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Red Removal

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LEGO’s fictional energy company has been supplying fuel to planes, cars and boats, as well as sponsoring pretty much every vehicle in LEGO City with a number, since ’92. Cue TLCB Master MOCer Dennis Glaasker (aka bricksonwheels), who has taken Octan’s iconic white, red and green colour scheme and flipped it to create this huge custom Peterbilt 389 and Polar tanker combo.

Constructed for the Legoworld Show in the Netherlands, Dennis’ spectacular 1:15 tanker features unique decals, custom chrome, and a livery so cool we don’t miss the red absent from Octan’s usual colour-scheme at all.

There’s more of Dennis’ stunning creation to see at his ‘Peterbilt Octan Tanker Combo’ Flickr album, plus you can find out how he creates amazing models like this one via his interview here at TLCB via the first link in the text above.

Technic Truckin’

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It’s truck time here at The Lego ‘Car’ Blog, because we’re six, and we like big trucks. This one comes from _Electro_ of Eurobricks, and captures the Peterbilt 352 ‘cab-over’ brilliantly in brick form. LEGO Power Functions components provide remote control drive, steering, and a fifth-wheel trailer hitch, there’s working suspension, and building instructions are available too if you’d like to recreate it for yourself. Head over to the Eurobricks discussion forum for full details, imagery, and the instructional link.

Little Dump

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Sometimes you don’t need a big dump, and a small one will do you just fine. Cue ER0L‘s Peterbilt dump truck, which at only 8-studs wide is indeed rather small. It kinda works though, with both a tipping dumper and sort-of-suspension on the rear wheels. Neat detailing and excellent presentation prove it doesn’t have to be big to be blogged, and you can take a small dump on Flickr via the link above.

Prime Time

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It’s been a while since we last let TLCB Elves watch a ‘Transformers’ movie, but today they are doing just that, with previous bloggee SFH_Bricks to thank for another dose of Megan Fox. SFH’s one-hundredth creation captures the flame-painted Peterbilt 379-based ‘robot in disguise’ wonderfully, and you can check out all of the top quality images of Optimus Prime on Flickr. Click the link above to take a look, whilst we join the Elves watching Megan Fo… um, we mean ‘Transformers’.

Tall, Dark & Handsome

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What’s strong, handsome, nearly 6ft, and born in the ’80s? No no, it’s not this TLCB Writer (although thank you for thinking that), but this astonishing Peterbilt 359.

Constructed by TLCB Master MOCer Dennis Bosman (aka legotrucks), this stunning creation is based on a real 359, and – at 1:13 scale – measures an enormous 5ft 10″ from bumper to bumper.

Pulling a Fontaine 53ft trailer loaded with a whole lotta pipe, Dennis’ Peterbilt is one of the most intricately and accurately detailed models this site has ever published, and includes a hugely detailed Caterpillar V8 under a front-opening hood, working steering, a wonderful interior complete with opening doors and sleeper, plus chromed exhaust stacks, mirrors, steps, wheels, horns, lights, and bumpers.

It’s a truly spectacular creation, with more stunning imagery available at Dennis’ ‘Peterbilt 359’ album on Flickr. Click the link above to take a closer look at one of the most life-like Lego trucks ever built.

Black Square

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The Black Square is a 1915 oil-on-canvas painting by Kazimir Malevich, and about the meaning of which we know absolutely nothing. It probably represents something revolutionarily profound, but seeing as we’re a site more known for toilet humour and Your Mom jokes than intelligent discourse, you won’t uncover its significance here.

Thus the Black Square we have today is not a piece of 1910’s art but this resolutely right-angled Peterbilt 352 cab-over truck and equally rectangular chilled trailer. Flickr’s Wlad Prokopets is its creator and you can take a look at his superbly constructed Peterbilt via the link above, or alternatively you can click here to learn something about the suprematist art movement.

Model Team Truckin’

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The release of LEGO’s Model Team line in the late-’80s / early-90’s (depending where you live) was a momentous shift in the trajectory LEGO building. Aimed at older children, the three debut sets in the Model Team range took the visual realism of LEGO to a whole new level compared to the simple blocky sets that were the limit just a few years before. The 5580 Highway Star set is perhaps the most iconic of those early offerings, and previous bloggee SvenJ. is giving us strong reminiscing vibes with his fantastic Peterbilt 359 flatbed truck (which is surely the real-world vehicle that inspired the original 5580 set). Sven’s beautiful construction is matched by top quality presentation, and you can check out this superb ode to Model Team past via the link in the text above.

Cam Sensation

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Don’t worry, we’re not exposing your Mom’s side hustle. Rather this excellent brick-built Petebilt 389 dump truck, the full-size version of which is owned by the uncle of its creator StudWorks of Flickr.

