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In lugnet.starwars, Allister McLaren writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Matthew Jeffery writes:
> > Hi- I am still a bit dazed and stunned by a revelation about the new
> > hailfire droid:
> >
> > look at this picture here, before you read the message:
> > http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp
> > image=http://www.rebelscum.com/toys/lego4481a.jpg
> >
> >
> > Now, this is the cause of my shock and amazement:
> > This model has the largest part ever made in lego!
> > Take a look at the parts holding the wheels on.
> > they are "J" beams. 1/3 of the diameter (maybe less!) of the wheel.
> > J beams are 7cm/10studs long!!! THESE WHEELS HAVE A DIAMETER OF
> > 21cm/30studs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > eep...oorg...aiee...
>
>
> I saw this picture the other day, but I didn't look all that closely and
> didn't realise it was technic scale. Those wheels are fairly large, although
> the actual size is difficult to guage from that angle.
>
> > csues em whlie I revocer...
> >
> > also, they are roughly 1/4 of the width of the wheel-
> > that makes the wheels 4 studs, or 3cm, wide!
> > They're gears, Jim, but not as we know 'em.
>
> Actually if you look at the mounting frame at the front of the wheel I'd say
> it's more like three studs wide. The outer tread pitch is much larger than a
> standard technic gear. However if you look to the rear of the right hand
> wheel, it looks like there are standard teeth running around the inside of
> the wheel, which opens up some interesting possibilities.
Interesting, allright! I'm thinking, Supersize turntables, here we come!!!
(you can see, on the right hand rear support, that a 14t gear is used to
drive the wheel (or maybe the wheel drives it...)
> The impression I get having now looked at this model closely is 'Star Wars
> Bionicle' (but bionicle in a good way - if that's possible)
Same thought I got when I looked at the original battle droid and destroyer
droids...
> > -Matt, still not quite recovered from the shock...
> > Creator of the fastest off-roader using the mindstorm.
>
> PPOR. :^)
>
> Cheers,
> Allister
-Matt
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