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Well Thomas, when do you start building a new crane?!?! It's true the boom is much lighter with Beat's construction. But I think it isn't as stiff as when you use technic beams as diagonals. It could have a torsion, but Beat's boom isn't very wide (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi Beat, As I've already said to you in my e-mail your crane is fantastic. Well detailed, my compliments! You did a good job by making such a huge crane! Are the 9V motors strong enough? I red you use two 9V motors for the revolution of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) First I want to thank you for your compliments. The blueprints I got after I sent a mail directly to the Liebherr factory where the crane was manufactured. In my case this was Liebherr Werk Ehingen. I wrote that I was really interested in this (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Yes, I used a Technic turntable, mounted upside down. This way the gear of the turntable is fixed to the chassis and therefore the motors for the revolution can be placed in the upper structure - like in real. I didn't use a threaded axle. It (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Thanks, Beat, for sharing the pictures! A wonderful crane! I look forward to the updated version! ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) rows of 2x plates sandwiching bricks at the joints. Unfortunately the scale is too small to allow decent box girders or trusses along the decks themselves 8?( (...) Yep, I feel the urge growing again... ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Beat, Amazing, it looks great. The pictures do a great job of showing of the complexity of the model. How did you get the blueprints? I am working on a Liebherr crane at the moment and would love the additional help the blueprints would provide, all (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) This is a good subject for a building discussion. I really like using plates now and have several successful applications. I did it on the body of my crawler crane: (URL) then built several "sample" bridges to display this concept: (URL)I made (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) The plates are the main member. You're right, it is a really strong construction. There are several crossmembers between the two parts of the track frame. One of them is the motor itself, and the other ones are also the housing of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Excellent work, Beat. Yet again, you've impressed us with another great model. Your boom construction is quite unique. Thanks for the close-up pictures, I'm able to see how you built it now. (URL) your beams upside down and using 1x plates for (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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