Irish LEGO User Group
Building & Collecting => Your Collection => Topic started by: Tom a.k.a. eastawat on January 04, 2023, 01:00 pm
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On my to-do list for a long time, finally got a chance just before Christmas - I built set 8858 from spare parts. Needed a few substitutions but nothing major.
I thought about changing the colour but I could only have done it in black or yellow, and in Technic there's already too much of both so I decided to stick with the original red with yellow stripe.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52605919077_d0688e8ab0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9B5YM)
The front grille (two ladder pieces) was originally red but I only had grey, which I think looks just as good anyway. I used clear bricks for the headlights where the original set used the horrible 90s technique of headlight stickers.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52606419751_7c76718cef_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9DDP6)
I also used trans-yellow round tiles for the spotlights - another substitution for horrible light stickers.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52606920473_30018902a4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9GdEe)
Had to make the pick-up arm black instead of light grey, but I think this looks just as good. Annoyingly the only hook I had was plastic (in Lego? shocker!), whereas the original set used a metal hook (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x99#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}) and the added weight would definitely help the winch behave a bit better.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52606920368_dd9607d0e2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9GdCq)
Also added rear lights and a number plate, and as I was scraping the barrel of red inverted slopes I got one with a GTX sticker from set 8210. Not really appropriate for an off-roader but I refuse to remove the sticker that's stayed on for 25ish years!
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Real lights are great , attach a few more bricks to hook maybe.is this January fulfilled or a starter
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This was December, just a couple of days as a side project whole sorting Technic :)