MOC: DAF XF105 with refrigerated container

[Ralph_S]

awesome

more pics from the Bully please

The VW van?

Sure. It's an old model though, from about five years ago. I still do have it, but it uses a few `techniques' (non-LEGO windows, for instance) that I wouldn't use nowadays.

VW Samba van by Mad physicist, on Flickr.

I put some larger wheels on it after taking the picture of the truck, BTW. I have more pictures of the van on flickr.

Cheers,

Ralph

[efferman]

cute. thanks for the pics

[Lasse D]

The DAF looks absolutely amazing. You really did a great job in recreating the details of the front, and the great deal of details make the (usually boring) container look interesting as well! But knowing how damn good you are at this, I can't help but think you should be able to do a better 7 legged star for the Maersk logo. The one you have is technically impressive using cheeses and SNOT, but it also comes off as rather fat compared to the real logo.

And as for the auto transport. If you decide on building something with the EVO Plus 11 bodywork as in the picture with the Scania, then please PM me.

[Ralph_S]

The DAF looks absolutely amazing. You really did a great job in recreating the details of the front, and the great deal of details make the (usually boring) container look interesting as well! But knowing how damn good you are at this, I can't help but think you should be able to do a better 7 legged star for the Maersk logo. The one you have is technically impressive using cheeses and SNOT, but it also comes off as rather fat compared to the real logo.

And as for the auto transport. If you decide on building something with the EVO Plus 11 bodywork as in the picture with the Scania, then please PM me.

Thanks Lasse,

I am glad you like the truck. I spent a lot of time looking at pictures of containers to get a good idea of all of the details, because I didn't want it to look like just a bland box.

The logo is the feature that I am least happy with. the main problem is that the star itself had to fit within one of the four-stud wide sections of the side of the container. I'm still considering ways to increase the size of the medium blue patch that it sits on, among other things by adding replacing some of the white tiles in the vertical grooves in the side. Adding medium blue above the patch and below creates problems with the SNOT work that holds the stars in place. It's tricky.

I remember, having read your comment, that you are working on a car transporter. I haven't decided yet. The Scania is just for illustration. I don't imagine I'll be building that, because it is based on a Scania P-series cab (most seem to be), whereas the cab design that I have is for a taller R-series. I can see whether I can rework it or whether I can find one with an R-series cab. If I do build one, I'd like to be able to make as many functions as I can work. That puts some limits on which design I can chose. The older car transporter had very few working features.

I'll be moving house in the next few weeks, so I expect to build very little if anything.

Cheers,

Ralph

[Fistach]

excellent performance!

I love DkRed + DkTan color combination. Container is also very detailed - you even made the MAERSK logo (blue+white cheese slopes). I only wished it can be remotely controlled.

Great work!

[Ralph_S]

excellent performance!

I love DkRed + DkTan color combination. Container is also very detailed - you even made the MAERSK logo (blue+white cheese slopes). I only wished it can be remotely controlled.

Great work!

Thank you. that colour combination was one of the reasons why the real truck appealed to me. I reckoned it would good in LEGO too. I could probably have motorised it if I wanted too, but -as I wrote before- one of the things I didn't like about my remote-controlled Scania recovery truck was that the cables and motors precluded giving it a detailed chassis and a working tilting cab.

I'm going home this weekend and intend to take more pictures of the chassis details among other things.

Cheers,

Ralph

[Ralph_S]

As promised a few more pictures, showing the trailer and working doors as well as the working tilt cab on the truck.

DAF XF105 tilt cab by Mad physicist, on Flickr

DAF XF105 trailer by Mad physicist, on Flickr

Cheers,

Ralph

[LegOscar]

It is an excellent model, the colors are very nice. Thumbs up!