StudWorks’ aforementioned uncle is apparently “dash cam sensation” ‘Joey Whispers 1776’ who we… er, hadn’t heard of, but a quick look at his videos shows he doesn’t whisper at all. He does swear though. A lot.

Stud’s homage to his uncle’s truck includes a working dumping mechanism with lift-gate, posable lift-axle, and some splendid detailing, with more to see at his ‘JoeyWhispers1776 Peterbilt 389 Dump Truck’ album on Flickr.

Click the first link in the text above to find all of the imagery of StudWork’s Peterbilt, or the second to watch ol’ uncle Joey swearing at traffic.

Wreck-It Ralph

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This impressive looking rotator wrecker tow-truck was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr. It comes from regular bloggee Ralph Savelsberg (aka Mad Physicist), who is usually found building models rather larger, yet despite being only nominally mini-figure scale, Ralph’s wrecker packs in an astounding amount of detail.

This isn’t just visual either, as the truck’s towing boom can elevate, rotate and winch, and there’s more of the model to see at Ralph’s photostream. Click the first link link in the text above to head there, you can check out Ralph’s Master MOCers interview via the second, and click here for the LEGO Model Team set that may have provided some inspiration.

Big Red

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From one big red creation to another, and this rather long Peterbilt 362 truck and trailer by Flickr’s Volker Brodkorb. Neat detailing and excellent presentation make this worth a closer look, and you can do just that via the link above.

Green Light*

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This astonishing creation is a Peterbilt 389 quint-axle dump truck, and it comes from Master MOCer Dennis Glaasker aka BricksonWheels after four months of painstaking work.

That work included custom chroming hundreds of parts, the recreation of the Cummins X15 engine, MAC dump body and Hendrickson pusher axles, and the fitment of 120 Brickstuff LEDs.

Those LEDs make the truck look even more special at night, and you can see the complete image gallery including nighttime shots at Dennis’ ‘Peterbilt 389 (1:13)‘ album on Flickr. Click the second link in the text above to make the jump, and the first to read how Dennis creates spectacular models like this.

*Today’s title song.

Black Cat’s Back

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LEGO’s 5571 Model Team Black Cat set from 1996 is surely one of the brand’s best ever. With nearly 1,800 pieces the set was entitled simply ‘Giant Truck’ in some markets, which is an apt name. But it could be even gianter!…

Cue Havoc of Flickr, who has appeared here previously with his fantastic scaled-up redux of the 5590 Model Team Heli-Transport set, matched to a real world Freightliner cab-over and Bell 206 helicopter.

Like his previous build, Havoc has based his latest work on both an original LEGO set and a real world truck, this being a stunningly detailed Peterbilt 379 that’s also packed with references to its ‘Black Cat’ source material. A detailed interior includes a sleeper (complete with a to-scale 5571 box, road movie ‘Duel’ on the TV and – of course – a black cat (the original set’s hood ornament), plus the hood opens to reveal a replica Caterpillar diesel engine.

There’s much more of Havoc’s Black Cat redux to see at his ‘Peterbilt 379‘ album, plus you can see his previous homage to another vintage Model Team set via the link in the text above.

A Perfect 379

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This phenomenal Peterbilt 379 was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr today, and it comes from Vladimir Drozd making his TLCB debut. Vladimir’s model features some spectacular attention to detail, including a superbly replicated engine under the tilting hood, an accurate interior behind opening doors, and even air lines for the trailer hook-up.

It’s a properly good demonstration of how to build and photograph a Model Team creation and there’s lots more to see, including a pair of trailers with some equally well-detailed loads, at Vladimir’s ‘Peterbilt 379’ album. Click the link above to make the jump to Flickr for the complete image gallery.

Truck Triple

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We’re servicing three truckers at once today* thanks to Flickr’s John O’Shea and these excellent digital Peterbilt 359 trucks. Each wears a slightly different cab design and one features some subtle 3D-printed rims that are so good they could be an official LEGO item. Head to John’s photostream via the link above to see more.

*Just like your Mom.

Made of More

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Ireland’s most famous export, Guinness has been a fixture of bars around the world for over 250 years. It has therefore probably been responsible for more fights, more babies, and more drunken singing than any other product in history, and the world is all the better for that.

Getting Guinness around the world is not quite as important as it used to be, with the beer now brewed in nearly 50 counties, however Ireland remains its home, which is a country where this incredible Guinness tanker truck by Flickr’s jarekwally would almost certainly never be located.

Ireland’s roads are tiny, twisty and laced with sheep, making them wholly unsuited to a truck like this, but we don’t mind because jarekwally’s build looks spectacular.

There’s more to see of his stunning Guinness truck/tanker trailer at his photostream – head to the bar via the link above and pour a pint…