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<<snip>> (...) I hope he wants to add it into some contest that only accepts official Lego parts :) (URL) folks, MoTeC is still up and running. I've been busy a lot in autumn, summer was almost dead-LEGO-wise and I'm about to move to a bigger (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Hi, thanks Anrea! And your english isn't perfect, but I get the gist! ROSCO (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks Jen! Am I allowed to say "nyak, nyak" now??? 8?) (...) Well in this case, I just hung around taking photos from outside the barriers, and Andy saw me and invited me up! I've had not so pleasant experiences asking other crane drivers (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Me too! I think rubberbands are other of those few items that can be substituted with non-Lego materials... anyway, the only difference (I think) is where the rubberband (or string in this case) was manufactured. And Ross, about the steel rod (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Nice crane Ross, I'll have to update my webpage to say that it is practical to get a three section boom at 4 studs wide. It's great that you got good reference photos, I'm still not quite gallous enough to ask people if I can take photos of that (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Hi Ross, many compliment, your allterraincrane are fantastic!To times it is more difficult to construct great small models rather than! Now I must wait for, I wanted to publish the new BIGFOOT!;-))))) Obviously I am joking!!! P.S. You know that my (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Agreed! (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I don't want to go into *that* argument, but I feel string is one of those few items that's perfectly acceptable to substitute with non-LEGO materials :-) (...) No problemo. I highlighted your post last week, but couldn't reply then (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Hmmm. I didnt even try that - just chose the grey cos it looked more like the steel of your average hydraulic ram 8?) Might try a red one too.... I actually thought about getting a steel rod & inserting into a plastic sleeve - (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) lifting cylinder. I know the excessiving bending of the axle is a little unsightly. Have you tried other axles? Are the black axles more stiff than the gray ones? I know that's a dumb question, and I should probably know the answer. But I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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