1950s moving truck - 40586 MOD in blue

[Murdoch17]

I recreated set 40586 (Moving Truck GWP) in blue, and changed the wheels, rear-view mirrors, front bumper, and a few other things.

You may be asking why I chose blue for the truck. The answer is simple: I had two blue wheel arches lying around unused, and this neatly solves that!

The rear of the truck.

The roof comes off and the ramp slides out. Also in this picture you can see the cabin door opens. The roof of the cab section also comes off to seat a driver at the wheel.

Thoughts? 

Edited February 28, 2023 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

As of this afternoon, the moving truck and furniture have been ordered.

I had to change the printed picture in the frame, but it had to be done in order to be cheap. It was about $15 (US) for 87 parts, 77 of which you can see in this picture.

[AllanSmith]

Can you mod it to a six wide cab to see if that looks better?

[Murdoch17]

3 minutes ago, AllanSmith said:

Can you mod it to a six wide cab to see if that looks better?

I actually did try that first when re-building it. I didn't like how it turned out (Can't put my finger on it, but it honestly didn't look good to me) and I didn't take pictures to document it. Sorry!

[Murdoch17]

@AllanSmith

Here is the recreated model with six wide cab. Features new side-by-side seating. (which might not work IRL)

[franzal]

I really like your 6wide-stud-conversion. I think, it actually Looks BETTER than the original!

[franzal]

I really like your 6wide-stud-conversion. I think, it actually Looks BETTER than the original!

 

@Murdoch17: Would it be possible, that you could post the parts list/studio file for it, please?

[Murdoch17]

1 hour ago, franzal said:

I really like your 6wide-stud-conversion. I think, it actually Looks BETTER than the original!

 

@Murdoch17: Would it be possible, that you could post the parts list/studio file for it, please?

Thanks. I don't have a studio file, all I have is a LDD file, which is missing a lot of parts. Do you still want me to post it, @franzal?

Edited February 22, 2023 by Murdoch17

[franzal]

@Murdoch17: Yes, that would be great! Every little help is welcome, as I am not really a great MOCer myself... :)

[Murdoch17]

7 minutes ago, franzal said:

@Murdoch17: Yes, that would be great! Every little help is welcome, as I am not really a great MOCer myself... :)

Here is where you can find the file... can't link directly to it, but this link takes you to Bricksafe.

NOTE: The LDD file is not complete. You need the following parts to finish the model:
36841 Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 1 (black, x2)
36840 Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 1 inverted (blue, x2)
64570 Bracket 2 x 6 - 1 x 6 Inverted (black, x1)
80683 Door 3 x 6 (white, x2)
42205 Door Frame 1 x 6 x 6 (white, x1)

You will have to convert the LDD file to studio in order to load it on that program. I don't know how to do that, but I know it is possible.

Have fun @franzal! I can't wait to see it if you build it in real life!

[franzal]

Thank you very much! Now I only need to source/buy all the parts... :)

Edited February 23, 2023 by franzal

[Murdoch17]

The final real world pictures of the truck have been uploaded to the first post. The furniture originally purchased alongside this truck has been taken and added to a house model I'm working on.