Minirotty

My Mercedes Hiab build...

In Lego

If you didn't know I am off my legs for a while so to keep me busy friends have been buying me Lego, Wozza the most as he started all this addiction that has also caught on to other friends now too,all over Facebook my friends are building Lego because of Psycho Warren

I'll not put much text tonight but I'll try to add pic so far of the build in order


Owe yeh it has a 500 page instruction book and I'm on page 255 and about to start the Hiab Arm build now.

Minirotty

Minirotty

Fraggle...

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First off all the best with your recovery fella, looked a real soul shaker so make most of the quite time an buy every technic set ya can, I fooking would

Secondly...thats a beast cant wait too crack on with the skip truck I bought
me boy LAST Christmas, I just couldn't bare too let him build it as I wanted it

Keep the updates flowing

155lee

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Good to see you working on something car related!
I have the hiab too but not found time to build it yet.
My son loves playing with the models and I enjoy building them so I have a cupboard full of the latest technic models.
The big excavator and Volvo loader are good to build and the gearbox in the green recovery truck is really clever how it works,I have 4 big motorised models to build if I can find time ha ha.

MONSTER

Awesome!!
I'm gonna get one of these when I've finished building the Unimog

Glenn_

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I loooovvve Lego technics. Its just a shame its soooo dear to buy.

At least your kept busy doing these matey.

eagie

All the best for a speedy recovery mate! I've got the V8 Scania with the hiab and tilt and slide bed recovery truck, still got the big green wrecker to build, but I think I need this as well

RichieST

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That's awesome, when I was a kid about as good as lego got was building a fire station. Love the detail in it!

gjh

Awesome! Ye think Warren has a lot to answer for, getting a couple of smaller kits for Christmas, nothing as technical as this one but hopefully one day.

visa_broke

good work, get some pics up of the other sets you've got (and some of you other guys) i've not had any lego's for a while. Used to have absolutely loads till a house move and now no idea where everythings gone

Kev - you need a lego model of your van

Psycho Warren

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yeah it was my fault I got kev hooked on lego

gjh

Ye I've ended up buying a little set. Going to start off with it and see how it goes.

Minirotty

Glad to see I'm not the only Lego addict out there lol

Will update on progress tomorrow, as will have some more done.

Minirotty

more pics for you as today managed to do the hiab arm

sorry iff updates slow but I only do the Lego on days when I;m feeling really crap and gets my mind off things,

155lee

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Awesome,I'm looking forward to starting my hiab but I can't get a minute away from work,cars and kids and if I do I'm engrossed in sons of anarchy on sky so once I start I can't stop.
I have 4 big sets sitting in their boxes I wanted to build this winter,the mk2 crane,hiab,big motorised bulldozer and the big blue tracked crane.
I'll take some pics and post them up later on.
Keep the updates coming,must be hard to concentrate on the instructions and getting all the little bits right when you are in pain.

Minirotty

My mate biught and built the skip truck looks good!

Where do you get all yours from? I've not been able to find any ither trucks this big jusy a big crane now.

Do it!

Cheers Glenn.


Could you share link yo that one pllease bud?


Thanks bud.

Its addictive lol

m

I've thought about it since you said and I wouldn't be clever enough to make anvan without instructions lol

Yup, your fault lol

You'll buy more, be warned lol

Minirotty

Thanks bud, look forward to the pics of all yours as give an idea of what to ask Santa for lol

It's surprisingly meditational when doing it, I find myself getting lost in it for hours.

Minirotty

Front and rear bumpers done today and started making front cabin

dojj

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I've got loads more, a whole room at the other house simply for Lego

When the Mrs finds out how much it costs she blows her top

Minirotty

Where do l get that yellow one from?

155lee

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Kosman plate,ha ha.
I bought my blue 42042 tracked crane from smyths toy store,iirc it was around Ł150.
My 42009 crane like dojj's above was eBay,Ł110
I have the green recovery truck,that's an excellent build and the gearbox and how it works is brilliant,cheap too,around Ł60
I have a big motorised tracked excavator,no longer made by lego but you can get them on eBay for between Ł130 for a built 1 and Ł400 for a new unopened 1,it also builds into a drot so I may buy another and build that.
I have the big motorised bulldozer,took me a year to win 1 and ended up getting a previously built but stripped/boxed 1 for Ł150.
Buying built un boxed models doesn't interest me,I'll buy a built but stripped model as long as it's been stripped and bagged,you wouldn't believe people buy them,build them,strip them and sell them on boxed.
I have loads right back to when I was around ten,those are the studded type and fell apart when you played with them,the new sets are miles better in their detail and operation.
I'll get some pics tonight and post them up!

Minirotty

Just found the yellow one on eBay! Didn't know about that one, can ya guess what's on my xmas list now?

dojj

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Ł150 from lego with free delivery

http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Mobile-Crane-MK-II-42009

it's a monster, longer than my daughter if i can find the pic

Glenn_

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Top work Kev.

dojj

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some more from the other house

Minirotty

Very nice Dojj!

Found then on eBay for Ł130 all in iirc, willl ask Santa



Started the cabin...

155lee

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Here's some of mine,got more in my garage loft inc 3 big models I have not even opened yet.
New tracked crane.

Pneumatic with a small battery powered pump logging truck,got this for my 16th birthday but by then I had grown out of lego technic,only really finished it around 2 years ago 18 years later!

My favourite to build,Volvo 350 loader,fully working and it's got some power as there's reduction gears on all 4 wheels,diffs,center steering,it can lift a good weight and drive over nearly anything.my sons favourite.

Recovery truck and 1 of my 2 lego model team tractor units,these are really brittle now,got this 1 a few years ago as you can build it into a flat front truck and my other 1 I have had since I was about 12



My favourite,the huge excavator.this thing is big,well detailed and fully working,the gearbox is a bit clunky and slow but it's great yo build and play with (so my son says!)


Pneumatic excavator,think I got this when I was 11/12 so will be around 24 years old.

Got a few more I'll take pics of later!

Minirotty

Brilliant!

It is the Volvo 350, mobile crane and tracked crane I'd like next, not neccessarily in that order lol

dojj

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I've got the red excavator and want the BIG yellow one

Plus the Volvo one is on my list of must haves if I get afew quid in the future

155lee

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I wouldn't like to know exactly how much I have spent on lego but it must be well over a grand,I had the rare ltd edition crawler,I paid Ł400 I think for it,never opened it and was needing the money for something else so sold it on.
Think I'll buy that again next as they are a bit cheaper now.
I'm not really into the boats or planes,just the construction models and trucks.
I'm putting off building the mobile crane,I have the parts list to make it fully motorised,steering,forwards/backwards,outriggers plus a longer boom.just need time to find somewhere online to buy all the different parts for it.
http://bricksafe.com/files/JurgensTe...ra%20parts.png

massivewangers

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Well, I wish I hadn't opened this thread - I want

Minirotty

cabin completed now and managed to convert it all to right hand drive.

Internaly and externaly as I hate ledt hand drives lol look good though!

Not to much more to do now, well stage 6, the rear bed!


































And a quick meme to show why I've all of a sudden started filling my time with Lego lol

RichieST

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Asked for some lego for Xmas now lol. Some of those kits are amazing!

dojj

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this ones got air horns too!!!!!!

RichieST

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Minirotty

Haha ya both impressed by my air horns aint ya x

Glenn_

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You dont mess about Kev. The detail is good on the cab.

PaulinhoT

What a really nice collection impressive

gjh

Coming on real well, some of those kits look awesome!