[TC25] 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator

[mirrorbricks]

Hey! This is my first contest, and I'm excited to shrink a giant excavator to... let's say less massive form. It is still more than 40 studs in length but I found some new parts from Sonic is quite suitable for pit digging. For now its just a proof of concept, but I hope to get these new parts in time to build it in real life, and maybe solve some Issues from the original set 

Edited July 17, 2023 by mirrorbricks

[BusterHaus]

That looks great. I guess the shrinking factor is dictated by the tracks (3:5)?

[mirrorbricks]

@BusterHausNot sure, but between 2-3:5 

[mirrorbricks]

It going well, and the proof of concept totally passed

[mirrorbricks]

A few more parts later, I switch to propper orthogonal reference, and some details added

 

[Thirdwigg]

Whoa, how did you get that picture into the background of Studio. My mind is blown.

[captainmib]

1 minute ago, Thirdwigg said:

Whoa, how did you get that picture into the background of Studio. My mind is blown.

Yeah, I was wondering this too

[SaperPL]

18 hours ago, Thirdwigg said:

Whoa, how did you get that picture into the background of Studio. My mind is blown.

 

18 hours ago, captainmib said:

Yeah, I was wondering this too

You make a custom brick in part designer and import a decal texture onto it.

[piterx]

On 7/17/2023 at 9:54 PM, mirrorbricks said:

It going well, and the proof of concept totally passed

How did you get a reference image directly in stud.io? 😮

[Berthil]

13 hours ago, piterx said:

How did you get a reference image directly in stud.io? 😮

I think via Parts Designer where you can make a (big) custom part and apply a (big) custom sticker image.
Good idea to do that, especially if the front view is used to compare as in front view the 3D perspective is gone.

[lcvisser]

We could also comment on the excellent progress and interesting build  I’m looking forward to more progress.  

[mirrorbricks]

I hope the reference in studio is not the most exited part of this project Btw here is some progress, the floating conveyor works well, unfortunately, there is no option to turn off this feature. The rotor with buckets and upper conveyor is good too, big thanks for the friends set, I get these incredible round lift arms super cheap. Thinking about adding a 2-speed gearbox for authenticity, and maybe a pullback motor that will power conveyors and the rotor, not sure this is a good idea, but we will see, counterweight is a must.

Definitely will make a short reel how to calculate dimensions for images and add them in part designer

[howitzer]

Looks good so far! The pullback-counterweight sounds awesome idea, would add nice way to demonstrate the functions without the need of constantly turning some know or whatever. It would also kind of replicate the original's motor/battery box as counterweight concept.

[SaperPL]

Good progress, but I just want to see this small white truck complete :D

[Jundis]

Maybe you can get some inspiration by my tiny dumper truck, which @GerritvdG put the instructions together:

LINK

[Jurss]

looks good. Will color scheme be the same?

For bucket wheel I needed to add some wheels also on bottom, so that is more fixed, otherway rotation was not smooth, it was jamming, jumping etc. Mine was this