8043 White MOC

[Richard Dower]

Saw this and had to share, looks fantastic in White!!....its probably easier to make this in White as the nesscary panels are cheap and readily available, those uber rare long Yellow panels are too expensive now.

[DrJB]

Very nice. Reminds me of an EV3 version I saw about two (?) years ago at BrickWorld Chicago, before the EV3 officially came out.

[dr_spock]

Nice. Could be a Liebherr.

[Osuharding1]

This looks great in all white. In fact I'd vote to says it's better white than yellow. I did a color swap on my Racers Enzo to all white. I think it looks better white than red. Just search YouTube for white Enzo and it will show up!

[Karle]

I recently saw the 8043 excavator and decided that it would make a good project. The instruction have been up loaded and the parts gathering has begun. Do you have any experience with this kit or the 8043 MOC that you would care to share ?

Edited June 2, 2015 by Karle

[MaxSupercars]

This Excavator looks very good in white... I have to collect more white bricks... :-/

[davebarrett]

Certainly easier to get the parts in white than in yellow—those #5 and #6 panels aren't as common as I'd like, and there's 5 each in this (!!!)

[davebarrett]

42039 has 2 of each

I meant the yellow ones. LARGE requirement for the original 8043: http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-4558817

I've actually got all the pieces for this in white, as original yellow was prohibitive. I'm looking forward to building it.

[GoldVillage]

Agreed with other posters, it looks great in white! nicely done

[kisper]

How do I build this ? Where do I source for the complete part list ?

Noob here pls guide :)

[M_longer]

How do I build this ? Where do I source for the complete part list ?

Noob here pls guide :)

It is a normal 8043 set, instructions can be found on Brickset, or LEGO.com.

Just replace all yellow parts (maybe except knobs) with white ones.

[Richard Dower]

How do I build this ? Where do I source for the complete part list ?

Noob here pls guide :)

parts list: https://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?S=8043-1#T=S&O={%22ii%22:1}

building instructions: http://brickset.com/sets/8043-1

you can buy the threads in either DBG or Black, as seen on this model. you are basically replacing the yellow parts with white....