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Do your minifigs need a powerful front loader?
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:12:51 GMT
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I've just finished some LDraw instructions for a minifig scale
articulated front loader.
http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/loader/
It features working steering and a bucket that is raisable and tiltable.
Both bucket operations are easily controlled with a dedicated handle,
and both movements lock in the upper position so that you can drive
around with some load without having to clench to the handles.
The body is four studs wide, and the model is slightly more than 8 studs
wide including the wheels. This scale makes it rather suitable for the
minifigs, I think.
Note that the renderings show the model with the wrong wheels and
without the bucket. This is due to the limited nubmer of pieces
available in LDraw. There are more details on this on the web page.
I have provided instructions to make the model, both the LDraw DAT-files
and pages of GIF images that show the steps.
Please feel free to comment on the design or anything else.
BTW: Is it considered comme il faut to post a message like this to this
discussion group? Should I have inlined the DAT-files and posted it to
lugnet.cad.dat in stead?
Fredrik
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Do your minifigs need a powerful front loader?
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| (...) Cool. Now if TLG made minifig construction rigs like that I'd buy some. (...) You probably should have, but it doesn't matter much to me. This is closer to a building type of subject than say lugnet.storage or even lugnet.general. -Tom McD. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
| | | Re: Do your minifigs need a powerful front loader?
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) Beautiful, Fredrik. I'm sure everyone will want to build it and try it. I'll see if balloon wheels from 8062 will work... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
| | | Re: Do your minifigs need a powerful front loader?
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) Great model. I am still trying to wrap my head around the full picture from the .dat's with missing parts... I'm slow, but will get it eventually. Looks like some great designing. How long did you work on (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
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