When working on a land vehicle I often start by selecting the tires.
Which was the case again for this model. Here you can see some of the options I was considering, plus the cement mixer and trans clear elements which I thought might be fun to incorporate.
While I liked the large technic wheels from the first photo, they were a bit big. The ones below are a bit smaller, and also had eye catching red rims. This picture also shows the basic chassis and suspension design I used.
A crane mounted on the back was supposed to be the main feature, so I took some time making sure it worked smoothly. Gears controlled the side to side movement and winch on the crane.
While I was hoping to use this large clear windscreen, it looked a bit out of place on this particular truck.
So I took that off and tried filling the space between the wheels with an excavator bucket.
The buckets gave loads of accessory storage, and were easily capped by some prison doors.
Moving back to the cab, I came up with this neat design using tall inverted slopes to achieve a slight outward slope to the windscreen.
This section of the truck is what I’m most proud of. On top of the cab I tried some large lights, but they seemed a bit bulky.
So I switched to a single spotlight on either side of the roof.
After putting together a few containers for it to move around, the vehicle was done!
Thanks for reading and there are more new builds and tutorials coming soon.
All Terrain Crane Truck: Build Log
When working on a land vehicle I often start by selecting the tires.
Which was the case again for this model. Here you can see some of the options I was considering, plus the cement mixer and trans clear elements which I thought might be fun to incorporate.
While I liked the large technic wheels from the first photo, they were a bit big. The ones below are a bit smaller, and also had eye catching red rims. This picture also shows the basic chassis and suspension design I used.
A crane mounted on the back was supposed to be the main feature, so I took some time making sure it worked smoothly. Gears controlled the side to side movement and winch on the crane.
While I was hoping to use this large clear windscreen, it looked a bit out of place on this particular truck.
So I took that off and tried filling the space between the wheels with an excavator bucket.
The buckets gave loads of accessory storage, and were easily capped by some prison doors.
Moving back to the cab, I came up with this neat design using tall inverted slopes to achieve a slight outward slope to the windscreen.
This section of the truck is what I’m most proud of. On top of the cab I tried some large lights, but they seemed a bit bulky.
So I switched to a single spotlight on either side of the roof.
After putting together a few containers for it to move around, the vehicle was done!
Thanks for reading and there are more new builds and tutorials coming soon.