MOC: Excavator

[SheepEater]

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.

 

 

Edited November 24, 2018 by SheepEater
very hard to link Flickr pics

[Roadmonkeytj]

You got some sharp looking equipment there!