A common sight nowadays at European Fire departments is the hooklift truck. These trucks can carry anything from specialized rescue equipment to high-capacity pumps and mobile command centers. Inspired by a MAN hooklift truck of Hannover’s fire department, Ricecracker builds this LEGO version complete with working hooklift mechanism. The cabin is a true work of art with its yellow striping and cleverly constructed front fender.
A common sight at European fire departments: a hooklift truck
Eurobricks member, Cooper’s latest creation has certainly impressed me much with this nice classic looking Yellow Container Truck. Do you feel this creation reminds you of something familiar?
Do you ever wonder what is the mode of transportation for your official Shop@Home LEGO purchases? I strongly believe one mode of transportation is by using this long yellow container trucker which is also known as the 3221 City Truck. Thanks to Eurobricks member, der seb for sharing this remarkable review with us.
3221 City Truck
The front of the truck is unlike the other City Container Trucks which you have seen before. This design is pretty much different and realistic looking. In addition, you may even noticed that this truck even comes with LEGO Miniatures sets.
… ’cause this vintage Shell truck is entering the Town Plan. Inspired by the Octan truck included in this set, Eurobricks Moderator Captain Green Hair (Rick Bewier) builds the competitor’s version. It’s more detailed, curvier, and – thanks to Chromebricks – shinier as well.
Some competition for Octan
Check out more pictures and leave your comments in the Eurobricks Town forum.
Marin Stipkovic goes green with his latest truck MOCs. His 8-wide airport crash truck is built in a wonderful lime green, a color that has become quite popular due to LEGO’s Power Miners line. It features some nice SNOT work on the front and around the roller doors.
Lime, lime, lovely lime
Next up, is this green recycle truck, which Marin based on the chassis of his own dump truck.
Save the environment, recycle
As a bonus, check out this recycle tricycle that Marin built a while ago, but wasn’t featured on our little blog yet. But don’t forget to check out all of Marin’s vehicle MOCs on MOCpages.
Some time ago, we presented to you these parts trolleys by MdrnMrvls. Now, he completes the accompanying factory building. It doesn’t have an exterior full of architectural detailing like many modular MOCs these days. But hey, it’s a factory buiding! It’s all about function over form. And in terms of function it has all the essentials: work stations, an assembly line, and a truck load area. Speaking of which, who’s hiding in that truck?
It's all about function over form at the modular factory
I am a huge fan of green, I admit. And like most guys out there, I definitely enjoy trucks. So obviously, the combination of those two instantly rings the blogger bell in my head – especially when there’s double of both. These two heavyweight monsters made the rounds about a week ago, just after ourlasttruckbloggingfrenzy – which definitely called for a slight break, otherwise we might as well have rebranded to Classic-Trucks.net. Now, however, I’m sure that all truck fanatics out there are hungry for more – so here they come.
First is Maciej Drwiega with his V8-powered Peterbilt 359 logging truck straight out of the forests of Twin Peaks:
Damn good coff... truck!
And if you’d rather have some heavy industry machinery, this should definitely grab your attention – it’s a civilian Consolidated Faran built by Aleksandar Stein, who’s obviously quite a truck fan himself.
Got muscle?
I am not really sure which one of both has a tougher job to do, but I’m positive that these are by far the strongest-looking green MOCs I’ve ever seen.
This model by Marek Markiewicz (m_longer) may scream “Model Team”, but in fact it’s so much better than that. Fortunately, it comes right in time to defend the honour of Kenworth after an equally intricate Peterbilt had recently hit the headlines.
Paul, I think I told you - I'm a Rotator, not a Mover...
Marek’s W900 is not just easy on the eyes. It’s also efficient and effective as hell – check out the video, it speaks louder than words.
Ralph Savelsberg (Mad Physicist) seems to have started a trend among MOC-ers. With his recent Caterpillar Transport, he may have stimulated a couple of other builders to have a go at minifig-scaled excavators. But before we get to the other excavator MOCs, make sure you check out Ralph’s innovative way of building the operator’s cabin.
Ralph's Caterpillar
Whereas Ralph’s excavator has a relatively modest size, lego junkie builds a real heavy-duty excavator and – as a bonus – a nice road construction scene to go along with it.
lego junkie's Excavator
Finally, we feature Sven Junga’s excavator, which features realistically looking hydraulics and a white cabin for a change.
Sven's Excavator
For those of you that want to have a go at building excavators of their own, this should give you plenty of building ideas. So start digging in your Lego pile and look for treads and some big excavating buckets. We here at Classic-Town.net are certainly looking forward to some more excavator MOCs that combine the best techniques of the experts featured above.
SteelGhost, a regular participator at the annual contest of the Russian LUG, DoubleBrick, has completed work on his new truck. After taking part in the Hard Truck Contest in 2009 with his American LaFrance, he’s scaled down things a bit this time around and built a heavy-duty GMC B-model.
Straight from the 60s
His new model looks leaner and faster, but it also makes me wonder what would happen to his old trusted LaFrance when the time comes to race these babies once again…
