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Hi fan,
I rediscovered some pictures showing MOC's from my Pre Dark Age time! After
scanning and uploading you might find them at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2144
The blue MAN Truck is modelled using a 1:87 model (3rd picture) as inspiration.
Is more like a model team creation rather than a technic creation. Anyway the
two front axls are steerable and "pendular-fixed" to the steering axl.
The red/blacj US style truck was my first attempt to build a US truck. That was
someday in the year 1986 when I was 13 years old!
You see tthe yellow truck with the crane? That was the first version of the
blue MAN.
The white pickup is based on the tow truck #8846
(http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8846). It's one of my favorite models and to
convert it into a model team pickup was fun!!!
The white US truck was build in 1993 after I have been in the US for a holiday
trip. Didn't LEGO Company picked up some ideas out of that model in their 5571
black cat?? ;-))) In 1993 it was only possible to use "macaroni-pieces" to give
a good aerodynamical look to the truck!
These days the US truck and the blue MAN still exists upon my cupboard and
covered in dust ;-(
So what do you think? Any comments?
I am planning to build an open brown coal mining excavator for a while.
Pictures from the real model coud bee seen at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2145
I might need "thousands" of wide technic crawlers for this model???
Happy bricking,
Holger ...from Germany
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| (...) From a technical point of view, I think the US truck is the best, but my favourite has to be the blue and red tipper, simply because I prefer the appearance of European trucks. There is a mobile crane in the background of one of the pictures; (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| Wow, you had a hell lot of lego for a 13 year old teen, and apparently you had a well developed building ability to deserve that much lego..:-) Very nice models, even for an adult. I have pictures of one of my pre dark age MOCS, too. Look at here (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:G4s6rM.D1L@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| Holger, thanks for posting these MOC's of yours from the past. At the time of their creation, you were 13 years old. I am very impressed with your talent. Seeing how large your old collection must be from these older creations, and knowing now that (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I like this one! The colour scheme is nice. It looks very realistic. (...) The 8846 was my fav as well! It has working mechanisms which were very well done. I think it's design hints towards the Land Rover. (...) Wow! I don't have any pre dark (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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