As well as being a tasty Jaguar, ‘XF’ is also a type of DAF truck in Europe. It’s a popular one too, being a very common sight on highways, and thus a worthy vehicle to recreate in little plastic bricks. Jakeof on Flickr has done a stirling job recreating the DAF XF, and has teamed the tractor unit with a superb grain / sand trailer too. See the complete rig in detail at the link above.
92 years of truck making ended with the Crusader in 1988, when DAF purchased Scammell and closed it down
The captive Lego Car Blog Elves have all been re-released following their Christmas in containment (we hope our Reviews during the holidays kept you entertained – as always, you can give your feedback via the link at the top of the page), and today we were ‘treated’ to the first Elf return of 2013.
One of the keener (or luckier) Elves headed to Brickshelf following its release, where it uncovered this; a brutish Scammell Crusader wrecker. Scammell were masters of seriously heavy-duty trucks for decades, being favoured by heavy-haulage firms and the military. Then, like most British vehicle manufactures it seems, they were swallowed up by the British Leyland behemoth, and then sold off when it all turned sour, never to be seen again. This awesome brick version is the work of Makorol, and is fully Power Functions controlled, containing six motors and working lights. You can view the full gallery on Brickshelf.
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We want to know where VFRacing gets his stickers from!
Discovered on the Eurobricks Forum, and resplendent in Daf Racing colours complete with all 729 sponsors, this Dakar Rally Truck by VFRacingTeam is a rather brilliant looking machine. It should be brilliant to drive too, being powered by a complex array of LEGO Power Functions kit and based on a chassis design by Efferman (which means it’s good!). Visit the Eurobricks forum for more.
Good things come in small packages
Gabor Horvath on Mocpages has somehow crammed RC power functions, a differential and steering into a 6 wide minifig scale DAF truck. The mind boggles.