The_Icestorm

Definitely worth it, if you are looking for a load of useful TECHNIC pieces. I didn't really buy the BWE for the model, but mainly for the 3000+ pieces the set includes, which was very useful for me.

I hope to enter this challenge, if I have the time, and after I finish my current MINDSTORMS project (as it contains almost all my TECHNIC pieces). I hope we can use Power Functions and/or MINDSTORMS in the model, I would like to make a motorised model.

If by hard you mean the longest time to build, definitely the 42055 BWE. Took me nearly 5 hours total to build!

I got the Bucket Wheel Excavator in September last year, and after building it and modifying it (with Mindstorms), I dismantled it to use the pieces in my other Mindstorms creations. I'm particularly interested in the large yellow planetary gears/rings that come with the set, I hope to use them to create some sort of tank with a rotating turret. However, I'm not too sure about the geometry of the pin-holes in the rings, I don't really know where it is safe to attach a pin in a certain hole. If anyone knows of the correct geometry of the rings, it would be very helpful!

Glad to have found you on this forum! Very nice car, the doors are very well designed.