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Re: JCB JS220 Excavator
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:52:43 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
> 
> It's so obvious from reading your description, looking at the photos and
> watching the movies that this MOC is fully developed. There is not much that can
> be done to improve on it! The flaws of the model is mostly in the limits of the
> brick, such as the somewhat digital behaviour of the pneumatic system. Still,
> the model is so well tuned with speed vs. performance that it can be driven
> smoothly - even under load!

Thanks for those comments Tobbe, they are well received since this balance and
tuning of which you speak was the main thing I was aiming for with this model. I
wanted it to be robust as well, and indeed even after I thought I had completed
it back in April, when I exhibited it at the Modelshow Europe in Geldermalsen
flaws were still being exposed, in that case the slewing mechanism became less
efficient after a day being operated by the visitors. The improvements I made
after this made the slewing more efficient as well as more robust, and
incremental improvements have been made in a Darwinian fashion like this ever
since.


> Watching the "dig a hole"-movie is an eye-opener. Can a MOC out of LEGO really
> be *that* realistic!? Sure, the person that drives it in the movie hits the
> sticks in the wrong way a few times

That'll be me. It's not so easy when the camera is rolling :-)

Jennifer



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  Re: JCB JS220 Excavator
 
(...) Despite the fact that you have amazed me to a great extent at no less then five different occations - I'm stunned! This exceeds anything I've ever seen done in the field of Technic/Modelteam previously - really! It pushes the envelope of LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)

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