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Very nice design. The cab work very well, especially the inclined bonnet, and the rear had incorporated interesting mechanism and worked like the real thing. I believed this may be the first Crafter in lego (in minifig scale) I see on the web, it is excellent to see new vehicle is made from lego. (I always want to make a crafter too!) My only suggestion would be the wheelbase of the vehicle, from your photos, I think it is approximately 16 stud (front wheel centre to rear wheel centre), I would suggest take 1 or 2 stud away by moving the rear forward a bit, without modifing the platform, as it is common for the platform to overhang. The reason is that when I did my long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter, I found 14 stud wheelbase seems a good minfig ratio. For short wheelbase Sprinter/ Crafter, I found 12 stud work well. Thanks for sharing your work

Greeting. Metropolitan Police, Public Order Van. Mercedes Sprinter. by PUCI2, 於 Flickr This is a model of public order van of the Territorial Support Group of the Metropolitan Police Service in UK, it is a Mercedes-Benz Sprtiner. I see most police forces used standard van (i.e. constant width), but this tailored made box caught my attention, as this type of design is usually used on ambulance, not police vehicle. I still see this van in service in August 2016 when I was visiting London briefly. The van is a 6-wide cab with a 7-wide box. It can carry up to 6 persons comfortably,and is fitted with a sliding door that is made purely on plate, tile and bricks, I did not use Technic parts for the sliding door as they tend to break easily. 20161119_164921 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr20161119_164150 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr 20161119_164222 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr 20161119_164645 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr British livery 2016-11-19_10-48-52 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr 20161119_165935 by PUCI2, 於 Flickr The white van is based on the Bath Police (Avon and Somerset Constabulary) which was posted on EB 2 years ago. It had gone several major changes. I have not used any sticker in most of my projects, as I am not good at designing or applying stickers. Recapturing the livery using lego bricks therefore makes it more challenging and fun. I am pleased with these 2 MOC. For more, please visit my flickr. https://flic.kr/s/aHskGzcJzY

Greeting, I am very happy to share my recent modification on the 2014 police series of Prisoner Transporter. Background I am usually a fan of Medium size Lego Police vehicle, e.g. 7033 in 2003, 7245 in 2005 , 7286 in 2011. In 2013, I was originally excited to hear from EB forum that a medium size prisoner transporter van would be coming in the 1st wave of 2014, but when I saw the pictures of 60043 Prisoner Transporter, I decided to give it a skip as the outlook of the set wasnt appealing to me (No flashing light bar, not too colourful). Besides, in 2014, we saw a great fleet of city vehicles rolling, hence it gave me further reasons for not picking this set up. It wasnt until late November 2014 I had a change of heart, after looking at the sets of 2015, both the swamp police and great vehicles, I found a lot of 2015 sets are bulky and related to water, which are not really my cup of tea. Therefore I decided to re-consider 60043, as I began to see a lot of MOD-ability in this set. I also went on the internet to see pictures of this set, and how did the others view the set. The more I looked to the set, the more I liked it, and I made the purchase in retails, though making modification on this set was always on my mind. After building according to the instructions, in some ways, I was slightly disappointed about the proportion of the van, as I considered it too short, but then, because I was prepared to be disappointed, I immediately know only by MODding this set would this set feel completed. With a few hours of MODding, I now present you the upgraded Armor Van. Armor Van / Mod Prisoner Transporter The actual modification was actually quite straight forward, what you see what you get, the MOD is 1 brick higher than original. I decide to maximise the use of flashing light, partial arrow-lightbar at the roof, and the 4 no. of grill/forward light I have yet to form ideas to develop the interior nor replace the funny door at the back, thought I am confident I will come up of a few ideas later, it is currently same as the original. The new Amour Van shares the same colour scheme (battenburg) as my previous Police Van. I want to keep the scale (minifig to vehicle) similar to the Sprinter Van similar for display purpose. Scale On the topic of scale, I found this scale keep the realism while maintaining the feeling of Lego blocks. Over the course of 2014, I made a few MOD to suite this scale, as follows: Thank you for your attention.

