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Re: Yet Another Technic Creation
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Wed, 2 May 2001 20:41:06 GMT
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Hi Tobbe,
> Have you somehow learned to bend yourself and not the spoon? Sorry,
> saw The Matrix recently, again.
Funny, but there may be some truth in this - you know these problems you
come across that require days or even weeks of thought to solve, and then
the solution just seems to pop into your head in an instant? I suppose in
a mental way your mind really does bend itself rather than the spoon when
this happens, at least it certainly feels that way :-)
> When I build longer projects I always end up sidetracked and with my
> head full of ideas for other projects, what's your secret? How do you
> keep focused and motivated?
Probably just by being a bit of a headcase. One thing that does keep me
going is that I usually have a very strong mental image of the final
result I would like to achieve, and I am also not averse to leaving the
project for a while and coming back to it if I am stuck. For example,
when making the telescopic boom section of this truck I ran out of ideas
how to solve it, so I went off and did some other stuff including
building the Power Puller, and the sled on this provided the inspiration
needed.
Also having enough parts to muck about with while a model is halfway
through being built is a good way to avoid breaking it down for other
projects.
> I hope to finish my own building area so that I can keep my LEGO out
> all the time, so that I can build when I feel like w/o having to spend
> half an hour taking all the bins and tackle boxes out.
Here is another funny thing: sometimes I find that the best thing to do
is to pack away all the Lego into a cupboard, even if it is just
overnight. I often find that starting afresh on a clean table can provide
the greatest inspiration of all, akin clearing out the cobwebs of your
mind as it were.
> Are you really serious about keeping four 9V motors, lot's of red
> pieces, eight (!) 8446 wheels AND that awesome radiocontrol on the
> shelf and not sorted into their bins ready for the next project? Are
> you nuts or just having trouble with spending your money quick enough?
It's worse than that, there are three 9V motors and two micromotors, and
I do intend keeping it together for posterity. It won't be sitting on a
shelf though, in common with the skid steer loader and excavator these
models are built to play with :-)
At the end of the day there is just too much soul put into these models
to think about breaking them down... the cost of the components compared
to the effort put into building them is miniscule.
Jennifer
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| Wow...very impressive model there! It combines the great looks of the Model Team series with the functionality of Technic to create an outstanding fusion of the two...great work! The website is also very informative and well-constructed... (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Jennifer 8) (...) Yep, I know the one. Love it when it happens, I usually smack my forehead and get somewhat mad at myself when I was so blind a second ago. Then I relize my new thought wont work either so my feelings go like a (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I've had this happen to be and it has left me strangely dissapointed because the idea's popped into my head it kinda feels that 'I' didn't come up with it, you have no way of tracing how you came up with the solution, it just appears in your (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Have you somehow learned to bend yourself and not the spoon? Sorry, saw The Matrix recently, again. How impressive your models might seem, I find myself even more impressed when I think of all the hours you have put into that amazing truck and (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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