as the bottom side lights being automated to match the real thing. I will add way more in the coming weeks.

I also made a couple of improvements to the chassis overall. Mainly the front section, which deserved a bit of love because it was too high and the front suspensions were too. That is now fixed and i'm currently looking into what i can build in this area. I've been focused on the rear so much these days so it's time to invest myself as much as i did for the rear in the front. That section needs to be very strong so that it can support the enormous amount of pieces that will go there to build the interior.

If you read this far, thank you, it means a lot.

If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback you wanna give feel free to express yourself in the comments.

See you next week

Hello everyone,

I have begun programming everything, putting everything slowly in it's final state. I have also managed to program the blinkers. I still need to find the right tonality of the buzzer to have the little blinker click-click sound. I did manage to make it in the past i just can't find the file. If you want me to post a little video if I find it during the week let me know.

I can easily add reverse lights next week as well as a horn and reverse beep. I just need to take the time to do so.

The bluetooth connection and remote also work, i have added nearly all of the buttons i need. It is still in a prototype phase so it won't look like that.

In the middle of the week I also ordered a bunch of parts which i started to add to make the real life model look more like the digital one.

The doors have also been worked on a little, still not perfect but better at least.

I improved the 3d model of one of the 1x4 half a bracket thin plates to actually fit well which it didn't.

Let me know what you think of it and if you want a video update during the week Until then, keep building :)

As always if you have any questions, suggestions or just anything you wanna say feel free to tell it in the comments.