MOC: Street Sweeper

[danim]

V-LI-06D

Here is my latest creation

It is a mini street sweeper that is used in the UK to clean paths and is also used in the main roads

On either side there are holders for a shovel and a brush

And the side

and the rear

And here is an image of a real one

C's and C's welcome

Edited May 11, 2012 by danim

[Bricksan]

Really nice little MOC, looks as good as the ones I see on the streets.

[danim]

Thanks

it is one of the smallest MOC's I have done, the reason behind it is that I was driving along the road on Tuesday and passed a couple of street sweepers driving the opposite way and noticed that none of them had the thing that is on the front of Lego's Sweepers so I rebuilt it to look the same as the ones that my local council use however I could not do it in the white that West Lothian Council use as the roof piece dose not come in white so I changed it to yellow

[JackJonespaw]

Looks great! I really like the color scheme, although the back could have been longer to be proportional to the windscreen.

[lightningtiger]

Nice little machine 'damin' , but I also think that the body length is too short when comparing it with your image of a real one.

Brick On Sweep On 'damin' !

[danim]

I have finally found an image of the sweeper that I saw and as you can see it is smaller than the reference one and my one is more to the scale of the one below

http://www.westlothi...92482/cleansing

[lightningtiger]

I see, but does that one have a windscreen sloping back not forwards on it ?

[cpw]

Thanks

it is one of the smallest MOC's I have done, the reason behind it is that I was driving along the road on Tuesday and passed a couple of street sweepers driving the opposite way and noticed that none of them had the thing that is on the front of Lego's Sweepers so I rebuilt it to look the same as the ones that my local council use however I could not do it in the white that West Lothian Council use as the roof piece dose not come in white so I changed it to yellow

I think the color change to yellow instead of white makes it fit in better with the TLG maintenance vehicles; which seem to often be this same yellow.

[danim]

Hi LT I have absolutely no idea, it looks like it slopes back. I will have a look at my model when I get home and see what it looks like with an extra stud added to the rear

cpw That is why I was not that bothered about changing the colour to yellow

[danim]

Thanks LT for the idea of extending the length of it. I have added two studs to the length of it and it looks much better. First post has now been updated

Edited May 11, 2012 by danim

[danim]

what do you guys think of the mod

[LegoJalex]

I think it is a wonderful little MOC. I love the details in it. Can the front part be opened? It looks like there are hinges on the top.

[danim]

Thanks for the comment, yes the windscreen can be hinged up to allow access to the driver

[soccerkid6]

Nice street sweeper! It looks like it would fit right in with the City theme

[danim]

thanks I decided that since Lego's own council vehicles were yellow I thought it would look out of place in any other colour