8043 Mini Excavator

[GoldVillage]

Just finished my mini excavator project (sry for the bad camera) the base and structure doesnt look that way off, the hardest part was the boom/arm. First i tried with some angled connectors but that didnt look too good either.

Edited February 20, 2014 by GoldVillage

[JM1971]

Nice, minitures seem to be the in-thing atm.

Edited February 20, 2014 by JM1971

[GoldVillage]

TY ;) yeah its impossible to make an replica in something this small... whatever works = will do ;)

[DrJB]

...removed

Edited May 4, 2014 by DrJB

[Choops]

Great job. I would buy that set.

Steve

[GoldVillage]

Thanx, i tried to create it with LDD, but hopeless... (im new to this) some pieces wont connect to each other at all, and gears cannot be added next to each other... also some pieces seems to be missing and there doesnt exist any yellow liftarm with 9 holes. But i was able to build most of its center, i guess the rest arent that difficult to figure out.

[GoldVillage]

Top view:

The base, how on earth do i connect the tracks to/around the gears?! (im using LDD)

[Junpei]

Wow, it's great! Very cute. Although a lot of your pictures aren't showing up..

TLH

[weavil]

Use the rotate tool when adding each link, but after you build a scaffolding to put the base on top of the tracks. Then use "select multiple" then select each track piece and copy it to the other side.

[GoldVillage]

its more like shit behind the camera... im no skilled photografer :/

and theres this... im really a beginner with LDD. I tried rotating best as i could, still not able to connect the tracks, also the build of the structure have come to an end in LDD since some pieces either cannot be connected or is missing.

maybe some friendly soul could fix this with the tracks... also i dont have any mini actuators in my ldd, and the beam with 9 holes arent allowed in yellow(?!) and at bottom center near rear, a gear cannot be added.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/goldvillage/new/mini_excavator.lxf

Edited February 24, 2014 by GoldVillage

[alejandro1254]

Hello, I´m new here but I want to show you how I'm going with my 8043, it's not been easy but here's my advance https://www.flickr.c...02/13916577908/

Edited May 4, 2014 by alejandro1254

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[Paul B Technic]

I have just seen this, very well done to build it in such a small scale. I have thoughts to do the same with the Unimog.