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Hello, I've never tried this before, so could anyone give me some tip about making a scale model in Lego of an actual car? I have pictures, movies, games, and lots of other info about the car, but don't know where to start and what I have to look (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) First, pick which wheels you want to use. Since LEGO has a limited number of wheels to choose from, the wheels you pick will set the scale for your model. Next, I try to find an exact side view of the car. Front, back, and top views also help (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Like Bram said, choose wheels first so you have the scale. Then if it's a more Technic then Modelteam car build the chassis as small as possible and a layer of details as the last thing you do. Sometimes you've already decided on scale (1:20 (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Ok, now I've found some sites that have pictures of the actual car I want to build a model of. Here you can see some pictures from when they constructed the car: (URL) you can see some details from the car: (URL) you all see on the pictures, the car (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Where did you get all those gold pieces? - David (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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My dream is making K.I.T.T. (Pontiac TransAm) from Knight Rider in various scales. For example 6 wide car, 1/18 scale and Technic Supercar 8880 scale. Wouldn't it be cool ?! Michael (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just want to agree. If you can, try to find as much pictures as you can, auto magazines are quite good source, car retailers sometimes offer quite exact sketche (It of course won't help if you're trying to build 1912 bugatti or military (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) He did not, look here: (URL) and _dirty_ translation (I don't speak Norwegian): "Il Tempo Gigante built in LEGO The professional LEGO builder Jesper Nielsen has made a prototype of Il Tempo Gigante in bricks Since he was a boy, Jesper Nielsen (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H69yzJ.2or@lugnet.com... (...) Tempo (...) Prix (...) for (...) to (...) model. For (...) moves (...) the car (...) build." (...) The translation is good, but the source page is not (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool, I had no idea I could translate Danish :) Must be 'cause I mostly hear it spoken and I can hardly hear what they say. Same goes with sothern Swedes (Skåningar). (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You're right: danish must be the most mumbled language in the world.... Duq "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H6Bsos.JpL@lugnet.com... (...) hear it (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I work in a Nordic company, and my experience is that people from Norway have an advatage when speaking in Scandinavian forums: They can understand both Swedish and Danish. Danes, on the other hand, can usually not understand the other (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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