“I’m tellin’ you man! I saw it with my own eyes – hovering in the sky like an… uh, I don’t even know what. But it was right over there! And I ain’t even started drinkin’ yet!”
Grab your ‘Welcome to Earth!’ sign and head to the location of the definite sighting with Grant Decker via the link!
Porsche are in big trouble. Despite the success of their EVs (and perhaps because of it…), Porsche are currently undertaking a rapid de-electrification of their future models. Because whilst a tax-avoiding businessman may want his luxury sedan to be electric, the sports car customer wants an engine. Cue a 92% drop in Porsche’s operating profit and a knock-on effect elsewhere in the Volkswagen empire, as the cancellation of Porsche EV platforms hits other brands.
But fear not readers, because today we have a real Porsche. Open-top, combustion-powered, rear-wheel-drive, and the only thing the battery does is start the engine. This is of course a 1950s Porsche-Diesel tractor.
Built by MP LEGO Technic Creations, this gorgeous recreation of the vintage Porsche features working steering, a single-cylinder piston engine connected to the rear wheels with a selectable power-take-off, a high/low gearbox, and a functional rear hitch.
Both constructed and presented beautifully there’s lots more of MP’s wonderful model to see on Flickr, and you can get back to a proper Porsche via the link above.
Things to come out of Austria; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Swarovski crystal, Red Bull, and, um… Adolf Hitler. And this! The Steyr tractor.
Constructed by previous bloggee Keko007 it’s a 6300 CVT, and it’s equipped with a rather dangerous-looking Rata Mounted Maxitill.
Working steering and a rear hitch feature, and you can drink a Red Bull on your way to becoming Governor of California via the link above.
We’re off to the farm now, courtesy of Konstantin of Flickr and these splendid agricultural machines. The first (above) is an MTZ ‘Belarus’ tractor made in, um… Belarus, whilst below is a very modern looking tracked combine harvester pouring grain into a very un-modern ZIL 130 truck. All are brilliantly detailed for the scale and you can bring in the harvest via the link above.
This is, obviously, not a car. But for much of the world, it really is. And unlike a clapped-out hatchback, when it’s too old perform reliably it can become a delicious dinner. Flickr’s Andreas Lenander is the builder behind this fantastic rural transportation scene, and you can join the road to the market via the link above.
We don’t usually know what’s in the back of a truck, but we do today thanks to those tell-tale openings. Delicious animals, that’s what.
But if you’re vegan don’t worry, today’s other post will be for you. Until then we’re off to have a steak, lamb shank, or rack of ribs courtesy of Arian Janssens’ splendid DAF FA XD livestock truck, and you can join us for dinner via the link.
This is a New Holland T7.185, and it comes from previous bloggee Keko007 who has constructed it brilliantly from bricks. Blending Technic, System, and studs-not-on-top techniques, Keko’s New Holland is as detailed as models three times its size, with presentation to match the build quality too. It proves you don’t require a million pieces to create something wonderful (and blog-worthy), and you can head to Keko’s farm on Flickr to check it out via the link in the text above.
Why is it depictions of aliens are always little green-ish grey men with big black eyes? Answer us that Science. Anyway, this little green man is not the standard depiction of an otherworldly being, but a simple vintage tractor by the now-truck company MAN.
Christoph Ellermann is the builder behind it, and he’s constructed it beautifully. Pictured atop its full-size counterpart there’s more to see at Christoph’s photostream. Click the link above to visit Area 51 and take a closer look…
Yes, we know it’s been days since we last published anything, but our Elves found nothing that met our Submission Guidelines. Today though, thanks to a reader, if you’re a Lego tractor fan, we have three!
They’re all variants of the Johne Deere 8R Series, outfitted with two tracks, four tracks, and four wheels. Each comes from previous bloggee Reddish Blue, and not only are they superbly built and presented, they feature some neat working functions too, including a mechanically raising rear hitch and a working power-take-off driven by the tracks or wheels, depending on the configuration.
