A motorized Christmas Santa Sleigh to wish you Merry Christmas !
How to build ?
You only need the parts and the instructions. You can purchase the PDF instructions on this shop which contains the partlist at the end, and you can check on Rebrickable or in the instructions preview below.
Christmas Santa Sleigh
If you do not have the parts, you can purchase the complete kit from retailers :
- Using Genuine LEGO Parts : This model is available at Buildamoc, in a complete package including LEGO Genuine Parts and PDF instructions.
- Using non-Genuine LEGO Parts : This model is available on LesDiy Store in a complete package, including parts (alternative bricks from China) and PDF Instructions.
This Christmas Santa Sleigh has been made for celebrating the 2015 year, as a gift to you, fan friends and followers ! That is why I have included also a complete buidling instructions with proffessional looking, in order to enable you to rebuilt it, this lovely sleigh with Rodolphe !
The functioning is basic, A M motor placed in the sleigh makes rotates lever which is connected to the frame. The whole sleigh plus reinder are mounted on beams and articulated frame, in order that when one goes up, second goes down. The M motor also drives the reindeer thanks to U-join and makes rotate 4 lever which are connected to the legs. The kinematic of the legs is made with one lever, a swing L shaped beam, and two beams. This simplified configuration is inspired by work of Shadowfax lego based on and the work of awesome Theo Jansen (the father of many kinetic animal).
Here is the gif result :
See it in video :
How to build ?
You only need the parts and the instructions. You can purchase the PDF instructions on this shop which contains the partlist at the end, and you can check on Rebrickable or in the instructions preview below.
If you do not have the parts, you can purchase the complete kit from retailers :
- Using Genuine LEGO Parts : This model is available at Buildamoc, in a complete package including LEGO Genuine Parts and PDF instructions.
- Using non-Genuine LEGO Parts : This model is available on LesDiy Store in a complete package, including parts (alternative bricks from China) and PDF Instructions.
I have spend many hours on MLcad to build the CAD model and Lpub to rendering the building instructions and after some pictures adjustment I was abbe to propose the instructions as a PDF, in 72 pages / 154mo and 971 parts ! This building instructions was made to make possible the print after with a white background and high DPI definition in standard A4 size, that is why it doesn’t look like the Lego Official Instruction graphically. The bill of material can be download for free, and it is also available on rebrickable online (for matching your parts with the needed parts).
- Bill Of material : instructions Pictures– 1mo
- Bill Of Material : Rebrickable link
As usual, the building instructions is for sale for 10€, by using paypal. Not a free photo sequence this time because the construction is quite simple and available pictures are enough to rebuilt it for advanced builder ! For the beginner or for those who want to support my work, thank to use the button and thank you 🙂
You can buy the instructions with the following button for 10€. You can also buy other building instructions and get an automated discount. You will get 15% off for 2 PDF, and 20% off for 3 PDF on the total), available for all the instructions for sale on nico71.fr.
See it on the shop :
Christmas Santa Sleigh
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