Greeting!! It gives me great pleasure to present my MOC in EB today. Background This MOC is largely based on the Police Van in Bath, UK. The reason I am choosing Bath was because I spent 4 of my wonderful years in University of Bath as a student, and I really wanted to make something that remind me about the city (I am currently living in the Far East). I used to catch the bus (Bright Orange!) every morning and I saw this van parked outside the Police Station; and the outlook of this van really caught my attention, the black riot shield, blue-yellow battenburg marking, massive headlight.... etc. I wanted to make a post-2008 Mercedes Sprinter but I found it really difficult to re-create the streamline look with Lego, so the idea was dropped. Recently, I saw a lot of combi vans (half of the vehicle is carrying passengers, half of the van is carrying cargo) rolling around in the streets, and the whole idea was re-ignited again. This time, I did some research on Google about "Lego Sprinter" and it revealed great models from other MOCers, one of those MOC strike me the most was a MOC made by Joel Buchholz on MOCpages.com. It really caught the outline of a Sprinter, and the idea and my Police Van was developed from there. Credits must go to Mr. Joel Buchholz for his design. The Police Van Although the model resembles the Mr. Joel Buchholz's own van, I added in a few details to make it differ, which are as follows:- Extended Body to resemble the real Bath Police Van High-vis Back Outward opening doors at the rear All grey bumper with foglight Front grille with blue light next to the indicator Easy fitting roof Here are more photos. The side door open upward easily. The whole van carrying 3 policemen and can fit 2 crooks at the back (tight fit!!) Of course, a UK Police Van would not be a UK Police Van if it is missing the riot shield, here is my attempt. I would like to conclude my post by comparing the 4431 Ambulance, my 1st generation of Sprinter and the UK Police Van. I am still fine tuning on the police accessories. Whats better than 1 Sprinter Van ?? 2 Sprinter Vans of course!! (I am still working on the 2nd van) Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy it.

very nice and interesting way to use those roof pieces the yellow lego truck is too long and has taken so much space when displaying. with your techniques , i can now shorten the lego truck to make pieces available for bus modification

Very interesting MOC the 2 big engnes are very nice, even tho it is a 4wide vehicle, it does look like a 6 wide somehow I think it is the way you photograph it The fire station is very simple yet it has great effect

Just looking at your MOD now, it kind of encourage me to buy this set, do the modification and get some extra poarts. so tempting

Thanks, sliding door can indeed be a problem, I have design several. The easiest way is to use the black hinge, but be aware they are very weak, i have lost several due to this mechanism, so I would personally move to a more mechanical approach If you need som idea, I hope this can help Flickr Sliding door, the black vehicle has sliding doors on both sides Thank you, the sliding door did take some time. With regard to your 6 wide comment, I partially agree, but because this is based on a mini van, 5 wide would be more appropiate Speaking of 6 wide, I had another HK police van out of 6 wide (which was built even earlier, IIRC 2008 Aug) This model is based on Mercedes-Benz Vario (or trooper they call) Thank you, your creation has both inspiried and improve my constructing skills. The version you saw several months earlier was the 1st version, it was very much based on your model. The current version has shorter wheelbase and more room inside The front wind shield was definitely the hardest part, it was very much try and improvement. Initially it was very unstable, the windshield could easily come off, but now it is very secured, even when i shake the vehicle, the windshield wont come off. Thank you, to be honest, I didnt expect the sliding door would be noticed at all, so thank you Speaking of 6 wide van, how about this one ?

