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Subject: 
Cranes at Brickfest PDX
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam
Date: 
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:32:29 GMT
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There was a table devoted entirely to cranes at Brickfest PDX!
It was a great display, totaling 5 cranes with a combined boom length
of over 25 feet :-) There was also a pneumatic powered excavator on
display with the cranes. It was great!





more pics here
(thanks to Kelly McKiernan and the Brickfest team for this page)

Ross Crawford came all the way from Down Under to show off his 3 minifig
scale cranes. Bob Kojima impressed just about everyone with his 12’ tall
monster. And, yours truly presented a new crane MOC.

I will post more details later (including other Technic, Modelteam, and
Mindstorms stuff) as soon as I can sort through the +650 pictures I took
at the ‘fest.

-TJ



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Cranes at Brickfest PDX
 
(...) That Excavator was built by an 11 year old, by the way. He's local to Portland, had never been to a fest. His dad contacted me after hearing about it and we talked through what there would be to do and so forth, I think he and his son had a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
  Re: Cranes at Brickfest PDX
 
i had a really great time at Brickfest PDX. i saw some very impressive mocs, but i got to say that the crane table was the best. those space and train guys don't know what they are missing. i have placed my pics here: (URL) i really have not had (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.events.brickfest)
  Re: Cranes at Brickfest PDX
 
(...) I only have around 120 pics, I'll upload them when I get home. With a couple of serious cranes, we really had the crowd ooohing and ahhhing - Bob even managed to do a quick mod to run a straight boom for Sunday. And that excavator was awesome! (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)

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