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Re: MOCs: 6-wide Fed Ex Van, 4-wide VW Beetles
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:53:31 GMT
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"Sean Kenney" <sean@seankenney.com> writes:
> Hi there, it's been quite a long time since my last post. (I recently
> moved, so now after 6 months I've finally unpacked all my Lego.)
Well, it's been worth the wait!
> I've seen a few done before in Train layouts, so I thought I'd try my hand
> at creating a FedEx van:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18310
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> The neat thing about it is that the whole van was built upside-down ... that
> is, all the studs face downward (except the roof & windshield). I also made
> some FedEx logos in photoshop and taped them onto the van, which give it a
> great effect.
Golly! That's amazing. The wheel attachment mechanism is quite
clever too, I don't believe I've ever seen that before. I'll have to
try that sometime.
It's impressive that you built it all upside-down, but was that just
for practice or is there some aspect to it that makes it necessary?
I'm not able to spot it by looking at the pics. It's definitely
cleverly built though.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) Thanks... The first time I thought of using these wheels backwards was last year when I built a bus, but I wasn't sure of a great way to attach them. (I just had them delicately balanced at the time.) :) But to attach them for real, you can't (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.town)
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