Day: March 21, 2017

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Lego 46 Model 42055 Part 5

Now I have a working base unit for the Bucket Wheel Excavator it’s time to make the rotating base which serves as the connector for the conveyors and bucket wheel arm. This build took two hours. I had only really budgeted about ninety minutes of time and so I was feeling quite tired towards the end, but the result is gorgeous.

Base Superstructure
Base Superstructure

Here’s some detail of the build.

Cogs 'n' Stuff
Cogs ‘n’ Stuff

I’m about a third of the way through the instructions and not quite halfway through the separate bags!

Here’s the conveyor superstructure part way through the build:

Conveyor Super Structure
Conveyor Super Structure

This is the initial joining of the pieces but with more work still to do:

Nearly There
Nearly There

Another of the completed sections so far:

Getting There
Getting There
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Lego 46 Model 42055 Part 3

This Lego model is being constructed in sections. These communications are in line with the numbered bags of legos in the kit. The first part of the kit was to make the dumper truck covered here, this took about an hour.

Here is my workspace:

Work Space
Work Space

I use pasta bowls to hold the pieces while I work. This saves them from dropping into the fireplace or bouncing under furniture on the floor.

This was the first main part of this part of the build:

Central Chassis
Central Chassis

More of the framework:

Open Square?
Open Square?

And this is the final part of this build. This section is the base unit with driver gears for the caterpillar tracks.

Caterpillar Chassis Completed
Caterpillar Chassis Completed

This took about an hour. So far, total time is two hours.

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