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RE: New MOC: 10 wide Peterbilt Model 379 Truck with Trailer
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lugnet.build
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Date:
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Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:10:45 GMT
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<BRAM@nospamPO.CWRU.EDU>
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A. Mark Wilburn writes:
> Once again you show us how it should be done (ack, now 8 wide
> trucks seem to small...!).
Heheh...8 wide trucks are probably fine for 6 wide cars.
> The trailer looks perfect (can't quite see... how does it attach
> to the tractor? Does it allow for vertical bending for hills??).
There's a 2x axle stuck through two 2x2 round plates attached to the bottom
of the trailer. The rest of the axle slides into the hole in the fifth
wheel. I took a better picture of the fifth wheel:
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/gallery/?n=73&i=dscn2861.jpg
The 1x1 plate w/ light clip on the front end attaches to a 1x2 center stud
plate attached to a 1x2 hinge brick underneath the fifth wheel. So it does
bend down, but not up.
> I really would like to see this with slightly larger wheels though
> (LEGO? Are you listening? Wheels just under 5 studs Dia please!
> Pref 1.5 studs wide!).
Agreed!
> I know you don't like the 'Creator' style wheels
I don't have any Creator wheels, so I can't check....
> Inspiring stuff. (Esp the trailer detailing, the connecting hoses, the
> tapered nose, the side view mirrors, and the functional hitch!!)
Thanks!
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://bldesign.org/
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| Bram, Once again you show us how it should be done (ack, now 8 wide trucks seem to small...!). The trailer looks perfect (can't quite see... how does it attach to the tractor? Does it allow for vertical bending for hills??). I really would like to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
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