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Beat,
My first reaction: WOW!!
This really is a masterpiece and it is …. HUGE!
I just saw the images of the complete model, but now I’m scrolling through the
rest of it. And while I type this sentence I haven’t seen all jet. But I ask you
some questions when I see something.
If I’m right, the motors of the driving mechanism are shown
here.
How is it possible to drive the model? I mean, when it’s huge, it’s also very
heavy :) And why did you use belts?
The idea of using bearings for the turntable looks a well solution. I saw many
attempts. The only problems is your model has to be big to create enough room to
house it. The ring is very
smart by using Technic bricks :)
The interior is very well
detailed. Did you had any photos of it? I can imagine it’s hard to find any info
about such machinery, but while you very into mining equipment you may have your
contacts. I always like it when people put a lot of time in the inside of a
model. Most times they only pay attention to the exterior. Then a model a model
isn’t finished is my opinion. I also saw you used a
large gear. I guess it’s
quite an old piece. Hopefully I can find some on Bricklink while I’ve plans to
build a Menck M154. I didn’t knew such pieces exist. Thanks for showing it :)
On such a huge model you can use the
motor cycle wheels. It’s
only a shame they’re white, but does it bother it anyway? The idea of the end
fittings of the ropes is well found!
The mast looks very sturdy. When the gantry is rather high placed it shouldn’t
be any problem to luff it. Very nice to show on modelshows!! (any idea of
showning it and demonstrate it during the Modelshow Europe???).
Or this the large gear
non-LEGO?!?!? Haven’t seen those white ones before neither :(
The decals looks very
professional. Did you made them yourself?
It’s amazing! It’s huge! It’s one of a kind! No-one has something like this! I
always like seeying models which are very complex to build.
And the old-style CAT looks very well!
I just send the link to the people of the HHCMC. I’m the
treasurer of the club. Four times a year we make our own club magazine. Because
the club exist 10 years next year, someone had the idea to make four ‘specials’.
One of those specials will be a ‘LEGO special’. Because your model is so
special, I would like to know you would like to cooperate. If other enthausiast
has some very interesting heavy equipment built of LEGO and they like the idea
as well, just send me an e-mail. Maybe Jennifer would like to see her DEMAG in
our magazine? Everyone liked it during the Modelshow Europe. So Beat, just let
me know if you would like to visit the show :)
Dennis Bosman
In lugnet.technic, Beat Felber wrote:
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Hello all
You may believe it or not - I finally managed to finish work on my newest
webpage update. After more than a year, ‘Engineering with ABS’ features new
MOCs and new building hints.
So, what’s new in detail?
The first MOC I am proud to announce is a 1 / 28 scale model of the famous
Mountaineer, a stripping shovel built by the Marion Power Shovel Company in
1956. http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b/mountain.htm This model is fully
functional: working hoist and crowd mechanism, swing drive, bottom dump
bucket and an elevator for the crew, passing the turntable. Read the full
story under the above mentioned link.
The second MOC is a Caterpillar D8 with Cable Operated Blade. It’s in the
same scale as the Mountaineer and was built to show the huge dimensions of
stripping shovels in reality. http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b/catd8.htm
In the Building Hints section I added a page about sliding doors. This
because I developed a new construction first used on the Mountaineer.
http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b/sdoors.htm
Finally, I slightly changed the overall layout of my homepage to increase
readability. Hope you like it.
So have a look at http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b and let me know what you
think...
Greetings from Switzerland
Beat
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