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I presume that many of you have seen the motorbike sets lego released last year.
Due to my recent emergence out of my dark ages(1) I only bought some of them a
month ago. Since the standard models bored me (not to mention the fact that some
models were quite flimsy) I decided to build my own.
The model isn’t stunningly complicated, nor does it have any more extras other
than the fact that it moves on it’s own, my goal was simply to build something
sturdy, yet attractive to look at, whilst getting my feet wet with the new
studless elements.
With a couple of gears I made a turntable to take a couple of pictures from all
sides, which I used to make an animation of 12 frames. (If you want to see the
turntable, just ask, I’ll snap some pictures of it.)
Sadly, said 12 frames weren’t enough for a completely smooth animation (far from
it) but the work for 12 alone was enough in my book.
Also, I’m propably overstating the obvious, but black isn’t an easy color to
photograph. I spent a lot of time cleaning the pictures up. You live, you learn.
More pictures:
left side/back.
left side/front.
front/right side.
back/right side.
After a quick search on brickshelf I found that very few people actually use the
pullback motors in their creations.
Oden has a couple of nifty
models, but that was all I could find. (Although I remember a land rover model
being powered by one a while ago.)
I was wondering about that. Do you (you being the members of Lugnet) consider
the motors unrealistic? Are they too hard or big to fit in a creation? Are they
too big or too small for the scale you usually build in? Just about anybody I’ve
spoken to about the pullback motors said something like “they should’ve done
that ages ago!” or “I would’ve played ages with these if I would’ve had those
when I was a kid!”
I’d love to hear some responses to that. (And to the model, if it’s not too much
trouble :)
(1) Recent being 6 months ago and dark ages being just 4 years, those not so
much dark as just slightly clouded.
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| (...) ... (...) Nevertheless, it's a nice adaption of the type. I particularly like how you did the windshield. (...) It's much more than I'd ever consider doing. We appreciate your effort. It's a cool way to show the model - reminisent of some (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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