Bricksonwheels Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Well, it is great to see a forum dedicated to scale modeling, so its not more then fitting to put my latest work here: A Peterbilt 379 with Polar tanktrailer. A large (1:13) scale Lego tanker combo had been on my list for a long time. I made a small 1:22 Kenworth cabover with milktrailer in the past, and had plans for a 1:16, but in the end started work on a full 1:13 scaled combo. My 2012 dumper combo was getting old, and I wanted something new to bring to shows as well. Now I wouldn’t be myself not to take a new build a bit further again, and this one should be extremely detailed, coloful, and fitted with lights. Once more I hooked up with my good friend Rob from Brickstuff.com, and this time we didn’t make compromises. We even added a custom controller/effect board, powered by a USB Varta 10400 mAh powerpack that is located in the sleeper! There are lights everywhere including over 60 driving / contour lights, but as a special feature the underside of the chassis of both tractor and trailer are equiped with over 180 RGB LEDs to simulate the glow effect seen on showtrucks. This really gives amazing effects. A custom remote control is split into two channels that control the contour lights and the underside seperatly. Effects include color changing and strobes. It took me 5 months to build this truck and some 9000 bricks went into this, including electro-plated chromed bricks by Bricks4all.nl. My buddy Jaap Kroon (Jaap Technic) printed the stickers for me, a job well done! And a shot in the dark: A video is on my flickr stream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bricksonwheels/ Quote
Jim Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Absolutely incredible! And awesome pictures. Great model to kick off this forum :thumbup: Quote
Edwin Korstanje Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Stunning work again my friend. I love the attention for all the details and with all the bling and lights you can't miss it. Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 Great job with the lighting, I like all of the chrome pieces used for the details on the engine. It must have been a fun challenge to make the stickers line up correctly on the tanker. Quote
peedeejay Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 Fantastic! That engine is a beauty (as the rest of the model!)! Quote
AFOLegofan66 Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 It's all in the details...great job on this!! Quote
bmacro Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 Yeah!!! What can I say... nothing else than.... perfect!!!! Astonishing realisation. Compliments ... Quote
John Daniels Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 A truly gorgeous model! The detailing on the engine is to die for, and I had a bit of a double take to try and figure out what large part you used to construct the tanker, that's when it hit me that it is assembled from slopes. The only detail that I see is missing is the air hoses from the truck to the trailer. -John Quote
Bricksonwheels Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 Thnx all! 14 hours ago, John Daniels said: A truly gorgeous model! The detailing on the engine is to die for, and I had a bit of a double take to try and figure out what large part you used to construct the tanker, that's when it hit me that it is assembled from slopes. The only detail that I see is missing is the air hoses from the truck to the trailer. -John Actually these were not mounted due to the photoshoot. When the lights are on the trailer is connected to the tractor by electric wires that took the place of the regular hoses. It can be partly seen from the last picture above. Quote
romulan Posted April 16, 2017 Posted April 16, 2017 This is the coolest, most realistic model I have seen in a long time. Fantastic job! Not a stud in sight :D Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Absolutely gorgeous! Fantastic lights system! Quote
WvG_853 Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 I like the fact that you are using old school Lego Technic tyres. It is just the finishing touch for me ... Quote
Kai NRG Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 Wow! This is a fantastic model, spot on work with the curves, lovely chrome detailing, and those lights! Great work! Quote
Lasse D Posted April 19, 2017 Posted April 19, 2017 That's just beautiful. At a quick glance the coloring of the trailer makes it appear as if it's chrome as well. The only suggestion that I would make is to consider jumps of less than half a stud on the sides of the bonnet. However. This might eat up precious space for the engine if you choose to do make a complicated structure for this. Quote
Bricksonwheels Posted April 19, 2017 Author Posted April 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Lasse D said: That's just beautiful. At a quick glance the coloring of the trailer makes it appear as if it's chrome as well. The only suggestion that I would make is to consider jumps of less than half a stud on the sides of the bonnet. However. This might eat up precious space for the engine if you choose to do make a complicated structure for this. Thnx Lasse, And yes, the space inside the bonnet is now already taken, so this was exactly the reason to keep it like this. Quote
Lasse D Posted April 19, 2017 Posted April 19, 2017 That is also what I expected. Plus. Using SNOT there would weaken the construction, which might not be fun at exhibitions. I also like the attention to details that few might think about. That chain link for the hood must have been a nightmare to make in chrome! Quote
Evolved Turtle Posted April 22, 2017 Posted April 22, 2017 Nice! I see you were featured on BrickVault Quote
Dafgek81 Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 This is one stunning model. Love the lighting on it and all those chromed pieces. Quote
r5-j2 Posted June 6, 2017 Posted June 6, 2017 Just seen this and I agree with Dafgek81...this is stunning!!..utterly stunning!!! Quote
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