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Re: My Moc's
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Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:54:14 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> The jet is nice of course, but I really like this truck. Although it's a
> little too big for minifigs, it's a great scale to build at! (I've done a
> couple vehicles[1] at that approximate scale, but I haven't (yet) tried to add
> steering. I think it might be just about as small as I could go and still
> motorize the vehicle without losing too much control over shape.[2]
> I'll have to build some others :)
> --Bram
Bram:
Well, let me say that I'm really glad you of all people like my truck (your
mastery of minifig vehicles is known throughout Lugnet -- to this date, I
can't come up with an original Colonial Viper design even remotely as good as
yours in minifig-ish scale. And I actually watch the show. Religiously.)
Btw, the F-15 Eagle is 98 studs long, approx 1/24 scale (similar to the UCS
models). The only real feature I put in was retracting landing gear. It's just
meant to look sorta accurate, doesn't do much, I'm afraid.
The truck is as small as I could make it and still fit 2 minifigs side by side
(6 width windshield). Yes, I've seen your double-width minfig scale vehicles.
The 8 wide semi, the classic muscle cars: are all great. However, I thought
your hover Diablo was especailly brilliant, and would love to implement
scissor doors and engine cover in the same scale in a road vehicle someday.
(BTW, my favourite car of all-time is the Lamboughini Countach 25th
anniversary edition in white with no spoiler, and conformal (non-rubber)
bumbers -- i.e. we're probably cut from the same cloth, even if my cloth is 11
years older than yours).
> 2) I built a 4 wide fully motorized (incl. steering) truck/van that was about
> 12 studs long, and although the motors were completely hidden, the shape • was
> dictated by the motors...(It was fast though, as those at Brickfest saw...)
I never even thought about motorizing AND trying to keep steering though. If
anyone can figure that one out, it'd be you. Ok, I did it in 8 studs, and I
can see 6... but 4 studs wide? With steering?! Do you have any pictures?
Btw, I think you'd be good with Mecha with your penchant for cramming copious
amounts of detail into small spaces. Speaking of mecha, does anyone have a
good solution for a stiff small rotational shoudler joint (so the arms can
swing forwards) on a really heavy arm?
Mark
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| (...) I'm flattered! :) (...) I find the difficulty with sports cars is that there is very little space between the top of the opening of the wheel well and the hood of the car. It's often difficult to implement steering as well because LEGO wheels (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) add (...) The Viper is awesome - even more so in real life. I never really cared for the show, but I would have to say that the Viper was the best thing about it. And I would rather look at Bram's model than watch the show any day. (...) Great (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) The jet is nice of course, but I really like this truck. Although it's a little too big for minifigs, it's a great scale to build at! (I've done a couple vehicles[1] at that approximate scale, but I haven't (yet) tried to add steering. I think (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.build)
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