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Re: New OOC: Motorized 14 wide Jeep Cherokee
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:48:09 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> [OOC = Our Own Creation]
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> Today Adrian Drake, Troy and Ken Cefaratti, Gino Melone and I got together at
> Adrian's house for a building session. Upon seeing my Mercury, Adrian
> reiterated his desire to build his own car, a Jeep Cherokee, sometime. Since
> we didn't have any ideas about what else to build, we decided we might as well
> go ahead and build the Jeep. It sure is handy being able to take your
> pictures and not have to search for good ones on the web! Since Adrian's
> supply of green is a bit limited, we decided to build the model in blue.
> After figuring out how to build the destinctive grill (studs out) and the
> headlights (studs down), the scale and orientation of much of the model was
> set. After 8 hours of building (with Adrian giving solution suggestions,
> (including working out the motorized rear wheels and motorized front steering)
> and pointing out missing details), the model was complete. Notice the 1 plate
> (2/5 stud) offset and upside down fenders and side trim, and other details:
> windsheild wipers, rear-view mirror, and more.
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> Since my website is down as of a few hours ago, the images are on Brickshelf
> for now:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=12918
> Enjoy, and please let us know what you think!
> --Bram
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> www.bldesign.org
Wow! That is sweet. Very accurate. I love it.
-Jason
PS Per Fredrik's comments of the the chasis being too tall, and the wheels
being too big... Would it be fair to say that Adrian's Jeep has been lifted and
has big ol' mud boggin' tires, right? Hence you modeled your Jeep after the
Jeep in front of you, not the typical ones running around the city.
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Jason Spears
MichLUG - http://www.michlug.org/
Lego Page - http://www.ozbricks.com/brickcentral/
Bricklink Store - http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=jrspears
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| (...) lifted and (...) the (...) Adrian's jeep is not lifted, but it was a concious decision on their part (Adrian and Bram) to make that modification to the model. (In my opinion, it looks cooler that way. I'm just disappointed that they didn't get (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.build)
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| [OOC = Our Own Creation] Today Adrian Drake, Troy and Ken Cefaratti, Gino Melone and I got together at Adrian's house for a building session. Upon seeing my Mercury, Adrian reiterated his desire to build his own car, a Jeep Cherokee, sometime. Since (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.us.bloc, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !!
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