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Hello,
One of my goals for 2007 was to revisit my vehicles and make them a lot more
substantial than they were. I did my garbage trucks a while ago and now with
the release of the cement mixer in June, I really wanted to look at creating an
engine forward (?) style cab for it.
This is what I have come up with:
Dump truck:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244290
Container roll-off truck:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244288
Included in the folders are then and now shots as well showing where my vehicles
were prior to beefing them up.
I think I am on the right track with these and want to thank the many great
vehicle builders whose creations I have been studying for a couple of months.
Also, I have added a folder of a street with the trucks to my layout folders. I
placed the elevated subway and freight trains along it and got the overall feel
I was going for: A busy, industrial area. I am really happy with the feel I
have gotten with this section of my layout.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244286
Thanks for reading and looking!
Best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> One of my goals for 2007 was to revisit my vehicles and make them a lot more
> substantial than they were. I did my garbage trucks a while ago and now with
> the release of the cement mixer in June, I really wanted to look at creating an
> engine forward (?) style cab for it.
>
> This is what I have come up with:
>
> Dump truck:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244290
>
> Container roll-off truck:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244288
>
> Included in the folders are then and now shots as well showing where my vehicles
> were prior to beefing them up.
> I think I am on the right track with these and want to thank the many great
> vehicle builders whose creations I have been studying for a couple of months.
>
> Also, I have added a folder of a street with the trucks to my layout folders. I
> placed the elevated subway and freight trains along it and got the overall feel
> I was going for: A busy, industrial area. I am really happy with the feel I
> have gotten with this section of my layout.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244286
>
>
> Thanks for reading and looking!
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
You're getting a super armada of trucks there. These new ones are definitely a
vast improvement on the old ones. I think I prefer the slide-off. I also see
they have mirrors. Does that mean you're converted? ;)
Front Ave is looking really great. I completely agree that it has a dense
industrial feel to it. It's good to see the start of your street furniture
coming in too.
I'd like to mention a little trick I copied from misterzumbi. If you replace the
front wheels of your trucks with part 6248 turned so its studs face in it has an
accurate looking hub but a narrower profile which is a bit more prototypical
from my understanding of that sort of vehicle.
Tim
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> > Dump truck:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244290
> >
> > Container roll-off truck:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244288
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244286
> >
> >
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> You're getting a super armada of trucks there. These new ones are definitely a
> vast improvement on the old ones. I think I prefer the slide-off. I also see
> they have mirrors. Does that mean you're converted? ;)
Thanks, Tim. I prefer the roll off truck myself. I notice an adjustment or two
that I ned to make to the dump truck. Regarding the mirrors, I think so.
Thanks for raising my awareness of them. :o)
>
> Front Ave is looking really great. I completely agree that it has a dense
> industrial feel to it. It's good to see the start of your street furniture
> coming in too.
Thanks. I was taking the photo's of the trucks and then saw that they were
coming out really nicely so I ran with it and took more. The street side
details are coming along slowly. I am actually thinking of putting thread as
telephone wires in there as well.
>
> I'd like to mention a little trick I copied from misterzumbi. If you replace the
> front wheels of your trucks with part 6248 turned so its studs face in it has an
> accurate looking hub but a narrower profile which is a bit more prototypical
> from my understanding of that sort of vehicle.
Ah, yes, I had seen this done before as well. I think I'll give it a try on
some future vehicles. What I have seen of the heavy duty construction vehicles
is that their front wheels are usually much larger than the dual rear wheels. I
figure it is for driving on mud and gravel and such while carrying a heavy load.
Your mention of Misterzumbi: I actually built his bus about a month ago and learned so much from doing that. That is an amazing moc.
Thanks again,
Jonathan
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> > Front Ave is looking really great. I completely agree that it has a dense
> > industrial feel to it. It's good to see the start of your street furniture
> > coming in too.
>
> Thanks. I was taking the photo's of the trucks and then saw that they were
> coming out really nicely so I ran with it and took more. The street side
> details are coming along slowly. I am actually thinking of putting thread as
> telephone wires in there as well.
I was going to put wires up on the tram struts in Moscow but then remembered
that any time I try something like that it's disastrous :( It definitely adds a
lot to have them so I might try persuading my wife to do it for me.
> >
> > I'd like to mention a little trick I copied from misterzumbi. If you replace the
> > front wheels of your trucks with part 6248 turned so its studs face in it has an
> > accurate looking hub but a narrower profile which is a bit more prototypical
> > from my understanding of that sort of vehicle.
>
> Ah, yes, I had seen this done before as well. I think I'll give it a try on
> some future vehicles. What I have seen of the heavy duty construction vehicles
> is that their front wheels are usually much larger than the dual rear wheels. I
> figure it is for driving on mud and gravel and such while carrying a heavy load.
Ah yeah. I guess I was thinking you were doing the same thing I did for my road
train by using the wide wheels to indicate the doubled rear.
> Your mention of Misterzumbi: I actually built his bus about a month ago
> and learned so much from doing that. That is an amazing moc.
It is.
> Thanks again,
>
> Jonathan
You're welcome.
Tim
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