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  Re: New colors and other info
 
(...) Er... to what are you referring, exactly? >> Mark (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New colors and other info
 
(...) I meant "Have you actually tried to make the new ones (meaning long studless beams) connect end to end?" You'd have to use 2 1/2 wide lift arms, 4 3L axles and eight bushes instead of 2 1xn plates like you do with the old ones. Steve (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New colors and other info
 
(...) Well, you could do something like this: (URL) or build a truss like so: (URL) or: (URL) Probably not quite as strong as the technic bricks, though. Cheers, Mark FUT lugnet.technic (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  New Technic beams?
 
(...) Aren't those just liftarms? The regular technic beams are still being made, afaik.... >> Mark (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New colors and other info
 
(...) Or five long pins with friction and two 1x5 liftarms straight. Kevin (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: New Technic beams?
 
(...) nope, technically they are "studless beams" if they are full-thickness and "halfbeams" if they are half-thickness Liftarms contain 1 or more cross axle holes. (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New colors and other info
 
"Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HoM9KJ.1sHp@lugnet.com... (...) this makes liftarms so much valuable pixel (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: New colors and other info
 
(...) These are excellent examples of how to use the studless beams, full-width liftarms, or whatever you want to call them. I use this type of connection (studs-in-holes) quite often, and I'm pleased with the results. I hate to dig up a sore (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)

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