MOC: Renault Magnum at dockside

[Selander]

My 6-wide Renault Magnum in a harbour environment, with two Lego container ships, the orange is a rebuilt set 7739.

White forklift and orange container stacker are Lego original designs but in new colours.

Container are simply made from 6 x Panel 1 x 6 x 5 (ref 59349).

Any (NEW) comments are welcome.

UPDATE:

As wished by several viewers, here are some close-up photos and comments.

1. Doors consist of panel 1x2 and panel 1x1 corner.

2. Mirrors from a hinge bar + 2x tiles 1x1 with clip. Assembled to a hinge plate 1x2 w 2 fingers.

Apart from that, the upper body is pretty standard using no special things/techniques.

All is assembled onto a white plate 6x6.

3. Groove which is quite characteristic detail on truck IRL. An easy solution would be to use a plate 4x4 black, but that makes the groove too deep and unproportial for my taste. So I made a black "plate" 5x5, with use of 4 black tiles and half stud jumpers under.

4. Front wheels. To get that correct "hub" design that front wheels has, I use two std rims turned backwards and connected to a long technic pin (x202) and technic brick 1x2. Furthermore, the assembly is SNOT:ed to get that corrct close position. The design became somewhat difficult and I assume you could make this more simple. To me it works just fine though…

5. Lower side of front has SNOT:ed sides put on 2x2 corner plates which are connected to a brick 1x1 w 1 stud (new item 87087) but an ordinary technic brick 1x1 + pin is also OK, but the one i use brings a little more stability. This way headlights get that characteristic long sleek look still keeping all in 6-studs. Also I think the grill looks fine as it gets surrounded by grey surfaces in all directions.

6. Fuel tanks are half stud offset.

7. Mud flaps from flags 2x2 and a piece of cut black tube

Now I have revealed all secrets...

More/new comments are welcome.

Edited January 17, 2010 by Selander

[PUCI]

I really like this design

The truck is simply built yet it as great effect

I am going to reference this next time I am building a truck

[aawsum]

Renault is a good object for Lego with their squire trucks.

I have seen a lot of them in 8 or more wide, but never in 6, I must say this one looks really nice. I am wondering how this one would look with some smaller wheels. Nice job

[lightningtiger]

Not a bad looking semi !

Great job 'Selander' !

[Legostein]

Hello!

It's nicely smooth, and recognizable as Renault. But I'd appreciate some close-up pictures to see all the techniques used.

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[WesternOutlaw]

Nice truck, but please resize your image to site guidelines (<800x600).

[dr_spock]

Nice Renault truck. We don't have them in North America. Do you more pics of the truck from other angles?

[Selander]

New pictures added in the first post.

I didn't know how to change/update the headline....of my first post...

[escortmad79]

Looks good

[Marko]

Just nice. I like all your details. Specially I like to see "normal" size containers on the truck

[JayDuck]

You've used some pretty clever techniques to capture the distinctive look of the truck, especially that lower body "belt line". Well done.

[MetroiD]

Blogged!

This has concluded our Magnum showdown, and what a way to round it off! Nice job Selander :)