Posted June 9, 20159 yr Hi, recently I grabbed a lot of green pieces from the pick-a-brick wall and decided to put them to use in a tank container. The container has base dimensions of 12x6 studs and fits to the standard Lego container flat cars as used in Lego set 7939, for example. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Cheers Legopold
June 9, 20159 yr I like that the design fits with all of the other containers, very detailed design in my opinion Great MOC now make a lot and have a long tanker train -RailCo
June 9, 20159 yr Very nice. I dealt with a lot of these (and by dealt I mean "got to see" and "dealt with paperwork") at my previous job. In the industry they're also called "Tanktainers". One nit-pick though. Tanktainers don't have exposed valves beyond their exoskeleton. Anything that hangs outside of that is liable to be knocked off, broken, and in this case, prevent the tanktainer from being stacked. --Tony
June 9, 20159 yr I made this tank container for the container competition the other year, but it's no where near as tidy as your design, It does not help the number of changes LEGO has made to the standard container size over the years.
June 10, 20159 yr Author Hi, thanks for your kind comments. I created a LDD file (see below) and slightly revised the build and removed the valve on top because, as SavaTheAggie pointed out, it is unrealistic and prevents stacking of the containers. In the LDD file the tank and the exoskeleton are not connected because the connection between the holes in the support girder and the black rods of the tank is not possible in LDD. In fact, the whole exoskeleton is held in place only by the technic elements on top, so make sure you dont use worn out technic connectors or axles that cant provide the friction necessary. Tanktainer-1.lxf Edited June 10, 20159 yr by Legopold
June 10, 20159 yr AWESOME tank design and I might just download that lxf file......Brick On 'Legopold' !
June 10, 20159 yr Nice work. Looks good. I think you can still have the valves and stuff on top of the tank. They just have to be below the outer frame so they don't get crushed when another ISO container is stacked on top.
June 10, 20159 yr Very nice work. This type of container can be used for a multitude of themes from traditional cities to even sci-fi. Great Job!
June 10, 20159 yr Hello friends of the Lego Train, I want to introduce my tank containers. Right now, the tanks will not finish. The German Post on strike, the postman and the delivery man have stopped work. So I have to wait for my BrickLink orders. But I must confess that I was inspired by the images of alias " Pickyourownbogie ": https://www.flickr.c...-122687637@N08/ https://flic.kr/p/dQX6MH Yours sincerely Udo
June 11, 20159 yr Nice to see everyone's take on what is a difficult subject to model, I made some about 5 years ago and found it far from easy to make a frame that is strong and slim at the same time, I would really like to revisit the design at some point and come up with something better and more detailed. Edited June 11, 20159 yr by Steinkopf
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