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Well, with all the fuss over the Droid Escape, I decided to buy a few, and seeing how everyone else was coming up with all these nifty things to use the cylinder bits for, I figured I may as well add to the melee. A while back someone in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks a lot Ross, I thought I was immune from more purchases... Ralph (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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That might well be the closest yet to come to a grader blade. Although I would prefer it if it didn't have those nasty-looking ridges made by the studs and plates that help fit them together. Should be fairly simple to make one, a 90o curve isn't (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Attaching it to the grader is left as an exercise for the reader 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Actually, if you've ever watched a grader in real life you'll know why I want it to be one piece. Road graders commonly perform a process known as 'drilling', or rolling the dirt in front of the grader to one side. Essentially, what happens is that (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Yeah, I knew what you meant, that's why I said "its not perfect" in the original post. It'd be nifty if the ridges were on the outside, but then the pod would look a bit silly, and the ribs would scrape the ground below the blade. I still think it (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Are you planning to make an actual WORKING model then? Steve Lane (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Only if TLG comes up with a suitable piece. And by that time, I suspect they'll also have a model to go with it, thus beating me to the point. But if they don't, then maybe I'll have a chance. :-) I've already got two 8462's, so there's some of the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about a homebrew one? I believe it is possible to get fairly thick "plastic card" which can be heated in the oven and moulded - I think this is a technique used by those who scratch build scale models of various types. It won't be pure but (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Among my myriad talents I'm also an occasional scratch builder. I've recently made a circular housing by wrapping a flexible strip of plasticard around a circular former secured by an elastic band and then throwing it into a sink full of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3AD307BC.BACE4F...h.ac.uk... (...) is a (...) It (...) Hmm - there was that plastic stuff that you could bend and deform in high school classes - I think it was some variant of (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The oven seems to work well too from what I remember, and I'm sure it fitted the mould rather well after being roasted for a while. I have no idea if this is proper procedure, however. Jennifer Clark (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Indeed, or even carve the molds from wood. I think the most difficult bit would be making attachment points for the Technic pieces, although it may be possible to glue pieces of standard parts onto it for this purpose. (...) Well, for sure, if (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Jennifer, you are a total nerd. Lego, Star Trek, the whole package. Why didn't I meet you before I got married. Life is so unfair sometimes :( (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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