Hello all,
This is a MOC of an excavator, inspired by the style of the 2015 city contruction sets, and in a similar scale.
My biggest inspirations were the Komatsu 490 (Google Image it for comparison), and the technic set 8043 from 2010.
The treads base assembly base was obviously largely inspired by the wrecker from set 60076, with a few modifications.
The rest is all me.
I used only recent parts, still produced in the past 6 years.
That meant I could build it in its entirety in LDD.
If you want to place the MOC on your Bricklink wanted list, remove the pulley tires first,
or there will be a Bricklink upload error.
LDD file
Here are some pics. Can you spot and identify the Lord of the Rings custom minifig I put in there?
Album on flickr
excav01 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
excav13 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
PB180003 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
PB180005 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
PB180008 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
PB180012 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
Here it is alongside my Backhoe Loader MOC from winter 2017.
PB180015 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
PB180016 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
The prototype, before I placed the bricklink orders to make the MOC in the colors that I really wanted.
Alongside the final version.
proto02 by Sheep Eater, on Flickr
My Eurobricks topic: Backhoe Loader from winter 2017.
The excavator, although larger, was actually easier to build because for the backhoe, I crammed
so many swiveling/hinge parts in such a small model.