Bricksonwheel's MODEL TEAM Kenworth W900

[DLuders]

Some AFOLs and TFOLs like the "open" look of Lego Technic building techniques, while others prefer a more "refined" look. Well, Bricksonwheels made a faithful reproduction of the Kenworth W900 dumper (pictured below from his Brickshelf gallery http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=376024 ). For his video, he wrote that his MOC is a "Modelteam 1:22 scale Lego Kenworth W900, with two powerfuntion engines and remote controlled steering and driving. Total weight around 3 kilo's, length around 80 centimeter. Build by Bricksonwheels from The Netherlands." It's hard to tell the difference between the model and the "real thing"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc1gNFAoJVY

[Jurgen Krooshoop]

Brick-on-wheels has made a lot of very, very nice trucks, the latest one being a black Peterbilt 379 with dumper:

(More info here)

Only very recently, he also made a truly fantastic Harley Davidson motorbike:

(Info can be found here)

[Surly]

Why do people make such awesome trucks but fail to remember trucks have dual tyres on all non steering wheels?

cheers

Surly

[MikeJ]

Why do people make such awesome trucks but fail to remember trucks have dual tyres on all non steering wheels?

cheers

Surly

Not necessarily. A large number of trucks use extra wide singles nowadays, especially multi-axle rigs, agreed they are not as common as dual rears, but wide singles are still around.

[Bricksonwheels]

They're called supersingles. Look at modern container trialers, they all have single tyres. But in this case i just liked the big wheels better. Soon i will start working on a new 1:22 with simular wheels to give it a pimped look a bit.

Edited August 4, 2010 by Bricksonwheels

[CP5670]

Why do people make such awesome trucks but fail to remember trucks have dual tyres on all non steering wheels?

cheers

Surly

If you think about it though, single rear wheels make more sense for a Lego model. A Lego truck doesn't actually haul heavy loads like a real one, so the front wheels will be carrying more weight and the rear ones will have relatively less weight on them.

I tend to stick to single wheels on my models just for cost reasons, and TLG seems to do the same with official sets. The only big Technic sets I can think of with doubled wheels are 8285 and 8436.

[Surly]

Both the Peterbilt and Kenworth are awesome replicas of the real thing. Personally I prefer the Peterbilt and part of that is the use of dual wheels.

Super singles are used frequently in Australia as steering tyres and on tri-axle trailers but rarely as drive tyres.

I am looking forward to seeing more of your creations BoW :)

cheers

Surly

[Ralph_S]

Both the Peterbilt and Kenworth are awesome replicas of the real thing. Personally I prefer the Peterbilt and part of that is the use of dual wheels.

Super singles are used frequently in Australia as steering tyres and on tri-axle trailers but rarely as drive tyres.

I am looking forward to seeing more of your creations BoW :)

cheers

Surly

It's nicer to ask why people make a certain choice than to jump to conclusions.

I've used the same wheels for rear wheels on some of my trucks, not because I am not aware that they use double rear wheels in the real world, but for a range of other reasons.

1) A single wide tyre is narrower than two narrow (model team) tyres of the same diameter side-by side. This means more space in between to make the construction sturdy -on a 14 wide truck you have a space of 8 rather than 6 studs wide to work with.

2) I have the distinct impression that the wider tyres are softer and give more grip on a smooth surface than the model team tyres.

3) The rims for the narrower tyre are pretty rare in light bley. Most bricklink sellers sell them in twos or threes.

4) When seen from the side, the wider wheels look better and look more like double rear wheels than actual double rear wheels.

1) and 2) can be particularly important for trucks driven by power functions. When covered by a mudguard, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that it the single fat tyre isn't actually a double tyre. Lego have brought out some new narrow tyres with the same diameter as the model team tyres, but with a nicer rim. I'm hoping to be able to use more of those in the future, but for the time being they're rare. Light bley ones are only available in one set so far.

Cheers,

Ralph

Edited August 5, 2010 by Ralph_S

[Bricksonwheels]

It's nicer to ask why people make a certain choice than to jump to conclusions.

I've used the same wheels for rear wheels on some of my trucks, not because I am not aware that they use double rear wheels in the real world, but for a range of other reasons.

1) A single wide tyre is narrower than two narrow (model team) tyres of the same diameter side-by side. This means more space in between to make the construction sturdy -on a 14 wide truck you have a space of 8 rather than 6 studs wide to work with.

2) I have the distinct impression that the wider tyres are softer and give more grip on a smooth surface than the model team tyres.

3) The rims for the narrower tyre are pretty rare in light bley. Most bricklink sellers sell them in twos or threes.

4) When seen from the side, the wider wheels look better and look more like double rear wheels than actual double rear wheels.

1) and 2) can be particularly important for trucks driven by power functions. When covered by a mudguard, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that it the single fat tyre isn't actually a double tyre. Lego have brought out some new narrow tyres with the same diameter as the model team tyres, but with a nicer rim. I'm hoping to be able to use more of those in the future, but for the time being they're rare. Light bley ones are only available in one set so far.

Cheers,

Ralph

Amen! Totally agree.

[Paul B Technic]

Excellent, very well designed and built. It looks very "life like" to me and that is a major thing I like with MOC's.

Paul