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| (...) I like what you've done with the front corner of the cab. I'd thought about using that part myself as it cures the unsightly holes in stacked macaroni corner pieces. I've not got around to building a truck yet so I haven't been able to use it. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hello, since last time, things has changed, and I've been busy with work. Well, now I have found some time to build something, and here (URL) one of my current models are photographed. enjoy jt (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) The 45982 tire (the big ones on the Backhoe) seems to be the correct shape, and about same size as the 8880 tires. Get them and you don't need the caterpillar tracks. BTW, that Bimba piston should allow us to make a fully pneumatic crane (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) They are pneumatic lines. You might actually have some, depending on what sets you have. They can be used as bars, tubes for flex cables or just decoration. (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) What are those round tubes that you connect pneumatic hoses to to extend them? I don't recognize the piece... >> Mark (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Jennifer. Yes, they are caterpillar tracks. The 8880 tires were not the correct shape to be telehandler tires, and wrapping the tracks around them was the only way to make them taller and narrower. I think real ones are 4-5ft in diameter. I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Dennis, Thank you for your nice comment to my truck, and thank you for posting it on (URL). They have not yet asked to buy the model, but it suits theyre office very well. But its hard to set at price on the model, it is hard to collect all (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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| "Nathan Bell" <Radarbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I6rIn0.qMs@lugnet.com... (...) I like the way the pneumatic hoses on the boom fold away. Also, is that caterpillar tracks wrapped round the tyres? Jennifer (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| I'm not saying that using indie front suspension is bad, In fact, I'd love to see more lego trucks with suspension. BTW, sorry for opening this pandora's box, (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) May I ask why is this bad? They probably modelled the suspension after some real sets which saved them a lot of brain juice. And I think there are real trucks (actually buses) that use independent front suspension. Keith (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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