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Re: DEMAG crane
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lugnet.modelteam
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 23:39:03 GMT
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In lugnet.modelteam, Beat Felber writes:
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> Based on the 26 studs which are 3.0 meters in reality, I calculated the
> other dimensions, with a scale of 1 to 14.4. This means that the wheels are
> just about 90% of the size they should have, but this results in some
> advantages. A Lego model needs more space for the wheels to realize a
> steering mechanism because the turning axle is not within the wheel but
> quite a bit outside. This results in a bigger area, a wheel is moving on
> during steering.
Great minds think alike (or fools seldom differ? :-)
I had very similar thoughts when building the latest crane, and indeed it is
slightly wider than it should be too. I'm not at all averse to fudging the
dimensions in this manner as long as the result looks ok, and to be honest I
think it looks better a little wider.
Sometimes I find that copying the dimensions exactly leads to an odd looking
model, and I actually have to exaggerate or underplay a dimension to make
the model look "right". I think this has to do with the fact that with lego
you are often making a caricature rather than a true representation, at
least at 1:20 scale anyway.
Jennifer
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| Sometimes I also deviate from my scale. When I build a model it occurs that e.g. the front overhang doesn’t look well when I build it on scale. Than I make it 1 stud longer. The same concerns axle distances. But mostimes I try to build everything on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| (...) Hi Dennis First I want to say you that you are very lucky. Currently I don't have much time for my hobby and internet, because there is much work to do for my studies. But normally, I take an hour after weekends to have a look what's new on (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.modelteam)
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