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Hi folks,
Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
to have too many cranes?
The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
this will take some time :-)
Jennifer
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Hi Jennifer!
First off let me say - I've heard about you, but this is the first time I've
ever seen one of your creations. Technic isn't the apple of my eye; I'm not
crazy about the pure mechanics with no aesthetics. But I love model team and
anything that looks good and doesn't just "do stuff". So I'm glad you posted
this announcement to other groups that I do check out, because...
Your model's awesome! The amount of details you put in it is amazing. I love
the use of stickers to add real-life details, and the way you've got lots of
form built all around the function... IYKWIM... your crane doesn't just
work, it also looks lovely in the bargain (which is more than can be said
about a lot of real-life cranes!).
I loved the use of the corrugated tubes for the cabs. You mentioned it
created a challange, I'm glad you overcame it. That was the first thing that
struck me about the truck - it's got a very smooth feel about it.
All in all, a very cool model, and that's not just lip service coming from a
castlehead like me! Keep it up, and maybe one day you'll convince me to
bring gears back into my life. :-)
-Shiri
In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> It possible to have too many cranes?
Nope!
Especially when they are of such high quality :).
Steve
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Hi Shiri,
Thanks for the reply! The problem with the corrugated tubes was finding a
way of attaching them to traditional bricks in a seamless way. Usually an
axle joiner and pin or similar is required, which works great in the normal
technic style but tends to break up lines on a model team style model. The
only practical way I could think of in this context was to put a technic
axle pin into the tube and then the other half of the pin into an upside
down brick. The reason for using an axle pin was that the raised part in the
middle is smaller than that on a standard pin, and therefore provided a less
obvious join.
No doubt this is bread and butter stuff to space guys, but there was a lot
of other funny stuff going on in the front of both cabs, with things at 1/2
stud offsets, sitting sideways and who knows what else. Doing it is one
thing, but doing it in a way that it won't fall apart when someone breathes
near the model was another! I'd be keen to hear if anyone can think of
others ways to approach this problem.
> it also looks lovely in the bargain (which is more than can be said
> about a lot of real-life cranes!).
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-) Some modern cranes are fantastic
looking machines, in my opinion the German ones are generally the best in
this area with US mobile cranes looking more utilitarian. Again it is the
odd situation where pure mechanical function dictates form and the machine
ends up looking remarkably elegant, I suppose this is akin to nature in many
ways.
Jennifer
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
That's a lot like saying is there such a thing as too many Lego bricks? Of
course not!:)
My first reaction to your pho was, quite honestly, "what's with the
reference photo here?"...until I read the note on the site saying that was
your model. One click, and my reaction went to,:"Holy sheepdip!" (You did a
great job with your photos)
I have see your models on your site and this is a model that has your style:
it's functional, and a large scale, width detail to match, and it's cool!
Hope to see this on your site soon...I enjoyed the write ups to your other
models too, and am looking forward to your commenst on ths one.
Joe Meno
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:GsEI5n.2nD@lugnet.com...
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain • Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it • possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new • website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
>
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, • but
> this will take some time :-)
Excellent.
As usual :-)
lawrence
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
>
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
Let me add my etc. etc. etc. to the chorus of wows. :-)
I think what struck me was that you have to look fairly close to tell it's
not a model at thumbnail illustration sizes. Even when you go to the Demag
site and line up their 3/4 cab forward view with yours (which I assume was
posed to be congruent)... only their curved glass really really gives it away.
Bravo.
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In lugnet.technic, Joe Meno writes:
>
> My first reaction to your pho was, quite honestly, "what's with the
> reference photo here?"...until I read the note on the site saying that was
> your model. One click, and my reaction went to,:"Holy sheepdip!" (You did a
> great job with your photos)
Thanks! I'd love to say it was entirely deliberate but the photos were
really a semi-intentional accident. They were taken in my sister's driveway
where the grey chuckies seem to scale well into large boulders, the bushes
look uncanilly like trees and the weeds like bushes... I hope she doesn't
read this post BTW! That much was deliberate, but the house window was
pretty much an accident - I had tried to minimise its impact on the whole
photo by hiding as much of the house as possible with "trees", and was going
to do some photo editing to remove the house but my partner pointed out that
it looked right so I left it in.
