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First off, let me say WOW! That is one impressive model!! But I have a few questions: What problems did you run into when trying to put pneumatics into it? If I read the website correctly, trying this approach was abandoned early on mainly because (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Wow...very impressive model there! It combines the great looks of the Model Team series with the functionality of Technic to create an outstanding fusion of the two...great work! The website is also very informative and well-constructed... (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Speaking of truck operation, one of the annoying things about the loading and tipping functions are that if you don't stop the motors at the endpoints, the gears end up getting stripped of their teeth. Having a belt driven section to allow (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Tobbe, (...) Funny, but there may be some truth in this - you know these problems you come across that require days or even weeks of thought to solve, and then the solution just seems to pop into your head in an instant? I suppose in a mental way (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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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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