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Hi everyone. Today I want to present my latest build. It is a Mercedes Benz Tractor. The famous MB Trac. The design is not by me. It was made by arhthra08/ vttdirty08. He also provided instructions in his brickshelf folder. I was in search for a tractor that had 4 wheels of the same size. Now if you go searching for a vehice like this, you will most likely find the Claas Xerion and the MB Trac. But nothing much else. Also I looked around to find some probably ready instructions. Now I found the MB Trac including instructions from arhthra08. I looked through the instructions. I knew, I wouldn't build it in yellow (since I have not many yellow pieces yet), but I could build it in red. So I did that. And since I couldn't find any evidence, that it has already been presented here, I thought I'd share my own version. The tractor features the following: - all-wheel drive - 4-cylinder inline engine - suspended and steed front axle - steering via HOG - openable hood and doors - rear PTO - rear PPTO - trailer hitch - pneumatic drawbar for attachments. First, I made a digital model in LDD. Not visible in the pic are most pneumatic parts. I just skipped them (except for the big cylinder). That showed me the progress of the build and later enabled me to make an approximately correct parts list. Here is a render: So far so good. When I had the digital model finished, I could create the parts list. Easy. I just had to upload the .lxf to Rebrickable and include the rest of the parts I missed out. But since a large portion of my parts was occupied, with my version of Crowkillers DS2, I had to disassemble that first. But last weekend I pulled through. On Saturday I pre-counted the pieced and began the building, finishing on Sunday afternoon. I was so eager to go on, that I even built a trailer. So here are some pictures. I know the roof is orange. You are allowed to laugh. But I yet have the panel only in orange or grey. And I wanted to keep the grey for the trailer. Also, please forgive me the ill-coloring on some spaces. But, once my BL orders are here, I will finish this properly. On the next pic, you can see the trailer attached to the hitch, completely with PPTO attachment and drawbar. And finally a pic of the trailer. I know the trailer is nothing fancy, But I like it. It was build spontaneously and I managed to make a sturdy frame and even a pneumatic linkage that works. It is operated from the back of the tractor, since only one hose is attached. Though, I am not yet satisfied with the angle that the bed can reach. I will need to turn the pneumatic and linkage around to make it better. So this is it for now. I am very happy with the result for now. There are more pictures available in my Brickshelf folder (once moderated). I am not finished yet with this. I am currently highly motivated due to this build. To be frank, I planned to build Crowkillers Porsche next. But, this came inbetween and I will stick to it for now. I made some Bricklink orders to mainly supplement my inventory for the Porsche, as well as a re-build of the DS2 and the Vampire GT later. But I also purchased some parts for the MB Trac. As you can probably see on the bigger pictures, it is lacking the front logo. It also lacks some smaller parts. So what am I going to do to this MOC? Plainly I want to rebuild it entirely (once I have all parts). I already fixed the loose gear rack of the steering. Also I put a handle on the small pump and changed the hose layout, so I only have a single PPTO. I found a fault when steering to the maximum where the inner wheel won't turn anymore and want to fix that. I also want to widen the center chassis and incorporate a more complex gearbox and include power functions to have the PTO motorized and a motorized compressor. From my estimates, there should be enough room for this with the given dimensions. And I want to build some more attachments and tools. Todo: - fix error in steering where inner wheel won't turn when steered to the max. - fix colors - include motorized PTO - include motorized pump I will update this thread when I have made notable achievements. Also, I want to give 'making instructions' a try. But that will not happen after I finished the Todo list. I hope you all like the model so far. Thanks again to arhthra08 for making the original instructions and building it. If you have hints or ideas I could use, please let me know. Also, I welcome all comments and criticism (as long as it is not about the colors). Update #1 Update #2 Update #3
