The Fleet

[chaosof99]

Now that I have my new shelves installed to put all my Technic Models on, I thought I should share some pictures.

The first shelf. Mostly smaller sets. You can already see what time my dark ages were. Unfortunately the 8816, 8828 and 8205 all have pieces missing, with the first two missing a tire each, and the 8816 also missing the headlights. I also have half of an 8810, but that's not on there. I'll be trying to complete all of them in the near future with pieces off of Bricklink and other sites.

Second shelf with the larger sets. Another spare part I need to get is some rope for my 8460, which I have currently replaced with some straw rope, but that's of course not appropriate.

Finally, my 8285, which is actually too long to put on the shelves like I have with the other sets. I got it incomplete off of e-Bay and I already made an order on Brinklink to get it into the shape it is now, but it's still missing a couple of pieces to complete the smokestack and the tanks on the front. I think it is definitely worth it though since that set is just incredible.

Only question is, where will I put the models I'm going to purchase in the future.

[DLuders]

@ chaosof99: You have a nice Technic collection! You can put future sets on heavy fishing line, and suspend them from hooks on the ceiling....

[Fuzzylegobricks]

Really nice collection. Maybe you could have a shelf going all the way

around the room with some one it. Here are quite a few nice examples

[Traktor]

What did you pay for the tow truck? I just bought it for 800 kr (144 dollar) this weekend and finished it today. It was 100 % complet with stickers and all. Considered that I bought it in Norway i think it is a pretty good price. At least less than it did cost in 2006. Now I'am only missing the bulldozer to get all the big flaggship sets.

[Paul B Technic]

Excellent collection, I must take some photos of mine and share it.

Paul

[dr_spock]

Nice collection. Thanks for sharing. I should take some pics of mine.

[chaosof99]

What did you pay for the tow truck? I just bought it for 800 kr (144 dollar) this weekend and finished it today. It was 100 % complet with stickers and all. Considered that I bought it in Norway i think it is a pretty good price. At least less than it did cost in 2006. Now I'am only missing the bulldozer to get all the big flaggship sets.

I bought it for 73€ off of eBay, but didn't quite correctly look at its condition. Already sunk another 25€ in additional parts into it, but that includes shipping from Quebec to austria (the only seller on Bricklink that had a majority of the parts was from Quebec), and the most expensive part I had to order was the metal hook. I still love the set though, and the only pieces I'm still missing are four round metallic silver round pin joiners for the exhaust pipes, and two light bluish grey 3x2 blocks with curved top for the tanks on the front. Unfortunately, the pin joiners are quite rare, appearing only in two sets (this one, and the Enzo Ferrari) and currently offered by only 3 sellers on Bricklink.

[grepin]

I've been in the process of getting a showcase for some of my sets for a while, and will also certainly take the time to snap a few pictures once it's full of plastic :)