[Alt-build Contest] Marsian Loader (42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance)

[Krall]

Hi! 
Recently I decidet to try building own alternate build form an official lego set.
I figured out thet the best candidate for first try will be set 42158-NASA Mars rover perseverance as it is quite complex set with plenty of useful parts but still isn't that huge as many other sets that offer large varaity of pieces. 
 

So I got myselfe a 42158, built it had some fun with it and started thinking what else could I build with these pieces. Obviously with sets quite uniqe colors and wheels way differen from ordinary ones, I knew that my model is not suppose to be a replica of machine you can see in real life. I decidet to go with space theme and build something more toy-like. Inspired by loader form  8062 - Briefcase-set I decided I would build telehandler-like loader on 6 wheels.



I managed to put sevral features in this model like:

-Front and rear axle steering via knob on the cabin top
-Clossing of the grabber via knob behind the cabin
-Arm elevation via knob on the rear of the vechicle
-Manualy openable doors of the cabin
-Simple oscilating suspension of front and rear axle.



From the remaining pieces I've managed to build simple reactor that can be assembled by the loader to add some more play value. 

I'm quite happy with how this model turned out. It might not have any uniqe features and crazy building techniques but is quite well rounded with not too many cut corners of a b-model that i was afraid it would have when I started building it.

If you want to build this model yourselfe instructions are available on Rebrickable

If you want to see more photos of this MOC you can find them on my Flickr

Hope you have a nice day!

 

Edited January 18 by Krall
url link fix

[MangaNOID]

This is a very nice alternate model 

I love the boom raising mechanism 

There are lots of features packed into this, the steering and suspension…

Looks are very neat too. 

[Krall]

Thank you, im glad you like it.
Making steering work and fit next to the boom rasing mechanism, took some tinkering, having half-pins as only friction-less pins in the set didn't help either ;)