[MINI] Garbage Truck

[zweihander]

Hi everyone, here is my entry to the MINI contest.

First, a little background info. It's been around a month since I woke up from my dark ages, and I can say that this is my first MOC that looks somewhat like the real thing :)

It's a garbage truck, with the lifter mechanism in the front.

It has two or three functions, depending on what you call a function :)

1 - The front lifter mechanism, obviously,

2 - The container section tilts for dumping,

3 - The back part opens automatically when the container is tilted.

The right dark bluish gray connector controls the tilting, and its left light bluish gray counterpart controls the lifter.

This version is around 180 pieces. I have some modifications in mind, that will probably pull the part count around 200, but will improve the looks. (hint: headlight and tail light sections.)

I also want to modify the lifter mechanism and squeeze in steering if I can but I haven't had a chance to work on it in the past week, so, time will tell :)

I like the color scheme a lot, I think it suits a garbage truck quite nicely. I don't like the tires though, but I can't find smaller tires that fit the scale. The current ones are from 42023. Do you have any suggestions?

Hope you guys like it.

P.S. : Thanks for this great contest, it's helping me a lot in experimenting with building techniques. Apparently I forgot a lot in the past 15 lego-less years (I am 29). I built two other entries before this: one tow truck and one snow groomer, but both were too big.

[D3K]

It looks great, and I think the tires work very well with the overall design of the truck! Good work!

[Zerobricks]

I think you really caught the essence of the Lego sytle. One of my favourites so far.

[Lakop]

That's a nice truck. Like your lifter system. If you have the parts remaining how about a bin.

Welcome!

H

[Appie]

Nice truck, I can see why you thought it sort of looks like mine

That's a nice truck. Like your lifter system. If you have the parts remaining how about a bin.

Welcome!

H

Great idea! Make it hook it on the fork and you add alot of playability to it.

[zweihander]

Thank you all for your comments, you guys are very encouraging :)

That's a nice truck. Like your lifter system. If you have the parts remaining how about a bin.

Welcome!

H

That's actually in the plans, but my priority is making the body look better for now.

[W3ird_N3rd]

I was thinking the same thing, some resemblance to the Appie truck.

But this is a nice little truck, and under 200 parts. Just one remark, isn't the lifter mechanism normally in the back instead of the front? Or is that only in my country? I agree you should really add a container to it, that will make for much more playability.

[Jeroen Ottens]

Great entry, I like the colours.

You can get smaller tires for those wheels, but they are more like racing tires (very low).

Succes with getting the steering in as well.

[Edwin Korstanje]

Very great entry for the contest

[grum64]

Great entry. Just had a look at Jakes garbage truck from his 7599 Toy Story Getaway set and, bearing in mind the limitations of using just Technic and the 200 part criteria, it's a dead ringer.

There's been so many really great entries so far & considering there's still plenty of time left I'm really looking forward to seeing what else members come up with.

[Lost_In_Noise]

Very nice looking truck. It works really well for the scale. For an idea of how to make the steering work, check out http://lego.brickinstructions.com/lego_instructions/set/9390/Mini_Tow_Truck on page 14. At least, that's almost the smallest steering setup I've seen.

[Paul B Technic]

This is a great entry, really well done.

[jadedomg]

I really love this. You did a excellent job!

[N-4K0]

Nice model.

[anton1678]

Has to come with a bin, just has to.

How else are you supposed to play with it?

[TheItalianBrick]

I'm in love with it!! what about creating a bin now??? :laugh:

[Rockbrick]

lovely little thing - but needs steering more than a bin I think....

[zweihander]

I was thinking the same thing, some resemblance to the Appie truck.

But this is a nice little truck, and under 200 parts. Just one remark, isn't the lifter mechanism normally in the back instead of the front? Or is that only in my country? I agree you should really add a container to it, that will make for much more playability.

Yeah, the lifter mechanism is in the back in my country too, like this one. But what I tried to achieve is trucks like these, with the color scheme of this.

Great entry. Just had a look at Jakes garbage truck from his 7599 Toy Story Getaway set and, bearing in mind the limitations of using just Technic and the 200 part criteria, it's a dead ringer.

There's been so many really great entries so far & considering there's still plenty of time left I'm really looking forward to seeing what else members come up with.

I haven't seen the 7599 before, but it seems its proportions are very similar to mine. That makes me happy, thanks.

lovely little thing - but needs steering more than a bin I think....

Well, I have some modifications in mind. The first one is steering, but that will be a hard task because I will have to modify the chassis, otherwise tires will bump into it. After that I want to add a bin, but a functional bin may require a lot of parts (hmm, maybe I should try to build it with system panels). If I still have parts left, I'd like to modify the top part of the container and add a lid that can cover the open section. But I'm already very close to the parts limit, I'm not sure if I can squeeze in any of these.

I got a 8110 Unimog yesterday, and all my evening went to building and playing with it, so I didn't have a chance to work on this (I regret nothing, the unimog is awesome :) ). Hopefully I'll get on this tonight.

*edit: the third truck link was wrong apparently, corrected it :)

Edited June 24, 2014 by erelender

[Eraman]

It's a lovely entry, i like everything, the idea, the colours, the shape, the functions, it is very cute:) I think the dimension of the tyres is good. If you can build steering, this model can be the number 1 in this competition:)

ps: it's a little bit futuristic, but i did't say it is wrong

Edited June 24, 2014 by Eraman

[KirTech LAB]

Cool truck! Yes, bin will be very expected!

[W3ird_N3rd]

Well, I have some modifications in mind. The first one is steering, but that will be a hard task because I will have to modify the chassis, otherwise tires will bump into it. After that I want to add a bin, but a functional bin may require a lot of parts (hmm, maybe I should try to build it with system panels).

Maybe you could use the container from 8065: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=8065-1 It's not ideal in terms of looks for this, but it's only 1 part.

I couldn't find the container part on bricklink though, only the whole set - must be my search skills.

[barman]

Ooh wow, this is so cute. Very well executed. The functions are just as they should be. The colors are a great choice.

I really like this one!

[N-4K0]

Maybe you could use the container from 8065: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=8065-1 It's not ideal in terms of looks for this, but it's only 1 part.

I couldn't find the container part on bricklink though, only the whole set - must be my search skills.

A few options here http://www.bricklink.com/browseList.asp?pg=3&itemType=P&catString=72

[zweihander]

For the past week, I've taken it apart and rebuilt it so many times, I lost count. I'm pretty pleased with its current state, so I thought I should post an update.

Here are the list of changes:

- HoG steering added. This was really challenging, but worthwhile.

- Reworked lifter: shape is closer to real, resting position improved, used rigid hoses instead of axles on the forks for easy positioning into beam holes. Removed old gear mechanism, it is now operated by hand.

- Reworked chassis, container and tilting mechanism.

- Front and tail lights added, much better looks.

Current list of features:

- Tilting container

- HoG steering

- Lifter mechanism

- Adjustable seats ( mini-feature :) )

- Auto-opening back lid (mini-feature )

It's now 193 pieces. I reserved the last 7 pieces for a bin. I'm waiting for my brother to ship my pre-dark-ages legos, I have some parts that may be quite useful for it. (that are also among the suggestions, thank you)

Here are some pictures:

And here it is, with its bigger brothers for scale :D

P.S: LDD file coming soon.

P.P.S: Sorry for the bad photo quality and lighting. I'll make sure to find a good camera for the entry picture :)

Edited June 30, 2014 by erelender

[zweihander]

Here is the LDD file if anyone is interested.