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Re: New angled beam
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:11:18 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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> > Well, lots of modern cars have metallic looking plastic rimcaps (?), so
> > they're not too far off.
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> Are you talking about the so called "alloy" wheels?
Yeah, I was talking about the ones used in, say, 8446 and 8462. Even if
I've never seen exact duplicates of those on real cars, I have seen
things that are similar enough that I think they're fairly realistic.
Fredrik Glöckner felt they were 'kinda cheesy'. Was that because they
look like metal but they're not, Fredrik? Because actually, lots of
modern real life (as in non-lego, the kind of things that some non-abs
people drive to work in) cars have similar looks-like-metal-but-it's-not
rimcaps. (Are those things called rimcaps?)
Regards,
Johannes.
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 | | general rambling (was: New angled beam)
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| (...) Well, the few cars that do have rims like that (with very few towtrucks among them) look cheesy, too. As an example, try the 2nd, 3rd, and last pictures on this page: (URL) with the semi-fitting 8880 rubber, those rims are a good imitation of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: New angled beam
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| (...) Well, yes. And they're a tad bit overdone, in my opinion. The 1998 low profile wheels, as in 8428 and 8462, look pretty good as motorcycle wheels, but for a car, they look quite odd, I think. But as you say, they try to look like alloy wheels, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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| (...) Are you talking about the so called "alloy" wheels? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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