Jennifer
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In lugnet.technic, Larry Pieniazek writes:
>
> I think what struck me was that you have to look fairly close to tell it's
> not a model at thumbnail illustration sizes.
Interesting... when I look at it all I can see is a pile of bricks :-) I
think when you've been doing a model for a long time this perception is
inevitable.
The photo was indeed intended to be roughly congruent with the one on the
Demag website, although it is not perfect as it was a real rush job taking
these photos - dry sunny days are a bit of a rarity in Scotland at the
moment and you have to use the opporunity quick style as it never lasts long.
There are some good photos of larger Demag cranes here, that I found quite
useful for inspiration:
http://www.hansebube.de/vorb1/crt1/crt1.html
http://www.hansebube.de/vorb1/se535/tse535.html
Jennifer
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On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:12:59 GMT, "Jennifer Clark"
<jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
You make it sound so ordinary but nothing is ordinary when it comes to
your MOC's - especially not this time as it turned out!
And to answer your qestion, yes, but it's not possible to have too
many Jennifer cranes :)
Someday I'll also build a crane, but I think I'll wait 'til the most
heat is off your new MOC .)
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
JEBUS!! Okay, so I thought "another Jennifer", it'll be very good and
real looking. BUT this time you have really surpassed yourself! Truly
amazing, congratulations!
*starts singing on Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing compares 2U"* ;)
Thank God you used non-LEGO elements so you can't enter my monthly
contest because no-one else would dare compete with you :) Ok, so it
would really be cool to have been in the same contest as you - tempted
as might be I still wont change the rules :þ
I see that you use a 8462 Tow Truck hook this time, does this mean
that you've finished the Thesis and opened your treat? *smiles*
*imagines the complexety under the bodywork*
Eight motors and three battery boxes, that's alot of cubic
brick-space. Not much left for gears and support beams I imagine...
Wow, the complexity of the whole thing must be amazing, I can't even
start to grasp the challenges you had to deal with building that
thing...
Not to mention the amount of sets needed to gather all those pieces...
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
I'm looking forward to seeing the gory gears and reading your text!
Some movies would also fill some of my never-ceasing demand for
Jennifer MOC's.
*goes back to my work in progress that feels some-what not as cool as
it did 42 minutes ago*
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
Definitely a great weekend for MOCs (that reminds me, I'd better get to work
myself, and get some of my items posted for Lugnet's viewing pleasure)
The design is awesome (though I'm not really a technic fan), and I
definitely look forward to your next MOC.
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Lugnet member No. 1112
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Thanks for the reply! The problem with the corrugated tubes was finding a
> way of attaching them to traditional bricks in a seamless way. Usually an
> axle joiner and pin or similar is required, which works great in the normal
> technic style but tends to break up lines on a model team style model. The
> only practical way I could think of in this context was to put a technic
> axle pin into the tube and then the other half of the pin into an upside
> down brick. The reason for using an axle pin was that the raised part in the
> middle is smaller than that on a standard pin, and therefore provided a less
> obvious join.
Wow, I think I actually understood that. <grin> Is that the pin that
actually has a stud-like top? I remember a piece like that from the big
airplane I had (a black and yellow one, I'm sure you guys know the numbers
by heart just like I can tell you what the Guarded Inn is without blinking. ;-)
> No doubt this is bread and butter stuff to space guys, but there was a lot
> of other funny stuff going on in the front of both cabs, with things at 1/2
> stud offsets, sitting sideways and who knows what else. Doing it is one
> thing, but doing it in a way that it won't fall apart when someone breathes
> near the model was another!
Ahh, yes. I know this from the mechas my boyfriend Chris builds. He goes
nuts with all the SNOT, and I love offsetting things by 1/2 a stud myself. I
can't get enough of those "1x2 tiles w/center stud" parts. ;-) He gave me
one small mech once and it fell apart every time I knocked into my bureau!
By the end of the year it was smashed in pieces and I couldn't figure out
how to put it back. Ugh!
> I'd be keen to hear if anyone can think of
> others ways to approach this problem.
Hmm, I think you'd see lots of great ideas in the .build.mecha group...
trust me, it's an eye-opener to go read some "foreign" newsgroup once in a
while. You'd think we're different worlds rather than different parts of the
same hobby!
