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Re: Back to the Future DeLorean
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:44:09 GMT
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Hey thats great!!
I have two questions:
1. How do you build such great models in such sort time periods?
I mean it hasn't even been a week since you posted about the Diablo.
2.How did you get al of the fiber optic lines to light at once?
Once again,Great Model!
Gary
Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message
news:G6xnv8.6pH@lugnet.com...
> I knew there was a reason I brought my LEGO collection home for break • besides
> sorting the miscellaneous parts...
> This may come as a bit of an anticlimax after the Diablo, but I just • finished
> a Miniland scale (12 wide) rendition of the time machine from the Back to • the
> Future movies. No powered wheels or steering, but the wheels do fold up • for
> flight like they're supposed to. An old 9V motor drives the fiberoptic • system
> on the back, so the fiberoptics light almost simultaneously. The gull • wing
> doors open to reveal the electronics-cluttered interior, including the box • for
> the ?flux capacitor? between the seats.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2698
> Please LMKWYT!
> --Bram
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> (Personally, I think it looks more like a Taurus station wagon than a • DeLorean,
> but it's a difficult shape to model.)
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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 | | Re: Back to the Future DeLorean
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| (...) This was probably done by using a long exposure time on the digital camera, hence capturing many lit fiber optic lines at once. The model is very nice! I really admire the time Bram Lambrecht can devote to building! I wish I had that much (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
| | | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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| (...) Thanks! (...) I'm still on winter break. I didn't do much besides build and sort yesterday, and the same goes for Saturday (when I built the Diablo). (...) Since my two geared motors and two micromotors are in use (which means the rover's (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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