Delivering excavators across the land with their shiny new truck...
About this creation
'Hello Mr. Barrett, we have the excavators you ordered...'

'That's great, but I only wanted one!'

'Computer says two... you didn't by any chance leave a low bid on one that you forgot about...?'

'Ah. That can happen with eBay... I really didn't think I'd get it at that price!'

'Well, sir, they're paid for, you may as well take them.'
'I've only got one hole to dig!'

'They're not just for digging holes you know... ever heard of synchronized excavator dancing ?'

'Cue the music!' - or just hum 'YMCA' in your head, whatever works...






...'And turn...'
'Oops!'

'We're going to have fun explaining this...'

'Yeah, good luck with that. Sold! I'll take them. After all, you can never have too much Lego...'

Speaking of which, the 'Black Cat' 5571 Giant Truck, crowning glory of the Model Team range from 1996 - bang in the middle of my dark age. I couldn't resist and isn't it just peachy ?

Cost an arm and a leg, mind, but it's worth it!

Slightly modified, with a one stud wider track, steering that works better, wheelarches one stud wider on each side to cover the wheels better and a few small details.
That shovel on the back is a real-live Fabuland piece. Fab!

Also, a working engine driven by the rear wheels instead of the standard show engine.

And a low-loader trailer, as I had a big pile of red beams and plates.
Hurray! A MOC! About time...

Clip-on extensions for wide loads like excavators...

The second of which still has to teeter...

The rear ramps are lowered by the handwheel on the side and there's a fold down stabilizer at the front.


And it's goodbye from the Black Cat Haulage Co.

Thanks for watching!
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April 3, 2013 |
Teh CAT! I so want that set. So bad! You should build an enclosed trailer for it. |
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June 10, 2012 |
Impressive! |
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June 10, 2012 |
ravishingly beautiful! |
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May 19, 2012 |
Awesome! This is so cool! |
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April 29, 2012 |
That's a beast, I love it. |
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April 21, 2012 |
Great truck and trailer! Excellent job :) |
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White Knight April 20, 2012 |
Award Winner !!>.....such a good job !!>.....well done |
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April 19, 2012 |
That must be big! I think I will never be able to build something like that... Great job, as always! |
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... And how did you manage to build this gorgeous Black Cat with only one arm? lol. Indeed, you used those famous mid-figs and NPU. I easily can imagine the size of this huge hauler. The trailer is pretty impressive. The truck is just... stunning! Lego just released a minifig size Excavator transporter pretty cute => set 4203 (Ooops!). Looks like its little brother! |
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Chris Melby April 16, 2012 |
Nick, nice black cat, they are pulling a premium price these days, you could put that in the bank for retirement! |
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April 16, 2012 |
BOSS!!! |
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I'd really like to use some of the parts of my one, but I just can't bring myself to dismount it :-)) By the way, my favourite move with the excavator is to turn on the spot in one direction and rotate the upper part in the other direction at the same time. This way the upper parts does almost stand still. That looks so cool! |
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April 16, 2012 |
Holy cow, you got two of the beasts! Great mod of the Model Team truck and the trailer is awesome! That must be fun to play with both excavators at the time ... Great job! :-)) |
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April 16, 2012 |
Madness on wheels (and tracks), enjoy the story as always. |
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April 15, 2012 |
Lovely. Are you on the Olympic planning comittee too?
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April 15, 2012 |
Impressive rig, Dude! And Technic fig scale, it must be huge! What almost four feet? Anyway, fun post, now it's time to go dig some holes! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Wow. That is an excellent trailer for that truck. Looks like you put a lot of time into it. The folding ramps are awesome. |
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April 15, 2012 |
Niiice!... :) |
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April 15, 2012 |
i reckon i could get three on my trailer lol |
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April 15, 2012 |
Quoting DeTomaso Pantera
Lego lovers heaven right here! Superb post Nick. I'd love one of those Excavators but I've not even built my Unimog yet lol Do you reckon two Mogs would fit on that fine flat bed of yours? lol
Maybe if I made one in 'Massive Red Lorry' size... |
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April 15, 2012 |
Lego lovers heaven right here! Superb post Nick. I'd love one of those Excavators but I've not even built my Unimog yet lol Do you reckon two Mogs would fit on that fine flat bed of yours? lol |
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April 15, 2012 |
nice work nick two excavators lucky you .like the truck and trailer as well and also the commentry .humour is always a good thing |
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April 15, 2012 |
Two excavators huh?...Well worth it, I'm sure! And I love the modification on the model team cab. I also like that you added functionality to the trailer as well, very nice! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Again, great work. I really like the combination of the different styles. The modded truck is awesome, same for the trailer. |
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April 15, 2012 |
Super! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Excellent MOCcing goin on here! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Cool vehicles, and the commentary was very funny, great work! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Great presentation! I love the trailer! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Great MOD and trailer! (And wonderful presentation :-) ) |
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April 15, 2012 |
I can't believe you bought 2 of them! =D All of it looks really cool, especially that rig! Brilliant stuff! |
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April 15, 2012 |
Ahh those excavators love very much in love. Excellent mods especially the engine. The trailer is the perfect compliment to this set. There is no need to justify purchasing Lego to us ;). |
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April 15, 2012 |
Total overkill! -Love it ;-) |
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April 15, 2012 |
Wow... Excavation in tandem! Everything about this layout is great... the builds, the dialogue, and I especially like the addition of your Technic Ted's! :) |
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April 15, 2012 |
Great mods to the official sets - subtle but excellent improvements - enough to call this a 'MOC' certainly. But I really don't think you need two excavators - the Speed Shop could definitely put one to use... ; ) Anyways, nice mods, 4/5 (Normally I'd give something this good a 5 but that would put it level with your original creations like the Ecurie Ecosse Transporter...and I can't vote them a 6!) |
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April 15, 2012 |
beautiful work! love the trailer |
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April 15, 2012 |
Quoting Patrick Star
Wow,that's masterpiece!Absolutely stunning truck and these excavators are very nice aswell!Very well done!;)
Thanks Patrick. I'd love to claim that truck was all my work, but it is a set. I just modified it. |
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April 15, 2012 |
Quoting cyberfrank 2010
what a great combo, truck, trailler, excavator,
and even figs, is this new? I did nt know you had this. great stuff nick!
Thanks Frank. The truck's new (to me, anyway), the excavators are fairly new and I've had the figs for ages - just waiting for an excuse to use them :-) |
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April 15, 2012 |
Wow,that's masterpiece!Absolutely stunning truck and these excavators are very nice aswell!Very well done!;) |
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April 15, 2012 |
what a great combo, truck, trailler, excavator,
and even figs, is this new? I did nt know you had this. great stuff nick! |
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April 15, 2012 |
very nice, nice truck and trailer, 2 excavators, is that for the syncronised trench digging team lol. |
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April 15, 2012 |
The truck is fantastic! -LB Jr. |
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