My 9398 Crawler Build

[JohnR33]

hi everyone. I've had legos since I was a kid, but my very first Technic set is the 9398. It was just too cool when I saw it and when TRU had a sale recently (plus all the posts about it I saw on this site), I couldn't pass it up.

Anyway, nothing too crazy about my build. I don't plan to mod it much... just wanted a place to dump my pics

work in progress...

[Doc_Brown]

Hi,

Welcome to EB.

My first set out of my dark age was 9398. (8070 doesn't count).

Have fun!

[JM1971]

Best set ever, well maybe ties with the 41999.

[Graydingo]

Fun set. I swapped out the gears for more torque in the Portal hubs. It does a nice job of crawling over various things. The servo motor is awesome.

[Jim]

Hi John,

Welcome to EB!!

Have fun building the 9398 and do post some more pictures

[Rockbrick]

i enjoyed building this model very much - while building it thought of so many other models I could build with it - started using it

and have not taken it apart yet in 8 months its still too much fun...

[JohnR33]

thanks for the welcome everyone!

I completed the crawler. It took me 4 days spending a little time each day to build and was so fun to build!

Here's a new pic. I was surprised to find that the cab is an almost perfect size for a gopro hero3 camera. The door only closes about 95% though so I might need to ziptie that or, if I had the parts, I would move the fake gear shifter by one spot.

[JM1971]

Hulk minifigs also look good in the driver seat lol, good to see someone enjoying a very cool set.

[JohnR33]

Got some new tires for the crawler. Makes it even more top heavy because they're taller, but they look great and are definitely grippier than the stock tires.

[Appie]

Haha, the OP sounds like me. Only for me it was an awesome deal on this cool set back in september 2013. Since then I have spend quite a bit of money on Lego again and got my old Lego out of storage :)

Here's my 9398

I modded the back with a bricklink order to something that suits the rest of the model without the use of stickers. I came across this look on the techlug.fr forum and knew right away that was how I wanted to fix the back.

Edited April 21, 2014 by Appie

[grum64]

Welcome to Eurobricks.

[Appie]

Thanks :)

Been lurking a while, but figured I might as well make an account considering I wanted to share my Sheepo Mustang with you guys once the parts come in (in different colours). Then I saw this topic, so similar to me, I just had to reply. I still have some plans for my Crawler, but because I keep buying more sets those plans have been delayed quite a few times :D

[JohnR33]

9390 mini towtruck is now my 2nd ever Technic set... I hope my purchasing doesn't get out of hand

having a little fun here with the tow truck and my crawler:

"I think we're going to need a bigger tow truck..."

"ahhhh I guess I'll just have to push!"

I modded the back with a bricklink order to something that suits the rest of the model without the use of stickers. I came across this look on the techlug.fr forum and knew right away that was how I wanted to fix the back.

looks good! I would make it all black if I could. And I'm not a fan of the stickers either

[JM1971]

Haha, those pics make the crawler look massive, where did you get the tyres from? they are cool.

[EV3Noob]

where did you get the tyres from? they are cool.

Rock Crusher 1.9 - check the topic on alternative tires here on the forum :)

[JohnR33]

Haha, those pics make the crawler look massive, where did you get the tyres from? they are cool.

Rock Crusher 1.9 - check the topic on alternative tires here on the forum :)

yup. what EV3 noob said. I got mine directly from RC4WD store. here's the link http://store.rc4wd.com/Rock-Crusher-XT-19-Tires_p_691.html