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Re: MOCs: 6-wide New York City busses
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:58:04 GMT
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> on that first one, why did you do the back two wheels using
> your backwards technique (as you just showed with your Fed Ex
> truck) while the front wheel looks like it's using the normal
> axel technique?
Well, I've noticed that most trucks and busses have a slightly different
type of hub on their front wheels. I'm not sure why, perhaps it has to do
with steering. (Any die-hard truck guys out there know why?) The hub on
rear wheels is usually "indented", whereas the front wheels have the bolt
mechanism further outwards. I'm not really explaining it well, take a look
at this picture to see what I mean:
http://chef.fab.albany.edu/bus/chairlift2.jpg .
So my thinking was that I could simulate the front wheels using the "normal"
wheel axel mechanism. Yes, I guess for consistency I should do the same on
my Fed Ex truck and the other bus, but I hadn't thought of that until the
end. :)
> I didn't reallize until seeing this post that you were the Brick Apple guy.
> That's an amazing site you've got! These buses, and the Fed Ex truck you
> showed earlier, fit great with all of your cityscapes.
Thanks! Yeah, that's me. Sadly, "the brick apple" has been disassembled.
I moved about 6 months ago from my apartment in New Jersey (2400 sqft)to an
apartment in Manhattan (800 sqft). Needless to say, I don't have nearly the
same amount of space to set up and build a city :( I'm planning on setting
up a diorama of some sort, or maybe a 2D skyline That I can run along the
wall...
Sean
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| (...) If the truck has 'duallies' in back, what is often done is that only one wheel type is used. The wheel is dished so that when two wheels are put back to back, the wheel centers are adjacent (and the plane between the two tyres). Then that's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Sean, These are beautiful! I especially like the one with all the gray ridged bricks. That one has a great color scheme. I'm not as fond of the color scheme on the other, but I suppose I should take that up with NYC's public transportation (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.town)
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