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Re: Fredrik's Loader
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 6 Feb 2000 19:41:26 GMT
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> > This is just for Fredrik, and anyone else who wants to know. I built
> > Fredrik's loader and have some pictures on my site. It is not exactly • the
> > same one, but who cares. It is at http://www.lcs.net/users/oglewood/
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> Way cool! The Rock Raiders wheels look great on the all-black body.
> Are they wheels plastic, or do they have a rubber tread? If they are
> plastic, then they may lack a bit traction, but I'm sure it works well
> on a carpet, say.
The wheels are plasic. I made a drivable car with them and it slid all
around the floor.
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> I'm impressed that you managed to build it from my poor instructions.
> I've been thinking about redoing the instructions for a while, but
> I've been busy building new models in stead! :-) And now that John
> Jensen has drawn the bucket in LDraw, all the parts for this vehicle
> are soon official, so I don't have any reasons not to redo the
> instructions anymore.
I usually build instructions from Ldraw. I step throught the model peice by
peice until it is done.
> It's also cool to see from your images that you've used the lift and
> tilt functions of the bucket. I spent two evenings tinkering with a
> "draft" for this model before I figured out how to get both functions
> so easily available in such a small space. It was also hard to get
> the bucket to stay at the same angle when lifting it.
I love how you did the tilt. I had tried to do it before, but had the same
problem as you, kepeing the bucket at the same angle.
> You've probably also noticed a "dirty fact" about this model: If you
> turn the top steering wheel one way, the central steering turns the
> opposite way! So steering this model around takes some time getting
> used to. To be honest, I didn't notice this fault myself until the
> model was complete, and I couldn't figure out how to fix the problem
> without adding much more structure, which would look bad.
So the model isn't perfect :)
> I've added a link to your model from my page here:
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> http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/loader/
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> I was very happy to see that you built my model, Adam!
Thanks
> Fredrik
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