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Re: super cars
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:42:57 GMT
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> writes:
> To be honest, I think the only really viable bodywork for those
> cars is the type on the 8448; anything else just does not look the
> part IMHO.
I think that one could make a brick-based body for an 8448-sized car
-- there are many who have done so and put them on the web and some of
them look great. But the vast number of parts needed makes such a
vehicle more or less unplayable. Virtually no kind of LEGO-based
suspension can cope with such a weight and still work realistically.
I'd say that the kind of body one wants to implement depends on what
kind of vehicle one wants to make. If you're aiming for one which
looks great on the shelf, and even has lots of technical functions,
you can go for the brick based body. But for a car which is actually
playable, it needs to have a lighter 8448 style body.
Those are my opinions, anyway. I've tried both paths, and found it
challenging to build both kinds of cars. The one with a full body
built out of ordinary bricks probably look more impressive on the
shelf.
Fredrik
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| (...) That is very true, I had forgotten about that approach, and you are right, some of them do look great, for example, the Fiat on your web site really captures the correct look. In a similar but different way, the old Technic motorbike also (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I remember that too, and remember thinking it looked pretty dodgy. I tried to make a similar type of body for the 8860 at the time, which looked equally dodgy. To be honest, I think the only really viable bodywork for those cars is the type on (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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