8043 real life machine.

[davidmull]

This can be moved if wanted but I'm very curious what is the exact real life model of the 8043,what make model/tone excavator are they going off?also what's the real life model of the 8265 front loader,I'm curious to know what real life scale Lego compare or go by.

[Alasdair Ryan]

the loader i think repersents a komatsu 480

the excavator is kind of hard to say, i think the excavator is based on a hew holland excavator

the cab on the excavator is wrong to those in real life so its hare to say which one it is

[allanp]

Apart from thing like the space shuttle and the new unimog I don't they are modelled off any one particular version/make and model of said equipment. For example for the excavator I guess they would take lots of pictures of lots of different ones and kinda meld them all together into what is most recognisable as a generic excavator. As for scale, that depends on, among other things, the budget for each individual set, and so is always changing.

[rien]

i worked on one like this

the cab remindet me about it

and here another sweetheart out of my past the 8265 make me think about this one

Edited February 24, 2011 by rien

[davidmull]

Very nice rein!that komatsu 480 above looks very very like 8265 :)

[hga09]

This can be moved if wanted but I'm very curious what is the exact real life model of the 8043,what make model/tone excavator are they going off?also what's the real life model of the 8265 front loader,I'm curious to know what real life scale Lego compare or go by.

8043 looks very similar to a Komatsu PC 650:

Edited February 25, 2011 by hga09

[rien]

8043 looks very similar to a Komatsu PC 650:

i touhgt that one 2 but i think a bit too short and the cab class isent round

but the collors are almost the same

[hga09]

i touhgt that one 2 but i think a bit too short and the cab class isent round

but the collors are almost the same

How about Komatsu PC800?

[nielsvdv]

i think it i a volvo, my dad is a sales representator, so i too, see a lot of volvo's

the back isn't much volvo, more like a every crane, but if you look at the cab, the shapes are really resembling i say like a volvo ec 210

Edited February 25, 2011 by nielsvdv

[davidmull]

i worked on one like this

the cab remindet me about it

and here another sweetheart out of my past the 8265 make me think about this one

I think this samsung one looks the closest to 8043 .

[hga09]

Volvo EC 460C may be an even better fit:

Edited February 25, 2011 by hga09

[rien]

Volvo EC 460C may be an even better fit:

samsung volvo is the same thing volvo build the samsung

the one i showed is a older type i choose this one because of the cab rounding in it

Edited February 26, 2011 by rien

[Out of Sight]

The 8043 was definitely modelled after a JCB JS330...check out the similarities! Bold horizontal black lines across the side of the hull, is unmistakably JCB, also for that air vents on the side. The use of the flexible axles for the cab's pillar also mimics a typical JCB cabs, slighty rounded at the front.

The 8265 was modelled after a Komatsu no doubt about it, however a WA600 to be precise...notice the shape of the walkway on the side which goes to a downward slope leading to the engine bay and the hand railings.

Edited February 27, 2011 by Out of Sight

[davidmull]

Ur right about that , both of them are like direct copy's of our 8265 and 8043 , well done!

I really do love my 8043 , best technic set ever I think by a mile :)