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| | Re: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC
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| Hi Stefan, I've seen bits and pieces of this as you've posted them to Brickshelf, but it's great the see Johnny in all his glory. I can't wait to see this completed. I hope that eventually you're able to post movies of him in action. Bruce (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Perhaps switching to 2x plates instead of 4x for the tread surfaces would help - this would help to smooth the curve around the wheels, at the cost of almost doubling the number of hinges you would need to add. Otherwise, love this MOC. Great (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) You might find that spreading the hinge plates wider on the tread shoes will help. Having them near the centre increases the "twisting" effect if there are forces near the edge of the shoes. Also, having 3 per shoe instead of 2 may help - mine (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
| | | | Re: MOC4100: Cranetruck
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| (...) Well Stefan, I try to do my best to come up with alternate models my own because often I'm not really impressed by the official ones. So if you say that the LEGO designers need to work harder I won't disagree with that... ;-) Nathanael (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I'm glad you've enjoyed it! Hopefully the models inspire people and make them enthusiastic. I hope too some designers will notice them. ;-) Nathanael (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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