There’s more to see at Reddish Blue’s photostream, and you can go farming via the link.
This site is, admittedly, usually full of vehicles with stripes, spoilers, and V8s. But we’re actually rural bumpkins at heart, so we’re also rather fond of vehicles and scenes like this one.
Constructed by Andrew Tate (no, not that one), this lovely vintage vignette captures truck trading from decades gone by, and you can take a look at a quieter time rebuilt in brick via the link above.
We love well-engineered small-scale Technic almost as much as we love toilet humour. So you can imagine our delight when one of our Elves found this neat Technic tractor and baler, because it looks like it’s, um… laying a brick. Cutting some rope. Pinching a loaf. Dropping a deuce. Releasing the kraken. Building a log cabin.
Anyway, the aforementioned amusing farm machinery is the work of TLCB Master MOCer Thirdwigg, it features functioning steering and a rear hitch, and Thirdwigg has also pictured the tractor pulling a tipper trailer. But that doesn’t look anywhere near as funny.
There’s more to see at Thirdwigg’s photostream, where a link to free building instructions can also be found, and you can relieve yourself on Flickr via the link above.
This TLCB Writer is from age of the VHS tape, when you had to hold down the fast-forward button to skip half-an-hour of trailers before you could watch the Disney movie your grandparents had actually bought you.
But there’ll be no trailer-skipping today, because we have two of them, each loaded with items which are – of course – the reason the trucks pulling them exist in the first place.
Cue regular bloggee Arian Janssens, and this excellent (and very orange) classic DAF FT2800 and Asser Oplegger trailer (we think… our Dutch isn’t up to much), loaded with… um, things. It’s a beautifully detailed creation and if the trailer’s enticed you in you can take a closer look on Flickr via the link above.
Rather smaller, but no less excellent, is Keko007‘s Mercedes-Benz Actros and Faymonville Max510 trailer, hauling his previously-blogged Claas Jaguar self-propelled forage harvester. Some very clever techniques indeed ensure Keko’s model is mightily accurate despite its small size, and there’s more to see of truck and trailer on Flickr via the link above.
TLCB maintains that farm machinery is the scariest vehicular category there is. Take this Claas Jaguar-900 self-propelled forage harvester, which looks like a cross between the monster from Stranger Things and something the used to garner confessions in Medieval Europe.
Terrifying thought it may be, it’s a class (hah!) build, and comes from Keko007 who has teamed it with his previously blogged MAN TGS / Krampe KS 950. There’s more to see on Flickr, and you can take a look via the link above whilst this writer heads into the cute kei car archive to rebalance himself.
This is a MAN TGS Agro truck, and it’s pulling a Krampe KS 950 Off-Road trailer, which can carry (and tip) twenty-five tons of harvested crops. We’re hoping the contents is barley…
It evidently doesn’t take much to prompt TLCB Staff to think about beer, so whilst we track one down (or several), you can see more of this excellent build courtesy of Keko007 on Flickr.
Right, that’s enough far-fetched other-worldly rovers for a bit, here’s a bland 1990s truck, pulling an even blander trailer, filled with bland plastic kitchen products. But built beautifully…
This Curver-liveried DAF FT 85.360 ATI and trailer comes from previous bloggee Arian Janssens, and mundane though a mid-’90s DAF may be, the techniques Arian has deployed to create it are exceptional. Subtle custom decals and chrome wheels add to the authenticity and there’s more of the model to see here.
But we’re not just about humdrum haulers of household items today, because Arian has also turned his building talents to something altogether weirder. This is the Vervaet Hyrdo Trike XL, ‘the best self-propelled liquid manure (slurry) processor’, according to, um… the people that make it. And who are we to argue with that!
A giant rolling tank of poo, there’s more to see at Arian’s ‘Hydro Trike XL’ album, and you can process your slurry via the link above!
