Mini Construction Vehicles with Instructions

[zweihander]

Hi everyone,

First things first, let me re-introduce myself. In the past, I used to use the name 'erelender' here, mainly because I wasn't aware that my account name would be my display name while signing up 2.5 years ago. I haven't been very active lately, but if you've ever heard about me, it would be thanks to my TC9 entry, Manitou Telehandler, which won 3rd place. Thanks to @Jim, I'm now able to use the name I'd like

Now that re-introduction is out of the way, I can present you my latest models:

 

Mini Construction Vehicles Series

One day, while I was sitting on my lego desk, thinking of what to build, I found myself building a small bulldozer. Then I kept building and rebuilding it for the entire weekend. In the end I quite liked the little chap, so I went ahead and built a number of other construction vehicles in the following couple of weeks when I found the time.

They are definitely not modeled after any real-life ones. There is also no set scale for the group, but I'd say they are somewhat close to each other mostly.

 

Bulldozer

This was the first to come, and my favourite, with angle-adjustable and liftable blade, and liftable ripper. 

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

Excavator

This one was the second, but I rebuilt it from scratch after the others because I wasn't satisfied. Includes rotating super-structure, arm movement, and liftable front blade.

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

Mining Truck

The third one built, but my second favourite. I just love how tough it looks with those tyres, even though they are much sportier than they should be. This one was probably the most challenging one of the lot because I just couldn't get the size of the cabin&bed as I liked, but I'm satisfied with it now. It only features tipping bed, but hey, it's something :)

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

Skid-Steer Loader with Forks

The fourth one, and the smallest. Even though it's not as heavy-duty as its siblings, it wins in the area of being cute and still functional. It's also white because at this point I was beginning to run out of small yellow parts, and I just couldn't build it in yellow.

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

Road Grader

Number 5. Nothing special about this one other than that the blade height is so nicely fit that it would really grade if I put it on some soft sand :D

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

Road Roller

The last one. I was basically out of yellow parts, so this is definitely not the best of the bunch, but it still resembles the real thing and it works.

PDF Instructions Rebrickable Link

 

For the Full-Size images, please check my Flickr Photostream.

 

After finishing all 6 models, I thought they were good excuse to learn LDCad and LPub, so I went ahead and created instructions for all of them. I must say I really liked LDCad after switching from MLCad. Some things are much easier to do in LDCad.

In the end it was a fun project spanning around a month or so for everything. Thanks for reading, I hope you like them.

Cheers

Edited November 15, 2016 by zweihander

[Samer]

Cool. Nice gift for people with kids who like construction vehicles. My son is only interested in pull backs and speed champions 

[Leonardo da Bricki]

That is neat. Would make an interesting decoration for a shelf. Or a coffee table.

[letsbuild]

I really like this. I'm probably going to make the excavator and dump truck as semi-permanent models.

[Didumos69]

Lovely little creatures! This type of small, instantly recognizable builds also shows how versatile Technic is. And I see some interesting layouts that could be useful in larger builds too. Thanks for sharing!

[J_C]

Bravo! This is so sweet and clever!

[Seasider]

fantastic little models, perfect for displaying on a desk

 

do you have any plans to expand the collection ?

[Jurss]

Could be official Technics starter set.

[zweihander]

Thank you for all your comments, I'm glad you like it. I'll put them on rebrickable tonight or tomorrow.

 

2 hours ago, Seasider said:

do you have any plans to expand the collection ?

I don't plan to at the moment. I'm out of small pieces. But I might try a couple other vehicles after I dismantle these.

 

1 hour ago, Jurss said:

Could be official Technics starter set.

Thank you, I guess they could be :). Might be worth putting up on Lego Ideas even though they won't probably gather enough votes.

[jorgeopesi]

I love all of them very good work.

[nerdsforprez]

Well done.  I really enjoy all these mini submissions.  tc10 also saw several mini submissions.  

I think it can all be traced to our tiny moc post,  which this would make a great addition to

 

[Didumos69]

7 hours ago, nerdsforprez said:

I think it can all be traced to our tiny moc post,  which this would make a great addition to

I agree and inserted the link.

Edited November 9, 2016 by Didumos69

[Samolot]

Lovely. I would like to see lego technic advent calendar with them. :)

[TomasHubik]

What a greate bild! Really cute!

[grum64]

Grum says these are very nice.

From Jake I like them to

[DugaldIC]

These are awesome little guys,  I feel like they should be part of a Lego technic advent calender :p.  Now to make small,  medium and then large scales of each model.  

Edited November 9, 2016 by DugaldIC

[WvG_853]

Very inspiring. Thanks for the instructions. I will definitively build them ...

[Phantom59]

I think they are great all you need now is a 3 point roller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_roller#/media/File:ZettelmeyerWalze.jpg   and a multi wheeled roller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_roller#/media/File:Pneumatic_road_roller_Hamm_AG_GRW_18_01.jpg

[Oliver 79]

Awesome little models. With so much detail too.

I hate the word 'cute' but I think I might just say it! 

 

[zweihander]

The models are now on rebrickable and I've added the links to each model to the first post.

On 11/9/2016 at 5:37 PM, DugaldIC said:

These are awesome little guys,  I feel like they should be part of a Lego technic advent calender :p.  Now to make small,  medium and then large scales of each model.  

Why not, it's only 18 more builds! 

[wmeredith]

On 11/7/2016 at 6:51 PM, Leonardo da Bricki said:

That is neat. Would make an interesting decoration for a shelf. Or a coffee table.

I was thinking that these would be dope in one of those little desktop zen gardens with rocks and sand :D

[Richard Dower]

On 8/11/2016 at 1:29 PM, Jurss said:

Could be official Technics starter set.

that was my thinking, its a lovely starter set...and ideal for children to learn how to build things.

you could have a bunch of parts in the box and give them instructions to build several models, or to be creative and come up with their own creations.

[Paul Boratko]

Awesome mini models..! Very nice work..!