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Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:36:27 GMT
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Steve & Larry wrote
And here I thought the 1x16 bricks were something of a juniorization --
they make it easier to build, are kind of bulky, and make it harder to
modify.  I tried to add a trailer hitch without replacing those 1x16
bricks, the best I came up with was a magnet tile.  Oh, well.  Master
Builder, I'm not.

I tried. Hard. The hitch rides too high if you don't. So my design uses
a long plate, some propup shorter plates with a gap under the hitch pin,
and a technic plate. I think there's a picture of the yellow version of
this truck after my mods, showing the hitch area, in the container
section of my website.

I had imagined just replacing the 2x2 grey tile with a 2x2 turntable.
Does that not work?


From my perspective the 16x1 bricks are simply hard to get, and at the scale
I build they're not excessively large. A 1x16x5 thinwall might be Technic
juniorisation, but not a brick  version of the standard 16 long Technic beam.
That's more where I was coming from.

Moz



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  Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
 
(...) That's a straightforward solution (and it's suggested in the holiday S@H catalog). But it allows the trailer to separate from the tractor too easily. (...) Oooo. That would be juniorization. But it might be reasonably good juniorization, for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
 
(...) Well, it "works" after a fashion, but I feel that the trailer is now at least 1 plate too high, and further, if you go over any kind of an incline, the trailer separates. I like using a pin or short cross axle into a technic plate instead (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
 
(...) I'm glad I wasn't the only one. :) Steve (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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