> > it also looks lovely in the bargain (which is more than can be said
> > about a lot of real-life cranes!).
>
> Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-) Some modern cranes are fantastic
> looking machines, in my opinion the German ones are generally the best in
> this area with US mobile cranes looking more utilitarian. Again it is the
> odd situation where pure mechanical function dictates form and the machine
> ends up looking remarkably elegant, I suppose this is akin to nature in many
> ways.
Hmm... I wouldn't go as far as to say that most cranes look as lovely as
nature. But I know what you mean, yes. In Boston it was always a horror
going downtown to the Big Dig, I mean the place is as ugly as it gets. I've
never seen a mobile crane as elegant as yours in RL, although from that page
there's a mention of the actual crane so I'm guessing it exists... :-) Some
(real) castles are as ugly as it gets, too, while many are really beautiful
and awesome, even though they were built in thought of the function. Well,
maybe *you* wouldn't see them as beautiful. I guess you're right, beauty
*is* in the eye of the beholder... :-)
Nice talking to you,
-Shiri
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Thanks Tobbe!
> Eight motors and three battery boxes, that's alot of cubic
> brick-space. Not much left for gears and support beams I imagine...
It did get quite tricky right enough, but I have to say that using some of
the newer types of technic pieces really helped here. I really think these
pieces have great possibilities in terms of getting very strong mechanisms
into very small spaces.
> Not to mention the amount of sets needed to gather all those pieces...
There are a few Sith Infiltrators in there ;-) I think many of the white
parts came from the 5563 model team racing truck, and the chassis was built
from mainly the 8280 fire engine, a great wee model IMHO. I like the jeep
and trailer alternative model in this set.
> I'm looking forward to seeing the gory gears and reading your text!
> Some movies would also fill some of my never-ceasing demand for
> Jennifer MOC's.
There will be movies! We have a new digital camcorder at work which I'll be
able to borrow so it should be a lot less stressful than the previous
approach that involved a videoconferencing camera plugged straight into a
bt848 frame grabber card - obviously not a very portable solution!
Jennifer
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On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:07:17 GMT, "Jennifer Clark"
<jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks Tobbe!
>
> > Eight motors and three battery boxes, that's alot of cubic
> > brick-space. Not much left for gears and support beams I imagine...
>
> It did get quite tricky right enough, but I have to say that using some of
> the newer types of technic pieces really helped here. I really think these
> pieces have great possibilities in terms of getting very strong mechanisms
> into very small spaces.
Try fitting an standard size RC servo, or better yet, try to get five
into a medium sized model. That's what I've been doing the whole
day...
Flexi is a life-saver though...
I think I need to tinker more with the new pieces.
> > Not to mention the amount of sets needed to gather all those pieces...
>
> There are a few Sith Infiltrators in there ;-) I think many of the white
> parts came from the 5563 model team racing truck, and the chassis was built
> from mainly the 8280 fire engine, a great wee model IMHO. I like the jeep
> and trailer alternative model in this set.
Sith Infiltrator contains light sabre but I can't see any in the
pictures 8-)
8280 looks like a good set judging from the parts:
http://peeron.com/inv/sets/8280?withpics=yes
> > I'm looking forward to seeing the gory gears and reading your text!
> > Some movies would also fill some of my never-ceasing demand for
> > Jennifer MOC's.
>
> There will be movies! We have a new digital camcorder at work which I'll be
> able to borrow so it should be a lot less stressful than the previous
> approach that involved a videoconferencing camera plugged straight into a
> bt848 frame grabber card - obviously not a very portable solution!
I recall your description of the frame grabber and the Linux/UNIX
stuff that was behind getting it all to work... Good think your
workplace has new useful toys :)
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> No doubt this is bread and butter stuff to space guys, but there was a lot
> of other funny stuff going on in the front of both cabs, with things at 1/2
> stud offsets, sitting sideways and who knows what else.
I'm not doing anything like that on my current project's cab, but I'm 95%
certain that I'm gonna break the habit of a life time and modify a part.
What I'm thinking of doing is splicing two windscreens together from the
Racing truck to form a longer one. As Jenifer said, it's an excellent set,
especially for parts. I was going to keep mine intact, but then I needed the
white curved pieces on the side pods (the same part Jennifer has used just
below where her windscreen would go). From their it was a slippery slope and
I just kept "borrowing" the odd part. Eventually I scrapped the whole model
for it's parts.
