Posted June 6, 20195 yr Goodmorning all Because it's my first post I will introduce myself. My name is Ray, 33 years old from the Netherlands. Since december last year I picked up my old hobby again after I bought the Mack Anthem and since then I'm more active again with building Lego again. In this post I want to show you my Lego 8043 excavator witch I recently bought ( stock version ofcourse ) on the Kings Day market for a realy cheap price, yeah it was full of dust but after a clean-up the parts looked like new, so after all the best deal I ever made haha Imo it's the most beautyfull technic set but it needed some improvements. A extra 340 parts where needed to get the results you see below ( total brick count is now like 1450 or something like that ) So here it is And combined with the Mack Thats all, hope you guys like it Edited June 6, 20195 yr by Raymember
June 6, 20195 yr Ray improvements look nice, but I have one suggestion; it will be better to use bricksafe or flicker and post links to images here, so they can be displayed in topic
June 6, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, Raymember said: Thx I will try that Now it is much better I forgot to mention that linked images should be smaller than 1024p
June 6, 20195 yr I especially like how the complete package with the excavator, Mack and trailer looks! Masterfully done!
June 6, 20195 yr Author 14 minutes ago, zoo said: I especially like how the complete package with the excavator, Mack and trailer looks! Masterfully done! Thx Here are better pics of the Mack
June 7, 20195 yr Welcome to Eurobricks Ray! That is a beautiful looking 8043 and a big improvement over the original, so much so that I think I may have to start bricklinking my own. The hoses actually leading to the LAs is a nice touch. Is the 15L beam at the back exactly parallel with the back panel? In the photo it looks to run slightly away even though the ends are both connected in system.
June 8, 20195 yr On 6/6/2019 at 9:14 AM, Raymember said: ... hope you guys like it Like is an understatement. That’s some really excellent work you've done there. The 8043 and the Mack are both very much improved by your changes which I might have to implement on mine when I build them. Edited June 8, 20195 yr by grum64
June 10, 20195 yr Author On 6/7/2019 at 9:02 PM, Clever Nickname said: This looks amazing. How did you connect the additional mirrors to the bonnet? Under the bonnet you can place a vertical pin where i put this in to connect the additional mirrors On 6/7/2019 at 11:42 PM, ukbajadave said: Welcome to Eurobricks Ray! That is a beautiful looking 8043 and a big improvement over the original, so much so that I think I may have to start bricklinking my own. The hoses actually leading to the LAs is a nice touch. Is the 15L beam at the back exactly parallel with the back panel? In the photo it looks to run slightly away even though the ends are both connected in system. Yes it is, I see it too on the photo but the backplates just moved a bit below it seems Edited June 10, 20195 yr by Raymember
June 15, 20195 yr Author I just finished the .lxf file and now you can download it notice !!! the side soft axles are size 12 and not size 11, I wasn't able to make that in LDD https://www.dropbox.com/s/23i5p7m8qkfy574/excavator final black.lxf?dl=0 Edited June 15, 20195 yr by Raymember
June 15, 20195 yr Very nice mods! Actually, I started building the 8043 again. Also with black treads and a totally black undercarriage. I will download your lxf for inspiration. Thanks The black boom, with the hoses, looks awesome btw. Great work.
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