Hi everyone, it seems everyone is making 5 wide vehicle these days, and here is my attempt. I like lego police car a lot, not in a sense that the original Lego one, but I do enjoying modifing or creating a police vehicle The model was based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, currently still use by Hong Kong Police thought they should retire in a couple of years. I am sure many of you will come across this van as well, becuase it is very common in Europe. Due to the 5 wide body, only one sliding door can be constructed. HK is right-hand drive, (just like UK), I put the door on the left, so when the policemen leave the van, they should be on the pavement already Back There is a locker for storage The hardest bit would be the front wind shield, because the sloped-like front cannot be done with conventional lego, so I did a bit of thinking outside the box...... I post this van on another forum several months ago, not everyone like it. Personally I really like the effect of the front wind shield. For more Pictures, please visit my Flickr I hope you like it too, comment and critisms are welcomed oh, did i forget to say this idea was inspiried by Ralph_S ??

I also make my vehicles right hand drive whenever possible I have this yellow bus, but currently unopen, hopefully can construct this soon I like your quote "It looks much better visually with the two seats across the back although two minifigs cannot actually sit properly side by side without bumping elbows and grumbling a lot (i.e. exactly the same as real buses in the UK!!!)" The worst is you are on a full bus, sitting at the back, most right hand side sit, and you are getting off next stop......

I really like this design The truck is simply built yet it as great effect I am going to reference this next time I am building a truck

Nice Truck, I really like the way you have built a gap between the end wheel and the main body, that must take some effot............

Really nice vehicles, I think a lot have been said with regard to big wheel, and I am not going to stress any more on that Both jeeps look nice, I think i will reference these if not copy them ;) The unit 3 really caught my attention. How did paint the "3" on the roof ?? The thing I impress the most is how you store the ladder, great mechanism. I would have just stick it on the roof if it was up to me, it really is a clever mechanism Unit 4 is equally well built, is nice to see people are making Hydraulic platform. Judging by the amount of Technic pieces you have up there, I presume this will be a very strong hydraulic platform, I would suggest to make a bigger platform for 2 or more firemen The only thing I was disappointed with unit 5 is the lack of lightbar, it may be obvious it is an fire engine, but just a bit without warning light/flashing light Look forward to your future MOC

It is interesting how you construct the front of the vechile nice job

Nice vehicle, I always like Police vehicle MOC. However, I wuold personally shorten the wheelbase, because the body seems to big,

Thanks for writing the report, but I am not going to buy this set because the overall design of the car is just not worth $10 It is just too big compare other vechiles

I dont know why, but this vehicle reminds me of Ghostbuster Nice MOC by the way

7 wide and 5 wide truck are the way forward

Sorry for the late reply Thanks, unforunately the 2x (1x8 tile) is not possible because With regard of the roof, because the firemen helmet is taller than normal cap hat, I cannot lower any more. In fact the helmet is touching the roof right now.... But thanks for the idea I never realize these hydraulic platforms were used on other area except Hong Kong, can you give me a link on that please ?? When I travel to UK, I only see Ladder and pumpers. Thanks for sharing your MOC, I certainly learn something (espeially the mud guard) With regard of the slope parts near the end of cabin, because half way through the making, I realize my skill is not going to be good enough to have an exact model, so I throught I could make a more futuristic look. I do agree with your views on minifig proportion to some extend, but because during my planning phase, my specification of this fire truck was to able accompany 4 people, therefore I follow this direction all the way. Mainly there are 6 firemen in my collection but not enough engines. Have I made a different specification in the beginning, this truck may looks more relastic but can only seat 2 people. However, I agree 100% my cabin looks a bit of a mess, but well, better luck next time. Thanks

