Paul B Technic Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) When the second half 2014 LEGO Technic sets were announced I was fairly excited, three sets were announced and all of them sounded quite interesting to me. 42028 - Bulldozer 42029 - Customized Pick Up Truck 42030 - Volvo L350F Wheel Loader For Christmas this year I was lucky enough to receive all of these sets as gifts, I have now built them all and while building this set I decided to take some photos. When I first opened this set I was planning on building the main A model (bulldozer), I noticed that the building guide for both the A and B models was included so decided to instead tackle the B model, this is a trench digger which is something different that I have not seen built in LEGO Technic before. The building process was a nice way to spend a couple of hours late on a Saturday afternoon, it took me just over two hours to build this with me stopping to take the photos and grab a drink. The building process was fairly easy and except for a small mistake I made with building the rear attachment where the blades would not line up I had no issues. Overall I am very happy with the main part of the model itself and think it looks really good and could almost be an A model by itself. The rear trenching attachment is a different matter, simply it is not fun to use. I was expecting that this would be driven off the tracks, when you push it forward the blades turn, instead you have to turn a knob on the top as you push the model forward. To me this is very unrealistic and limits the play-ability of this model. I am planning on removing this and using some of the spare parts to make a better attachment. If somebody was to buy two of these sets and build them both they would have a nice display pair. Edited December 27, 2014 by Paul B Quote
Freekysch Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Nice mini-review Paul ! I have this set since it appeared but never build the B model, but after seeing how nice it is a may build it. Quote
Richard Dower Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 JANGBRICKS did a video review of this B model of few days ago, i didnt link it before on the forum...but since there is a new thread on the topic: Looks superb + it uses almost all of of the 617 pieces! Quote
MacKaiwer Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) I borrow this thread to show my little mod with 42028 B model: Personally I don´t like that rotating trench digger thingy and so I made this... I even made trailer/dolly for it: Edited February 7, 2015 by MacKaiwer Quote
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