Hi Guys :)
I am a big fan of American trucks and I´m presenting mynew MOC: Australian "Road Train" - Mack Titan. Connected with 3 trailers in B-Triple configuration.
Such combinations are driving in Australia and they are made of tractor and several, usually three to four semitrailers and trailers. Most of them have front-mounted bullbars against ongoing animals, such as the "trains" takes a long time to reach at cruising speed of 100 km/h, so drivers are not braking and ram everything what it will run under their wheels.
The model has 46 wheels + (6 reserve) and is 2.2 meters long. Wide is 19 studs.
You can see additional photos here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=543960
It has following functions:
- tractor wheel setup: 6x4
- stearing "HOG"
- hinged "bull-bar" and hood
- movable radiator fan
- functional semi-trailer supports
- access to the spare wheel: holders can be unlocked and folded down
Model Team era is long gone, and this could be a model that would satisfy many fans of this theme.
It will be great, if the tractor, trailer_1 and trailer_2 come out as separate sets and people could buy and create the trailer arrangements according to them :)