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Re: John Deere Tractor
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:06:53 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Allister McLaren writes:
> Beautifully rendered model. Very realistic. Those ballon tyres are perfect
> for this application. And it has steering! Excellent. I am a little
> concerned about the ground clearance to the ladder though.
Allister,
Thank you and everyone else for your kind words!
I wasn't quite happy with the ground clearance of the ladder myself and have
since redesigned the tractor with a higher cab. The last 3 pictures in the
folder show off the improvements.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36809
I also uploaded pictures (last 7 in gallery) of some of my newer MOC's on
the GMLTC's layout at our showing this past weekend at the LaCrosse & Three
Rivers Railroad Club's 22nd Annual Model Railroad Show in LaCrosse, WI.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35666
> Does anyone know why TLC has never produced a farming theme? The playability
> potential is quite high, and it's a nice peacable pastime. The toy ailses
> are otherwise laden with farm playsets in cheap chinese plastic, but none in
> Lego. I for one would like to see Lego sheep and cows and pigs. Apologies
> for the thread drift (and if this has been done to death already).
> Cheers,
> Allister
I would really like to see an official LEGO set or theme with a barn,
tractor and livestock and I know my son <read: TLC's target market> would
love one too!
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
> In lugnet.announce.moc, William Toenjes writes:
> > Greetings,
> > I wanted to share a modern minifig-scale John Deere Tractor that I just
> > finished building. I've been working on some multiples of vehicles with the
> > intention of using them as loads on 8-wide flatbed cars for the G.M.L.T.C.
> > train layout. Now I have to duplicate this one and maybe I'll have to build
> > a companion shiny red Case IH tractor.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36809
> > Wow, again kudos to whomever is moderating BrickShelf today, these pictures
> > passed inspection less than 60 seconds after I posted them...
> > Please LMKWYT! :)
> > --
> > Bill
> > (TooMuchDew)
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