Monthly Archives: February 2017

Tip-Off

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Lego Technic 6x6 Tipper Truck

Previous bloggee pipasseyoyo of Brickshelf returns to The Lego Car Blog with another top quality Technic creation. His latest build packs in no less than six Power Functions motors to drive the truck’s steering, propulsion, and trailer hitch, plus the trailer’s support legs and tipping mechanism, and – as we discovered – it’s able to transport a whole troop of Elves outside and then dump them in the hedge. You can see the full gallery via the link above, where you can also find a link to watch the truck and trailer in action.

Lego Technic 6x6 Tipper Truck

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Lego Marathon LeTourneau L-1200 LeTro-Loader

This absolutely enormous contraption is a fully working 1:28 scale Lego replica of a Marathon LeTourneau L-1200 LeTro-Loader. Built by Beat Felber of Flickr this amazing creation all the functions of the real LeTourneau, a machine built to load 170-ton mining trucks with just a few scoops of its 22-cubic-yard bucket.

Beat’s Lego recreation of the L-1200 includes that huge bucket, controlled by two four-cylinder pneumatic pumps each powered by a Power Functions L motor and a Servo-actuated valve. Two more motors drive all four wheels via in-wheel planetary gear reduction, and the articulated steering is taken care of by a fifth electric motor, all of which is controlled remotely via three Power Functions receivers.

All in it’s an incredible feat of engineering and there’s more to see at Beat’s photostream – check it out via the link above if you did this build as much as we do.

Swiss Rescue

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Lego Aérospatiale SA-315 Lama Air Zermatt Swiss mountain rescue service

Ski season is in full swing here in Europe, and this catchily-named Aérospatiale SA-315 Lama Air Zermatt as used by the Swiss Mountain Rescue Service is on hand to mop up the casualties. This lovely Town-scale version is the work of Flickr’s Legohippie and there’s more to see here.