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In lugnet.modelteam, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Nice crane Ross, I'll have to update my webpage to say that it is practical
> to get a three section boom at 4 studs wide.
Thanks Jen! Am I allowed to say "nyak, nyak" now??? 8?)
> It's great that you got good
> reference photos, I'm still not quite gallous enough to ask people if I can
> take photos of that type when they are working, prefering to skulk in the
> distance, but am working on it!
Well in this case, I just hung around taking photos from outside the
barriers, and Andy saw me and invited me up! I've had not so pleasant
experiences asking other crane drivers (I'm told they prefer to be known as
"anti-gravity consultants"....)
> "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message
> news:H8BJFL.62F@lugnet.com...
> > Nah, I like big stuff too was just kidding 8?) Just for a bit of • comparison,
> > this crane is 10 studs wide, Jennifer's AC100-1 is about 18 I think
>
> That's right, although if it had been to exact scale it would have been 16,
> but I added a couple of extra studs to make lift easier, or indeed possible.
Yes, in fact mine has a somewhat larger length/width ratio than the real
one. And of course yours was an AC50, not an AC100....
ROSCO
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| Nice crane Ross, I'll have to update my webpage to say that it is practical to get a three section boom at 4 studs wide. It's great that you got good reference photos, I'm still not quite gallous enough to ask people if I can take photos of that (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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