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Hi all,

I am preparing a project to save a little bit of money and introduce myself in the MOCing world.

I would like to create a 8258 out of other sets I have or that I can buy for a good (cheap) price today.

It is my very first project like this. I am looking for your experience and your advice :blush:

I did a small research on rebrickable, to see which today's sets could be a good start to build a 8258. It happens that The Unimog 8110 coupled with the 9397 could be a really good start, with 90% of the pieces. Sounds good, the 8110 is cheap on Amazon and I don't really like the 9397.

You can see here which pieces I would have and still miss with this solution : http://rebrickable.com/build_set?s=8258-1&s1=8110-1&s2=9397-1&c=3

For the pieces I would still miss (like the XL engine), I was thinking about modifying the build to try to do it with what I have, following my instinct. Or I could buy them on brickling maybe.

For the colors, I don't care right now. If it really looks ugly, I will modify it afterwards.

I am really looking for your advice and your help, it's a first for me.

Thank you

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You set colour to "ignore", so you will get "rainbow" coloured set. Main problems are large red panels, which only come in this set and are pretty expensive. Unimog has a lot of them, but in LBG and one in orange.

I set to build 8421 that way and used parts from 8258, 8297,8295 and several other small sets for it and I was still short of a lot of parts. So I put it on hold for now and I'm scouting for cheap parts.

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I think it is better to find a 8258 second hand at a good price and buy it, otherwise you will struggle with color mismatch.

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Make it with different colour panels? Anything is possible of course but cost could be a problem. I've just completed a second 8053 (in yellow) and almost a third (in Red) using 3x 42006 plus bricklink and Lego for the other bits. Lots of the 42006 left over, but total spend was in the region of £250. 8258 could be done using Yellow, Black or White panels instead - both seem to be readily available.

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The color is not an issue for me at this time. Plus I am sure I would really love this truck in black, grey or even yellow.

The reason why I want to do it from sets like this and not buy it is because I don't know if I will keep it / I love the 8110 and would happily own 2 or 3 for parts (so cheap now) / I can build other sets easily !

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its a great set thats good value for money even via auction sites, I had a great time building one,

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Not sure the 8110 will be that useful for parts; the Logging Truck I think has a significant number of the bits. Panel wise, the F1 Car (42000) might be a good help as it has a few black flat panels plus a lot of white curved panels (added to the bunch on the Logging Truck) would probably take you a long way.

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The unimog is good for parts, im making a 9398 out of it. (no body though)

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Sorry - I was thinking in the context of what the OP was wanting to build. The Unimog is fantastic for parts but is quite expensive.

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The most expensive bit I found was the red flat panels, had to order 4 from germany on bricklink as no-one else had them, apart from that I had most parts from the last 2 years worth of bigger sets (i.e. 8043, 8070, 9398, 9397 etc), I also had to get an XL motor from lego direct

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I have to be honest and say that the crane truck is a poor set in terms of it's playability, the crane is useless when it come to lifting .

If you have the unimog and the logging truck why do you not try and make your own crane truck?

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Do like I did, and build it in another colour! :wink:

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It would probably look good in most colours that are not as rare (not that red is rare, but the 5x11 panels are)

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