Master56

Very nice build, could be a official lego set I would also like to have the LDD file. Then maybe I can get my own example sometime in the future....

Yeah, the excavator isn't very good looking, my thaught about the bucket was the same as yours. But for this build I choose playability and function in front of looks. And even a city scale excavator would get too big on the boat. I'm on the look for something better, but still haven't found anything suitable. Have found some great looking diggers, but they would get too big also... Give me a tip if you find something that would both look- and function good. I'm not a fan of the "new" parts that click in position when you bend them. It's just a too uneven movement... (sorry for bad english) :P

Thanks Yes, the excavator can move left,right, backward and forward (and of course spin around 360 degrees). It's attached to "rails" and technic crossaxles which make this possible. There is no interiour in the cabin yet. The cabin floors is a bit small for minifigures. but I could adjust it to make room for a captain and his controlls :P Made some changes today (254 extra bricks)

Wow. Your city is really nice, and the lights make it even better. Can see you've put alot of money in this. I like it alot! =)

Not sure if I use the correct decription in the topic (Gravel ship), so correct me if i'm wrong. Started this moc in LDD yesterday. Nearly satisfied now. Don't know what to do to make it better. Tips and tricks are welcome =) This is a little earlier in the build seen from behind. Here I have one set of "rails" for the excavator to slide from the front to the back of the ship. Made the excavator after finding a similar mini excavator on youtube. This is as much as I've done so far. Made opening hatches for the cargo/gravel room Hatches opened... Mini excavator working =) I've made two sets of "rails". One for the hatches and one for the excavator. Inpiration for the build If you have any cool ideas for making the build better, I would like to hear it =) At first my plan was to make a ship that would be in the right scale for minifigures, But during the build I found out It would have to be close to twice the size.... so gave that up =)

Yes, I know. Could have bought myself 2-3 BNIB sets for the money I've spent on blue and chrome. Did nothing about the dark red bricks. They're still there in the interiour...

OK. took the job sum'ing up the cost I had on the blue bricks... $157,31 This is from the six different orders I had on bricklink included postage cost on every order. And if you add $72,84 for the chrome, you have in total $230,15 .. Tell me if you know a cheaper way to get parts. Learned from this; If you want something "unique", you have to pay for it...

I ordered the additional chrome parts from Chrome Block City on bricklink. Pieces loose on the table here were the extras I ordered. sum theese an you get the answer how much I payed for the blue bricks. Some extra pieces were ordered, so in total a little less than the sum you get: NOK 390.71 US $8.47 US $31.43 EUR 7.14 EUR 28.42 CHF 28.10 The extra chrome pieces got quite expensive. EUR 56.36 This is the cost for the extra pieces for both my campers. Also here I ordered some extra pieces wich you won't find on the cars. So somewere between 20 and 25 Euros for the extras on one car... Read above, and you will find out.. In total VERY expensive

I've also seen many different colors like in this photo, but not any blue versions with chrome like mine. Actually an easy case, since all I had to do was to order a Chromed kit from www.blingblingbricks.com. In addition to that I ordered a few bricks on bricklink for the bumper mod... Green Ferrari? would like to see that one =)

After recieving several packages with orders from bricklink a couple of weeks ago, I could finally start my small project/transformation/mod of a couple of Lego sets. Since my english is a little rusty, I guess pictures will tell you more... Just opened the second example of this set: Remove all red pieces Adding blue ones instead ordered from different sellers on bricklink... Finished Added some chrome to the blue one in this picture + a little mod on the front bumper Now the red ones turn to get chrome added Here you can se set 10242 with chrome parts too. Also want chrome for the Ferrari, but will wait and see if a chrome kit will appear...

LDD + Real Bricks Class This moc is made after inspiration from creations on brickshelf. Dont know if this can participate, but I'll give it a shot

Hello! Wow, your library looks really beautiful. I wouldn't say no for the high res photos. Do you share them? Want to see more details of how things have been done... :)