Archives for December 2017

Technic: Bucket Wheel Excavator (42055) – Part 4

Posted on Saturday, 30th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Technic / Video

Time for another final hit at the Bucket Wheel Excavator (42055) set. Bags 7 & 8 produced the final pieces to finish the model.

And after more hard work, here it is!

I wasn’t expecting the finished thing to be so huge. It barely fitted on my white photographic background foam board!

And of course, it is motorised, so here’s a quick video showing it in action. The forwards/backwards motion is VERY slow because the thing is so damned heavy, but the conveyors tip rubble into the truck quite quickly.

Haul #7: eBay & Bricklink Arrivals

Posted on Friday, 29th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Haul

I had a Bricklink order arrive today, some tiles and a few larger bricks for making Micropolis bases. Plus a couple of lots from eBay – one with a load of 16×16 baseplates (again for Micropolis modules) and a mixed lot of light bluish grey stuff, to be used for all sorts of things. Now all I need to do is sort it!

Haul eBay Bricklink Dec '17 — Haul eBay Bricklink Dec ’17

Technic: Bucket Wheel Excavator (42055) – Part 3

Posted on Thursday, 28th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Technic

I’ve had a break from Technic for a few days, while I enjoyed building the Architecture themed sets I got for Christmas. But today it was back to the Bucket Wheel Excavator (42055), which I still haven’t finished yet. It was time to attack the biggest stage – all those bags numbered 6.

This gave me the eponymous bucket wheel and another bit of conveyor, mounted onto a frame. It’s still not done yet, but I’ve run out of time for today.

Haul #6: Asda Shopping

Posted on Wednesday, 27th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Haul / Minifigs

I have visitors coming over to stay tomorrow so I had to go shopping. At the supermarket, I accidentally found some LEGO in my basket at the checkout, oops.

I mostly bought this Joker Balloon Escape (70090) set for the minifigs – giving me a manically grinning Joker and of course, Batman himself. I’m not sure I will keep the rest of the set made up, but I did put it together once just to see what it looked like. I forgot to take a photo before dismantling it again!

And talking of minifigs, I grabbed half a dozen Ninjago Movie CMFs, as I don’t have any of these yet.

Architecture: US Capitol Building (21030)

Posted on Tuesday, 26th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Architecture / Microscale

The Architecture: US Capitol Building (21030) set is the biggest I got for Christmas. It kept me amused for most of Boxing Day while I was still feeling grotty with the lurgy. It’s a lovely model with loads of details and a shed load of Erling (headlight) bricks (4070)! It took a few hours to build but was very satisfying.

All that sand green for the roof! Lovely!