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Re: Full motorized sports car - DAT file
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lugnet.cad.dat.models
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:30:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.models, David Till writes:
> I'm thinking of building a second car using your dat file so that I can
> compare them in the flesh - I believe your engine will look better, but mine
> may be a bit sturdier,
I agree that yours is probably sturdier...they look pretty similar IMO. NOt
much to either of them :) However, I believe the real motor in my version is
sturdier...it's held in place better at the bottom, I think.
> and where you said there would be no room for a
> proper interior, mine may accept a minifig driver?
Dunno...the motor still juts into the cockpit quite a bit.
> I built mine in black, but made the dat file in yellow so that the building
> steps would be easier to follow (in MLCAD with previous steps greyed out) -
> besides, I don't think I have ever seen a 1x2x3 thin wall panel in yellow?
And I'm usually too lazy to add steps, so that doesn't apply to me :/
> Driving it was a nightmare to start with, but once I removed the 1x8 plate
> under the front, the front wheels were able to touch the ground, and I was
> able to steer!
That used to be a 2x8 plate, so it acted even more like a bulldozer.
> Other than that, I can only say it wheelspins a lot on polished wood ;)
Yup, it really needs a differential and some slicks :)
--Bram
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) real (...) around? It was nice working from such a great selection of photos, though of course there were some interior parts that I could not make out. I'm thinking of building a second car using your dat (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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