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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 17:08:31 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> The model is very well done! The things I like about it are too many to
> mention, so I hope you are not offended if I mention the things I don't
> like.
WHAT? You dare criticize Bram and Me? Why this will start a flame war of
epic proportions!!! (j/k) Criticism is just fine. Keep in mind, though
that we built this in one day, so there are lots of things that could've
been done differently if more time had been spent.
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> I think the chassis is too tall. The real thing doesn't have that much
> suspension, right? Besides, I don't like the fact that the wheels don't
> quite fit into the wheel wells. The wheel wells look a bit too narrow.
> (It would also be nice to have real working suspension, but I know how
> difficult that is to incorporate!)
Yes, it is too tall. We built the grill first, and scaled everything else
from that. Thus, there wasn't a wheel that would really fit well, so we
put the big balloon tires on it and jacked it up. The wheel wells are
perhaps half a stud too narrow, but building thos things in was bad enough
as it is. It is designed to be one of those big ol' 4x4's that people have
modified to put really large offroading tires on it. As such, I think it
looks pretty accurate. If you can fit a motorized drivetrain and steering
and fully working suspension into a 14 wide chassis like this, then you're a
better builder than I am :)
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> I would also have liked to see some more colours. Some contrasting
> colours in the fenders or side trim, perhaps?
The color scheme is exactly as my jeep is, except that it's blue instead of
green. The main color, the black trim, the white pinstripe, and the grey
interior, are all spot-on with the real thing. And since that's basically
what we designed it off of, that's how it looked.
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> That said, the model is definitively very well done.
Thanks
Adrian
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| The model is very well done! The things I like about it are too many to mention, so I hope you are not offended if I mention the things I don't like. I think the chassis is too tall. The real thing doesn't have that much suspension, right? Besides, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.build)
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