First Post - My Collection

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First Post - My Collection

Post #1 by Stotty » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:53 am

First Post.
Here's some shot of my machines built entirely of Lego

Terex RH340b (pardon the background, it's in storage at the moment ready for the next show)

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D9T

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Custom services vehicle (based on a cruiser)

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Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:45 pm

Hi Richard and welcome to CMN :wave: that's some serious Lego you have there very good. :thumbup:

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Post #3 by Gerard » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:22 pm

That's impressive, how long did it take you to build the Terex?


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Post #4 by Stotty » Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:02 pm

The Terex's first build took approx 4 months or so, after a show I stripped down the main super-structure and rebuilt it then put the stickers on it which then took a further 2 months.

The D9 on the other hand was a couple of days.

Those 2 aren't the only builds I have, just the rest wouldn't come in under the "earthmoving" tag.


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Post #5 by Mrsmackpaul » Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:23 pm

Interesting stuff Richard
And welcome to the forum


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Post #6 by Holger » Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:50 am

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Post #7 by Stotty » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:48 pm

Decided to post some pictures of the non-earthmoving builds I have done.

New Holland BB1290 Large Square Baler.
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PMC-989 Pea Harvester/Viner
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And for a bit of fun a Dragline i put together out of my daughters Duplo
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And some shot s of the Terex as I built it the first time
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Post #8 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:26 am

Must take some patience to build a giant jigsaw puzzle like that. :thumbup:

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Post #9 by Stotty » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:48 am

Just trial and error. Some days you get a good run and you stay in the "zone" and and you look up at the time and 3 hours have passed, other days you get a mental block and don't achieve anything for the same amount of time, or worse go backwards. Had that problem multiple times on my most recent build, then once I had finished, realised I have totally stuffed up the scale I was working from. Looks fine, but is about 20-25% bigger than what its meant to be.


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