Hi everyone, this fire engine was made at the end of July. My lazyness was the main factor why I am posting this now. On brickshelf, our American friends have been dominating on Fire Engine Making (try searching "Ladder" on brickshelf, and you will get the idea.....). Realizing that, I though it would be nice to make a different fire engine My initial idea was to make a fire engine looks like this The Real Thing This truck is very different from those one on Brickshelf, because it is much smaller. In addition, it seems the US are only using ladders for rescuing people, the lack of hydraulic platform has further push me to create this engine However, at the end, it turns out to be like this: Unlike traditional standard Lego Fire Engine, this has 4 seats to accomdate 4 people There are containers on both side of the truck, carrying rescue equipment. There is also a pump at the rear of the truck ------------- The most difficult part of this fire engine engine is the Hydraulic Platform / Ladder, due to the heavy weight of the Platform, normal hinge is not strong enough to support a loaded platform. Therefore Technic parts were used to compensate this. One of the original specifications before I made this truck was that platform must be able to fit in 2 people The highest point the platform is almost the same as 10190 --------------------- Conclusion Rumour said there would be new fire set in 2010 Jan/Feb, have I known this earlier, I wouldnt made this fire engine. As the platform part was so hard, and I nearly gave up at some point. The platform/ladder you are seeing now is the 4th attempt Time Breakdown Truck part -- 10-15hrs Platform part -- 20hrs Overall, I am happy with the result, and hope you like it too !

Thanks, certainly. I was thinking of posting my MOC vechiles last year; but because those MOCs are based heavily on Hong Kong vechiles, and this is a european website, I did not think that would be appropiate at the time. However, this is a civilian vechile, so I would like to give it a try Thanks Thanks

This is my first post on Eurobrick ----------------------- 6335 is a product from 1996 a 4 wide truck pulling a 6 wide trailer Althought the original set is very nicely done, compare with the modern Lego vechiles, it looks a bit odd. Therefore I have come to an conclusion to modifiy the 6335. There were two options: 1. Just modify the first part of 6335 i.e. convert the 6335 4 wide truck into a 6 wide 2. Modify the whole set. In the end, I choose option 2, because option 1 seems a bit too easy.... Enough of me talking, here come the photos: ------------------------------- The repairing equipment were on the trailer part of the 6335 originally; I have shift the facility to the "Lorry" part. A storage room has also been added ------------------------------ The whole vehicle has exceed 30cm ----------------------------- Now we look at how the race cars go onto the Lorry and trailer. But, first of all, we need two "rail"s from the trailer, the rails are stored in the trailer like the original 6335 First race car: This is the connecting part, originally the lorry and the trailer were 2.5 studs apart, impossible for the race car to go from trailer to lorry. Adding two pieces have shorten the space to 0.5 stud, thus allowing the race car proceed on with no problem. The Second and The Third race car ---------------------------- As mentioned above, although the trailer top level has extended, it does not compromise the ability to turn of the whole vechile ----------------------------- The problem with 6335 is that there is only 1 seat in the truck, and there are 3 people; and I dont think the below method is the ideal way....... Therefore the lorry part has 3 seats this time, satisfing all the drivers --------------------------- This vechile is not for only transporting race cars, it can transport a 2-person taxi and also a fire jeep also a lot of 4 wide cars -------------------------------- Due to the current shortage of parts, I have to modifiy the Lorry roof (the original white roof were borrowed from the camper) ------------------------------ Something did cross my mind, I think this vechile look alike some airport fire engine and most importantly, it look awfully similar to the set 735 (From Brickshelf) -------------------------------- Conclusion When I started to desemble the original 6335, I quite worried about this project. As the design of 6335 was already good, if I modified/MOC it, it might not be better than the original. In addition to this, there were some initial design, structural problem as well. However, I am very pleased with this vechile This whole project has taken me about 5-6 days Initiall version: Now Connecting part: Old New ----------------------------- Just a bit funny...... If you notice the torture of Red figure, then thanks If not; then read below please I have posted this on a Hong Kong forum several days ago, but most if not all members did not notice the torture of the red fig, so I am going make it more obvious this time (just in case). From race car 1 getting on the lorry/trailer till the turning ability photos, there is a red fig, is not particular funny, but I think is worth mentioning. ---------------------------- Overall, this is my first post on EB, if there is any format things I have done wrong, please let me know Thanks