City Advent Calendar: Day 20
Posted by CapnRex101,
Only five items remain in this year's LEGO City Advent Calendar and my expectations for these final days are high, following an excellent series of models and minifigures during the last week.
Find out what lies behind door number twenty after the break...
This miniature drilling vehicle features the same red and yellow colour scheme as the Mining range that was released at the beginning of the year, although it does not take direct inspiration from any particular set. Instead, the model resembles 60185 Mining Power Splitter but includes caterpillar tracks which are represented by a couple of black Technic liftarms.
Each tread is mounted on a single Technic pin so they can move up and down to pass over rough terrain and the drilling arm is articulated. I like the pearl silver drill head but a 1x2 curved slope would have been useful to secure this structure. Furthermore, a yellow 1x1 tile behind the cab might improve its shape as I think the exposed studs look slightly awkward.
Overall - 4.0 - I always enjoy miniature toys for minifigures and this is a good example, although a couple of additional pieces would have improved the model.
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I assume the reason they used the tracks instead of the small wheels is for stability. This way it doesn't tip over forwards so easily.
This build..., looked quite odd if you ask me, only one window on one side? What is that grey round thing? The driller looks a bit odd too, I like it, but room for improvments are high
I understand that many of these builds are micro scale versions of LEGO kits, but put the minifigures beside these builds, and you have a LEGO episode of BattleBots.
Should have finished it with some more tiles and plates if you ask me.
Which you did.
Looks good, but I agree it could be improved a bit
@CityIsAwesome
Did you look at the set 60185 it's based on?
It has a cabin on the front left, and grey exhaust on the back right side.
It being scaled down to 2x2 studs, it still represents the correct locations for the smallest parts they could use.
@TeriXeri, yes I did, but it still looks quite odd, if you ask me at least, I mean it's good, but dissapointing
@CityIsAwesomne:
On construction equipment, it's common to see only a tiny compartment for the operator to sit in. If you think about it, the vehicles you see on the road every day all have an operator space that's off-center, but it's combined with matching passenger space. If you eliminate the need for any passenger seats, that's all you're left with. Then with stuff like this splitter, or backhoes, the tool portion of the vehicle is often mounted on the other side. You even see it with those monster-sized dump trucks used in quarries.