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Re: Back from a road trip...
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Thu, 17 May 2001 07:51:23 GMT
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The truck definitely has that off world look to it. The sun roof use of the
artic base wall is great. I'll file it under; "I wish I would have thunk of
that!" What does the trailer look like or should I call it a cargo module?
It is an excellent concept......
Gabe
"J.D. Forinash" <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message
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> [Y'all haven't seen any MOCs from me in a while-- tying up classes last • term
> and then taking a road trip left little time for Lego. But it didn't take
> long as soon as I got back. ]
>
>
> Our exploration patrol went off without a hitch, and I'll have some • pictures
> up as soon as they're declassified by the Colonial Intelligence [read: • when
> I've built stuff...] Meantime, I decided to bring you some pictures of
> another project from the Colonies.
>
> While air-going shuttles seem to be common in the Core, industry in the
> Colonies just isn't strong enough to support that kind of construction
> yet-- but what they can do is build roads. After all, that technology
> has been around since the days of the Roman Empire. And so, to get stuff
> from point A to point B, we don't fly it-- we drive it. This particular
> vehicle would probably be called a "Semi Truck", or an "Articulated
> Lorry" if you're from one of the worlds colonized by the New British
> Empire. This is the front half, called a "tractor" back in the day. Take
> a look at it here:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4543
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> While this truck shares many visual components with its 20th century
> counterparts, they're only visual. This vehicle does not burn fossil
> fuels, and the objects that look like a grille and smokestacks are
> air intake and heat output modules, but otherwise clean. It does turn
> out that by coincidence alone the truck-to-truck communications actually
> use the same radio bandwidth of the old "CB"-- that's why the antennas
> look the same length.
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> An early model would be a "sleeper cab"-- a bunk area behind the main
> crew area. In this case, the bunk area is above and forward of the crew.
> It's not huge, but it lets the second trucker get his 40 winks in.
>
> [Builder's Note: The truck comes from two things. One, we all love
> the arctic base wall and I wondered how else it could be used-- turns
> out it makes a magnificent sunroof! It was _designed_ for SNOT use; check
> it out for yourself. I noted the Rock Raider chassis in the same bin of
> "parts too large to sort" and started futzing.
>
> Second, having just spent nine days on the road putting 3,000 miles on
> my truck, I saw a _lot_ of semis. I must have had semi on the brain.
> The other thing I was likely to wind up with was an oil extractor; I
> drove through Texas...
>
> After scanning through LUGnet and noticing the discussion on doors and
> hatches popped up, I hate to admit that this vehicle doesn't have one yet. • :)
>
> Photographer's note: Sorry, the pictures I generate still suck. I tried
> to clean up the lighting some, but it seems a Mag-Lite is not the right
> answer. :) I think the right answer is liable to be "get thee a digital
> camera" :) ]
>
> If I can clean up the pictures some I'll drop a note over to Paul to
> enter it into the non-violent contest (though you know how those
> truckers can be...).
>
> -JDF
> --
> J.D. Forinash ,-.
> foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
> The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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