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Hi @ll,
I build a Bucket Wheel Excavator as my entry for the 1st International System
Creativity Contest at 1000steine.de
http://www.1000steine.de/themen/bauwettbewerb/049/049.htm
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9483
A maschine like this works in the brown caol district "Garzweiler" near Cologne
and Duesseldorf in West Germany. It is 200 m long and nearly 100 m high.
The LEGO model is 170 cm long and 110 cm high. The wheel bucket, the cables to
lower the main boom and the whole upper structure can be rotated by 9V
powermotors. There are also 3 Powermotors in the lower structure to "drive" the
whole excavator on its 1500 wide Technic Chain pieces. But unfortunatelly the
model is to heavy (over 10 kg) so the ABS gears will collapse :-(
I showed the model last Sunday at our anual meeting in Hatterheim (you might
have seen pictures at brickshelf).
The open mining concept means that many villages have to move before the
excavators can start digging their gigantic whole into the earth surface. I
personally are very impressed by the technical aspect but I parallel have
concern about the social and ecological aspects. This gave my the idea to
"organize" a protest march against the destroying power of such maschines.
Protest on brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9487
Kind regards,
HoMa
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| Hi there! I saw this wonderful creation earlier today at brickshelf (slow day at work). I must say it's a very fine model! Good work! *sits back and wonder why germans and japanese ppl. tend to put the most effort in their models* /Tobbe (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| "Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:GpBsyx.8AD@lugnet.com... (...) Holger, this is indeed a fantastic model. It is technically complex with realistic functions and the finish is very well done. ... (...) The treaded (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| Great Work! I am very impressed with both your technical building skill and creativity. - John Eric -- John Eric Voltin "Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:GpBsyx.8AD@lugnet.com... (...) System (...) Cologne (...) cables to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| When, I saw the pics, I wondered why the minifigs would be protesting such a cool model : ) NIce Job ! Holger Matthes <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:GpBsyx.8AD@lugnet.com... (...) System (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| Hi, This huge piece of machinerie, worlds largest bucket wheel excavator "Bagger 288" has always fascinated me, and so does your model! What a great piece of work! To bad I wasn't able to join the meeting in Hattersheim to see this fantastic model (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests)
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