[MOC] Mining Shovel

[GiantAmbushBeetle]

Hey guys, may present to you my newest addition to the LEGO mining site! 

This is a minifig-sized 350 ton mining shovel, those are typically used to load blasted rock into big trucks.This machine is somewhat similar to the mining excavator I posted a few months ago, but this one is even larger and has a completely different shovel configuration, for different applications. It also features a lot more SNOT-work. 

I hope you like it! 

 

Edited May 16, 2019 by GiantAmbushBeetle

[koalayummies]

Brilliant! Hyper-realistic detail all over; it looks so great. The articulation, the engine, railings and that shovel are beautiful. Fantastic work.

[LegoModularFan]

I agree with @koalayummies, looks so realistic! Do you have a Flickr and Instagram accounts by the way? If you don’t, it would be great if you opened one, there’s a huge LEGO community on both of these platforms! Keep up the great work!  

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

What I like about your bulldozers is the scale ratio: it's perfect for the standard lego city ...great work! 

[TheL390Man]

On 5/17/2019 at 12:44 AM, GiantAmbushBeetle said:

I hope you like it! 

I do indeed! 

As @LEGO Train 12 Volts said, the scale is great. I love to see MOCs that are just the right scale for minifigures whilst also being big enough to include all those little details!  I especially love the SNOT work on the shovel!

[GiantAmbushBeetle]

On 5/17/2019 at 9:33 AM, LegoModularFan said:

I agree with @koalayummies, looks so realistic! Do you have a Flickr and Instagram accounts by the way? If you don’t, it would be great if you opened one, there’s a huge LEGO community on both of these platforms! Keep up the great work!  

Thank you all for your kind comments, I really appreciate them! There is more to come, I plan to build a strip shovel somewhere in the future, minifg sized of course. 

I also have a Flickr account, but its kind of messy and not very orderly: https://www.flickr.com/people/148744693@N04/