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(...) Ah, but they're not the kind which can tilt in the end opposite to the ball joint, right? The ones on the 8437 are basically a 2x1 plate with an A-arm and a ball joint? I'm sorry to say that it's probably hard to make independent front (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Look at LeoCAD Model Gallery. Thereis a 2148 by Bert Giesen (?) in Town section Selçuk Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I believe the truck weighed more. By just a little bit. The super car had heft, but it wasn't real heavy. BTW, if you ever get a super car, try dropping it from about a foot up onto a tabletop. Cool... :-) (...) I just went through gearing an (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Cool set, huh? Though that huge pile of bricks when beginning is a bit daunting. I left mine together for over a year, and just tore it apart last weekend. Sorting it all out was a _pain_, but I needed some of those parts. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19981223.221425.509...no.com>... (...) I think the 5571 is heavier - I've got both but haven't had them both assembled at the same time. 4 of the ungeared motors will move a supercar, but I had to "wreck" the car to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Well I have 2. So I have enough of the specialty steering parts, etc. What I would want would be the 1 and 2 bend round end technic beams and other construction parts. I have plenty of gears and differentials for the kind of building I do (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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James Mathis wrote: [about motorizing the 5571] (...) Unfortunately, I don't have the super car, so I couldn't tell you whick weighs more. The 5571 is *heavy* and that's why my motorization didn't work. I tried to use two geared motors and extra (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Wow. Any flaws I could mention would only detract from a magnificent model. But you know me, here they are. :-) Every single one of these is due to a limitation of the media. 1. The drive wheels are too small. But this just points out (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I believe they were in a corner. <snipped the train doors> <snipped the full-width concept> (...) I certainly understand wanting to keep the interior of a box-trailer free from interior obstruction. I would take the same attitude. That's a big (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Never mind. I made my own version. I needed the model to provide a sense of scale for my 18 wheeler: (URL) picture: (URL) DAT file: (URL) let me know what you think! --Bram (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) one >above the other separated in height by about two bricks. One q-d was the >counter top, the other formed the roof. Very nice. I believe the color was >red. Was that in a corner, or were the bricks diagonally mounted? (...) Engine (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I take it that the 8437 has the 'Steering gear, type III' from (URL) makes me wonder which set had the type I? (...) Does anyone have one he wants to part with? ;-) (...) Why did they make that specialized piece? It seems to me that the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Bram Lambrecht also writes: (...) To very good use you put them. At the LEGO Imagination Celebration Truck Tour show in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, I saw eight of them assembled into two wheels (4 quarter-disk bricks each wheel) for a rolling (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Got inspired to work on a model of the German Federal Railways DB V140 diesel hydrolic locomotive. Primary pieces to make this model of the DB V140 come from: 1. 4551 9v train locomotive a. the two cab faces b. red-ribbed 2x2 bricks 2. 5571 Model (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Larry... What parts are you looking for from the 8437? I only have 1 but don't nearly all the parts. Fred... There are 4 yellow "A" arms in the 8437. Warning about the flex link w/the ball joints on the end. DO NOT let a 5yr old hold a completed car (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks! The entire truck came around because of those quarter-disk bricks. I only have two, from a Freestyle bucket, and I was wondering what to do with them. I ended up building the sleeper portion of the truck and then decided to build it at (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Bram, Great Truck! Beautiful use of the quarter-disk bricks to shape the front top of the sleeper on the cab. The scale is very nice, as well. Good design. later, James (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Just as a note, I have enough of the gears and such from 8437, but would be willing to buy a partial 8437 from folks after they raided one for the parts they needed. MacFrugals had these at 1/2 off for a while. I got 3, sold one off and parted (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks! Yeah, I made the road. All it is is 5 quadrilaterals that go from -1000000 to 1000000 or something in that range. And the sky is (as usual) pasted in. Does anyone know of a quick way to make clouds that render quickly and don't cut (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yep! That's what I did on the X1/9. I should probably write some more descriptive text under the X1/9, since I've gotten a couple of questions on that one. The 8440 has rigid axles, as you've observed, but it still has the pieces needed to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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