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Kevin Wilson / towncomp / 2001 / largeveh

G Large Vehicles

G001 Cadillac Eldorado Bram Lambrecht
Openning doors, trunk, and hood. The trunk can hold a disassembled minifig and the hood covers a V8.

G002 Fully Motorized Corvette Concept Bram Lambrecht
This car has an openning rear hood which exposes a V8, and has fully motorized steering and powered rear wheels. Unfortunately, there is no room for a driver.

G003 Eighteen Wheeler Bram Lambrecht
The tractor is equipped with a bunk and TV for the driver. The trailer has a detailed underside, including a spare tire and struts that lower via a crank. The large rear doors open to reveal a spacious interior.

G004 Tanker Truck Bram Lambrecht
Opening hood on the tractor, as well as a bunk for the driver.

G007 Large 4 wheel drive articulated tractor Cale Leiphart
A large articulated tractor of my own design sporting New Holland colors

G008 Mobile Artic Communication Outpost Rich Schoonover

G009 Artic Utility Transport Rich Schoonover

G010 Artic All Terrain General Purpose Truck Rich Schoonover

G011 Artic Personel Carrier Rich Schoonover

G014 Autocamper Katrine Sparre Andersen and Jacob Sparre Andersen
A practical autocamper, with optional extra sleeping compartment on the roof.

G016 Banana-mobile Joris Lambrecht
Richard Scarry influenced model of Gorilla Banana’s yellow Banana-mobile.

G017 Dodge Viper RT/10 Bram Lambrecht
Complete with V10, opening doors, hood, and trunk.

G020 Special Response Team APC Dion Ellis
An armored personnel carrier for SRT/SWAT teams

G021 1957 Chevy Corvette Ryan Dennett
This is an 8-wide 1957 Chevy Corvette that I built.

G022 General Motors HUMMER Bram Lambrecht
This 4 door hard top civilian Hummer is luxuriously complete with a winch, opening doors, adjustable rear view mirrors, white leather bucket seats, and a working tailgate.

G023 AM General HMMWV Bram Lambrecht
This military Humvee is based on my GM Hummer model. Modifications include a new interior, hood exhaust pipe, a covered, opening trunk with a spare tire, a roof hatch for a gunner, a roof-mounted machine gun, removable doors, larger wheels, and new suspension detail.

G026 Face Shovel Freight Freitas
Finally I created a design for large tracks and the face shovel is what grew on top of them. The tracks are 6 pegs wide, 3 inches tall and 10 inches long per side. A true pneumatic nightmare, this model features 4 pneumatic tanks, 4 pneumatic control switches, 12 pneumatic pistons, 2 air pumps and miles and miles of tubing and pneumatic T’s. I really put the Lego pneumatics to the test and found that they are not made to handle the weight of the boom as one of them developed a leak soon after construction was completed. The weight of this model is also truly a test of strength for the large technic turntable, which surely was not made to handle this type of weight. When the boom is fully folded in a resting position, the model is 26 inches long and 11 inches high. When the boom is at full extension, the entire model is 26 inches tall.

G028 Tractor Freight Freitas
Here’s my “racing” version of the Case STX 440 tractor. This model has 4 wheel drive, a V6 diesel engine with dual exhaust, articulated center, working PTO shaft and functional drawbar(raises/lowers). During construction, it looked like this model wasn’t going to come out too well. All was not going as planned. The articulation spaced the body sections further apart than planned and without the nose it looked very out of proportion. A few days and many modifications later, this is how it turned out.

G029 Optimus Prime A. Mark Wilburn
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Fits 2 minifigs side-by-side in the cab. Transforms.

G030 Bluebird Bus Freight Freitas
The double frame is the backbone of this model, providing the much needed strength and support for the large amount of weight imposed by the rest of the structure. The bus features a working V6 technic engine, opening engine lid and entrance door and functional steering. It is 18 pegs wide, 27 1/2 inches long, 7 1/4 inches tall and provides seating for 32 passengers.

G031 Crane Freight Freitas
I had to have a bigger crane than Lego! This model is 32 inches long from the end of the boom to the back of the truck. The boom itself is 28 1/2 inches long closed, and 48 1/2 inches long full extension. The pneumatic system uses 2 air tanks, 1 pump and 4 pistons. The truck has 8 wheel steering, 4 synchronized outriggers, a V6 model style engine with opening engine lid and a toolbox. The crane extends with a manual hand crank and the hook is attached to a spool that works in the same fashion.

G033 Monster Truck Freight Freitas
I wanted to do something different with this model, so I designed a angular frame with hinges and beams. I thought it would produce a unique effect. Starting from the ground up, we have full time all wheel drive, 4 wheel independent suspension, 4 speed transmission, V8 engine with functional supercharger and a stainless steel jeep body, which is all hand cut. The suspension is from the 8880 supercar and both the drive train and steering utilize a vast network of gears and chains to compensate for the height of this vehicle.

G035 Rock Truck Freight Freitas
The highlight of this model is the fully functional 6 wheel drive system featuring 4 differentials, one at each of the 3 axles and one mounted to the rear of the articulation to compensate for the different gear ratios of the front rear axles. It also has a working V6 engine, an opening hood, operator controlled steering and the body dumps manually.

G036 16hp Frick Steam Traction Engine Cale Leiphart
This is a model of a 16 horse power steam traction engine built by the Frick Co. of Waynesboro PA. Traction engines were the forerunners of the modern farm tractor. They were produced by numerous companies around the turn of the 20th century. This model is fully motorized with one motor to power the rear wheels, another to power the flywheel and engine, and a third to power the steering. It features a working piston, removable canopy, and a chain and windlass steering gear that works exactly like the real life model.

G037 Mini Black Cat A. Mark Wilburn
more more more more more more more Double-wide minifig interpretation of the 5571 Black Cat. Includes all the functionality of the larger sibling: Opening hood revealing engine detail, the same doors and compartments and even the steering has been replicated (controlled by the small wheel behind the spoiler).

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