Robots & machines

Harbour crane: a 152-part brick model designed with BricksChat

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Harbour crane

Build a Technic crane arm: a boom that can raise and lower, a turntable base, and a hook on a string or chain. Around 150-250 pieces.

152 parts

All connected

No parts colliding

Nothing floating

This looks 83% original

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Set 8270 · Rough Terrain Crane (rough terrain crane)

38 parts

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Instructions · 39 steps · 44 pages

Parts list · 152 pieces · 54 kinds

Gather your own pieces or use the CSV’s part names, colours, quantities and Pick a Brick searches. IDs are LDraw part IDs, not LEGO element IDs. Check the colour and variant before ordering; some pieces may be unavailable or need a substitute. The CSV is a shopping list, not a cart import.

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