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Re: Max's Motorhome
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:12:00 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Demlow writes:
> Barbara Sproat <BSproat@Novell.com> wrote:
> > However, I just can't seam to come up with another way to put the roofs
> > together and have it look good.  Do you have any suggestions?
> 
> I assume you are referring to the problem of the gap between the loco and
> the car behind it.  Using a spring mechanism between the two is the way to
> solve this - they pull together on a straightaway but can separate when
> going around curves.  People have used both rubber bands and Technic shock
> absorbers for this.  Perhaps others can provide links to web sites that show
> this technique; I don't remember URLs offhand.

This is also interesting and something I can use in the future.  However, I was
actually referring to the roof itself.  I've been using more of the curved
bricks rather than the slopped ones.  The problem I have is coming up with a
roof that flows just as much from the front as it does from the sides.

For example, on Max's Motorhome, I really don't like the front slopes combined
with the curved sides.  It's the best solution I came up with but IMHO it just
doesn't look realistic.

http://www.io.com/~jsproat/bambam/LEGO/locomoto.html

Thanks
Barbara



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  Re: Max's Motorhome
 
(...) I assume you are referring to the problem of the gap between the loco and the car behind it. Using a spring mechanism between the two is the way to solve this - they pull together on a straightaway but can separate when going around curves. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)

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