dadaman

Hey guys. I recieved my 8455 last year but never had the chance to upload the photo. I was super excited to finally receive mine and in the condition it was in. I got it at a decent price and the seller really took care of it. Here some pics of the build.. ill post a video soon

Great review! I recently got the kit and its great fun. heres the small air tank mod I did. works a million times better with a tank.

thanks for the warm welcome!

im from S.A too!

Hey guys . Im Raees from Cape Town. Ive been a huge fan of Lego from a young age. In the last few years ive been trying to get some of the technic sets that I missed as a child ( was quite pricy back then). So far I collected 8462,8459, 8455( on the way ) and i would like to get 8258. My recent sets are 42043 and 42008 but that was sold. This is my little collection so far.

Hey guys. Im new here ( please dont be to harsh on my mods. not as anvanced as some of you guys). Ive followed this thread before I bought my kit and there are some great improvements here. this is some small things I did to make it a bit more fun for me (im use to the older pneumatic sets so this was new for me). First thing I noticed was the outriggers. I wasnt much of a fan about have to turn the arm down so i changed that to small pneumatic pumps. THey dont lift the truck due to the wieght but for me they add another fun function. Ill be ordering some extra parts soon so that will probably get a relook to make it work a bit better. I added a 5th switch I read that the pneumatics require quite a bit of air for them to function and no air tank was included in the kit so that was my second job. Finding a place for the tank without it looking out of place was quite a mission but i managed to make a way underneath the cab. I removed a few of the stabilzer bars and the beam behind the cab I replace the beam behind the cab with this one in front. Ill add a video soon showing the movement once the tank fills up. I found the arm of the crane to be a bit weak in one spot so I added this piece ( with the limited pieces i have) and lastly was the bucket. I added a few piecese just o make it swivel a bit more.

Hello from south africa!