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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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 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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| (...) 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 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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| 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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| 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) I haven't tried this, so take this as rant only, but my guess is that you need to redesign the gear box to motorize the 8880 Supercar. See, the gear box is intended for a vehicle in which the wheels drive the motor, not the other way around. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I agree, it's very cool set. It's really inspiring to see the way it is constructed, especially the use of grey and black pieces to make more "structure" in the model. Makes you want to go ahead and build more, which is the purpose of LEGO as (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| Yes it is very heavy, especially when you properly configure it with 10 wheels. Has anyone tried to make a complete 18 wheeler based on the 5571? I've got enough tires, but that would be one big box for the trailer. KL (...) (26 years ago, 26-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I just got the Model Team Ferrari, too, and it is very nice. I can understand that you want to keep in on the shelf. Did you apply the decals, by the way? Oh, and if you have the 5571 on the shelf as well, why not make a flatbed trailer for it (...) (26 years ago, 26-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| Kevin Loch wrote in message <3684899B.3BA8@NOSPMkl.net>... (...) Yeah, the pictures of the 5571 and box trailer were on my web site for a moment, but they're with the rest of the site now :) Moz (26 years ago, 26-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote (about the Model Team F1 Ferrari): (...) Antennae for monitoring systems' status? It could also be for the onboard TV-camera, but I can't find the camera itself. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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