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Good luck with making your decision. I think the loader looks better, something just looks cartoonish to me for the excavator. But both are good looking little models. As others have said the excavator is something different and not “another loader”

Hello all, I’ve got into everything space and in particular classic space recently, a different line to me normally being a Technic person. Here is my second Classic Space linked MOC. A display for the various CMF figures that directly referenced the classic space era. I decided to use a simple 6 wide by 7 deep base and a 5 brick high backdrop. The aim was to link each display to the character but be simplistic in its design. From series 1 - The Spaceman in his spaceship From series 6 - Intergalactic Girl ready for another adventure From series 15 - Astronaut exploring a strange moon From series 17 - Rocket Boy having fun in the park From series 20 - Rocket Girl in her garage From series 22 - Space Creature defending his home planet Hope you like them

You’d hope so

So do we think the box is the special limited box and there’s a more standard box shape to come too ?

Just seen the image of the box. It definitely looks like it’s a flip open lid as opposed to the previous lift off. Not sure if there’s any positives or negatives about that. The box looks very deep and not as tall compared to the others. Which is a shame for stacking them neatly on a shelf. the model looks good based on the images we’ve got. But need to see the high quality ones first

I’d stick with your loader the body of the excavator looks too stubby to me

I think that’s just the shadow in the images. I can’t see them dual moulding a Technic rim

I have to say voting is going to be tough on this one. So many great looking models.

That’s a great looking little model. There’s so many great entries for this competition it’s going to be difficult to choose

Third picture looks the best to me

Switched a 2L tube out for a 1L “lift-arm” on the roll hoop to get it within the volume restriction. Entry posted.

7. Dumper Based on those small dumper trucks you’ll find on many building sites. Functions Direct steering & Pendular suspension Hand cranked pneumatic pump Boom lift & Bucket tilt Dimensions 33L x 13W x 23H = 9867 cubic studs Photos Video Discussion Thread

If it’s just a pile of paper like the collection that came with the Porsche Creator car then I’m not bothered if I don’t get the “limited” pack. But I do want the set.

It’s the real car that’s limited edition. well being a native English speaker that’s how I’ve interpreted the sentence on the image I’ve seen. It doesn’t imply the Technic model will be limited, and I don’t see what Lego would want to do that as it doesn’t make any sense. The Sian in the real world is a limited edition car. You could argue the same for the Bugatti and the Porsche too (but in higher volumes, but still tiny compared to a standard production car).

Had a productive Sunday morning The task of doing the tubing ! It’s not perfect but this is what I’ve ended up with … And for those of you who can count I have a small problem … I’ll drop the protection hoop by 1 stud but that can wait for another day. Yes there’s a single axle connecting front to rear. This is an area I may try to improve at some stage but it gives me both steering and pendular suspension

I have to say I’ve loved reading though this thread. It’s great to read and see the evolution of this model, especially the decisions you’ve made along the way.

@1980SomethingSpaceGuy I took your advice and redid the arches, which means I redid 80% of the rear frame. Means the wheels roll smoother and gives it a more open look but I think it works. Fingers crossed I can do some tubes tomorrow.

So a little update from me of this weeks activity. First task was testing the pneumatics so in good engineering fashion I tested each bit one by one using this monstrosity Here are the tests I did … 1. pump to one switch and one piston on boom lift no bucket 2. As 1 but both boom lift pistons 3. As 2 but with bucket added 4. Pump to bucket tilt with bucket 5. Pump to both switches boom lift test no bucket 6. Pump to both switches bucket tilt test no bucket 7. As 5 but with bucket 8. As 6 but with bucket … and they all worked ! So now I know the pneumatics worked I thought I’d finish converting the stud.io file into the real thing. and this it the result. I’m happy with how it looks, but there’s now the fun challenge of routing all the hoses I need! I’ve absolutely no idea where I’m going to route them yet. Also I’ve found that although the rear tyres spin freely when the model is off the ground I’m obviously getting some sag in the axles/tyres which means they rub badly against the lift arms above them. Which is bad as I like the look of the “arch”/“protection” over the top of the wheels. But my biggest challenge for completion is time! I found out last night that not only am I away next weekend (planned for a long time) but I’m also away the last weekend in May as it’s my birthday. So perhaps my journey in this competition will come to an end a bit prematurely for me. Hopefully I’ll start doing to tubing this weekend. Any thoughts about if I should leave the liftarms above the wheels as they are ?

So Lego posted an image from a classic space set on Facebook yesterday. Do we think we’re actually going to get a proper classic space celebration set? I know there’s the classic brick box and the city missions set but they’re not a set like the the castle that may be coming

Tiny update from me. Spent a lot of the weekend out and about and the BrickLink orders didn’t arrive till today. This was my progress I’ve the weekend in stud.io it looks about right but a lot of the rear end may have some very dodgy connections. For me I now need to build this in physical bricks to see how it all hangs together and where it flexes. It may not be until the weekend that I’ll get round to doing this though.

Glad to see you’ve got an entry … sorry two streams of thought … I normally suffer from this too. I like both the models you’ve come up with so far. I’d say go with wherever your gut takes you. I’m surprised there’s not more entries using the Wrangler tyres, they’re perfect for construction equipment in the size we’re doing here. Or perhaps I’ve just not explored enough competition threads as yet.

Yes looks like a good and varied collection of entries

So a little update from me. The pump idea was a bit difficult to “break over” the maximum compression of the pump, so I’ve moved the pump so it’s inline with the axis of the crank. I’ve also changed the gear you turn into a crank piece (not sure it’s official name) as you can rotate this easier without it slipping and so losing pressure. But most of the week my desk has looked like this … … as you can see lots of playing about with bits. Most importantly a Technic bucket and also a revamp of the part that connects if you the booms. Originally this was a bent liftarm but the bucket didn’t sit flat, switching to a series of connectors has meant the pivot and piston attachments moves and the bucket sits more level (but not perfect). Also I’ve been doing a lot of mess in this … … the main bit of this work is how to do all the rear frame assembly. As you can see it’s very much WIP and also I need to update the bucket and front assembly too. Its a long weekend here in the U.K. so I hope I’ll be able to get some tinkering time and if so I plan to take some of the digital and turn it into real bricks … assuming some BrickLink orders arrive.

I’m not sure yet. I’ll give it a test this week, if not I like your way of thinking of using the seat and a bigger pump

So a little bit more work from me this weekend, an hour or so on Saturday to work out the steering which resulted in this … which I was happy with as it gave me both steering and pendular suspension. Then today I ripped it apart and created this … Which I think is where the pump will locate. Then I started building all these in Stud.io to try and work out how to cleanly connect them together, and how to get the switches positioned (thanks @Thirdwigg for the file). But I didn’t get this completed so no images of that today but hopefully during the week. Also while in a supermarket today I found this … I honestly didn’t realise this months Lego City magazine had a Dumper with it … but it’s a bit smaller scale … I was actually looking to see if the magazine with the Space minifigure was available! Next challenge … complete putting my sub-assemblies into Stud.io to work out the rear frame.