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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.

42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 7
42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 7
42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 8
42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 8

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!

42055 BWE Buckets Finished
42055 BWE Buckets Finished

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.

Tagged with 42055 / bucket wheel excavator / bwe / youtube

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

Tagged with 16x16 baseplates / bley / bricklink / ebay / mixed lot / plates / tiles

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.

42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 6
42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Bags 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.

42055 BWE Buckets And Conveyors
42055 BWE Buckets And Conveyors

Tagged with 42055 / bucket wheel excavator / buckets / bwe

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!

70090 Joker Balloon Escape
70090 Joker Balloon Escape

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

Tagged with 70090 / balloons / batman / joker / joker balloon escape / lego batman movie / power plant

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.

21030 Architecture US Capitol Box
21030 Architecture US Capitol Box

All that sand green for the roof! Lovely!

21030 Architecture US Capitol Built
21030 Architecture US Capitol Built

Tagged with 21030 / erling brick / headlight brick / us capitol

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