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Post by ChrisM on Jan 11, 2020 19:10:42 GMT
Here we go then.... just under 2600 pieces to complete the build. The box is big enough... it contains a further smaller white box and bags of bits. Inside the white box are bags of bits, the instruction book and a sheet of stickers. Laid out, they cover most of my kitchen floor !  The first part of the build concentrates on the gears - gearbox, drivetrain etc. This is after step 9 of around 900 !  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 15:02:49 GMT
How long does it suggest this will take?!
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 12, 2020 15:57:05 GMT
It took me about 10 hours total. I didn't see a suggested time in the manual.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 12, 2020 16:50:26 GMT
How long does it suggest this will take?! It says “11+ Years” on the box. |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 12, 2020 18:24:29 GMT
Step 73... I reckon it took me somewhere around 12 hours over the course of 8 days (I finished it at tea-time yesterday having started last Saturday afternoon). I did eventually concede defeat in Stage 4, and emptied some of the plastic bags out into bowls instead of trying to fish each piece out  |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 13, 2020 20:16:46 GMT
Step 102 :  |
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Post by michael on Jan 13, 2020 21:54:25 GMT
I had a Lego JCB when I was younger that could also be constructed as something else. Does this have an alternative offering? If not what do you do with it when it’s done?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 13, 2020 22:03:51 GMT
I had a Lego JCB when I was younger that could also be constructed as something else. Does this have an alternative offering? If not what do you do with it when it’s done? Is it not a Transformer as well? |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 14, 2020 8:32:16 GMT
I had a Lego JCB when I was younger that could also be constructed as something else. Does this have an alternative offering? If not what do you do with it when it’s done? No, there is no alternative model. It will probably go into a large box or bag and end up in the loft ! I found the Lego designer's YouTube account, he's done a motorised version. I queried about building a right-hand drive version and he said it was easy, you just had to mirror the build.... all 850-plus steps ! |
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 14, 2020 9:03:38 GMT
I've got mine displayed in my office. I also have the Haynes V8 engine model and a die cast old Defender. I've tried to find a die cast Chimaera, but they were rocking horse poo when they were new.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 14, 2020 9:46:58 GMT
Display it, Chris! Or if it is really going to be just hidden away, dismantle it and sell it on. Then buy another Lego kit.
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 14, 2020 13:27:02 GMT
I wish I had room to display it !
Maybe if I do manage to get another job soon, I will have a desk large enough to place it on (although I'd rather it remains at home).
It's very tempting to dismantle it and ask on here if anyone would give £120 for it, but I think I'd like a go at doing the RHD "conversion" first; just wish I had the time......
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 14, 2020 20:19:00 GMT
Step 150 (still building the gearbox and drivetrain)  |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 20, 2020 0:26:37 GMT
Wall mount it? I have a Lego Technic F1 car that lives on the wall, as if driving up it. It's just some thin wire over a hefty picture hook that holds it there.
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Post by michael on Jan 20, 2020 9:51:39 GMT
Wall mount it? I have a Lego Technic F1 car that lives on the wall, as if driving up it. It's just some thin wire over a hefty picture hook that holds it there. Is it a dust magnet? |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 27, 2020 17:55:23 GMT
Step one-hundred-and-eighhhhhhhhty  |
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 27, 2020 17:56:38 GMT
Step 302 (beginning to look like something now....) 
(yeah, sure - just mirror the build for RHD) |
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Post by ChrisM on May 9, 2021 17:57:25 GMT
I had a Lego JCB when I was younger that could also be constructed as something else. Does this have an alternative offering? If not what do you do with it when it’s done? The designer has now come up with a pretty amazing alternative build: ... and FWIW I've just completed a Defender build mirroring the instructions so that I've got a RHD version. Quite a challenge for the brain, and I've no intention of stripping it down to try that alternative ! |
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