Hey there brick fans! This is my bonus post about the Wandering Earth cargo truck set that Sembo put out recently. I finished building it last week and this week I deconstructed it a bit and made some minor changes. If you haven't checked out my initial build of the cargo truck, you can read it about it
here.
So I really like this truck, but one of my big gripes about the design was how the doors only open downwards and would be hard for minifigs to get inside. I modified the door so that it is hinged at the top as well as the bottom. Here's how the door looks now. I also added a two sided 2x2 tile, so that the minifigures can stand on the lower door without falling off.
The access door seals tightly against the body when fully closed. No loss of air pressure. I managed to retain most of the shape of the door minimizing the impacts to the overall design.
With the door assembly removed you can see that the orignal cabinet has been removed. I decided to make this area into an airlock. There's enough room in the airlock for multiple crew members to enter or exit the truck at the same time.
I moved the tank to where the toilet used to be situated. There's room for an extra tank.
The airlock door separates the main cabin area where suits don't need to be worn.
There's storage units inside the airlock, represented by the contoured yellow 1x2 tiles. In the main cabin, there's room to store the space suits against the back wall that used to be where the bed was located.
I'm no longer using the right side door so it has been converted into helmet storage.
The right side access door is no more.
Overhead view of modified cargo truck cabin.
Finally, I imagined what the minifigures might be wearing when not in their space suits. The unused furniture will come into good use as parts fodder for my modular city.
Let me know if you liked the enhancements to the Sembo Wandering Earth cargo truck or not. Bye and see you next time!