Like the others I'm dead keen to see the inside. I think Jennifer's has once
again pushed the barrier's on visual likeness as well as cramming the most
function's into the least space, which I regard as her speciality.
I wonder what she plans to build next?
Steve
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
You just *had* to go and force a response with such an obviously provokative
subject, didn't you Jennifer????
And then you go and post a link to pictures of another Clark Classic, as if to
just thumb your nose at us??!!??
Have you no shame???!!!???
But I think we're all glad you did 8?) That's really nice. Can't wait till the
movie comes out!
ROSCO (who also played bass guitar in various bands for about 15 years!)
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Now I understand why you needed the grey minifig hands! I also like
the barcode truck wheels. They are a favorite of mine, being so
realistic loking.
The model looks very nice, as usual. It was probably very interesting
to build it.
I'm looking forward to seeing the how the suspension works. With that
much weight, you cannot be using sprung axles? I'm guessing you're
using some kind of tilting axles, or perhaps a combination of the two.
It will be interesting to see!
Fredrik
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In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> > > Sith Infiltrator contains light sabre but I can't see any in the
> > > pictures 8-)
> Hm... I saw the chromes piece but I did not know it was a light sabre
> handle :)
> I always thought a light sabre was red or green shining stick :)
I KNEW! you we're going to say that! :)
Steve
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Hi Jennifer,
Great model! It's really similar to the real DEMAG crane! Also nice to see a
company edition of a LEGO-crane. Baldwinns is not an unknown lifting
operator. Are you going to build their LTM11000 as well??? ;-)
Dennis
In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
>
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
>
> Jennifer
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On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:23:17 GMT, "Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com>
wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> > > > Sith Infiltrator contains light sabre but I can't see any in the
> > > > pictures 8-)
>
> > Hm... I saw the chromes piece but I did not know it was a light sabre
> > handle :)
>
>
> > I always thought a light sabre was red or green shining stick :)
>
> I KNEW! you we're going to say that! :)
Am I that predictable or are the force with you?
I need to get my hands om some non-Technic sets one of these days...
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:23:17 GMT, "Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> I need to get my hands om some non-Technic sets one of these days...
You are correct. I have found some wonderful pieces in my daughter's LEGO
kits that work well in some of my robotics creations. Never limit yourself
to only technic kits. If you do you will severly limit your ability to add
the fine detail such as the detail found in Jennifer's wonderful models.
And I must also admit, the use of the light saber handle (I am looking at
one now on a Darth Vader minifig that sits on my desk) was very creative.
Steven B. Combs, Editor
Bricks in my Pocket (BimP)
http://www.bricksinmypocket.org
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
>
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
>
> Jennifer
A real treat to the model-team and technic heads alike. As others, I cannot
wait to read the write-up on your website.
In all the pictures posted, one question is nagging me - what are the pieces
that you are using for the mirror "arm" bracket. It looks like white tubing
bent at the top and bottom, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how
they are connected to the cab post. What's going on there?
thanks
Mark (#2)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> writes:
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
>
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
>
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
Uhhhhhhhhh.......
As usual with your models, I thought the first shot was the actual
crane, until I clicked on it to see the close-up details.
And it's radio-controlled too???? Yikes.
Excellent work, as always...
--Bill.
(I added lugnet.modelteam to the newsgroups list, since this is as
much a Model Team MOC as it is Technic...)
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs!
>
> I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane,
> but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible
> to have too many cranes?
NO! Never!
> The model is in the "Featured Models" section of Steven Combs new website,
> Bricks in my Pocket, at the following URL:
>
> http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/
That's awesome, Jennifer. Your past models have been excellent, but the new
one has certainly exceeded your previous works.
> I'll post more details on this model on my own website in the future, but
> this will take some time :-)
I'm really looking forward to seeing the inner details of your crane. I know
we're all going to ooh and ahh over your intricate and clever mechanical
mechanisms, especially since you've managed to fit in a bunch of motors,
battery boxes, and R/C receivers.
TJ
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Rideout writes:
>
> In all the pictures posted, one question is nagging me - what are the pieces
> that you are using for the mirror "arm" bracket. It looks like white tubing
> bent at the top and bottom, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how
> they are connected to the cab post. What's going on there?
