Liebherr PR 776 Litronic Mining Dozer

[efferman]

Well, my Scania SLT was only built to have a proper Transport solution for this one. Picture Source

The scale will be roundabout at 1:16,7to fit to all the 19 wide Trucks out there. Width at the outside of the tracks will be 25 Studs. Wheelbase of the primary track Rollers will be 28 Studs, Height overall roundabout at 33 Studs.

The length overall? I guess roundabout 75 Studs with Ripper.

The main problem probably will be a proper raise height of the shield without destroy the look.

Enough words. time for the first Progress

 

[jorgeopesi]

Maybe it should go to the Lego scale modeling forum, don´t you think?.

[efferman]

Maybe you are right.

[Bricksley]

It's nice to see that someone has taken up such an interesting topic, I have been preparing myself for some time to the dozer (another manufacturer), but it will be some time;)

Knowing how interesting is the geometry of the blades in dozers and how difficult it is to construct real ones ;) I wonder how much you reproduce the movements of the blade: only lifting and tilting or full range: lifting, tilting and pitch?

I will be happy to review the progress of work :)

Edited May 26, 2019 by Bricksley

[efferman]

The pitch of the blade is on the to do list, but first i have to get the look and how much i can squeeze in it.

[M_longer]

Oh great, now I can take it off from my "to build" list :D

[efferman]

Why? Different , builders different approaches.

[M_longer]

1 hour ago, efferman said:

Why? Different , builders different approaches.

It is just a convienient way to explain my laziness ;)

[efferman]

Lol, better lazy than Crazy

[M_longer]

3 hours ago, efferman said:

Lol, better lazy than Crazy

See, the problem is that I have few 1:17 scale models in different stages, but almost all need rebuilding from scratch. That concrete beam transporter I was showing earlier is one of them. But I must say that looking at your ideas give me some motivation for building them :)

 

[efferman]

Sounds good.

I had to rebuild the bonnet a bit too because the main angle was a bit to large.

[M_longer]

Just now, efferman said:

I had to rebuild the bonnet a bit too because the main angle was a bit to large.

Trying to recreate that odd shapes is hard. I remember my struggles when I was making PR 764:

[efferman]

Yeah, but much easier than replicate a Volvo FH in a proper way

[efferman]

Just ordered a 1:50 WSI Model of the PR 776 to make a proper replica.

 

[Kio Liex]

Looks promising... I really like the scale you want to build it in.

[efferman]

The rough shape of the Cab is done at partcount 543. But the stability is not reall existing yet.

PR776 01062019 by Michael Wirth, auf Flickr

[Jim]

On 5/26/2019 at 10:58 AM, jorgeopesi said:

Maybe it should go to the Lego scale modeling forum, don´t you think?.

While true....let's keep it here for a while and enjoy the build.

Ssssst. Don't tell the guys in the SMF 

[efferman]

There will be enough Technic in it.

[1gor]

My question is which sprockets do you plan to use (since I did not look after sprockets size if real machine)?

[efferman]

The new ones from Stunt racer

actual standing and not happy with the gaps in the roof

636 parts by Michael Wirth, auf Flickr

[M_longer]

31 minutes ago, efferman said:

actual standing and not happy with the gaps in the roof

Why not standard slopes?

[1gor]

30 minutes ago, efferman said:

The new ones from Stunt racer

It was my tip but was not 100% sure

[efferman]

17 minutes ago, M_longer said:

Why not standard slopes?

Not a single one fits to the Angle i need.

[efferman]

The gaps are ok now

PR776 02062019 by Michael Wirth, auf Flickr

[1gor]

Michael, is it possible to see what you did below black tiles round 2 X 2 at the left side of cab?

Thanks