My first LEPIN, i bought it at our local wholesale center (GM Klang), it was retailing for RM299 which is about USD69.
On first look packaging was nice everything inside looks good when unboxed. However at the end of my first build there was a pin missing and 1 of the actuator was faulty.
However it still worked but not perfectly. This excavator has problems switching between drive and the arm movements. I felt that is was slightly under powered. I did some research and found on Lego forums that the original 8043 too had similar problems with lack of power, Some actually upgraded it with dual powerpacks.
The A version took me 3 nights after work to build and B version took me 2 nights.
As video below i have rebuild it as B version, which works much better because it does require switching between controls. The instructions link http://atomcurve.com/1FNL download 8043 Tracked Loader 1/2 and 8043 Tracked Loader 2/2
For Malaysia and Singapore you could get em on https://ezbuy.my/product/3028411.html or taobao. Aliexpress or ebay will gonna cost more as those sites are targeting the European, American markets.
Ordered replacement actuators for less than RM10 a piece excluding shipping https://goo.gl/8uDQHq
Where do you find plans for the B version? Mine only came with A plans
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