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Greetings, I wanted to share a modern minifig-scale John Deere Tractor that I just finished building. I've been working on some multiples of vehicles with the intention of using them as loads on 8-wide flatbed cars for the G.M.L.T.C. train layout. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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Beautimous! -Rob "TooMuchDew" <wtoenjes@attbi.com> wrote in message news:HBnryJ.253I@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) build (...) pictures (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow, what a beautiful tractor! I love the advanced building techniques like the three studs wide hood, the use of corrugated bricks, opening doors and the steering mechanism. Great work! Kind Regards, Ben www.fgltc.org (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's a nice tractor, William! What does it look like with double rear wheels? 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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Beautifully rendered model. Very realistic. Those ballon tyres are perfect for this application. And it has steering! Excellent. I am a little concerned about the ground clearance to the ladder though. Does anyone know why TLC has never produced a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) From another "big green" fan, very nice... Spotlighted. (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks Rosco, The balloon tires worked best for me because I wanted to keep this as close to 8-wide as possible so it would still fit on a train car. -- Bill (TooMuchDew) In lugnet.announce.moc, William Toenjes writes: (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I agree with Allister. When the State Fair comes to Virginia every year there is a John Deere toy vendor. We've purchased a few farm implements from this shop. I wish John Deere would offer this LEGO MOC at dealers and venues such as this. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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From one tractor builder to another, very cool. :-) -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Allister, Thank you and everyone else for your kind words! I wasn't quite happy with the ground clearance of the ladder myself and have since redesigned the tractor with a higher cab. The last 3 pictures in the folder show off the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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