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Re: New MOC: Yellow Hopper Truck
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 23:40:52 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> Bill Ward writes:
> > This is a 6-wide semitrailer hopper truck with opening engine
> > compartment, removeable trailer (the kingpin isn't as
> > realistic looking as Bram's, but the scale is closer to
> > correct),
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> Yah...I used the same size fifth wheel on a six wide truck as a 10/12
> wide one. It worked a little better on the 10 wide :)
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> > Pictures on my website:
> > http://www.wards.net/~bill/lego/town/yellow-hopper-truck/
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> I like the way you did the mirrors! I also like the little details like
> the brake hoses and the opening hood.
Thanks! I'm very happy with the mirrors. They keep falling off, though...
> But you asked me what I think, so I'll be honest... The trailer looks
> a bit short tho, and the portion of the tractor behind the cabin (where
> the fifth wheel and stuff are looks a bit underdeveloped. Real trucks
> have a beefy ladder frame supporting the rear wheels and trailer hitch,
> so I suggest making it at least a brick deep.
Hmm, interesting point. My original fifth wheel design was beefer (solid
bricks from the back of the cab all the way to the kingpin), but I wanted to
make the trailer hitch look like it sloped upward from the frame, so I changed
that. I'll look at some real trucks and see if I can get some ideas there.
> To make the trailer
> longer, you don't necessarily have to change the hopper, just add a
> triangular frame to the front and back, then place the rear wheels below
> one end of the fram, and the kingpin under the other. I know I've seen
> dump trucks that look like that...I just can't find a picture.
I think I know what you mean. It's kind of halfway in size between the ones
that have two trailers and the single trailer.
What happened is that I first built the cab and then couldn't think of what to
tow behind it for a long time. I finally got the idea to do a hopper truck,
and stole ideas from the LEGO hopper rail car in the Shop @ Home catalog. But
I only had so many yellow slopes, and I was in a bit of a hurry...
I think I'd like to have a double-trailer version for the next attempt, but I'm
not sure when/if I'll get around to building it.
Thanks for the feedback, though, and I'll bear it in mind for my next truck.
Now that I've published this one it sort of feels set in stone for me, so I
won't be modifying it.
--Bill.
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| (...) Yah...I used the same size fifth wheel on a six wide truck as a 10/12 wide one. It worked a little better on the 10 wide :) (...) the brake hoses and the opening hood. But you asked me what I think, so I'll be honest... The trailer looks a bit (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.build)
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