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In lugnet.technic, Nathan Bell wrote:
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You sure fit a lot of detail into a small scale! I have never seen rig with
fenders that flip out like that before and at first wondered if you did that
just on your model. However a very brief internet search showed me the
truth:
http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/trucks/find-by-model/argosy/
Are they like that just to make room for the mechanic or are they a braking
mechanism? (That may sound crazy but jets do it; why not trucks, too?)
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As cool as that would be, thats not it :-) I didn’t do a real good job
explaining, but they are actually staircases for the driver or passenger to get
into the cab. You can see a picture here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2442274
Thats one of the reasons I figured I would build an Argosy, truckers seem to
like how easy it is to get in and out. And who doesn’t like pneumatics, anyway?
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