Road-rail excavator 2.0

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Hello everyone,

today I want to present my version 2.0 of the beautiful rail-excavator created by @ColletArrow

I've replaced the two command with strings and rubber bands on the second side of the scraper with the hydraulic pistons that allow a stable and elegant movement.

 

I left only the command to raise the main arm.

 

To make this work I had to cut four pins:
n. 3 parts 11214
n. 1 part 4274

here you can find a short video 

 

 

[Gioppa]

You know i don't like when you cut the lego or use not lego parts... i'm a purist..

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

31 minutes ago, Gioppa said:

You know i don't like when you cut the lego or use not lego parts

They're just pins!

[JintaiZ]

Fantastic build!

[ColletArrow]

Good job - it's very nice (and simultaneosly somehow a little strange) to see people using my LDD files!

It's also good to see it with proper 'rams', rather than the strings. And as for the pins; I managed to make it work without cutting anything by using technic 1/2 pins, but each to their own!

[SteamSewnEmpire]

I like this even more. Great work.

8 hours ago, Gioppa said:

You know i don't like when you cut the lego or use not lego parts... i'm a purist..

 

At this scale, Lego often simply doesn't give us the parts to do what we need. 

[Gioppa]

14 hours ago, SteamSewnEmpire said:

At this scale, Lego often simply doesn't give us the parts to do what we need. 

i know, i also appriciate the new rail from external company, but really i can't cut lego, my heart is bleeding, do you remember in the '90 when we don't have all the parts there is now?we have build without problem.but don't worry, is my personal way of thinking, i'm the boss only at my home.

[Paperinik77pk]

Nice rework of an already nice MOC! This little excavator is amazing!

[Feuer Zug]

Great work (to both the originator and the modifier) on the road/rail excavator. It's sized properly, yet amazing details.

[ColletArrow]

5 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Great work (to both the originator and the modifier) on the road/rail excavator. It's sized properly, yet amazing details.

Apologies for hijacking the thread a little, but it's nice to hear this - I went back and forth quite a lot before I settled for this size, so I'm glad you agree it's right.

The other thing is that looking back at my original thread, I realised I enjoy looking at @LEGO Train 12 Volts's photographs more than my own - they're just so much cleaner and brighter than I managed, and without the visible command strings the boom does look a lot tidier!

[SteamSewnEmpire]

For people curious to see the real thing in action:

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

On 11/1/2020 at 1:57 PM, JintaiZ said:

Fantastic build!

Thanks!

On 11/1/2020 at 2:49 PM, ColletArrow said:

Good job - it's very nice (and simultaneosly somehow a little strange) to see people using my LDD files!

 

I did not think I would have been put on the front page ...you would certainly have deserved it more than me who are the real author!

 

On 11/2/2020 at 10:56 AM, Gioppa said:

I can't cut lego, my heart is bleeding, but don't worry, is my personal way of thinking, i'm the boss only at my home.

Aren't we all? Boss only at home 

On 11/2/2020 at 12:57 PM, Paperinik77pk said:

This little excavator is amazing!

You are always attentive to my creations, thanks Davide!

On 11/2/2020 at 6:50 PM, Feuer Zug said:

Great work (to both the originator and the modifier)

Thank you!

On 11/3/2020 at 12:10 AM, ColletArrow said:

The other thing is that looking back at my original thread, I realised I enjoy looking at @LEGO Train 12 Volts's photographs more than my own - they're just so much cleaner and brighter than I managed, and without the visible command strings the boom does look a lot tidier!

Thank you for the appreciation, but looking at your photos I prefer your setting with the addition of the service trolley ...it is really true that the neighbor's grass is always the greenest!