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Re: Too much crane?
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:55:42 GMT
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Hi Shiri,
Thanks for the reply! The problem with the corrugated tubes was finding a
way of attaching them to traditional bricks in a seamless way. Usually an
axle joiner and pin or similar is required, which works great in the normal
technic style but tends to break up lines on a model team style model. The
only practical way I could think of in this context was to put a technic
axle pin into the tube and then the other half of the pin into an upside
down brick. The reason for using an axle pin was that the raised part in the
middle is smaller than that on a standard pin, and therefore provided a less
obvious join.
No doubt this is bread and butter stuff to space guys, but there was a lot
of other funny stuff going on in the front of both cabs, with things at 1/2
stud offsets, sitting sideways and who knows what else. Doing it is one
thing, but doing it in a way that it won't fall apart when someone breathes
near the model was another! I'd be keen to hear if anyone can think of
others ways to approach this problem.
> it also looks lovely in the bargain (which is more than can be said
> about a lot of real-life cranes!).
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-) Some modern cranes are fantastic
looking machines, in my opinion the German ones are generally the best in
this area with US mobile cranes looking more utilitarian. Again it is the
odd situation where pure mechanical function dictates form and the machine
ends up looking remarkably elegant, I suppose this is akin to nature in many
ways.
Jennifer
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| (...) Wow, I think I actually understood that. <grin> Is that the pin that actually has a stud-like top? I remember a piece like that from the big airplane I had (a black and yellow one, I'm sure you guys know the numbers by heart just like I can (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I'm not doing anything like that on my current project's cab, but I'm 95% certain that I'm gonna break the habit of a life time and modify a part. What I'm thinking of doing is splicing two windscreens together from the Racing truck to form a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hi Jennifer! First off let me say - I've heard about you, but this is the first time I've ever seen one of your creations. Technic isn't the apple of my eye; I'm not crazy about the pure mechanics with no aesthetics. But I love model team and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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