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(...) Can I take the this oppertunity to confirm the damage done to Moc's during travel, it certainly makes you think when it comes to the building stage now. Chassis tend to be ok but cosmetic parts tend to come a cropper. Strangely my tank (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oddly enough, the size of the wheels (at least in diameter if not wideness) is perfect for the Technic figures; the scale of the wheels relative to the real truck wheels is 1:20, which means the Technic figures are exactly 6 feet high. At (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It is indeed, although I have made quite a few changes to it since then to toughen it up as well as many cosmetic details. The train journeys to and from that meeting as well as several others with the truck in a carrier bag prove very (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Like most things, there are several variations on the hooklift theme - for example, the "Light Duty Hoist" at this URL does not have a boom locking mechanism; the skip length is small enough to allow both tipping and loading to be achieved by (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Have you somehow learned to bend yourself and not the spoon? Sorry, saw The Matrix recently, again. How impressive your models might seem, I find myself even more impressed when I think of all the hours you have put into that amazing truck and (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) There is indeed - for proof, check out the "towing" video in the skip loading section where the truck executes several maneouvers involving full lock turns :-) Jennifer (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) John Barnes, who frequently posts on lugnet.robotics, is responsible for the design of the remote control. Hopefully he'll come onto this thread to respond, but if not you can email him at barnes@sensors.com Jennifer (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! Even if I can't model the real thing exactly, I try to put the parts that are semi-equivalent in similar places to achieve some of the more subtle visual and mechanical (such as weight and centre of gravity) effects of the real thing. (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I think this must be the most beautiful creation yet. The scale is perfect (well, if the driver is Andre the Giant. Why can't the lego figures and wheels relative scale be more realistic). In the past I made reasonable facsimile's of the Skid Loader (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A small observation: These skip lorries are the same as those used to pick up an enclosed version of the skip used at my local tip. While waiting in the heinous queue to throw away some hedge trimmings I have often watched them pick up and (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I also found that almost all pieces I bought in the last 3 years have less grip than my 10 years old pieces before dark age. Everything from 1x1 plate to gears. The 16t gear in particular shown significent difference. With a new 16t I can plug (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree with that one. The old half bushings, the ones with a full cross axle hole, were actually quite loose, in my opinion. The later ones, with a "time glass shaped" hole, were tighter. Then came the third type, without the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ... Brilliant, as always... is this the same truck you'd posted before (pics from a UK meeting)? (I only remember the colour scheme was the same). If it is, at least we get to see lots of great photos of it now... couldn't appreciate the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) were tighter than the newer ones, which is sometimes desirable. They probably changed them for the same reason they changed the friction pins...too hard to remove from constructions. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was only thinking on Monday what a great idea a really realistic 8 wheeler lorry would be and there you are today putting up info about your superb MOC. I haven't gone through all the stuff in detail (I am at work after all) but I am, as (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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Most impressive! Very realistic and completely functional. I'm even more impressed that you took the time to present and completely explain every detail. I do have one question, though. On the steering of the second set of front wheels, the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, Excellent model...when do you start work at LEGO designing their kits!!! I also want to know how I can get a hold of one of those remote control kits? ===== Steven B. Combs, M.S.,C.I.T. Associate Professor / Instructional Technologist Ivy (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I just watched the videos and the DAT files: really impressive! The chassis is just packed with gears. I really like the way you positionned the motors in the chassis. I need to lean to slow down when building my models. I get about half-way done, (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks Olivier, stickers were something I had avoided in the past but I am now a firm convert to their use, at least for permanent models, and I have no intention of breaking this one down! I thought the hook lift army truck on your web site (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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MARRY ME! ..... altho, I need to figure out what to do with my current wife. Tom Heverly (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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