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Re: Fully motorized sports car
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:54:59 GMT
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Bram,
Bravo!
A very very beautifully styled car even if it didn't have "action" features.
The motion and control features make your model very actractive, indeed.
Elegance in a small package. :-)
later,
James Mathis
In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> This evening, I decided to challenge myself to build a small, yet cool looking
> fully motorized vehicle. Turned out I had the extra challenge of
> photographing a black model :)
> My previous attempt at a very small and fully motorized vehicle was too tall
> for my taste, and the steering wasn't prototypical. This attempt, is shorter,
> wider, and longer...ie, it's a not-quite-minifig scale sports car instead of a
> minifig scale truck/van.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2356
> The results: a 8x24x5 black sports car...it ended up looking like a modified
> Corvette, IMO (except that the engine is in the wrong place). You can see the
> wires for steering (micromotor) and driving (geared motor) sticking out the
> driver side window. These attach to longer wires from the controls:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=23850
> Unfortunately, I was unable to fit seats inside, so I didn't bother with
> opening doors and instead added some side details. The rear hood does open,
> though. Underneath is a big V8. As always, please LMKWYT!
> --Bram
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
>
> [FUT lugnet.build]
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