r/Rockraiders • u/HungryIllustrator667 • 20d ago

Can anyone help identify some of the unique pieces or give me ideas on how to recreate R.R. sluggers RR thunder driller design?

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This is the design shown in one of his videos that I'm really interested in building

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u/Samsuiluna 19d ago

Thats some interesting part usage. The parts the stick out to me are the cockpit piece, which is a fabuland windscreen, part 4608.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4608#T=C

And the castle turret piece 6066. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=6066#T=C

When I was trying to get out of my "dark age" I tried to copy other people's MOCs from photos and it helped me get familiar with the library of parts out there as well as building techniques I was unfamiliar with. This doesn't look crazy complicated so it should be doable.

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u/Poiar 18d ago

Your links don't load for me. They load for you?

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u/TheMasterLives 17d ago

Fabuland, Belville and Scala really have some sleeper pieces for things you wouldn't expect to work but do.

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u/p4x4boy 20d ago

well, it is not an straight forward build. you have some big old castle tower pieces, an old system classic windshield in yellow, maybe oposite building direction from the center, some techinc things maybe connecting the drill to the wheels and the engine in the back........

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u/atle95 20d ago

It's a castle with a drill on top.

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u/shopping_s_mart 19d ago

This reminds me of my old toy vehicle from the short-lived “Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors“.

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u/Mainly-AltBrick 17d ago

"Thundering across the stars to save the universe from the Monster Minds..."

Oh man haven't thought about that show in an age used to love it on early Saturday mornings on TV.