Welcome to the second part of the Technic Scotland build of the Lego Technic Bulldozer.
Manual 2 takes the model from the basic chassis to a functioning model – minus the front blade and the rear ripper.
Thankfully this manual didn’t seem so technical and only a few mistakes were made. The first 26 pages deal with mainly body styling. This seems to be a major change from Lego Technic models of a decade ago. In the 1990’s Lego didn’t seem to bother too much about styling, but in the 21st centaury it seems they do.
Throughout this section the right hand side of the model is built up. There were a few steps where it was very difficult to tell exactly where a part should go. In previous models a red arrow would show exactly where an axle would be threaded through. In this model I sometimes had to jump forward a few steps to check.
On page 28 the two M size motors (set 8883) are added. This is when it’s possible to see how the various gears fit together inside the model to actually make things work.
Page 32 deals with the installation of the new Remote Control Modules (part 58123cx1). Easy to install and connect up. At the moment the only other model to contain the Remote Control Receiver is the Lego Monster Dino (set 4958).
The next few pages build up the left hand side, in the same way as the right.
By Page 59 the base model is almost complete with the new style "Link Treads" (tracks) to add. The new style tracks are a lot less fiddly to put together than the old smaller black tracks. They’re also heavier making them much easier to handle. I was suppressed though that were no spare track links.
Once the tracks were on that was the base model complete. I couldn’t resist adding batteries to the controller and fired up the model for the first time.
As a guide to how large the model is, I compaired it by a standard 330ml can of Diet Irn-Bru (Scotland other national drink)
Some pictures by the end of the second manual
The Lego Technic Motorized Bull Dozer Build
Introduction
Build Part 1
Build Part 2
Build Part 3
Build Review
Final built model available for sale
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