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(...) Hey Dennis, your English is good, your swearing's perfect :-). Steve (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) You're right. My crane crashed once: (URL) I didn't lift anything. It was due to a construction error. You could image I was really pissed off. (...) But the bigger your crane, the harder to keep it straight .... This loonatic's crane almost (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Good stuff as ever Dennis, and congratulations on getting all that interest from Nooteboom! I wouldn't like to try reversing the truck with the interdolly attached though! How people manage that is beyond me, I recently made a quick "true" (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Yes, be very careful! The ideal condition that a crane builder wants is that upon maximum load, the crane starts to tip over rather than break. When the crane starts to tip, you can immediately stop the lift and all is saved. However, if (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Hi Beat, About the lifting capacity. Seen this crane? (URL) guy claims it can lift more than 10 kg. I've seen this crane several times, but he huses to many non-LEGO components. The crane is also much to heavy, it almost collapst for several times (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) The 9V motors are strong enough. Sometimes it shocks a bit, when the weight is not well distributed (means that I either have too much or too less counterweight). The crane is able to do 0 to 1.2 revolutions per minute. When studying the spec (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Currently I have enough space in the upperstructure. But this will change with the second edition. I studied the blueprints and realized that I have to move the five winches closer to the turntable, which means that there won't be enough space (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Just put the English translation of the blue Volvo FH16 on my website. See and read in my the heavy haulage section of my truckspages. (URL) translations will come soon. Dennis (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Do you have enough room for a drive for the revolution in the superstructure? Because you don't need the room in the undercarriage, I should say that I put drive into that section. It's not like the real crane, but I mostimes need the space in the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi Beat and Thomas, (...) other. Everyone has it's own way of building. We can solve problems together. Looks good those plates on the sides. If you have lack of bricks, it's a good solution. Although I prefer bricks, but you ran out very fast. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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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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Hello Crane fans As Dennis Bosman already announced in his "Modelteam Newsletter" of November 15, I built a model of a crawler crane. It is a Liebherr LR 11200, the biggest machine of this type, Liebherr builds. In reality, there are only two of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam) !
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Well Duq, you have those 24x43 wheels now!! Lets make a contest: who can build a Volvo NH12 8x4/4 quickest??? (URL) sorry if I misunderstood something. I was wrong. I was corrected. Things are removed. Its a human thing to make errors. (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Same here. I'm not competing to be the first, I just want to build a good-looking model of an NH. And since even mentioning this started this whole competition thing I won't be posting any pictures soon... Duq Dennis Bosman (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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About a supposed competition for the NH: there’s no. I think it’s not about ‘who’s the first with a scale 1:13 Volvo NH’, but who can build a NH which is similar to the real one. I suggest that’s the competition or how you name it. I have put this (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi everyone! I have redesigned my page, and got rid of the frames. instead I have installed a menu, and everything seems to be working. Let me know what you think. I am in a search for a suitable background picture, so it will come. Also the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Don't wanna sound like an add for shoes I don't like, but all I can say is: Just do it! Duq Simon Bennett <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GMwMFI.Jz6@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) Heavy (...) visitors (...) far, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Quite impressive, especially at the scale it's in! Duq Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:000401c16ed7$cc...1681@bl... (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Well, I've built a truck :) It's not quite as big as your stuff though, but it still has plenty of moving details. (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Ok! Its now very close to completion. More photos to come. Also the guestgallery will be updated aswell. Stay intouch! cherio (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi Dave, Mmmm, sounds very good your ideas. The more heavy equipment model makers, the better! We've some plans to open a Model Team website for models in the field of trucks, crane and heavy equipment. So we are looking for other enthausiastics (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: It's done: The Kobelco CK850 Crawler Crane
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Evert gave me respond about the changings on my website (thanks!). Hopefully the screen will be fixed on 800 x 600 now. I’m not an expert, I just ‘borrow’ scripts and stuff like that from others …. www.fly.to/bosman And also thank Duq! My brother (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) <snipped text> (...) <more snipped text> (...) Hi Dennis Just wanted to say, that I have been quite envious of the models you and the people mentioned above produce. Keep up the good work. Seeing your models has inspired me to work on the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) I always look at the stuff all of those you've named produce but I still haven't built anything which comes within a hundred miles of it in quality or ingenuity. I've got a number of things in development but I'm not confident I'll ever be (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Evert has done a great job by making this CK850 Kobelco. My god, 3.15 metres of boom length! What a challenge for a crane with a smaller undercarriage than a mobile crane. I couldn't image it is possible to make such a crawler crane as high as (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Yes indead Jennifer, it couldn't be better. Hopefully I will see Evert's model in real life once. And he has some great plans to build a low loader truck which will carry this beautiful Kobelco. Dennis (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) problem with Geocities by getting multiple accounts. It sucks that they're shutting down sites because of excessive traffic. To me, it doesn't make sense because they're preventing more people from viewing their advertising banners they put on (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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“MODEL TEAM NEWSLETTER 1” OK than, I have new backgrounds, new scripts and three new models on my website. It took some time before I had the scripts I needed (thanks Duq!!). I can’t write them, so I have to borrow some. I also hope the window is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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> From picture, I don't understand if and how, the crawler tracks runs. (...) Hear hear! The more detailed stuff the better :-) I think you have done an excellent job on the driver's cab BTW, the curvature looks great. Jennifer (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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I've uploaded two pictures. Scanned with my low quality scanner. (URL) this picture you see the crawler tracks UNDER the upper machinery. This is retracted. (URL) this picture you see the crawler tracks on the SIDE the upper machinery. This is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Great crane, Evert! As we all know, I'm a huge fan of cranes and yours is certainly one of the best. Awesome crane! As for contests, I think you ought to consider this: (URL) a model team section and your crane would be an excellent (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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