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In lugnet.technic, Jeffrey Driscoll writes: Never heard on one. Please give more details. Ron (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Howdy, this is my first time seriously pursueing any sort of continuing project with technic, and boy are my skills suffering. :) Anyway, I've been tooling around the web ordering parts, etc, and stumbled here. I'd like a little feedback if you (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) if (...) I know exactly what you mean! That's half the fun of Lego though.... (...) As mentioned on the site, I feel that the rubber bands spoil the purity of the mud guard solution (oh dear, Lego really is getting to my head...), but hard as (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I can fully empathise with those weeks spent getting things right - it is as if the model is sitting there teasing you, telling you that there is a way to get things working correctly, it's just that you haven't found it... yet. The (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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O boy , do we get all the old stuff here in Europe :( I just bought mine 3 weeks ago and today one spring broke and the other one already has little pieces of black plastic inside them. Now lets see how good costumer support is here. Koen (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Whoops, sorry. I thought you were talking about the flexible rubber axels that that showed up in 8448. I didn't know about the ones in the ZNap pictures later in this thread. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) "Travis Cobbs" (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G2Lotr.DHK@lugnet.com... (...) Here is a picture of 2 pieces: (URL) Jason Reljac <jason@reljac.com> wrote in message (...) At least 180 degrees, the more you flex the greater the rotational (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) From some of my Znap auction pictures: (2 URLs) Brett Carver brett_carver@agilent.com (707) 577-4344 (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Does someone have a picture of these flex axles some place? Jason Reljac <jason@reljac.com> wrote in message news:G2Lo47.BJw@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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They flex quite a lot. They are made out of stiff rubber. They come in various lengths, although I'm not sure what all those lengths are. I pulled one off my supercar mk 2, and it is 14 studs long. This one is easily capable of being bent to form a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I was looking at getting some flex axles but I was wondering... How much do they 'flex'? and How long are they? Thanks, Jason (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I kept the scale as near to possible correct by digging out all the dimensions of the real car and then scaling with respect to the 8448 wheels. I've got 12 years worth of Autocar magazine (I am a car nut as well as Lego nut...) to refer to! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) It just felt so right. Attention to detail The scaling Doing a good job of difficult curves. You also managed to get a working transmission into that tight space (thanks for the hints there) And I like the blending of technic and bricks. To (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Jennifer's comment prompted me to add an extra photo. You guessed it, a close up of a front mud guard with a front wheel removed. This makes it clearer how I solved this slightly tricky problem. Neil (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) It's about a year now since I got my 8448, my first Lego set of any kind since the late eighties. I feel it has taken me all of this time to truly get to grips with using the new parts that have come along in this period, but I am of the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Lawrence, I feel truly honoured! Thanks for the comments so far, keep them coming. Neil (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Simply the best Lego car model on the net. Nuff said. regards lawrence (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Here is a picture of the Ferrari posed in the same position as the 8448 picture. Almost perfect. The tail is a little closer to the Camaro's spoiler, but I'll admit defeat. (...) mag (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) [...] (...) Gotta "me too" this one. Excellent detailed use of new parts, new gears and even Throwbot parts. Truly excellent. as evah, John C. (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Wave your hand in front of a monitor or TV screen. Same effect. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)
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