Well spotted! It's a hack :-) The doors have had a triangle cut out of them
as they were so close to being perfect it would have been a shame not to use
them, and the mirror brackets are flex tubes bent to 90 degrees. They are
attached to a couple of pins (2M screws if I rememebr correctly) which were
screwed into very small holes drilled in the side of the doors. The flex
tubes then fit nicely over those. I have some photos of this process for
putting on my web site - it isn't a cover up, honest ;-)
Jennifer
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In lugnet.technic, Dennis Bosman writes:
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Great model! It's really similar to the real DEMAG crane! Also nice to see a
> company edition of a LEGO-crane. Baldwinns is not an unknown lifting
> operator. Are you going to build their LTM11000 as well??? ;-)
I wouldn't hold my breath :-) Not owning a car, one of my design criteria is
that models have to fit into a plastic carrier bag for transporting on the
train, so three axles is about as far as it can go with cranes :-) I had to
take the crane on the train last week after taking the photos and thankfully
the only thing that broke off was the tool box on the back!
In saying that, if I was going to do a Liebherr crane I think I would go for
the LTM1030, or with a very big bag, the LTM1160, both favourites of mine.
Jennifer
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Impressive! Like so many others, I just wanted to jump in and say
outstanding work.
Ashley Glennon
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message
news:qrdofi4zn9o.fsf@eos.uio.no...
> Now I understand why you needed the grey minifig hands!
Well spotted! I thought things were maybe getting a bit much when I started
to worry about the colour of the minifig hands being used as fake hydrualic
pipe connectors, but once the idea was there, it just had to be done :-)
> I also like
> the barcode truck wheels. They are a favorite of mine, being so
> realistic loking.
They are indeed excellent and you can get them in very close to the turning
point of the steering, a big advantage IMHO. The only downside is that they
are a bit large for a technic figure scale truck, the upside being that they
are ideal for a technic figure scale all terrain crane. Another interesting
point is that with the weight of the crane (3.6kg) they start behaving like
real pneumatic tyres.
> I'm looking forward to seeing the how the suspension works. With that
> much weight, you cannot be using sprung axles? I'm guessing you're
> using some kind of tilting axles, or perhaps a combination of the two.
A combination - I took a different approach to the suspension, I suppose bit
like Bob Fay suggests about changing the nature of the problem to be solved.
Rather than the goal being to smooth out bumps in the road, I changed the
goal to being "keep all six wheels on the ground at one time", which makes
things a lot more doable.
Jennifer
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GsEzyM.280@lugnet.com...
>
> Wow, I think I actually understood that. <grin> Is that the pin that
> actually has a stud-like top?
Not quite, although they are similar, and you can use that part in this
situation, it just isn't very strong. This is the one here:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3749
> Hmm... I wouldn't go as far as to say that most cranes look as lovely as
> nature. But I know what you mean, yes. In Boston it was always a horror
> going downtown to the Big Dig, I mean the place is as ugly as it gets.
I suppose it all depends on perspective again, I have always loved seeing
building sites, quarries, demolition sites, and all the machines and
activities going on there. From what I hear about the Big Dig it sounds like
a very ambitious project.
> I've
> never seen a mobile crane as elegant as yours in RL, although from that • page
> there's a mention of the actual crane so I'm guessing it exists... :-) • Some
> (real) castles are as ugly as it gets, too, while many are really • beautiful
> and awesome, even though they were built in thought of the function.
The real crane does indeed exist, I thought at first it was a cool looking
wee thing but when I started to build it I realised it was a cool looking
large thing. This was confirmed by driving past a similar vehicle on the
motorway, these machines are huge.
I think you've hit the nail on the head when you say about function
dictating form and leading to an aesthetically pleasing design, that is
exactly what I was thinking of. Quite recently I saw a large loader, similar
to the lego Front End Loader, http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8464 . Not
something you would think of as beautiful, but the design of the bucket
linkage was amazing - the individual links and arms resembled dinosaur
bones! Presumably this is nature and design coming up with a similar
solution to similar problems, namely the creation of large movable load
bearing structures prone to shock loads, or perhaps nature inspired the
design. Whatever it was I still find these things fascinating.
Jennifer
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