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Re: Too much crane?
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 20:37:34 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> 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.
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 tell you what the Guarded Inn is without blinking. ;-)
> 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!
Ahh, yes. I know this from the mechas my boyfriend Chris builds. He goes
nuts with all the SNOT, and I love offsetting things by 1/2 a stud myself. I
can't get enough of those "1x2 tiles w/center stud" parts. ;-) He gave me
one small mech once and it fell apart every time I knocked into my bureau!
By the end of the year it was smashed in pieces and I couldn't figure out
how to put it back. Ugh!
> I'd be keen to hear if anyone can think of
> others ways to approach this problem.
Hmm, I think you'd see lots of great ideas in the .build.mecha group...
trust me, it's an eye-opener to go read some "foreign" newsgroup once in a
while. You'd think we're different worlds rather than different parts of the
same hobby!
> > it also looks lovely in the bargain (which is more than can be said
> > about a lot of real-life cranes!).
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> 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.
Hmm... I wouldn't go as far as to say that most cranes look as lovely as
nature. But I know what you mean, yes. In Boston it was always a horror
going downtown to the Big Dig, I mean the place is as ugly as it gets. I've
never seen a mobile crane as elegant as yours in RL, although from that page
there's a mention of the actual crane so I'm guessing it exists... :-) Some
(real) castles are as ugly as it gets, too, while many are really beautiful
and awesome, even though they were built in thought of the function. Well,
maybe *you* wouldn't see them as beautiful. I guess you're right, beauty
*is* in the eye of the beholder... :-)
Nice talking to you,
-Shiri
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| "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsEzyM.280@lugnet.com... (...) Not quite, although they are similar, and you can use that part in this situation, it just isn't very strong. This is the one here: (URL) Hmm... I wouldn't go as (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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