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Re: 18 wheeler truck
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Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:58:17 GMT
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Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > > > > Since I can't seem to be able to post the DAT file to lugnet.cad.dat
> > > > > (that problem is being worked on), here's a picture of my model:
> > > > > http://library.advanced.org/20551/temp/18wheelr.jpg
> > > > > and here's the dat file
> > > > > http://library.advanced.org/20551/temp/18wheelr.dat
<snipped my own previous comments>
Bram Lambrecht also writes:
> 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.
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 'robot'. This was a kid's entry into the building
contest.
I have also seen them used to make a Automated Transaction Money (ATM?) machine
for someone's MOC LEGO bank. The two quarter-disks were 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.
> I ended up building the sleeper portion of the
> truck and then decided to build it at the the scale of the two trucks
> I've designed in LDraw but never built. I needed to use a piece to
> attach the quarter circle better, so that's where the yellow arrow design
> came from. I continued the design in the trailer. The real life arrows
> on the side of the truck aren't as smooth as the LDrawn ones because I
> have almost no yellow 1 x 1 plates. :(
I have not been used to building much with studs showing 'sideways' on a LEGO
model. I'm with you on doing so: For my Yellow Dutch Train Engine uses
sideways mounted town car roofs with sunroof for train doors. I'm getting used
to it.
If you are not against filling the inside of the trailer with bricks, perhaps a
1 by x plate could span the width of the trailer? Wouldn't need so many 1x1
plates? I used this tactic for the white Swiss Rail dual arrow symbol on my
red Swiss train engine. The added plastic in using 6 stud wide bricks to make
the symbol appear on both sides also added a great deal of mass to the model.
This helped the traction for the 9v motor.
> The last thing I changed was the fifth wheel - it was inspired by the one
> on the 5571 Giant Truck.
> --Bram
Oooh, the 5571. I put that set together this past Sunday. What a beautiful
(large) set. I seldom leave built very many LEGO designed models, but this
truck sits prominently in the living room next to the Model Team Ferrari.
Concerning the fifth wheel: Did you basicly scale-down the 5571's fifth wheel?
Just curious what you did. (sorry I haven't looked at the LDRAW file)
later,
James
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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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| (...) 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 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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| (...) 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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