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Re: 2001 Model
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:26:57 GMT
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After "operating" my tow truck for a few minutes, I noticed a few similar
limitations. My mods included:
-adding a second pneumatic piston to raise/lower the lifting frame.
-better steering (tighter turning radius).
-stronger crane arm / motorized hook operation.
Sorry, no pics, and the model has been taken apart a while back.
BTW, I had the same slippage problems on my space shuttle, even after
undoing/redoing all the rubber belts assemblies a few times. Maybe the
problem is not in the model, but in the builder = :-0
"Improving" an official Lego model is a good way to keep them interesting
longer (to me at least...)
Thanks,
Olivier
"Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message
news:GAzDDz.7ux@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Steven Combs writes:
>
> > With the tow truck
> > and the shuttle, people look at it and are impressed, but when you show • them
> > what they can do, the wow factor really kicks in
>
> I've recently bought both, second hand, built up, but I must say I'm not
> impressed with either. Don't get me wrong, the sets are brilliant, for
> parts. but when I came to play ( I mean operate, 25 year olds don't
> play)with them I soon lost interest.
>
> I had a truck already built up in the scale of the tow truck. I seated the
> front wheels into the wreckers rear lifting frame(spectacle lift).Would it
> then raise my truck? would it heck as like. I had to shift the mounting of
> the pneumatic tube back towards the rear, reducing range of movement but
> increasing power. It was still too weak to lift my truck so I attached the
> crane hook to the frame. By using full pneumatic power and cranking the
> crane/winch and in the process bending the crane mounting I just managed • to
> lift the truck! what use is a wrecker that can't lift? I ended up turning
> the truck round and hoisting it up from the rear. Without the heavy cab • the
> wrecker managed to support the rear end and finally tow my truck. When I • get
> round to building a mobile crane it won't just lift one end of a • truck(half
> the weight) it'll lift the whole thing clear of the ground and more. Less
> than one hour after looking at it, it had been reduced to it's component • parts.
>
> And as far as the space shuttle goes after seeing it's nifty functions • once
> or twice I soon got board of that as well (especially as all it's drive
> belts slipped). Both model have now donated their parts into my latest
> creation which will work a heck of a lot better than the wrecker designed • by
> Lego.
>
> My basic point is I much prefer building working models of the prototypes • I
> choose, which is what I think Lego should be all about.
>
> Steven Lane
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 2001 Model
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| How many people have both the Technic Recovery Truck AND!! the Shuttle their must be loads of us :-) Steve (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: 2001 Model
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| I agree. I am not sure who coined the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" but as my old QC instructor use to say, "if it ain't broke, how do we make it BETTER!" That should be the goal of every Lego fan. After all, this is how we learn and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 2001 Model
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| (...) I've recently bought both, second hand, built up, but I must say I'm not impressed with either. Don't get me wrong, the sets are brilliant, for parts. but when I came to play ( I mean operate, 25 year olds don't play)with them I soon lost (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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